Literary studies: general books

Traces the production and reception of comics in Poland from 1918 through the post-Communist era to identify comics...  Read More >>

This three-volume set brings together a rich collection of primary source materials on flirtation and courtship...  Read More >>

This publication offers a complete reproduction of Andreas Cratander's monumental edition of the complete works...  Read More >>

Egypt and Mesopotamia, two cradles of civilization, repeatedly came into contact with each other in antiquity. Interaction...  Read More >>

The Law and Literature movement that has gained global prominence in the course of last decades of the twentieth...  Read More >>

Discusses some of Amy Tan's key themes: communication across generations of a family when those generations have...  Read More >>

This book explores postcolonial myths and histories within colonially structured narratives which persist and are...  Read More >>

Provides the first book-length study of The Piazza Tales - Herman Melville’s only authorized collection of short...  Read More >>

This book argues that, in Victorian literature, transgressive desires that cannot be openly acknowledged are often...  Read More >>

This book highlights the variety of literary, social, political and philosophical reverberations of the war in Scotland...  Read More >>

Writing Black Scotland examines race and racism in devolutionary Scottish literature, with a focus on the critical...  Read More >>

This book explores literary and Egyptological cultures from the closing decades of the nineteenth century to the...  Read More >>

This book examines John Keats's immensely important collection of poems, Lamia, Isabella, The Eve of St Agnes, And...  Read More >>

Filling in a blank spot in the history of twentieth-century women's writing, Carole Sweeney examines the work of...  Read More >>

Provides acomprehensive and original guide to Elizabeth Bishop's poetry and other writing, including literary criticism...  Read More >>

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This volume analyses the representation of domestic spaces in landmark texts of American literature, focusing on...  Read More >>

Using the digital turn as a starting point, the essays in this volume explore the materiality of sacred texts in...  Read More >>

This title highlights the historical and contemporary interrelation between sports, politics, and capitalism. It...  Read More >>

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Combining conceptual metaphor theory, classical narratology and ethical criticism, this study traces the connection...  Read More >>

"""A very modern biography of John Donne-the poet of love, sex, and death-by bestselling children's book author...  Read More >>

This innovative volume focuses on the generic and thematic experimentations that took place within late antique...  Read More >>