Literature: history & criticism books

Analyzing the stylistic innovations most characteristic in pivotal works of literary realism, Prosaic Times shows...  Read More >>

The first collection to engage with “Instapoetry,” this book explores the aesthetics and ideologies of the 21st...  Read More >>

Beginning with its central insight--that the life of literature is in fact a double life, a life shared between...  Read More >>

Contextualizes Pablo Neruda's opus by including 42 essays focusing on his journeys, the Cold War, and how literary...  Read More >>

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This book provides innovative, up-to-date essays about Elizabeth Bowen's fiction. Recognising herself as a child...  Read More >>

Exploring 'early globalism and Chinese literature' through the lens of 'literary diffusion,' this Element analyzes...  Read More >>

How did Lady Church become a theological person and literary figure in patristic, medieval, and early modern texts?...  Read More >>

Oliver James went viral on TikTok after he shared five simple words: “What's up? I can't read.” Thus began a journey...  Read More >>

An intervention into contemporary debates on care by positioning it as a matter of attunement or resonance through...  Read More >>

An exploration of nineteenth-century fiction written by descendants of Puritans and Pilgrims who intended to shape...  Read More >>

This book analyzes how racialized and gendered city spaces are presented in post-apartheid South African literature....  Read More >>

A collection of five new, English-language translations of works by prominent and award-winning, female playwrights...  Read More >>

An analytical look at mothers and mother figures in multiple works under a feminist psychoanalytic framework  Read More >>

An exploration of variations on the theme of disappearance in contemporary women's writing  Read More >>

An exploration of the symbolic and philosophical roles of animals and hybrid creatures in Italian literature from...  Read More >>

Bringing together the work of international scholars, this book investigates the well-known conceptualization of...  Read More >>

Reframing debates surrounding long narratives to explore their impact, this book develops a critical vocabulary...  Read More >>

Explores various aspects of Arabic literature of migration published over the past three decades, focusing on the...  Read More >>

This book explores low-budget horror and exploitation movies produced in filmmaking capitals of the Western Hemisphere....  Read More >>

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HINENI is not a performance. It is a rite. Rooted in Jewish tradition and feminist ritual practice, HINENI:...  Read More >>

Putting medieval Italian poets and Renaissance artists in conversation with contemporary philosophers and pop culture,...  Read More >>

How did book reviews shape the fate of novels and their authors during the height of women's literary influence?...  Read More >>