Literary studies: general books

"The poet Nicolas Gilbert (1750-1780) offers an original voice among the ""shadows"" of the Enlightenment. His odes...  Read More >>

"A dialogue between two writers, one already famous, the other a debutant, this correspondence took place against...  Read More >>

Sometimes called the Czech Bukowski, and more widely known by the epithet “Magor” (which translates roughly to “fool”...  Read More >>

An investigation into the formation of French literary culture through the lens of publishing house Editions de...  Read More >>

This collection focuses on metaphorical as well as temporal and physical border-crossing in writing from and about...  Read More >>

The power of poetry, a topos since Plato, undergoes a radical transformation in literary texts between 1770 and...  Read More >>

Providing new perspectives on Wordsworth's later poetry, Philip Shaw reveals how his work after the revolutionary...  Read More >>

Explores what kind of stories emerge from classical epic when similes are front and center. Combines the interdisciplinary...  Read More >>

Read alongside major developments in English- and German-language sexology, work by Stevenson and other gay writers...  Read More >>

An accessible, wide-ranging introduction to one of the most important aspects of Romantic cultural history, aimed...  Read More >>

Bringing digital methods to the study of comics, this book traces the emergence of the graphic novel at the intersection...  Read More >>

This book is for any reader interested in the American graphic novel and its longer history. Going after Art Spiegelman's...  Read More >>

Neo-Victorian Things: Re-Imagining Nineteenth-Century Material Cultures in Literature and Film is the first volume...  Read More >>

This volume argues that parody is central to modernism and shows that as a literary technique, parody was a means...  Read More >>

Examining humour in depictions of the US Civil War from the war years to the present, this review covers a wide...  Read More >>

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This volume offers a new interpretation of the role of the female and the feminine in Plato's political dialogues....  Read More >>

Covering key forms, media, locations, individuals, and communities, this book addresses both familiar topics and...  Read More >>

ପ୍ରାକ୍]-ସ୍ୱାଧୀନତା କାଳରେ ରଚିତ ସାମାଜିକ ଓଡ଼ିଆ ନାଟକ ଯେଭଳି ସମାଜର ଚିତ୍ର ବହନ କରିଛି ତାହା ଗ୍ରନ୍ଥଟିରେ ସୂଚିତ ହୋଇଛି । ଓଡ଼ିଆ ସାହିତ୍ୟରେ...  Read More >>

Heinrich Heine, Johann Wolfgang von Goethe und Friedrich Schiller - die grossen Literaten, Dichter und Denker des...  Read More >>

Sheds new light on European and regional book markets, the development of a public sphere and the impact of new...  Read More >>

'Corporeal Battlegrounds' explores the depiction and critical potential of the entanglement of work and embodiment...  Read More >>

Through a series of insightful and sophisticated readings, this book reveals the worldliness of premodern Persian...  Read More >>

This book explores how modern Nigerian fiction is rooted in writers’ understanding of their identity and perception...  Read More >>

This volume presents a selection from the American and British fiction of the nineteenth century which was evolving...  Read More >>