Literary studies: general books

"Noel du Fail played a unique role in defining the genre of the short story. An avid reader of Francois Rabelais...  Read More >>

This collective volume aims to analyze the different facets of Etienne de La Boetie's work. The contributions gathered...  Read More >>

The contributions gathered here study the different facets of the work of Pontus de Tyard, the embodiment of the...  Read More >>

It argues that recent poems about economics not only discuss but enact concerns with containment and agency essential...  Read More >>

This book examines selected short stories and novels by Kate Chopin through the lens of the city of New Orleans....  Read More >>

This book, first published in 1987, is an examination of Montaigne’s Essais and a guide to the reading of this fascinating,...  Read More >>

A novelistic version of a love affair between a notorious emperor and an innocent courtesan, The Emperor of China...  Read More >>

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Studies in the Age of Chaucer is the annual yearbook of the New Chaucer Society, publishing articles on the writing...  Read More >>

""Using hybrid digital (distant) and analogue (close) reading methodologies, this book shows how Charles Dickens...  Read More >>

""Offers a new account of feeling in British Enlightenment literature, showing how writers discreetly evoke a hidden...  Read More >>

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Women and Music in the Age of Austen highlights the central role women played in musical performance, composition,...  Read More >>

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Illuminates cultural and material trends that shaped Black film adaptations during the twentieth century. Contributors...  Read More >>

This study aims to bring together medieval and modern thought to reread the fabliaux and make them participate in...  Read More >>

"Inspired by Paul Verlaine's poem ""La Mer est plus belle que les cathedrals"" (The Sea is More Beautiful than Cathedrals),...  Read More >>

This collective volume aims to analyze the different facets of Etienne de La Boetie's work. The contributions gathered...  Read More >>

"Aimed at a readership of courtiers, this manual imparts severe warnings and sagacious advice on how to ""gain favor""...  Read More >>

"Noel du Fail played a unique role in defining the genre of the short story. An avid reader of Francois Rabelais...  Read More >>

The contributions gathered here study the different facets of the work of Pontus de Tyard, the embodiment of the...  Read More >>

This study examines the coherence of Pierre Charron's work, predicated as it was on the notion of wisdom. Charron...  Read More >>

This book aims to solve the riddle at the heart of Pontus de Tyard's poetry-the key lies in his original use of...  Read More >>