Literature: history & criticism books

Reflects on reading as a lived experience and a scholarly field by bringing together two modes of writing, the academic...  Read More >>

The first book to explore the representation of reading and its often deleterious consequences in modern fiction...  Read More >>

Uncovers how historical novels rewrite the history of the Korean War  Read More >>

Presents an image of Victorian life-especially womens' lives-that uniquely and surprisingly anticipates our own...  Read More >>

Extends the body of scholarship on Comic Gothic to cover contemporary texts, new media and texts from other cultures...  Read More >>

Establishes Elizabeth von Arnim as an important figure in literary modernism.  Read More >>

The first reference book on First World War newspapers and magazines from the home front to the front lines.  Read More >>

Refines our understanding of Virginia Woolf as a politically engaged writer  Read More >>

Empire of Print: Evangelical Power in an Age of Mass Media tells a new story of how nineteenth-century evangelicals...  Read More >>

Traces the evolving relationship between American literature and therapeutic cultures across the twentieth and...  Read More >>

The first critical edition of the final text of Lockhart's Valerius, A Roman Story.  Read More >>

Addresses the changing geographical and historical background to Conrad's life as a source for his developing artistic...  Read More >>

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How do we engage with our metamorphic bodies and brains in ways which resist social and political violences and...  Read More >>

The first curatorial studies volume to engage with the concept of 'the future'.  Read More >>

Demonstrates how the career of Britain's first major Black actor, Ira Aldridge, transformed a range of dramatic...  Read More >>

The third keenly anticipated Rilke novel exploring the dark underbelly of contemporary Glasgow, from the Award-winning...  Read More >>

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A timely look into how fascist ideas permeate contemporary culture well beyond the far right. Presenting a view...  Read More >>

This book provides an important exploration of empathetic practices and approaches in and to creative writing –...  Read More >>

A heartfelt exploration of David Wood’s collaborations with Judith Kerr, Philippa Pearce, and Kathleen Hale, revealing...  Read More >>

A masterclass in telling stories - and how they shape our world - from the internationally renowned narrative expert...  Read More >>

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Aphra Behn is renowned as the first professional woman writer in English. The plays in this volume, published and...  Read More >>