Literature: history & criticism books

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Lynching in American Literature and Journalism

Lynching in American Literature and Journalism

Author: Yoshinobu Hakutani ,  Robert Butler, author of Contemporary Af
ISBN: 9781666909098
Format: Paperback
$68.99

Lynching in American Literature and Journalism is a collection of historical and critical discussions of lynching...  Read More >>

The American Dream and Dreams Deferred: A Dialectical Fairy Tale

The American Dream and Dreams Deferred: A Dialectical...

Author: Carlton D. Floyd ,  Thomas Ehrlich Reifer
ISBN: 9781793634139
Format: Paperback
$73.99

This book examines how rival interpretations of the American Dream poignantly express conflicts over its very meaning,...  Read More >>

Matthew Gregory Lewis: The Gothic and Romantic Literary Culture

Matthew Gregory Lewis: The Gothic and Romantic Literary...

Author: Dale Townshend
ISBN: 9781837721290
Format: Hardback
$248.95

A comprehensive account of the works of eighteenth-century English writer Matthew Gregory Lewis, identifying him...  Read More >>

Spectral Spain: Haunted Houses, Silent Spaces and Traumatic Memories in Post-Franco Gothic Fiction

Spectral Spain: Haunted Houses, Silent Spaces and Traumatic...

Author: Heidi Backes
ISBN: 9781837721269
Format: Hardback
$157.95

An analysis of texts representing multiple regional cultures within Spain while examining the Gothic haunting motif...  Read More >>

Chronicles of a Village

Chronicles of a Village

Author: Nguyen Thanh Hien ,  Quyen Nguyen-Hoang
ISBN: 9780300276404
Format: Paperback
$30.95

An incantatory poetic novel that interweaves the legends, tragedies, and histories of a village in Vietnam  Read More >>

Dante and His Circle: Education, Script and Image

Dante and His Circle: Education, Script and Image

Author: Julia Bolton Holloway
ISBN: 9783031440922
Format: Hardback
$343.17

In this book, Julia Bolton Holloway makes use of primary materials in documents, manuscripts and stone monuments...  Read More >>

Hot Equations: Science, Fantasy, and the Radical Imagination on a Troubled Planet

Hot Equations: Science, Fantasy, and the Radical Imagination...

Author: Jesse S. Cohn
ISBN: 9781496850157
Format: Hardback
$185.90

How contemporary science fiction, fantasy, and horror indicate a way forward in change and crisis  Read More >>

Shaping the Sciences of the Ancient and Medieval World: Textual Criticism, Critical Editions and Translations of Scholarly Texts in History

Shaping the Sciences of the Ancient and Medieval World:...

Author: Agathe Keller ,  Karine Chemla
ISBN: 9783031496165
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book contributes to a worldwide history of textual criticism and critical editions of ancient scientific texts....  Read More >>

Christianity and the African Counter-Discourse in Achebe and Beti: Cultures in Dialogue, Contest and Conflict

Christianity and the African Counter-Discourse in Achebe...

Author: Ali Yiğit
ISBN: 9781032577760
Format: Hardback
$273.00

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Evil, Madness, and Truth: Gerda s Story

Evil, Madness, and Truth: Gerda s Story

Author: Anthony Fry
ISBN: 9781804413791
Format: Hardback
$314.03

Evil, Madness, and Truth uses a fictional narrative to present a number of ethical issues that will challenge readers....  Read More >>

Writing Disaster in South Asian Literature and Culture: The Limits of Empathy and Cosmopolitan Imagination

Writing Disaster in South Asian Literature and Culture:...

Author: Sk Sagir Ali ,  Swayamdipta Das
ISBN: 9781666951479
Format: Hardback
$177.00

This book examines disaster events (both man-made and natural) as represented in South Asian literature and culture....  Read More >>

Psychology in the Fiction of Henry James: Memory, Emotions, and Empathy

Psychology in the Fiction of Henry James: Memory, Emotions,...

Author: Teckyoung Kwon
ISBN: 9781666905748
Format: Hardback
$177.00

This book discusses consciousness using the teachings of Freud, William James, and recent neuroscientists, as well...  Read More >>

Mapping Minor/Small and World Literatures: Periphery and Center

Mapping Minor/Small and World Literatures: Periphery...

Author: Yanli He ,  Nicholas Birns
ISBN: 9781666944662
Format: Hardback
$219.00

This anthology challenges prevailing notions of world literature by showcasing marginalized voices from diverse...  Read More >>

Emilio Salgari: The Tiger Is Still Alive!

Emilio Salgari: The Tiger Is Still Alive!

Author: Paola Irene Galli Mastrodonato
ISBN: 9781683934080
Format: Hardback
$245.00

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Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks, and Me

Facing Down the Furies: Suicide, the Ancient Greeks,...

Author: Edith Hall
ISBN: 9780300273533
Format: Hardback
$39.95

An award-winning classicist turns to Greek tragedies for the wisdom to understand the damage caused by suicide and...  Read More >>

Second Chances: Shakespeare and Freud

Second Chances: Shakespeare and Freud

Author: Stephen Greenblatt ,  Adam Phillips
ISBN: 9780300276367
Format: Hardback
$41.95

A powerful exploration of the human capacity for renewal, as seen through Shakespeare and Freud  Read More >>

On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud

On the Couch: Writers Analyze Sigmund Freud

Author: Andrew Blauner
ISBN: 9780691242439
Format: Hardback
$54.99

A collection of colorful and candid essays and other pieces about Freud and his legacy today, featuring twenty-five...  Read More >>

Theory Does Not Exist: Comparative Ancient and Modern Explorations in Psychoanalysis, Deconstruction, and Rhetoric

Theory Does Not Exist: Comparative Ancient and Modern...

Author: Paul Allen Miller
ISBN: 9781839990854
Format: Hardback
$185.00

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