Literature: history & criticism books

A final work by one of our major critics, contemplating how acts of distant witnessing can continue in future generations....  Read More >>

Documenting senses of life and practices of refusal hidden at the edges of Black literature and thought.  Read More >>

Examining a strain of feminine speculative thought that resonates with contemporary efforts to recenter pleasure....  Read More >>

How women wood engravers helped reshape the visual and literary landscape of modern Britain Amid the austerities...  Read More >>

A comprehensive guide to the timeless, paradoxical appeal of horror Why do we enjoy horror? The emotional responses...  Read More >>

This volume aims to explore and highlight aspects of the work of Roman elegiac poet Sulpicia. Topics include Sulpicia's...  Read More >>

Literary Forensics: How Reading Can Make You a Better Writer is a unique reference guide designed to teach writers...  Read More >>

A revelation of the powerful circuit between Black history and modern comics by African American creators  Read More >>

This is a collection of seminal papers by the late Michael Frede on an important period in philosophical history,...  Read More >>

Court decisions can neither be made nor drafted without references to other texts; citations are omnipresent in...  Read More >>

Nature's ability to satisfy deep human needs is familiar to anyone who has hiked up a mountain, canoed a river,...  Read More >>

This book explores how Hegel, who had studied Shakespeare first as a schoolboy and then continued to cite him throughout...  Read More >>

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This book provides a brief scholarly introduction to A Game of Thrones, the first volume of George R. R. Martin's...  Read More >>

This book examines drone warfare – primarily understood now as an issue of technology, military strategy, and law...  Read More >>

This open access book examines how Indigenous authors from the Soviet North reflect the impact of Soviet settler...  Read More >>

This book explores the popular writing of the New Humourists and their vital engagement with late Victorian conceptions...  Read More >>

This book focuses on minor characters in fiction, primarily nameless and unimportant figures found within medieval...  Read More >>

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This book examines how Chinese thinkers and writers drew on foreign literature between 1918 and 1958 in order to...  Read More >>