Literature: history & criticism books

A major new look at Africa's influence on European culture and how colonization remade Africa in the image of a...  Read More >>

Sherlock Holmes: Inspiring Lives is light-hearted and highly informative, and perfect for both the Sherlock aficionado...  Read More >>

Private View delves into intimacy, power, and identity to capture the beauty, intensity, and messiness of queer...  Read More >>

Créteil, ville de la banlieue sud-est de Paris, est marquée par la Seconde Guerre mondiale, dans les mémoires familiales...  Read More >>

This edited volume presents narratives on a range of methods for research on second language teaching and learning...  Read More >>

A fascinating insight into the most talented Latin poets to occupy the Papal throne after Pius II Piccolomini in...  Read More >>

Dissecting the radical impact of Walter Benjamin on contemporary cultural, postcolonial and translation theory,...  Read More >>

Bringing plastic and concrete - two of the contemporary age's most significant materials - together, this book uses...  Read More >>

A scholarly and experimental collection that offers fresh insight—with a feminist focus—into the often overlooked...  Read More >>

Framing Ageing, available open access, addresses scholars from across the Humanities and Social Sciences who want...  Read More >>

Offering the first systematic overview of modern and contemporary Chinese literature from a translation studies...  Read More >>

Lyra Ekström Lindbäck revisits the crucial distinction between literature and philosophy in Iris Murdoch’s work...  Read More >>

Compares monumental designs and performance spaces of Christian, Buddhist, and related sanctuaries, exploring how...  Read More >>

Award-winning British playwright Leo Butler looks back over 25 of writing for the stage and his extensive experience...  Read More >>

This book offers a comprehensive and systematic – rather than historical – approach to ancient Greek oracular texts,...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to Fairy Tales provides a comprehensive guide to fairy tales across literatures and cultures....  Read More >>

The Routledge Anthology of Global Science Fiction Origins brings together short stories from writers of science...  Read More >>

Transnation: Identity and Mobility in Postcolonial Literature and Culture offers a fresh and thought-provoking exploration...  Read More >>

This anthology showcases poems by writers who honor the virtues of the original New York School poets: Frank O’Hara,...  Read More >>

Welcome to Chinese Characters for Kids-a lively, hands-on guide designed to turn learning simplified Chinese characters...  Read More >>

Welcome to Chinese Characters for Kids-a lively, hands-on guide crafted to turn learning simplified Chinese characters...  Read More >>

Covering literature, visual media and popular culture, this book explores how the Gothic is consistently used to...  Read More >>

A monograph on the rich and complex history of postcolonial literature from the Caucasus and Central Asia, examining...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive study of the Goncourt brothers' etchings, including never-before published images of their...  Read More >>

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