Literature: history & criticism books

419217 books were found.

Writing Herstory through Ancient Greek Letters: Representations of Women in Fictional Epistolography

Writing Herstory through Ancient Greek Letters: Representations...

Author: Antonios Pontoropoulos (Swedish Institute in Rome, Italy)
ISBN: 9781350401754
Format: Hardback
$170.00

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

An A-Z of Beatrix Potter

An A-Z of Beatrix Potter

Author: Dr Penny Bradshaw (Associate Professor of English Literature, University of Cumbria, UK)
ISBN: 9781350453357
Format: Hardback
$100.00

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

The Bonkbuster: Women's Popular Reading in the Long 1980s

The Bonkbuster: Women's Popular Reading in the Long...

Author: Dr. or Prof. Amy Burge (University of Birmingham, UK) ,  Dr. Jodi McAlister (Deakin University, Australia)
ISBN: 9798765121702
Format: Hardback
$180.00

Offers a dedicated and detailed theorization and genre study of the ""bonkbuster,"" a phenomenally popular genre...  Read More >>

Indigenous Judaism in Colonial Algeria: French-colonial Policy, Rabbis and Halachic Writing

Indigenous Judaism in Colonial Algeria: French-colonial...

Author: Vered Sakal (Christopher Newport University, USA)
ISBN: 9781350534223
Format: Hardback
$170.00

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

The Rise of Rhythm Studies: Mediating Dimension, Discipline, and Scale

The Rise of Rhythm Studies: Mediating Dimension, Discipline,...

Author: Professor or Dr. Mark Lussier (Arizona State University, USA) ,  Dr. or Prof. Richard C. Sha (American University, Washington D.C., USA)
ISBN: 9798765125281
Format: Hardback
$180.00

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

The Revelatory Power of Mimetic Theory: Reading René Girard, Texts and the World

The Revelatory Power of Mimetic Theory: Reading René...

Author: Dr Benoît Chantre (Mimetic Research Association, France) ,  Professor Paul Dumouchel (University of Québec-Montréal, Canada)
ISBN: 9781350532878
Format: Hardback
$170.00

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

Tolkien's Medievalism in Ruins: The Function of Relics and Ruins in Middle-earth

Tolkien's Medievalism in Ruins: The Function of Relics...

Author: Nick Katsiadas ,  Carl Sell
ISBN: 9781666971484
Format: Hardback
$180.00

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

Blurring the Boundaries of Religion and Popular Culture: Implicit Theology, Secular Spirituality, and Speculative Fiction

Blurring the Boundaries of Religion and Popular Culture:...

Author: Karen Trimble Alliaume ,  Maryellen Davis Collett
ISBN: 9781666934854
Format: Hardback
$160.00

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

The Speaking Muse: Literary Declamation in Germany, 1750-1900

The Speaking Muse: Literary Declamation in Germany,...

Author: Professor Mary Helen Dupree (Georgetown University, USA)
ISBN: 9798765158265
Format: Hardback
$160.00

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

Transit Culture and Postcolonical Trauma

Transit Culture and Postcolonical Trauma

Author: Tamara Hundorova ,  Tanya Savchynska
ISBN: 9798897831166
Format: Hardback
$125.00

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

Modernism and the New Spain: Britain, Cosmopolitan Europe, and Literary History

Modernism and the New Spain: Britain, Cosmopolitan Europe,...

Author: Gayle Rogers ,  Svetlana Smolenskaya
ISBN: 9798887199825
Format: Hardback
$60.00

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

The Life of Herod the Great

The Life of Herod the Great

Author: Zora Neale Hurston
ISBN: 9780008732745
Format: Paperback
$22.99

'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: Short Fiction by Jewish Writers from the Soviet Union

In the Shadow of the Holocaust: Short Fiction by Jewish...

Author: Sasha Senderovich ,  Harriet Murav
ISBN: 9781503645004
Format: Paperback
$46.99

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

Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists in Rural Britain

Enchanted Wood: Engraving a Place for Women Artists...

Author: Kristin Bluemel
ISBN: 9781517914776
Format: Paperback
$54.99

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

The Horror Theory Reader

The Horror Theory Reader

Author: Jeffrey Andrew Weinstock
ISBN: 9781517917821
Format: Paperback
$62.99

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

Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest

Lingering Inland: A Literary Tour of the Midwest

Author: Andy Oler ,  José Olivarez
ISBN: 9780252088971
Format: Paperback
$51.99

Vignettes by writers engaging with prominent and obscure Midwestern locales How do the stories we tell about Midwestern...  Read More >>

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