Literature: history & criticism books

Contemporary plays by a dynamic Peruvian collective showcase the nation’s vibrant cultural and linguistic mosaic...  Read More >>

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Modern parallels to Martin Luther King Jr.’s civil disobedience can be found in black theater, where the black body...  Read More >>

The life and work of Katherine Mansfield, one of literary modernism's most significant writers.  Read More >>

A clarifying analysis of how authors from Bosnia-Herzegovina translate and transmit the memory of the Bosnian War...  Read More >>

What if laziness isn't failure - but freedom? In a world obsessed with ""rise and grind,"" Slacker Manifesto...  Read More >>

A vibrant anthology of contemporary Peruvian drama spotlights...  Read More >>

The first practical guide to exploring Shakespeare and Brecht together with a view to expanding staging and performing...  Read More >>

A chronological history of the literature of Wales in its two major languages (Welsh and English), this book covers...  Read More >>

Recovering Cervantes' career as an itinerant poet, this study presents a new theory of the modern novel as an organic...  Read More >>

In the Romantic period, more novels were published in England than ever before. This book offers scholars and book...  Read More >>

A sharp, witty send-up of the literary world, set in the world of book publishing—a must-read for anyone who's ever...  Read More >>

An illuminating new essay collection from one of the most distinctive, exciting and acclaimed writers of her generation,...  Read More >>

A timely, moving, and piercingly intelligent essay collection from one of our finest contemporary writers For thirty...  Read More >>

On the first day of summer vacation, everyone throws an okonomiyaki party at Umidori s place. Yet once more, this...  Read More >>

This book explores significant literary and critical thinking achievements that have shaped our world. This slim...  Read More >>

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Uncovers the previously neglected links between the nineteenth-century American canon and twentieth-century Asian...  Read More >>

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Examines the life-affirming and enchanting aspects of Woolf's and Rhys's modernism with feminist, affect and new...  Read More >>

Explores Jacques Derrida's thoughts on what it means to 'remain'.  Read More >>