Literature: history & criticism books

The authoritative source for those wanting to explore the flourishing medieval world of Arthur from its very beginnings,...  Read More >>

Charting the global spread of Arthuriana up to the present day, the second volume of this history foregrounds non-English...  Read More >>

The first full-length exploration of the work of Laura Wade, providing critical and performance perspectives on...  Read More >>

Take a tour of New York City as inspiration, place and context in the work of America's greatest playwright of the...  Read More >>

Introduces mirrors as material and metaphorical agents of early modern theatricality whose presence in the playhouse...  Read More >>

The essential companion to Toni Morrison's work, written by Namwali Serpell, 'one of the most innovative and intelligent...  Read More >>

The first dedicated historical study of the Reduced Shakespeare Company, this book explores the troupe’s four major...  Read More >>

The first study of creative and cultural afterlives of Gulliver’s Travels produced over the past 3 centuries that...  Read More >>

How do we define plagiarism in literature? In this wide-ranging study, Muhsin J. al-Musawi examines debates surrounding...  Read More >>

In this first-ever account of the broadsheet ballads sold outside playhouses, Tiffany Stern reveals how ballads...  Read More >>

This collection offers a theoretically robust interrogation of how the circulation of Shakespeare within popular...  Read More >>

Focusing on the international circulation of culture and ideas by women in the early modern period through the long...  Read More >>

An interdisciplinary exploration of the ways in which women’s violence, victimhood and villainy are portrayed in...  Read More >>

Through incisive analysis, Stacey McDowell shows how Romantic writers reflect on ideas about reading, revealing...  Read More >>

As one among few studies of Indian Ocean literature, this book will benefit scholars and students in humanistic...  Read More >>

An exploration of the multifaceted dimensions of violence represented in the literature of South Asia.  Read More >>

Traces the development of Pushkin’s heroines from his youthful Southern Poems to his last published work The Captain’s...  Read More >>

A study of nineteenth-century Romantic literary artifacts centering on the removal of Parthenon sculptures from...  Read More >>

Demonstrates William James's role in the history of Anglo-American literary production and the practice of literary...  Read More >>

Professors, high school teachers, novelists, anti-censorship advocates, and librarians confront and examine the...  Read More >>

Offers literary histories and analyses of different genres in African literature and verbal arts. The genres covered...  Read More >>

Examining three of the most influential writers of the modern fantasy tradition, this book looks at how they engage...  Read More >>

Before gothic villains stalked industrialising Britain, spectres were haunting British plantations in the 'New World'....  Read More >>

Will appeal to scholars, students, and general audiences interested in American history, religion, and reform before...  Read More >>

Academic discourse on eyes has focused overwhelmingly on their visual function. Weeping Eyes turns instead to their...  Read More >>