Literature: history & criticism books

A pioneering biography of George Orwell told through moments of everyday life.  Read More >>

Emily Wilson reflects on the power of language to evolve our understanding of the past  Read More >>

Take charge of your assignments and become the most successful student you can be Studying For Dummies explains...  Read More >>

What is luck? What is the significance of luck for our ethical and political lives? Could it be the case that luck...  Read More >>

The Reader introduces Anglophone audiences to the original theoretical writings and poetry produced in Ukraine from...  Read More >>

The Reader introduces Anglophone audiences to the original theoretical writings and poetry produced in Ukraine from...  Read More >>

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This is the first full-length critical study of Keats's letters. Featuring insightful close readings and developing...  Read More >>

We are in the middle of a vibrant renaissance of queer writing. But LGBTQ+ writers, characters and readers have...  Read More >>

How Latinx youth literature serves as a blueprint for a more equitable future  Read More >>

An exploration of the evolving identities of Southern girls in contemporary literature  Read More >>

From its recurring appearances in Gothic poetry and prose to the menacing images of Fuseli and Blake, Orianne Smith...  Read More >>

In this first book-length study of prolific polymath Louise de Keralio (1756DS1822), Vicki Mistacco offers a comprehensive...  Read More >>

More than twenty years after the collapse of the Berlin Wall and the disappearance of Marxism as a (supposed) state...  Read More >>

Nonnus of Panopolis's Dionysiaca is the longest and most ambitious epic poem to survive from Greco-Roman antiquity....  Read More >>

The Scarlet Letter: A Romance is a work of historical fiction by American author Nathaniel Hawthorne, published...  Read More >>

This collection of early work, college writing, newspaper pieces, and stories of life in Florida by Marjorie Kinnan...  Read More >>

Winner of the 2024 Lexi Rudnitsky First Book Prize in Poetry, Theo LeGro's unflinching debut explores chronic illness,...  Read More >>

An exploration of the evolving identities of Southern girls in contemporary literature  Read More >>

How Latinx youth literature serves as a blueprint for a more equitable future  Read More >>

Brimming with humor, ideas, and opinions, this title delves into Mark Twain's life, uncovering the many roles he...  Read More >>

""I've struck it!"" Mark Twain wrote in a 1904 letter to a friend. ""And I will give it away - to you. You will...  Read More >>

Nonnus of Panopolis's Dionysiaca is the longest and most ambitious epic poem to survive from Greco-Roman antiquity....  Read More >>

A study in the literature of selfhood across time, this book analyzes how the Gnostics, the Romantics, Kierkegaard,...  Read More >>

In the grand tapestry of ancient Greek mythology, some threads are woven with divine power and mortal ambition....  Read More >>