Literature: history & criticism books

At the turn of the twentieth century, sleep began to be seen not merely as a passive state but as an active, dynamic...  Read More >>

The Dutch World of Washington Irving tells an alternative origin story of American literary culture. In December...  Read More >>

Starving ghosts, anguished farmers, and grieving mothers. Floating heads, gaunt bodies, and masses of bodily fluids....  Read More >>

The story of the women who saved William Shakespeare from obscurity.  Read More >>

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Exploring the varied roles of bachelors during the Renaissance  Read More >>

This book challenges the assumption that fifteenth- and early sixteenth-century English literature was minimally...  Read More >>

An updated edition of collected criticism offering a unique account of the critical history of one of Shakespeare's...  Read More >>

The first book to examine concepts of the Self and individual identity in ancient and modern philosophy from a comparative...  Read More >>

Dostoevsky uses Hamlet to address some of the most important problems in Russian culture in the second half of the...  Read More >>

Employing a critical and analytical method, this volume takes an innovative approach to existing anthologies of...  Read More >>

Teaching Text Technologies and Critical Bibliography Among the Disciplines: Objects of Study is a richly illustrated...  Read More >>

This is a nonfiction book which deals with the challenges that people from LGBT community in India are facing or...  Read More >>

A multidisciplinary collection of essays exploring theories and practices in children’s cultures and literature...  Read More >>

Es ist ein gepflegter Gemeinplatz, dass der Einzug des Christentums mit einer Verengung des breiten Spektrums erotischer...  Read More >>

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This book brings the emerging field of petrocultures and energy humanities discourse into conversation with the...  Read More >>

The story of the torch march and rally that took place in Charlottesville, Virginia, and shocked the nation  Read More >>

Now updated for the 2025 streetscape, The Ulysses Guide: Tours Through Joyce’s Dublin is an essential resource for...  Read More >>

Auf Goldplättchen geschrieben und aus Gräbern geborgen, haben sich geheime Texte des Dionysischen Mysterienkults...  Read More >>

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Caught in external and internal forms of colonization, the community of weavers, the Vankars, is subject to oppression...  Read More >>