Literature: history & criticism books

In the maze of emotions, I wander free Where whispers of affection feel like royalty Each verse is a mirror, revealing...  Read More >>

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""An exploration of representations of social precarity in German literature and culture from the 19th to 21st centuries""--...  Read More >>

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Satire, irony and humour have long been features of Persian literature’s rich tradition, taking various forms from...  Read More >>

The first study of the reception of Iranian culture, history, and literature in 19th -century France, including...  Read More >>

""Alchemies of Blood and Afro-Diasporic Fiction focuses on the resurgence of biological racism in 21st-century public...  Read More >>

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""The first book-length study of clothing and dress across William Faulkner's novels and short stories""--  Read More >>

In this new collection of poem-essays, poetRichard Meier continues his inquiry into daily writings (first presented...  Read More >>

""From Virginia Woolf to David Foster Wallace and beyond, 'redemptive hybridism' - a new way of reading texts full...  Read More >>

Situated at the intersections between history and literature, the book explores the life-stories written in the...  Read More >>

Comic Lives examines the dynamic intersection of life narrative and comedy within the theoretical and methodological...  Read More >>

Queer Kinship in Sarah Schulman’s AIDS Novels is the first book to extensively discuss the works of Sarah Schulman,...  Read More >>

An exploration of how espionage narratives give access to cultural conceptions of gender and sexuality before and...  Read More >>

""A pioneering work in cognitive versification studies, scrutinizing the rhythmical means of free verse""--  Read More >>

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Sensation Novels and Domestic Minds investigates how the Victorians dealt with questions of mental health by examining...  Read More >>

It explores the phenomenon of Polish Danteism from a hermeneutic perspective.The essays examine a series of “encounters”...  Read More >>

Children’s Literature in Place: Surveying the Landscapes of Children’s Culture is an edited collection dedicated...  Read More >>

This book shows that traditional forms played a vital role in shaping mature women poets’ responses to modernity,...  Read More >>

Max Porter is amongst the most exciting British writers of the twenty-first century; this book is the first study...  Read More >>

This book analyzes the emergence of Chinese diasporic literature and art in the Caribbean and its diasporas in the...  Read More >>