Literature: history & criticism books

Anne Shakespeare's grave is commemorated with a brass plaque that has an English section of basic biographical information,...  Read More >>

Get It While It's Hot brings together scholars, food writers, influencers, and even a CEO to discuss the phenomenon...  Read More >>

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'If I be waspish, best beware my sting'  Read More >>

An immersive account of William Shakespeare’s life and legacy presented in a lavishly illustrated journal-style...  Read More >>

Timeless wisdom from the ancient world to dip into every day - from internationally bestselling classicist Irene...  Read More >>

This Element argues that movement, overseen by a movement director, is vital for theatre-making. It can support...  Read More >>

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An exploration and insightful analysis of sisters in literature and their depiction in three centuries of the novel....  Read More >>

An entertaining romp through bookish mishaps, exposing all the weird, wow! and wtf? moments that the literary world...  Read More >>

This book is about J. G. Ballard. This book is also about death, love and time travel.  Read More >>

A compelling blend of memoir, travelogue and investigation, Walking Shadow sheds new light on the past while Doran...  Read More >>

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Dana Gioia’s characters and verses cry from the depths, their faith tried—and purified—in the furnace of doubt....  Read More >>

Kir Kuiken argues for the existence of a geopoetic literary genre extending from the late eighteenth century to...  Read More >>

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A posthumous collection of beloved and never-before-read stories from a titan of contemporary Southern fiction  Read More >>

Contrasting works by queer Chicano writers against the legal landscape of sexuality and migration to interrogate...  Read More >>

Through a wide variety of essays on language, history, politics, and culture in the works of James Joyce, this book...  Read More >>

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""No other study of the American novel has such fascinating and on the whole right things to say."" Washington Post...  Read More >>

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Magic can’t fix bad economics—discover why the wizarding world is still stuck in the Dark Ages! Discover the Shocking...  Read More >>

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