Literature: history & criticism books

Studies literature's role in representing and addressing dis/trust in the digital world.  Read More >>

The first book-length study of alcohol in Victorian literature and culture.  Read More >>

Provides the first critical edition in English of Elvira Hernndez's exceptional poetry, from her early works to...  Read More >>

History mingles with romance in John Galt's only novel set in the English Middle Ages.  Read More >>

Eve de Charles Peguy. Ecrivain, poete et essayiste francais (1873-1914).  Read More >>

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This Element investigates the challenges and possibilities of writing histories of trauma. It explores how the historiography...  Read More >>

In recent decades, digital scholarly editions have gained prominence, the shift from print to digital demands not...  Read More >>

It's difficult to name a question more contentious than the question of credentialing for academic librarians. This...  Read More >>

""Drawing on a range of authors that includes Zadie Smith, Sally Rooney, Ben Lerner, Ali Smith, Tom McCarthy, Duncan...  Read More >>

An exploration into how the figure of the zombie uniquely articulates the societal changes prompted by the health,...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive look at the religious significance of this century's contemporary English literature, this...  Read More >>

This comprehensive guide to Shakespeare's Sonnets provides an overview of the main themes, features and contexts...  Read More >>

This book demonstrates how Chaucer uses the Bible in The Canterbury Tales as an authoritative literary source and...  Read More >>

Mining unexplored discourses of pain in New England literary texts, this book shows how pain was central in shaping...  Read More >>

An indispensable scholarly resource offering an account of the critical history of one of Shakespeare's major tragedies....  Read More >>

A study of the notion of absent leadership and the methods used to govern Rome by politicians and leaders during...  Read More >>

Exploring 18th-century medicine's construction of individuals with non-standard sexual anatomy as ""hermaphrodites"",...  Read More >>

Examines lesbian, gay, bisexual, transgender and queer (LGBTQ+) literature and culture in the Chinese-speaking world...  Read More >>

Presents original archival research on eight largely unknown émigré translators whose work during the Cold War actively...  Read More >>

Extends the field of translation studies and theory by examining three radical science-fiction treatments of translation,...  Read More >>

This book examines the complex and often turbulent relationship between Scotland and England from the early eighteenth...  Read More >>

This Palgrave Companion brings together original essays by leading scholars to explore the multifaceted work of...  Read More >>

This book theorizes the slave ship as a unique site for the imaginative and material convergence of abolitionism...  Read More >>