Literature: history & criticism books

Weaves the author's own four-month cross-country sojourn in a VW van with thoughts on travel narratives across the...  Read More >>

A multidisciplinary study of the art and science of botany in Shakespeare's time, Marvellous Vegetables in the English...  Read More >>

Essays on teaching a major Portuguese writer The writings of Fernando Pessoa, one of Portugal's most renowned authors,...  Read More >>

Essays on how to teach one of the most important issues of our time People migrate to seek opportunities, to unite...  Read More >>

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

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

How comics and graphic novels use obscenity and other taboos to shed light on important issues.  Read More >>

""An essay collection celebrating the contribution of Ralph C. Wood through reflecting on literature's theological...  Read More >>

A timely look into how fascist ideas permeate contemporary culture well beyond the far right As challenges posed...  Read More >>

In an era of accelerating extinctions, what does it mean to discover thousands of new species in the deep sea? As...  Read More >>

Poverty and Antitheatricality critiques modern approaches to poverty that focus on its experience rather than its...  Read More >>

An insightful guide to the life and literary career of gonzo journalist Hunter S. Thompson Hunter S. Thompson (1937–2005)...  Read More >>

Voltaire’s Workshop argues that the French translation of Henry Fielding’s Tom Jones, by Pierre-Antoine de La Place,...  Read More >>

Establishes Elizabeth von Arnim as an important figure in literary modernism.  Read More >>

Explores how conceptions of intellectual disability shaped or were shaped by culture and society in England, Europe...  Read More >>

The first English translation of Nigaristan: a major work of Persian literature.  Read More >>

Examines the use of Islamic referents and themes in literary writings by European authors.  Read More >>

The Routledge Introduction to English Canadian Literature and Digital Humanities is a guide to the debates, concepts,...  Read More >>

Analyses the pervasive use of early American themes in contemporary culture, including literature, television series,...  Read More >>

Shakespeare in Tongues interrogates the popular conflation of “the language of Shakespeare” with English by examining...  Read More >>

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The first book to theorise literary back-translation, distinguishing it from retranslation and indirect translation,...  Read More >>

This book presents a fresh perspective on translation, exploring it as a complex process of cultural exchange involving...  Read More >>

This book asks how cultural and artistic practices constitute a central tool for the expression and recognition...  Read More >>