Literature: history & criticism books

This book examines Jules Feiffer's Kill My Mother trilogy of graphic novels as a body of work that pays homage to...  Read More >>

Theatrical Consciousness: The Actor's Mind in Russian Modernism investigates late Russian and early Soviet modernism's...  Read More >>

Explores the profound influence of multilingual dictionaries, dialogues, and grammars on English Renaissance playwrights...  Read More >>

The connection between reading literature and developing an ethical self The late th and early 7th centuries in...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates the key relevance of Jewish literary and intellectual traditions for understanding Jorge...  Read More >>

Women of colors and a literature written in corporeal and spiritual scars The corporeal and spiritual healing...  Read More >>

In this companion volume to Animals in theAmerican Classics: How Natural History Inspired Great Fiction, John Cullen...  Read More >>

First published in 1954, A Handbook of Latin Literature is an attempt to put together a cohesive account of classical...  Read More >>

First published in 1981, Critic as Scientist provides a detailed and scholarly account both of the scientific background...  Read More >>

First published in 1971, Drama and the Theatre with Radio, Film and Television is concerned with the nature of theatre...  Read More >>

First published in 1990, Popular Fiction looks at popular fiction in its literary, filmic, and televisual forms....  Read More >>

First published in 1925, Primitive Culture in Greece dispassionately reviews the claim that the Greeks were ‘heathen’...  Read More >>

First published in 1926, Primitive Culture in Italy intends to determine to what extent there survived, in the ancient...  Read More >>

First published in 1959, Outlines of Classical Literature is a guide for students of English literature who too...  Read More >>

Masculinity in both the Republic and the Empire are well studied subjects, but by shining a light on the precise...  Read More >>

""Mr. O'Sullivan, an authentic personal acquaintance of Wilde in those days, with no special affection for him nor...  Read More >>

J.R.R. Tolkien's legendarium provides twenty-first century readers with a much-needed haven from the busy world...  Read More >>

Preface In the quiet hours between midnight and dawn, when the world seems to suspend itself in stillness, this...  Read More >>

这是一本将散文和花道结合在一起的文集。 作者精选了多年来创作的近七十篇散文，内容从描述大自然之美到人间烟火之丰饶。 每篇文章配有作者亲手制作的插花，花材很多取之作者培育的植物。 书中八十多件插花是从她近三百款花道作品里挑选出来的。...  Read More >>

An exploration of the interrelationships between neurology and literature, hence “neuroliterature”.  It will be...  Read More >>

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The volume situates Dead Sea Scrolls scholarship within broader conversations in the study of the ancient world:...  Read More >>

Examines a poetic movement that rose from under official state discourse in 1970s Syria.  Read More >>

Software Narratology, the science of software stories, found its successful application in software diagnostics...  Read More >>

Discover the intricate art of translating poetic and literary texts in this illuminating book. Delving into the...  Read More >>