Literature: history & criticism books

In Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, Jessica Brantley offers an innovative introduction to manuscript...  Read More >>

A surprising look at how American writers envision a more equitable healthcare system In the United States,...  Read More >>

Set against the backdrop of escalating environmental collapse, this novel is a timely exploration of the terrifying...  Read More >>

A vivid and musical rendering of the poetry of Catullus, whose passionate verses have captivated readers for centuries...  Read More >>

Hyakunin’shu: Reading the Hundred Poets in Late Edo Japan explores the ""popular literary literacy"" of the Japanese...  Read More >>

Late Medieval Female Subject Consciousness: Italian and English Mystics brings together disparate feminist theoretical...  Read More >>

The book brings together philosophy, ecoculture and political ecology in a creative, critical and timely manner...  Read More >>

Adopting a cultural materialist reading in the post-colonial context of Hong Kong, this book examines post-1997...  Read More >>

A transformative lens revealing the historical racial context that profoundly influenced European fairy tales. Engaging...  Read More >>

The diverse forms and structures of graphic narratives discussed in this volume by a range of international scholars...  Read More >>

Detailed historical context, biographies of each writer, and evocative illustrations support this meaningful collection...  Read More >>

A landmark biography of one of our most prominent chroniclers of American life In this groundbreaking literary...  Read More >>

A collection of essays that examines literature in seven languages from across the Islamic world and explores the...  Read More >>

A surprising look at how American writers envision a more equitable healthcare system In the United States,...  Read More >>

What happens to human reading when AI bots can do it for us? Explosive developments in artificial intelligence...  Read More >>

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Das Kempowski-Jahrbuch versammelt nicht nur aktuelle Forschungsbeiträge zu jeweils einem bestimmten Thema, sondern...  Read More >>

This updated edition explores the birth of psychoanalysis alongside fundamental psychoanalytic concepts. It discusses...  Read More >>

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Jews, women, and animals have been notoriously considered in Western thought as antithetical to the “civilized,” and...  Read More >>

Showing how poetry and art articulate forms of life beyond settler colonialism.  Read More >>

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Crocker explores what happened to virtue when late-medieval and early-modern English poets thought about the material...  Read More >>