Literature: history & criticism books

This book explores the nexus between religion and literature by examining central developments in J.M. Coetzee’s...  Read More >>

A collection of fourteen original essays taking a fresh approach to how music plays a crucial role in literary texts,...  Read More >>

The first study examining the translation and reception of Dutch literature in Eastern and Central Europe during...  Read More >>

From Rachel Carson and Julia Kristeva to Rebecca Solnit and Nandi Chinna, the writers and artists featured here...  Read More >>

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This Element traces the origins of gender bias in the English language. Situating the linguistic representations...  Read More >>

This Element provides an analysis of digital mystery game narratives through the lens of game studies approaches,...  Read More >>

This Element adopts a holistic approach to the processing of colours in language and literature, weaving together...  Read More >>

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Applying the methodology of 'reading-as-a-writer' to the craft of writing for young people, this critical and practical...  Read More >>

Global in scope, this volume uncovers the deep history of the short story as an ""impure"" genre by challenging...  Read More >>

A renowned Brontë scholar and dress historian’s innovative, richly illustrated biography explores Charlotte Brontë's...  Read More >>

Explores the cult status popularity of Kurt Vonnegut in the Soviet Union during the height of the Cold War era,...  Read More >>

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Rediscover the capital through the eyes of the Queen of Crime  Read More >>

Grief Work as Autotheory is an interdisciplinary, narrative non-fiction book that tests the boundaries between experimental...  Read More >>

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This book sets out an unconventional literary history of progressive Urdu poetry by Pakistani women in the twentieth...  Read More >>

This work examines the evolution of the Peruvian indigenistaliterary tradition in the twentieth century in its relation...  Read More >>

Offering a fresh perspective on the Latin American climate crisis through the lens of natural history and its institutions,...  Read More >>

The first book devoted to the the career of anglophone West Africa's most important early twentieth-century statesman...  Read More >>