Literature: history & criticism books

Dissecting the radical impact of Walter Benjamin on contemporary cultural, postcolonial and translation theory,...  Read More >>

Bringing plastic and concrete - two of the contemporary age's most significant materials - together, this book uses...  Read More >>

Framing Ageing, available open access, addresses scholars from across the Humanities and Social Sciences who want...  Read More >>

Offering the first systematic overview of modern and contemporary Chinese literature from a translation studies...  Read More >>

Lyra Ekström Lindbäck revisits the crucial distinction between literature and philosophy in Iris Murdoch’s work...  Read More >>

Compares monumental designs and performance spaces of Christian, Buddhist, and related sanctuaries, exploring how...  Read More >>

This book offers a comprehensive and systematic – rather than historical – approach to ancient Greek oracular texts,...  Read More >>

The Routledge Companion to Fairy Tales provides a comprehensive guide to fairy tales across literatures and cultures....  Read More >>

The Routledge Anthology of Global Science Fiction Origins brings together short stories from writers of science...  Read More >>

Transnation: Identity and Mobility in Postcolonial Literature and Culture offers a fresh and thought-provoking exploration...  Read More >>

This anthology showcases poems by writers who honor the virtues of the original New York School poets: Frank O’Hara,...  Read More >>

Welcome to Chinese Characters for Kids-a lively, hands-on guide designed to turn learning simplified Chinese characters...  Read More >>

Welcome to Chinese Characters for Kids-a lively, hands-on guide crafted to turn learning simplified Chinese characters...  Read More >>

A COMPANION TO THE GLOBAL RENAISSANCE An innovative collection of original essays providing an expansive picture...  Read More >>

A scholarly and experimental collection that offers fresh insight—with a feminist focus—into the often overlooked...  Read More >>

This new edition includes a foreword by critically acclaimed novelist Michael Farris Smith, as well as an exclusive...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

 Read More >>

Private View delves into intimacy, power, and identity to capture the beauty, intensity, and messiness of queer...  Read More >>

 Read More >>

Dieses Buch konzentriert sich auf den großen altchinesischen Dichter Tao Yuanming und befasst sich eingehend mit...  Read More >>

How Shakespeare meticulously crafted every part of Twelfth Night and Macbeth to convey a sage message for humanity...  Read More >>

Realism is an artistic practice that aims to faithfully represent reality. Historically, it has been practiced across...  Read More >>

Explore the rise and fall of pre-Code comics with 500 covers revealing America's cultural shifts, censorship, and...  Read More >>