Literature: history & criticism books

Exposes writers' reliance on conservative language during one of the most radical periods of English history  Read More >>

The first in-depth study of Vladimir Nabokov's humour, investigating its physical aspects such as farce, slapstick,...  Read More >>

Considers relationships between modernist literature and literary criticism and argues that new modernist fiction...  Read More >>

Examines Scottish Romantic writers' shared focus on the ideological import of an imagined national dead  Read More >>

A sweeping account of how we are at our most human when we turn away from the pains of the world. Why do we look...  Read More >>

The definitive, all-access biography of one of the world's most beloved literary voices, showcasing a life as triumphant...  Read More >>

These letters between Theodore Dreiser, pioneer of literary realism, and the actress and artist Kyra Markham (born...  Read More >>

Furious Harvests, a collection of striking poetry by Alex Averbuch, explores existential questions that war raises:...  Read More >>

Ellen McLarney explores how writers in the Black Arts Movement identified with Islam as integral to the African...  Read More >>

Theodore Martin offers a groundbreaking account of the ways that reading habits and crime politics intersected in...  Read More >>

Rongbin Han examines the production and consumption of online alt-history fiction in China, offering new insight...  Read More >>

Julien Columeau examines three movements for the defense and promotion of Punjabi formed between 1947 and 1960,...  Read More >>

The Historical Poem takes up Georg Lukács's classic account of the historical novel to tell the forgotten story...  Read More >>

A serene beach. The classroom of an elite private school. The still nights in an upscale residential neighborhood....  Read More >>

Two New Testament scholars explore the ways the Jesus story has been told and retold from the earliest Gospel writings...  Read More >>

Reassesses Cartesian subjectivity as an important critical lens for the plays of Shakespeare and his contemporaries....  Read More >>

Examines the connections between J. M. Coetzee's work and Hispanic literatures and cultures, especially in the Southern...  Read More >>

If ever a play had something to say about the art of statesmanship, that play is Sir Thomas More. Its origins and...  Read More >>

An indispensable resource for scholars and students of James Joyce, Joyce Studies Annual gathers essays by foremost...  Read More >>

In a complete collection of works by one of Malaysia’s foundational poets, Wong confronts the struggles of cultural...  Read More >>

Ultimately, Tales for Fairies not only reveals the long-standing compatibility between queerness and the fairy tale...  Read More >>

The lyrical and political power of nineteenth-century women reformers' life writing Paper Heroines studies the...  Read More >>

Vocabulario y enseñanza del español delves into the nature and acquisition of vocabulary, its relevance to linguistic...  Read More >>

Graphic War introduces graphic border poetics to the field of comics, which enables a methodological response to...  Read More >>

When you pick up the latest Emily Henry novel, or settle in for an evening with the newest volume of your favorite...  Read More >>