Literature: history & criticism books

The novel raises important questions around the development of discourse about Israel/Palestine, socialist Zionism...  Read More >>

An experiment in reading and interpretation, which shows how different interpretive metaphors transform our experience...  Read More >>

Examines how twentieth-century American poets' European travel shaped the terrain of modern American poetry.  Read More >>

Reveals how Nigerian writers redefine masculinity to challenge social norms and affirm relationalities.  Read More >>

The first cross-historical study of the relationship between methods of close reading and discourses on attention....  Read More >>

Explores the intersection of American literature and language politics through the curiously understudied subject...  Read More >>

An examination of the way in which small presses expanded authorship to include publishing practices as forms of...  Read More >>

This is a tale of one man's road toward fulfillment that plays out in stages of encounters and abandonment instead...  Read More >>

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The Routledge Anthology of Global Science Fiction Origins brings together short stories from writers of science...  Read More >>

Transnation: Identity and Mobility in Postcolonial Literature and Culture offers a fresh and thought-provoking exploration...  Read More >>

Realism is an artistic practice that aims to faithfully represent reality. Historically, it has been practiced across...  Read More >>

Award-winning British playwright Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience...  Read More >>

A critical and theoretical interpretation of six major modern Persian poets and the idea of a homeland, by Hamid...  Read More >>

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A major new look at Africa's influence on European culture and how colonization remade Africa in the image of a...  Read More >>

Sherlock Holmes: Inspiring Lives is light-hearted and highly informative, and perfect for both the Sherlock aficionado...  Read More >>

Private View delves into intimacy, power, and identity to capture the beauty, intensity, and messiness of queer...  Read More >>

Créteil, ville de la banlieue sud-est de Paris, est marquée par la Seconde Guerre mondiale, dans les mémoires familiales...  Read More >>

This edited volume presents narratives on a range of methods for research on second language teaching and learning...  Read More >>

A fascinating insight into the most talented Latin poets to occupy the Papal throne after Pius II Piccolomini in...  Read More >>

Dissecting the radical impact of Walter Benjamin on contemporary cultural, postcolonial and translation theory,...  Read More >>

Bringing plastic and concrete - two of the contemporary age's most significant materials - together, this book uses...  Read More >>