Literary studies: general books

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Blood and Ink: The Barbary Archive in Early American Literary History

Blood and Ink: The Barbary Archive in Early American...

Author: Jacob Crane
ISBN: 9781625347428
Format: Hardback
$261.36

An estimated seven hundred American citizens, sailors, and naval officers were taken captive over the course of...  Read More >>

The Ethics of Attention: Engaging the Real with Iris Murdoch and Simone Weil

The Ethics of Attention: Engaging the Real with Iris...

Author: Silvia Caprioglio Panizza (University College Dublin, Eire)
ISBN: 9780367759568
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book draws on Iris Murdoch’s philosophy to explore questions related to the importance of attention in ethics....  Read More >>

Translation, Reception and Canonization of The Art of War: Reviving Ancient Chinese Strategic Culture

Translation, Reception and Canonization of The Art of...

Author: Tian Luo (Chongqing Jiaotong University, China)
ISBN: 9781032245331
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book presents a systematic and in-depth investigation into the translation and reception of The Art of War...  Read More >>

Memoirs of Race, Color, and Belonging

Memoirs of Race, Color, and Belonging

Author: Nicole Stamant
ISBN: 9781032213804
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Memoirs of Race, Color, and Belonging provides a fresh look at the complex dialogue of race and identity in memoir,...  Read More >>

The Ivory Tower, Harry Potter, and Beyond: More Essays on the Works of J. K. Rowling

The Ivory Tower, Harry Potter, and Beyond: More Essays...

Author: Lana A. Whited
ISBN: 9780826223005
Format: Hardback
$145.20

In her follow-up to The Ivory Tower and Harry Potter, Lana A. Whited has compiled a new collection of essays analysing...  Read More >>

The Murdochian Mind

The Murdochian Mind

Author: Silvia Caprioglio Panizza (University College Dublin, Eire) ,  Mark Hopwood (The University of the South, Sewanee, USA)
ISBN: 9781032272986
Format: Paperback
$92.99

An outstanding reference source to the full span of Murdoch's work, comprising 37 specially commissioned chapters...  Read More >>

The Epic World

The Epic World

Author: Pamela Lothspeich
ISBN: 9780367252366
Format: Hardback
$462.00

"The go-to volume for anyone interested in epic literature in a global framework. Engaging with powerful stories...  Read More >>

After Postmodernism

After Postmodernism

Author: Wang Ning
ISBN: 9781032289182
Format: Paperback
$88.99

This book engages with the critical decline of postmodernism and newer currents of thinking that have come to the...  Read More >>

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Ethics

The Routledge Handbook of Translation and Ethics

Author: Kaisa Koskinen (University of Tampere, Finland) ,  Nike K. Pokorn
ISBN: 9780815358251
Format: Paperback
$94.99

Offering a comprehensive overview of issues surrounding ethics in translating and interpreting, this Handbook is...  Read More >>

Revelation's New Jerusalem in Late Antiquity

Revelation's New Jerusalem in Late Antiquity

Author: Nathan Betz ,  Anthony Dupont
ISBN: 9783161623769
Format: Paperback
$361.68

The contributions in this volume explore the intricate Late Antique reception of the New Jerusalem image from the...  Read More >>

Holy War Discourses in 1QM and John's Apocalypse: A Comparative Study

Holy War Discourses in 1QM and John's Apocalypse: A...

Author: David Chapman Harris
ISBN: 9783161624285
Format: Paperback
$311.52

In this study, David Chapman Harris compares the Qumran War Scroll with John's Apocalypse through the lens of the...  Read More >>

Introducing the History of the English Language

Introducing the History of the English Language

Author: Seth Lerer
ISBN: 9781032129693
Format: Paperback
$75.99

This essential new text provides a comprehensive, modern account of how the English language originated, developed,...  Read More >>

Literary Sentiments in the Vernacular: Gender and Genre in Modern South Asia

Literary Sentiments in the Vernacular: Gender and Genre...

Author: Charu Gupta (University of Delhi) ,  Laura Brueck (Northwestern University)
ISBN: 9781032067261
Format: Paperback
$83.99

These essays, rooted in the humanities and informed by interdisciplinary area studies, explore multiple linkages...  Read More >>

Space and Irish Lesbian Fiction: Towards a Queer Liminality

Space and Irish Lesbian Fiction: Towards a Queer Liminality...

Author: Amy Jeffrey
ISBN: 9781032009483
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Space and Irish Lesbian Fiction offers an original and much needed study of Irish Lesbian fiction, evaluating a...  Read More >>

Critical Perspectives on Abdulrazak Gurnah

Critical Perspectives on Abdulrazak Gurnah

Author: Tina Steiner (Stellenbosch University, South Africa) ,  Maria Olaussen (University of Gothenburg, Sweden)
ISBN: 9781032258409
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This edited volume provides a wide-ranging introduction to the novelistic oeuvre of the prize-winning author Abdulrazak...  Read More >>

Lectures on a Philosophy Less Ordinary: Language and Morality in J.L. Austin’s Philosophy

Lectures on a Philosophy Less Ordinary: Language and...

Author: Niklas Forsberg (University of Pardubice, Czech Republic)
ISBN: 9781032112466
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book offers a comprehensive reinterpretation of J.L. Austin’s philosophy. It opens new ways of thinking about...  Read More >>

Making Sense of Violence: Intellectuals, Writers, and Modern Warfare

Making Sense of Violence: Intellectuals, Writers, and...

Author: Matthew D'Auria (University of East Anglia, UK) ,  Mark Hewitson
ISBN: 9780367534189
Format: Paperback
$83.99

This book looks at the representations of modern war by analysing texts and examining the ways in which authors...  Read More >>

Feminist Discourse in Irish Literature: Gender and Power in Louise O’Neill’s Young Adult Fiction

Feminist Discourse in Irish Literature: Gender and Power...

Author: Jennifer Mooney
ISBN: 9781032076867
Format: Paperback
$83.99

Feminist Discourse in Irish Literature addresses the role of YA Irish literature in responding and contributing...  Read More >>

Der erniedrigte Christus: Metaphern und Metonymien in der russischen Kultur und Literatur (Vol III)

Der erniedrigte Christus: Metaphern und Metonymien in...

Author: Dirk Uffelmann ,  Alekseeva Alekseeva
ISBN: 9798887194653
Format: Hardback
$54.99

EN This three-volume book investigates the Russian transformations of one of the central concepts of Greek Christology,...  Read More >>

The Orient Express

The Orient Express

Author: Randy Rosenthal
ISBN: 9781666775280
Format: Hardback
$92.40

When yoga studios are ubiquitous and meditation apps are on millions of smart phones, once exotic terms like karma,...  Read More >>

Shakespeare and the Grace of Words: Language, Theology, Metaphysics

Shakespeare and the Grace of Words: Language, Theology,...

Author: Valentin Gerlier
ISBN: 9781032121413
Format: Paperback
$83.99

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The Education of Things: Mechanical Literacy in British Children's Literature, 1762–1860

The Education of Things: Mechanical Literacy in British...

Author: Elizabeth Fabry Massa Hoiem
ISBN: 9781625347565
Format: Hardback
$261.36

Argues that the combination of reading and writing with manual tinkering and scientific observation promoted in...  Read More >>

William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Edited and Annotated by Gideon Rappaport

William Shakespeare's Hamlet, Edited and Annotated by...

Author: Gideon Rappaport
ISBN: 9798218345914
Format: Paperback
$100.32

"In this thoroughly annotated edition, teacher and theatrical dramaturge Gideon Rappaport aims at nothing less than...  Read More >>

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