Literature: history & criticism books

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The Recognition of Sovereignty: Politics of Empire in Early Anglo-Scottish Literature

The Recognition of Sovereignty: Politics of Empire in...

Author: Lee Manion (University of Missouri)
ISBN: 9781009633413
Format: Hardback
$284.63

In this timely contribution to debates over the relationship of politics to storytelling, Lee Manion uncovers the...  Read More >>

American Modernism and the Cartographic Imagination

American Modernism and the Cartographic Imagination...

Author: Aaron Nyerges (University of Sydney)
ISBN: 9781009515337
Format: Hardback
$316.80

This book is for university teachers and students of modern American literature. By focusing on literature's relationship...  Read More >>

Hope on the Border: Immigration, Incarceration, and the Power of Poetry

Hope on the Border: Immigration, Incarceration, and...

Author: Seth Michelson
ISBN: 9781640658394
Format: Hardback
$49.99

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A History of the Bloomsbury Group

A History of the Bloomsbury Group

Author: Derek Ryan (University of Kent)
ISBN: 9781009423663
Format: Hardback
$232.88

This landmark publication offers an expansive, detailed, and varied history of the Bloomsbury group's aesthetic,...  Read More >>

Much Ado About Cooking: Delicious Shakespearean Feasts for Every Occasion

Much Ado About Cooking: Delicious Shakespearean Feasts...

Author: Sam Bilton
ISBN: 9781035427680
Format: Hardback
$49.99

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Hybridity, Identity, and Belonging in the Poetry of Moniza Alvi and Choman Hardi: Writing Home

Hybridity, Identity, and Belonging in the Poetry of...

Author: James Davey
ISBN: 9781041048749
Format: Hardback
$284.00

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Little Castles of Bohemia: Prose and Poetry

Little Castles of Bohemia: Prose and Poetry

Author: Gerard de Nerval ,  Napoleon Jeffries
ISBN: 9781962728089
Format: Paperback
$39.95

Fully translated into English for the first time, Nerval's autobiographical anthology encompasses his complete literary...  Read More >>

Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century

Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century

Author: Dan Sinykin ,  Johanna Winant
ISBN: 9780691265704
Format: Paperback
$44.99

A user's guide to the fundamental practice of literary studies, providing context, examples, and practical exercises...  Read More >>

Meaning Making With Picture Books: World War I and Other Contested Spaces

Meaning Making With Picture Books: World War I and Other...

Author: Heather Sharp ,  Debra Donnelly
ISBN: 9783032003201
Format: Hardback
$118.77

This book examines well-known poetry, picture books, and multimodal texts to explore how visual and literary texts...  Read More >>

The Old Man and the Wolves: A Novel

The Old Man and the Wolves: A Novel

Author: Julia Kristeva ,  Barbara Bray
ISBN: 9780231220873
Format: Paperback
$27.95

Part detective story, part fable, this novel—narrated by a French journalist—takes the reader to a mythical postindustrial...  Read More >>

whitewards

whitewards

Author: Katarína Kucbelová ,  Julia Sherwood
ISBN: 9781803095639
Format: Paperback
$19.95

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Grievous Entanglement: Consumption, Connection, and Slavery in the Atlantic World

Grievous Entanglement: Consumption, Connection, and...

Author: Erin Pearson
ISBN: 9780813953885
Format: Paperback
$80.99

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Unveiling the Sacred in 20th- and 21st-Century Latin American Literature

Unveiling the Sacred in 20th- and 21st-Century Latin...

Author: Alexander Torres ,  Pablo Baisotti (University of Brasilia, Brazil)
ISBN: 9781032752167
Format: Hardback
$315.00

Through an interdisciplinary approach, this collection delves into the interplay between modernity and sacred traditions...  Read More >>

Pasolini: Dialogues avec la France / Dialoghi con la Francia

Pasolini: Dialogues avec la France / Dialoghi con la...

Author: Marco Antonio Bazzocchi ,  Paolo Desogus
ISBN: 9783965581043
Format: Paperback
$48.84

Tout au long de son oeuvre, Pasolini n'aura cessé de s'adresser à la France, de l'interpeller, et la France lui...  Read More >>

Finding the Right Words: Essays, Poetics, Critical Fictions Concerning Canadian Culture, Literature, Language, and Personal Identity

Finding the Right Words: Essays, Poetics, Critical Fictions...

Author: John Moss
ISBN: 9781771807463
Format: Paperback
$65.97

""John Moss has been a major force in shaping Canadian literary criticism and in advancing the understanding of...  Read More >>

To the Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta Museum

To the Holy Sepulcher: Treasures from the Terra Sancta...

Author: Xavier F Salomon ,  Benoit Constensoux
ISBN: 9781913875756
Format: Hardback
$195.00

This illuminating and richly illustrated volume celebrates the Custodia di Terra Sancta (Custody of the Holy Land),...  Read More >>

Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem

Amazing Peace: A Christmas Poem

Author: Maya Angelou ,  Steve Johnson
ISBN: 9780593518618
Format: Hardback
$39.99

Read by the poet at the lighting of the National Christmas Tree, Washington, D.C., 1 December 2005. --P.[1].  Read More >>

Reasons and Feelings: Writing for the Humanities Now

Reasons and Feelings: Writing for the Humanities Now...

Author: Sarah Mesle
ISBN: 9780226843629
Format: Paperback
$36.95

This book of practical writing and publishing advice celebrates the creative, community-building pleasures of humanist...  Read More >>

The Widow: the unforgettable new courtroom drama from the master of the legal thriller!

The Widow: the unforgettable new courtroom drama from...

Author: John Grisham
ISBN: 9781399703413
Format: Hardback
$65.00

The new incredible legal thriller from John Grisham.  Read More >>

Grievous Entanglement: Consumption, Connection, and Slavery in the Atlantic World

Grievous Entanglement: Consumption, Connection, and...

Author: Erin Pearson
ISBN: 9780813953878
Format: Hardback
$277.00

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Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century

Close Reading for the Twenty-First Century

Author: Dan Sinykin ,  Johanna Winant
ISBN: 9780691265698
Format: Hardback
$150.00

A user's guide to the fundamental practice of literary studies, providing context, examples, and practical exercises...  Read More >>

The Poetry, Art and Science of Psychoanalysis in Bion's O

The Poetry, Art and Science of Psychoanalysis in Bion's...

Author: Annie Reiner
ISBN: 9781032742519
Format: Paperback
$67.99

The Poetry, Art and Science of Psychoanalysis in Bion's O pays homage to Wilfred Bion’s lifelong love of poetry...  Read More >>

Thinking Outside the Canon: Political Theory as Textual Odyssey

Thinking Outside the Canon: Political Theory as Textual...

Author: Michael J. Shapiro (Professor Emeritus of Political Science, Professor Emeritus of Political Science, University of Hawaiʻi at Manoa)
ISBN: 9780197806234
Format: Paperback
$55.95

Thinking Outside the Canon traces author Michael J. Shapiro's intellectual journey as a political theorist who has...  Read More >>

Painful Forms: Aesthetic Violence in American Literature and Art, 1945–2001

Painful Forms: Aesthetic Violence in American Literature...

Author: Anna Ioanes
ISBN: 9781469688930
Format: Hardback
$229.00

In the wake of World War II, Americans struggled to grasp the shifting scale of violence brought on by the nuclear...  Read More >>

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