Literature: history & criticism books

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 >>

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

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A surprising look at how American writers envision a more equitable healthcare system In the United States,...  Read More >>

Late Medieval Female Subject Consciousness: Italian and English Mystics brings together disparate feminist theoretical...  Read More >>

Adopting a cultural materialist reading in the post-colonial context of Hong Kong, this book examines post-1997...  Read More >>

The book brings together philosophy, ecoculture and political ecology in a creative, critical and timely manner...  Read More >>

In Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, Jessica Brantley offers an innovative introduction to manuscript...  Read More >>