Literature: history & criticism books

Step into the influential world of Ezra Pound with ""Provença,"" a seminal collection of American poetry. Subtitled...  Read More >>

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

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

Victor Hugo's Oration on Voltaire, delivered at Paris, May 30, 1878, the Hundredth Anniversary of Voltaire's Death....  Read More >>

Immerse yourself in the intellectual currents of Victorian England with this meticulously prepared print edition...  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 >>

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

Delve into the core principles of dramatic technique with Lope de Vega's influential work, 'The new art of writing...  Read More >>

""The Little Review, November 1916 (Vol. 3, No. 7)"" offers an authentic portal into the groundbreaking American...  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 >>

""My Life in Poetry"" by Stanton A. Coblentz invites readers into the personal and intellectual world of a distinguished...  Read More >>

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

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

An exploration of the philosophical dimensions of translation, celebrating it as a practice that preserves and proliferates...  Read More >>

Writing the Mountains reconsiders the role of mountains in German language fiction from 1800 to the present and...  Read More >>

Focusing in turn on history, powerful individuals, under-represented voices and the arts, the essays in this collection...  Read More >>

In his philosophical project, aesthetic orientation and political leanings, Alain Badiou is a product of, and a...  Read More >>

This book examines the work of acclaimed director Tina Packer, founder of Shakespeare & Company, whose ground-breaking...  Read More >>