Literature, Poetry & Criticism books

A collection of intimate, confessional poems that explores the hidden, often unspoken parts of the human condition...  Read More >>

Pascal Quignard delves into the uncanny bond between recognition and loss, outlining how our earliest experiences...  Read More >>

One of America’s leading music journalists on Heartland Rock’s glory days and its role in the populist politics...  Read More >>

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This volume explores the early Soviet reception of Laurence Sterne. By reconstructing individual readerly encounters...  Read More >>

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Shakespeare and Early Modern Madness, the first collection to focus on madness and mental health in early modern...  Read More >>

An epic, dishy, character-driven history of NPR—its on-air stars, its biggest shows, its producers, and all the...  Read More >>

A vital investigation into how disposability has transformed our lives and why we've been unable to kick our plastic...  Read More >>

The Element traces the history of Shakespearean bibliography, arguing that understanding these is foundational...  Read More >>

Anne Shakespeare's grave is commemorated with a brass plaque that has an English section of basic biographical information,...  Read More >>

Drawing on critical insights from the history of emotion and Shakespearean emotion studies, this Element offers...  Read More >>

This Element highlights significant changes in attitudes toward editing and emphasizes the critical role of editing...  Read More >>

This Element argues that movement, overseen by a movement director, is vital for theatre-making. It can support...  Read More >>

Eighteenth- and nineteenth-century mass print generated a sea of discourse belying Jurgen Habermas's vision of a...  Read More >>

This Element explores the relationship between creativity, poetry, and cognition through the lenses of cognitive...  Read More >>

‘A gripping take on how fraud and scamming have become part of our everyday lives’ Laura Whateley  Read More >>

A gripping portrait of Witold Gombrowicz, a literary figure on the margins who rose to prominence late in life to...  Read More >>

This Handbook deals with textual criticism of Greek and Latin literature and of ancient documents (inscriptions,...  Read More >>

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Timeless wisdom from the ancient world to dip into every day - from internationally bestselling classicist Irene...  Read More >>