Literature: history & criticism books

A study of the fragments of Old Comedy, arguing that these fragments greatly enlarge our understanding of the history...  Read More >>

This book offers a critical exploration of the intersections of poverty, pollution, and caste in India through the...  Read More >>

A new electric play, NICE THINGS explores the relationship of a gay couple, in the midst of their comfortable years,...  Read More >>

Offering new insights from a range of experienced and emerging scholars, this volume analyses Shakespeare’s Twelfth...  Read More >>

Thomas Leonard-Roy explores the writings of six canonical authors--Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, James Boswell,...  Read More >>

This open access book reframes performance and pedagogy through their shared ‘objects’ and lays the foundation for...  Read More >>

A reflection on the realities of animal extinction and endangerment, focusing especially on the force of human impact...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1937, this anthology of humorous poems was created for the younger reader as a supplement...  Read More >>

Informed by oral poetics, performance theory, and memory studies, Through the Looking Glass approaches Anarkali—the...  Read More >>

Time, Tripods, Textiles, and Trees focuses on metaphorical and metonymical elements in the Odyssey to better understand...  Read More >>

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

CHamoru Legends retells twelve CHamoru legends and features personal reflections from author Teresita Lourdes Perez,...  Read More >>

Examines fifteen novels and one testimony written on the topic of dictatorship to illustrate how these Chilean narratives...  Read More >>

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

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

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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 >>

Modern parallels to Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil disobedience can be found in black theater, where the black body...  Read More >>

A thorough examination of four Peruvian intellectuals who found inspiration in Inca Garcilaso de la Vega's work...  Read More >>

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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 >>