Literature: history & criticism books

This book explores the nature and wide-ranging impact of the work of Jean-François Ducis, the first adaptor of Hamlet...  Read More >>

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An exploration of classical reception through dance, considering the particular role of Martha Graham’s collaborations...  Read More >>

Offering a new introduction to an important yet overlooked group of 20th century American poets, this book re-examines...  Read More >>

An examination of the ethical and social assumptions of Zora Neale Hurston’s aesthetics and feminist visions, this...  Read More >>

This collection demonstrates how to achieve more comprehensive scholarship on J. R. R. Tolkien, connecting Tolkien...  Read More >>

Employing theoretical lenses of implicit theology and secular spirituality, this book blurs the boundaries between...  Read More >>

Examines the practice of literary declamation in German literature and its place alongside print culture in the...  Read More >>

Based on ethnographic observations of more than two hundred hours of Systemic couples therapy and written in an...  Read More >>

'The Life of Herod The Great – like Hurston herself – is a masterpiece, a miracle, and a marvel. In other words,...  Read More >>

One of the few surviving plays by Sophocles, and one of the most frequently performed of classical Greek dramas...  Read More >>

How women wood engravers helped reshape the visual and literary landscape of modern Britain Amid the austerities...  Read More >>

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Literary Forensics: How Reading Can Make You a Better Writer is a unique reference guide designed to teach writers...  Read More >>

Marvel in a Mad mode! The complete 1955 Snafu magazine collected for the first time, featuring satire by John and...  Read More >>

A revelation of the powerful circuit between Black history and modern comics by African American creators  Read More >>

The arresting story of how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain as a defeated Germany descended into political chaos...  Read More >>

The author reflects upon her own creative process, attempting to answer the question, ""Why do you write?""  Read More >>

A moving, intimate portrait of the Enlightenment philosophers as they faced the end of their lives and their historical...  Read More >>

Based on ethnographic observations of more than two hundred hours of Systemic couples therapy and written in an...  Read More >>

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Examining a strain of feminine speculative thought that resonates with contemporary efforts to recenter pleasure....  Read More >>

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This volume aims to explore and highlight aspects of the work of Roman elegiac poet Sulpicia. Topics include Sulpicia's...  Read More >>