Literature: history & criticism books

A selection of short stories centred on Athens that portray the wealth and vibrancy of Athens literature and the...  Read More >>

This book combines close literary readings with detailed considerations of visual media to demonstrate that key...  Read More >>

The books offer intimate views of the most important woman of her times as she shares her love of her family and...  Read More >>

A collection that explores the beauty of survival in the face of upheaval and loss. Marina Carreira's Dead Things...  Read More >>

When Sylvain Tesson left the colourful yellow houses of the French Riviera for a ski trek across the Alps with his...  Read More >>

Who were the women writers that inspired Jane Austen? Why have they all but disappeared from our bookshelves? Rare...  Read More >>

In this book, originally published in 1974, Cecily Mackworth writes about four outstanding French poets who came...  Read More >>

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Edward Thomas (1878-1917) wrote in the last two and a half years of his life a body of poetry that has endured....  Read More >>

An ideal introduction and a reliable guide for students and teachers of European literature Uniquely broad in...  Read More >>

Revealing how legal developments in Britain shaped and were shaped by imaginative writing, this volume provides...  Read More >>

How have global commodities such as coffee, oil and lithium shaped literary texts, movements and genres? And how...  Read More >>

Drawing from philosopher Alasdair MacIntyre, this book explores how Against the Galileans by Roman Emperor Julian...  Read More >>

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From Ernest Hemingway's perfect hamburger to Beatrix Potter's home-made gingerbread, The Writer's Table presents...  Read More >>

In The Glass Door, Ibsen's Hedda Gabler has been adapted to make it easier for modern theaters to produce and for...  Read More >>

���� A Joyful Gift They'll Actually Use (and Love) Tired of gift books that get put on a shelf and forgotten?...  Read More >>

Returned To A Time Of Loneliness by Manal Khalil .. A literary collection of several literary thoughts that express...  Read More >>

Oscar Wilde once wrote “I never travel without my diary. One should always have something sensational to read on...  Read More >>

Here is the definitive edition of Seamus Heaney's poetry, with illuminating critical notes, including a substantial...  Read More >>

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Celebrate the 250th anniversary of Jane Austen's birth with this culinary treasure trove of over 70 delicious recipes,...  Read More >>