Literature: history & criticism books

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Unfolding the spiritual and mythical background of the pagan narrative, this book shows how the contest between...  Read More >>

Whether through medical encyclopedias, daily-use almanacs, or novels and anecdotes, readers pursued knowledge of...  Read More >>

The long overlooked, centuries-long, culture of the book in West Africa. Printed books did not reach West Africa...  Read More >>

This book presents the first extensive English study and translation of the poetry of Jahan Malek Khatun, a fourteenth-century...  Read More >>

First published in 1984, The Passive surveys a wide range of different constructions, which have all been termed...  Read More >>

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In this uplifting picture book, a young Black girl’s identities converge at the Women’s March, helping her find...  Read More >>

This groundbreaking book explores the life of the forest in African fiction, showing how writers have used it to...  Read More >>

The environmental impacts of empire on Ireland's past and future Ireland was Britain's first colony and its first...  Read More >>

The authoritative guide to the singular career and artistic legacy of one of America's most celebrated playwrights,...  Read More >>

This book investigates new ways in which writers and artists of early modern Spain conceived of space through the...  Read More >>

Sneaking into Print explores how early printing technology shaped a distinct ""narrative culture"" in Spain.  Read More >>

Unfolding the spiritual and mythical background of the pagan narrative, this book shows how the contest between...  Read More >>

This open access book offers an array of educational perspectives aimed at fostering inclusive, multicultural, critical,...  Read More >>

The environmental impacts of empire on Ireland's past and future Ireland was Britain's first colony and its first...  Read More >>

This book addresses the issue of migration to and from Ireland since the 17th-18th century and examines the dynamics...  Read More >>

""Forced by Circumstance gathers foundational essays by, and interviews with, Norma Alarcon, noted scholar of Chicana/o,...  Read More >>

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Poems on Various Subjects, Religious and Moral by Phillis Wheatley, Negro Servant to Mr. John Wheatley, of Boston,...  Read More >>

La portentosa Vida de la Muerte del franciscano Joaquín de Bolaños apareció por primera vez en México en 1792. Desde...  Read More >>

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""An English-language translation from German of the literary theorist Rainer Nèagele's concise collection of 8...  Read More >>

""Traces the long history of skepticism and unbelief in Christianity and Western culture that leads to Shakespeare's...  Read More >>