Literature: history & criticism books

Recently rediscovered, the ""Vieux Manuscrit,"" an earlier version of Une vie corresponding to the first third of...  Read More >>

""Examining the period of political consolidation after Alexander the Great's death, John Holton reconstructs how...  Read More >>

This book looks at Neobaroque Latin American fiction, poetry, essay and performance from the 1970s to the early...  Read More >>

Ce volume propose une etude et une edition critique des Transformacions de Francesc Alegre, sa traduction en prose...  Read More >>

In her poetic masterpiece 4.48 Psychosis, Sarah Kane crafts an unflinching portrait of a psyche teetering on the...  Read More >>

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From 1932 to 1953, during the Black Chicago Renaissance, numerous literary events were held within and for the city’s...  Read More >>

""Todo ojo crítico es voyerista. Surge de la curiosidad más que por leer las líneas, las entrelíneas. Es un entrometido...  Read More >>

The forces of good are arrayed against the minions of evil on a storm-swept battlefield, and someone is about to...  Read More >>

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This study argues that allusion is a central part of classic British detective fiction. It demonstrates the fraught...  Read More >>

This valuable and insightful study into chronic pain and its treatment advances a striking analysis of the complex...  Read More >>

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This Element examines literary translation into a non-native language (L2), challenging the monolingual bias in...  Read More >>

Focusing on literary representations of gentrification, this book analyses twenty-first century anglophone novels...  Read More >>

Nationalist and tribal cohesion in Ireland, South Africa, the US, and elsewhere often relies on an absence of female...  Read More >>

""Examining the period of political consolidation after Alexander the Great's death, John Holton reconstructs how...  Read More >>

Noting that the successive crises of recent years (from the 2008 recession to COVID-19) seem to have put an end...  Read More >>

A new look at the life, works and enduring relevance of William Blake, a deeply spiritual and politically radical...  Read More >>

Edited collection on Richard Barnfield, a lesser known but important early modern English poet who was a contemporary...  Read More >>

An untold history of Franz Kafka's reception in his homeland under two totalitarian regimes, from his death in 1924...  Read More >>

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What happened to Alexander the Great’s empire when he died, and to the generals and companions that had conquered...  Read More >>

Alger tient une place particulière chez les auteurs de polars, charriant les fantômes du passé colonial et des violences...  Read More >>

مجموعة قصصية ""صرخة في الزحام"" في زحام العالم، وسط ضجيج الحياة اليومية وانطفاء المعاني، تُولد قصص صغيرة... لكنها...  Read More >>