Literature: history & criticism books

In this dreamlike final reckoning, Don Fabrizio dies as he lived: proud, weary, and beyond the world of ordinary...  Read More >>

Michael Kleeberg's historical farce about the Paris communist Party.  Read More >>

This book examines murrain, or mass mortalities of cattle, in ways that bridge the gap between animal studies and...  Read More >>

I have always loved poetry-reading it and writing it. During an active teaching career, I was busy with teaching,...  Read More >>

These poems do not resolve exile-they simply trace its contours. Exile is not only a movement across geography but...  Read More >>

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Tales From The Land of Saints & Scholars gathers together a vibrant collection of Irish folktales, fairy tales,...  Read More >>

In 1950, a romance comic became an empowering adventure comic for girls at the hands of some of Marvel's greatest...  Read More >>

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The Pulitzer Prize–winning poet reveals how poetry is a powerful tool of connection and understanding in a fractured...  Read More >>

A Companion to Latin American Literature and Culture examines the cultural and historical contexts behind the work...  Read More >>

""Books preserve ideas, yes, but they also provoke new ones-they are true tools for thinking. In this book, Joel...  Read More >>

How did rural America come to be viewed as backward and inferior, and how did literary modernism respond to and...  Read More >>

This book explores how our physical experiences shape our understanding of health, disease, and illness, revealing...  Read More >>

""Examines how biblical texts construct boundaries between human and nonhuman entities. Using critical theories...  Read More >>

""Challenges prevailing models of Pentateuch composition and proposes new approaches. Focusing on coherence, the...  Read More >>

In his last novel, the acclaimed Mois Benarroch weaves a profound and labyrinthine tapestry of memory, identity,...  Read More >>

From the whisper of the serpent to the roar of the lion, from the sacred cat of Egypt to the white stag of Celtic...  Read More >>

Publié au XIXᵉ siècle, Au-delà du Rhin est un essai de critique politique et culturelle dans lequel Eugène Lerminier...  Read More >>

Catulle Mendès retrace avec lyrisme et esprit l'histoire du Parnasse, mouvement poétique voué à la beauté pure et...  Read More >>

Explore over 4,000 horror films in this immersive guide connecting cinema history, influences, and QR codes to watch,...  Read More >>

From the dawn of civilization, humanity has known the power of the feminine divine - the giver of life, the keeper...  Read More >>

CDE STUDIES (GENERAL EDITOR: ANETTE PANKRATZ) The book series is dedicated to contemporary anglophone playwrights...  Read More >>

Christmas is not just a day or a frame of mind as Kris Kringle (Edmund Gwenn) imparts in Miracle on 34th Street...  Read More >>

This volume focuses on serious aspects of wordplay related to phenomena of exclusion, complementing previous research...  Read More >>