Literature: history & criticism books

A significant new account of emotion in Middle English literature, proposing key methodologies for the analysis...  Read More >>

This is an edition of Sir Philip Sidney's New Arcadia in modern spelling that makes the text accessible through...  Read More >>

This books looks at Antony and Cleopatra in performance from 1606 to 2018, examining how actors, directors and designers...  Read More >>

This book offers essential reading on a wide array of theatre and film productions of Shakespeare's play The Merchant...  Read More >>

This collection of essays considers the significance of graveyards in Gothic literature, film, television and video...  Read More >>

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An examination of interrelatedness, influence, and intention in the works of Martinican writer Patrick Chamoiseau...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking book explores the life of the forest in African fiction, showing how writers have used it to...  Read More >>

Animal Lives through Five Centuries of Art and Science confronts a deep paradox: humanity's greatest achievements...  Read More >>

Sneaking into Print explores how early printing technology shaped a distinct ""narrative culture"" in Spain.  Read More >>

Whether through medical encyclopedias, daily-use almanacs, or novels and anecdotes, readers pursued knowledge of...  Read More >>

The long overlooked, centuries-long, culture of the book in West Africa. Printed books did not reach West Africa...  Read More >>

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This book investigates new ways in which writers and artists of early modern Spain conceived of space through the...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking book explores the life of the forest in African fiction, showing how writers have used it to...  Read More >>

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The authoritative guide to the singular career and artistic legacy of one of America's most celebrated playwrights,...  Read More >>

Unfolding the spiritual and mythical background of the pagan narrative, this book shows how the contest between...  Read More >>

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This open access book offers an array of educational perspectives aimed at fostering inclusive, multicultural, critical,...  Read More >>

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This book addresses the issue of migration to and from Ireland since the 17th-18th century and examines the dynamics...  Read More >>

""An English-language translation from German of the literary theorist Rainer Nèagele's concise collection of 8...  Read More >>

""Forced by Circumstance gathers foundational essays by, and interviews with, Norma Alarcon, noted scholar of Chicana/o,...  Read More >>

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