Literature: history & criticism books

This Element shows how Poland became a gothic setting in British fiction between the 1790s and the 1830s as a result...  Read More >>

Race Class identifies two competing aesthetics, the 'recognitional' and the 'redistributive,' that developed in...  Read More >>

This encyclopedia examines famous and influential depictions of angels, demons, and demigods in film, television,...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive feminist reading of ancient Greek fictional letter collections.  Read More >>

A lively way into the works of beloved children's author Beatrix Potter, this book provides fresh understanding...  Read More >>

A survey of indigenous Judaism in colonial Algeria from a Halachic perspective, looking at the transition from Muslim-Ottoman...  Read More >>

Interdisciplinary in scope, this collection shows how transformative the study of rhythm can be across the humanities...  Read More >>

A one-of-a-kind overview of the lasting impact of mimetic theory and the extent of its interdisciplinary applications,...  Read More >>

This collection demonstrates how to achieve more comprehensive scholarship on J. R. R. Tolkien, connecting Tolkien...  Read More >>

Employing theoretical lenses of implicit theology and secular spirituality, this book blurs the boundaries between...  Read More >>

Examines the practice of literary declamation in German literature and its place alongside print culture in the...  Read More >>

This book explores transitional post-Soviet cultural consciousness in Ukraine at the beginning of the twenty-first...  Read More >>

В своей книге Гейл Роджерс реконструирует межкультурные связи двух ключевых модернистских движений — британского...  Read More >>

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The first collection to provide an overview of the well-known psychoanalytic theory of the death drive in literary...  Read More >>

An accessible introduction to the Roman tragedy Hercules on Oeta with chapters on its contexts, key themes and reception....  Read More >>

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This book explores the nature and wide-ranging impact of the work of Jean-François Ducis, the first adaptor of Hamlet...  Read More >>

'The Life of Herod The Great – like Hurston herself – is a masterpiece, a miracle, and a marvel. In other words,...  Read More >>

In the Shadow of the Holocaust is a collection of newly translated short fiction written in the aftermath of one...  Read More >>