Literature: history & criticism books

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A Cultural History of Laughter

A Cultural History of Laughter

Author: Abílio Almeida (University of Minho, Portugal)
ISBN: 9781032671338
Format: Hardback
$129.35

This book explores the social history of laughter in the West, from classical antiquity to the present day. A broad,...  Read More >>

Black Contemplative Preaching: A Hidden History of Prayer, Proclamation, and Prophetic Witness

Black Contemplative Preaching: A Hidden History of Prayer,...

Author: E Trey Clark (Fuller Theological Seminary)
ISBN: 9781481321990
Format: Hardback
$171.57

"""Explores often-overlooked contemplative dimensions of the Black preaching tradition through the lens of famous...  Read More >>

Black Contemplative Preaching: A Hidden History of Prayer, Proclamation, and Prophetic Witness

Black Contemplative Preaching: A Hidden History of Prayer,...

Author: E Trey Clark (Fuller Theological Seminary)
ISBN: 9781481319355
Format: Paperback
$105.57

"""Explores often-overlooked contemplative dimensions of the Black preaching tradition through the lens of famous...  Read More >>

Unfamiliar Selves in the Hebrew Bible: Possession and Other Spirit Phenomena

Unfamiliar Selves in the Hebrew Bible: Possession and...

Author: Reed Carlson
ISBN: 9783111542775
Format: Paperback
$58.05

Is there spirit possession in the Hebrew Bible? Utilizing ethnographic studies of contemporary possession-practicing...  Read More >>

Unsaying the Commonplace: George MacDonald and the Critique of Victorian Convention

Unsaying the Commonplace: George MacDonald and the Critique...

Author: Daniel Gabelman ,  Amanda B Vernon
ISBN: 9781935688440
Format: Paperback
$52.80

Although he was a man rooted in and engaged with nineteenth-century British culture, George MacDonald was no friend...  Read More >>

Unsaying the Commonplace: George MacDonald and the Critique of Victorian Convention

Unsaying the Commonplace: George MacDonald and the Critique...

Author: Daniel Gabelman ,  Amanda B Vernon
ISBN: 9781935688532
Format: Hardback
$73.92

Although he was a man rooted in and engaged with nineteenth-century British culture, George MacDonald was no friend...  Read More >>

Shadows in Maple Hollow: Every Secret Has Its Echo

Shadows in Maple Hollow: Every Secret Has Its Echo

Author: Cy David
ISBN: 9798323950829
Format: Paperback
$25.32

Uncover the secrets lurking in the shadows of a small town in this gripping psychological thriller that blends supernatural...  Read More >>

Extremely Difficult Level Chinese Characters & Pinyin (Part 3) -Mandarin Chinese Character Search Brain Games for Beginners, Puzzles, Activities, Simplified Character Easy Test Series for HSK All Level Students

Extremely Difficult Level Chinese Characters & Pinyin...

Author: Yuxin Ying
ISBN: 9798887346687
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Chinese characters are the backbone of Mandarin Chinese language. There are thousands of Chinese that most native...  Read More >>

Extremely Difficult Level Chinese Characters & Pinyin (Part 2) -Mandarin Chinese Character Search Brain Games for Beginners, Puzzles, Activities, Simplified Character Easy Test Series for HSK All Level Students

Extremely Difficult Level Chinese Characters & Pinyin...

Author: Yuxin Ying
ISBN: 9798887346670
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Chinese characters are the backbone of Mandarin Chinese language. There are thousands of Chinese that most native...  Read More >>

Extremely Difficult Level Chinese Characters & Pinyin (Part 4) -Mandarin Chinese Character Search Brain Games for Beginners, Puzzles, Activities, Simplified Character Easy Test Series for HSK All Level Students

Extremely Difficult Level Chinese Characters & Pinyin...

Author: Yuxin Ying
ISBN: 9798887346694
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Chinese characters are the backbone of Mandarin Chinese language. There are thousands of Chinese that most native...  Read More >>

Extremely Difficult Level Chinese Characters & Pinyin (Part 1) -Mandarin Chinese Character Search Brain Games for Beginners, Puzzles, Activities, Simplified Character Easy Test Series for HSK All Level Students

Extremely Difficult Level Chinese Characters & Pinyin...

