Literary studies: general books

Exploring the pivotal correspondence and intimate testimonies of prominent luminaries from the era, this compelling...  Read More >>

With essays that span the full range of Eliot’s career, this volume considers Eliot from a variety of de-centred...  Read More >>

Autofiction and Cultural Memory breaks new ground in autofiction research by showing how it gives postcolonial writers...  Read More >>

This open access book explores the past and present of Quanzhou (Zayton) and the rich diversity and tolerance that...  Read More >>

It can benefit scholars interested in exploring emotion as a historical and cultural product, and in enriching their...  Read More >>

This Companion provides original scholarly arguments about some of the most trenchant themes that arise in the literatures...  Read More >>

Focused on conservative writers of the long Restoration, this book reveals a synergistic relationship between postsecularity...  Read More >>

Writing the North of England in the Middle Ages examines the origins of England's North-South divide, illustrating...  Read More >>

Illuminating the reasons for the immense popularity of travel to Switzerland and the proliferation of images of...  Read More >>

The first full-length study of early modern contentment, this book examines the intersection of this guiding principle...  Read More >>

Tolstoy's life and thought engaged a vast array of national and international contexts: historical, religious, scientific,...  Read More >>

Explores the intersection between medicine and medieval Iberian literature with a particular emphasis on melancholy...  Read More >>

Explores the literature of Stevie Smith with particular emphasis on the importance of the aphorism: a short, witty...  Read More >>

This book shows how novels and films set in the near future can shed light both on our failures of imagination before...  Read More >>

Studies the afterlife of the Romantic idea of spontaneity in transatlantic modern prose in the work of William Hazlitt,...  Read More >>

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Recherche littéraire / Literary Research has for mission to inform comparative literature scholars worldwide of...  Read More >>

This book discusses selected works of literature written in Great Britain in the final decades of the twentieth...  Read More >>

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Studying over a century of American literary history, this text explores how zombies translate cultural concepts...  Read More >>

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This autobiography of Arthur Conan Doyle describes the varied aspects of his professional life as a doctor, sportsman,...  Read More >>

Editors Robert Reid and Joe Andrew present eleven essays by international scholars concerning Tolstoi's influence...  Read More >>