Literature, Poetry & Criticism books

Combines the study of early modern circuits of disease with a focus on care in the context of early modern English...  Read More >>

Positioning fantasy fiction as a response to the ongoing crisis of representation in Western fiction, this book...  Read More >>

Exploring a range of twentieth and twenty-first century Marian prayer-poetry - prayer poems directed to or involving...  Read More >>

Exploring the ways nineteenth-century medicine and theology co-created modern perceptions of the impact of nutrition...  Read More >>

Offers an accessible translation and detailed commentary of Piccolomini's only comedy, Chrysis.  Read More >>

Employing a fresh theoretical approach to David Jones' work, this is the first book to use disability studies as...  Read More >>

Provides a detailed overview of the history, concepts, and current debates at the intersection of disability theory...  Read More >>

Putting Joyce back into dialogue with other Irish writers of his generation, this book shows that his experiments...  Read More >>

The fourth in a series of books exploring the careers of 28 award-winning contemporary American playwrights, this...  Read More >>

Examination of Euripides' Hippolytus by leading academics which is accompanied by an English translation by an expert...  Read More >>

Examines the comedies of Aristophanes from the perspective of the playwright as a political ‘correspondent’ rather...  Read More >>

A beautifully illustrated reflection on the hope of eternity, adapting the stunning 12th century poem, The Celestial...  Read More >>

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Focusing on a significant 70-year period as a climactic phase of displacement, the book investigates the role of...  Read More >>

The winner of four Emmys, a Peabody, and two Writers Guild Awards (all of which badly need dusting) explains his...  Read More >>

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The map of the land is in our blood. A woman trawls the bottom of a riverbed with a makeshift plough, hoping...  Read More >>

Rooted in visions of Indigenous futurisms, Beyond the Glittering World proclaims and celebrates a rising generation...  Read More >>

Discover the inimitable genius of Ray Bradbury as he explores the art of writing, the power of creativity, and the...  Read More >>

An ""incisive...heartwarming"" (The New York Times Book Review) exploration of the powerful and universal lessons...  Read More >>

""From the internationally bestselling author of the Ruth Galloway mysteries, an eclectic ... collection of short...  Read More >>

Horror's best storytellers assemble for another installment in the bestselling anthology of terror, with new tales...  Read More >>

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Volodymyr Rafeyenko’s Signals of Being: A Play in Three Acts stages a captivating dramatic interpretation of a country...  Read More >>

Drawing on two years of ethnographic research mixed with archival work, Immigrants, Brokers, and Literacy as Affinityexplores...  Read More >>