Author: Yuxin Ying
ISBN: 9798887346663
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Chinese characters are the backbone of Mandarin Chinese language. There are thousands of Chinese that most native...  Read More >>

Extremely Difficult Level Chinese Characters & Pinyin (Part 6) -Mandarin Chinese Character Search Brain Games for Beginners, Puzzles, Activities, Simplified Character Easy Test Series for HSK All Level Students

Extremely Difficult Level Chinese Characters & Pinyin...

Author: Yuxin Ying
ISBN: 9798887346717
Format: Paperback
$105.57

Chinese characters are the backbone of Mandarin Chinese language. There are thousands of Chinese that most native...  Read More >>

The Sacred and the Profane: Navigating the Catholic Influence on the Russian Literary Canon

The Sacred and the Profane: Navigating the Catholic...

Author: Anthony T Vento
ISBN: 9798869338570
Format: Paperback
$41.66

"A Journey Through the Sacred: Exploring the Catholic Imprint on Russian Literary Giants In an enthralling exploration...  Read More >>

Genesis: The First Book of Moses

Genesis: The First Book of Moses

Author: Moses
ISBN: 9798880904990
Format: Hardback
$39.57

This keepsake edition of Genesis was taken from the King James translation of the Bible. The King James Translation...  Read More >>

The Victorian Age in Literature: and Varied Types

The Victorian Age in Literature: and Varied Types

Author: G K Chesterton
ISBN: 9798869334312
Format: Paperback
$34.29

Dive into the rich tapestry of Victorian literature with G.K. Chesterton as your guide. In this captivating two-volume...  Read More >>

The Flame Imperishable: Catholicism in the Halls of Middle-earth's History

The Flame Imperishable: Catholicism in the Halls of...

Author: Anthony T Vento
ISBN: 9798869332660
Format: Paperback
$40.21

"Embark on a Journey Through Middle-Earth: Discovering Catholic Threads in Tolkien's Tapestry Step into the intertwining...  Read More >>

Julius Caesar: A Gen-Z Tragedy

Julius Caesar: A Gen-Z Tragedy

Author: William Shakespeare ,  Billy Shakespear
ISBN: 9798321914588
Format: Paperback
$22.44

"""Julius Caesar"" isn't just some dusty old play - it's about power, betrayal, and the kind of drama that never...  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: 9781496850164
Format: Paperback
$51.70

Inspired by the new diversity of science fiction, fantasy, and horror in the twenty-first century, Hot Equations...  Read More >>

What Twenty-first Century Leadership Can Learn from Nineteenth Century American Literature

What Twenty-first Century Leadership Can Learn from...

Author: Dr Christine A. Eastman (Teaching Fellow, Teaching Fellow, Lancaster University)
ISBN: 9780192865939
Format: Hardback
$74.95

What Twenty-First-Leadership Can Learn from Nineteenth-Century American Literature aims to narrow the gap between...  Read More >>

Curious Subjects: Women and the Trials of Realism

Curious Subjects: Women and the Trials of Realism

Author: Hilary M. Schor (, University of Southern Carolina)
ISBN: 9780190624002
Format: Paperback
$56.95

Curious Subjects makes the striking and original argument that what we find at the intersection between women subjects...  Read More >>

A Cultural History of Modern Korean Literature: The Birth of Oppa

A Cultural History of Modern Korean Literature: The...

Author: Kyounghoon Lee ,  John M. Frankl
ISBN: 9781666906301
Format: Paperback
$68.99

This book examines one of the seminal chapters in the history of the modern Korea. Through an analysis of texts...  Read More >>

Ecopoetics of Reenchantment: Liminal Realism and Poetic Echoes of the Earth

Ecopoetics of Reenchantment: Liminal Realism and Poetic...

Author: Bénédicte Meillon
ISBN: 9781666910445
Format: Paperback
$73.99

This book establishes how ecopoetics can provide insight into the poetic echoes of the living earth that are diffracted...  Read More >>

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 >>

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 >>

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