Literature: history & criticism books

Experience the enduring charm and insightful optimism of Wilhelmina Stitch's celebrated collection, ""Silver linings""....  Read More >>

""Tex"" by Stephen McKenna presents an engaging chapter in the life of Alexander Teixeira de Mattos, an influential...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

This Is A New Release Of The Original 1898 Edition.  Read More >>

""Ancient rhetoric and poetic"" by Charles Sears Baldwin presents an essential and authoritative examination of...  Read More >>

""A survey of modernist poetry"" by renowned authors Robert Graves and Laura Riding stands as a seminal work in...  Read More >>

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

C. S. Lewis continues to fascinate scholars and non-scholars alike. He was a scholar of abiding significance who...  Read More >>

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

Hungarian literature. An historical and critical survey (1898). This book, Hungarian literature, by Emil Reich,...  Read More >>

Delve into the vibrant world of 17th-century English drama with ""The Works of Thomas Middleton: Volume 3 of 5""....  Read More >>

Delve into the insightful world of literary analysis with Carl Van Doren's ""The roving critic."" This esteemed...  Read More >>

G. K. Chesterton offers a profound and insightful interpretation of ""The Book of Job,"" one of the most challenging...  Read More >>

Delve into the fascinating life and influential work of Walter Pater, a preeminent English author and literary critic...  Read More >>

Essays in criticism third series This book, Essays in criticism, by Matthew Arnold, is a replication of a book...  Read More >>

Johann Wolfgang von Goethe, one of Western literature's most towering figures, presents his profound insights in...  Read More >>

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and...  Read More >>

""Blackwood's Edinburgh Magazine, Vol. 93, No. 569, March, 1863"" offers a captivating journey back to the heart...  Read More >>

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

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

This book ranges across historical periods to offer a comprehensive and much-needed critical prehistory of contemporary...  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 >>

Argues that 18th-century British literary writers deployed melancholic feeling to draw a complex web of relations...  Read More >>

A collection of 16 essays examining how armed conflict functions as a subject, theme, metaphor, symbol, or plot...  Read More >>