Literature: history & criticism books

This book presents the entirety of the history of English literature, beginning in Anglo-Saxon times and ending...  Read More >>

Este libro reúne las voces de mujeres y hombres que, inspirándose...  Read More >>

Schon immer sind Tiere die Begleiter und Helfer des Menschen. Sie bringen Leben und Freude und können auch im Alter...  Read More >>

Title: The Poetical Works of W. Shenstone. With life, critical dissertation, and explanatory notes by ... G. Gilfillan.Publisher:...  Read More >>

How Shakespeare crafted every part of The Taming of the Shrew and Romeo & Juliet to convey a sage message for humanity...  Read More >>

In a forest where every step is familiar, Sára searches for mushrooms—but what she unearths instead are the long-buried...  Read More >>

This book analyses the treatment of the emotions in liberal writing in Britain over the long nineteenth century,...  Read More >>

An exploration of the philosophical dimensions of translation, celebrating it as a practice that preserves and proliferates...  Read More >>

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This Element revisits the relation between Giacomo Leopardi and Samuel Beckett. It suggests that Leopardi becomes...  Read More >>

What does 'Irish romanticism' mean and when did Ireland become romantic? Claire Connolly proposes an understanding...  Read More >>

This Element is the first scholarly study of the theatre of Lauren Gunderson, one of the most produced US playwrights...  Read More >>

What does democracy sound like when it's shouted through a distortion pedal? In 1975, Spain emerged from the long...  Read More >>

Focusing in turn on history, powerful individuals, under-represented voices and the arts, the essays in this collection...  Read More >>

In his philosophical project, aesthetic orientation and political leanings, Alain Badiou is a product of, and a...  Read More >>

This book examines the work of acclaimed director Tina Packer, founder of Shakespeare & Company, whose ground-breaking...  Read More >>

An exploration of concepts and representations of artificial intelligence in ancient Greek and Roman epic as well...  Read More >>

Writing the Mountains reconsiders the role of mountains in German language fiction from 1800 to the present and...  Read More >>

Tapping into the emergence of scholarly comedy studies since the 2000s, this collection brings new perspectives...  Read More >>

Using comparative analyses of source and target texts, Leone Anderson examines Jorge Luis Borges’s residual presence...  Read More >>

A sharp and hilarious exploration of faith and loneliness in a Travelodge written by celebrated playwright David...  Read More >>

The Cambridge History of Australian Poetry is the authoritative volume on Australian poetry. It provides multiple...  Read More >>

A panoramic account of a single year uncommonly crowded with seminal works of performance. Surveying American drama,...  Read More >>