Literature, Poetry & Criticism books

Realism has been disparaged for over a hundred years as an outmoded form, and, more recently, as a pernicious illusion,...  Read More >>

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Outlines British literature's relation to global empire from the 16th century to the present. Twenty-one chapters...  Read More >>

This edited volume challenges the hegemonic ideologies that underpin contemporary planning thought and practice,...  Read More >>

This Element examines Walter Scott's work by investigating the influence of his French wife, Charlotte Charpentier,...  Read More >>

Joy in literature and culture remains a little-studied subject, one sometimes even viewed with suspicion. Here,...  Read More >>

A new edition of John Millington Synge’s riveting story of youth and self-discovery, published to coincide with...  Read More >>

Part True Crime, part Western, KENREX is a gritty, gripping thrill ride through the American Midwest written by...  Read More >>

How the drama of Shakespeare's time demonstrates the tensions within civility Is civility merely a matter of reinforcing...  Read More >>

This text firmly positions Whitman as a necessary and radical voice within the American poetry canon.  Read More >>

Taking a holistic approach to performances of the Iliad and the Odyssey, this multidisciplinary volume examines...  Read More >>

Nearly seven decades after the English translation of Morphology of the Folktale, one of the most influential scholarly...  Read More >>

This 11 piece, limited-edition box set--an African Poetry Book Fund (APBF) project--features the work of ten new...  Read More >>

Selected by acclaimed poet/novelist Colin Channer for the National Poetry Series, 82nd Division is a lustrous love...  Read More >>

An illuminating new collection from the latest winner of the Paz Prize for Poetry, selected by Germán Guerra and...  Read More >>

From genre luminaries, esteemed organizers, and exciting new voices in fiction, an anthology of stories, essays,...  Read More >>

CHOICE: OUTSTANDING ACADEMIC TITLE FINALIST, THE RANDY SHILTS AWARD FOR GAY NONFICTION, THE PUBLISHING TRIANGLE...  Read More >>

""Analyzes the environmental and social complexities of Izaak Walton's famous fishing treatise The Compleat Angler....  Read More >>

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A gripping, deeply moving novel about one man's search for truth and identity in the long shadow of war. Heinz...  Read More >>

""Science fiction stories, essays, and art that imagines climate futures and encourages the reader to feel both...  Read More >>

Examining Europe’s borders and their artistic representations as an archive both of state violence and of refusal,...  Read More >>

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""The long now conditions permit confronts the persistent brutalities of our world through poetry that both names...  Read More >>

The Russian novel remains a subject of enduring interest for scholars, students, and general audiences. Russian...  Read More >>