Literature: history & criticism books

Perhaps Greece's most important poet, Yannis Ritsos follows such eminent predecessors as Cavafy, Sikelianos, and...  Read More >>

An authoritative perspective on the evolution and politics of theater performance in and beyond India. In Centrestage,...  Read More >>

Charting how a vast variety of writers, filmmakers, and artists channel Herman Melville, Joseph Allen Boone offers...  Read More >>

When asked if being a woman had a negative impact on her ability to succeed as a writer, Argentine poet Alejandra...  Read More >>

In her heartrending sixth collection of poetry, Anne Marie Macari communes with a brother decades gone and calls...  Read More >>

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A landmark book-the first complete publication of Langston Hughes's translations of thirty-three stories by eighteen...  Read More >>

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Understanding the source of our current political and social malaise through our emotional responses to it  Read More >>

In What's in a name?, historian Susan Amussen traces William Shakespeare's life through early modern England to...  Read More >>

knightfall by Rohan Phadnis is a collection of modern poetry that explores politics, philosophy, and the human condition....  Read More >>

Charting how a vast variety of writers, filmmakers, and artists channel Herman Melville, Joseph Allen Boone offers...  Read More >>

An account of Arabic literary history through the lens of the reception of the Maqāmāt of al-Ḥarīrī, a twelfth-century...  Read More >>

An open access collection that explores queer identity, inequality and belonging, in and beyond, Scotland.  Read More >>

An open access collection that explores queer identity, inequality and belonging, in and beyond, Scotland.  Read More >>

Originally published in 1926, this volume provides an analysis of the history of social conditions in England during...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1930, the main focus of this book is the study of the man and the homes for children which...  Read More >>

First published in 1964, Greek Tragedy and the Modern World begins with the question what is Tragedy? By examining...  Read More >>

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When civility is just a mask, what happens when it slips? This collection of gripping stories pries open the cracks...  Read More >>

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Exploring intricate links among aesthetics, anthropology, and political economy, this work examines cultural production...  Read More >>

An exploration of how everyday Renaissance practices of folding, sending, archiving, and arranging manuscript poetry...  Read More >>