Literary studies: general books

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On Generosity: Hilyat al-kurama' of Ibn Abi al-'Id

On Generosity: Hilyat al-kurama' of Ibn Abi al-'Id

Author: Antonella Ghersetti
ISBN: 9781948488693
Format: Hardback
$211.07

"The Hilyat al-kurama', literally ""The Ornament of the Magnanimous"", was compiled in Cairo and Medina in the ninth/fifteenth...  Read More >>

The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the Body

The Cambridge Companion to American Literature and the...

Author: Travis M. Foster (Villanova University, Pennsylvania)
ISBN: 9781108815291
Format: Paperback
$59.49

This volume offers a rigorous yet accessible overview of the key questions and intersectional approaches pertaining...  Read More >>

English Political Writings 1711–1714: 'The Conduct of the Allies' and Other Works

English Political Writings 1711–1714: 'The Conduct of...

Author: Jonathan Swift ,  Bertrand A. Goldgar (Lawrence University, Wisconsin)
ISBN: 9781009160483
Format: Paperback
$64.66

This volume collects Swift's political writings from the early 1710s, including most notably The Conduct of the...  Read More >>

The California Gothic in Fiction and Film

The California Gothic in Fiction and Film

Author: Bernice M. Murphy
ISBN: 9781474497862
Format: Hardback
$245.81

Focuses on the California Gothic in the twentieth and twenty-first centuries.  Read More >>

Gulliver's Travels

Gulliver's Travels

Author: Jonathan Swift ,  David Womersley (University of Oxford)
ISBN: 9781009159548
Format: Paperback
$72.42

Gulliver's Travels is one of the most important books in English literature. This new edition will be indispensable...  Read More >>

Institutional Character: Collectivity, Individuality, and the Modernist Novel

Institutional Character: Collectivity, Individuality,...

Author: Robert Higney
ISBN: 9780813948607
Format: Paperback
$92.40

From the late nineteenth-century era of high imperialism to the rise of the British welfare state in the mid-twentieth...  Read More >>

Neruda's Sins

Neruda's Sins

Author: Hernán Loyola ,  Greg Dawes
ISBN: 9781469672007
Format: Paperback
$48.40

In this consistent and emphatic book, the great Nerudian critic Hernan Loyola addresses Neruda’s sins: the machista,...  Read More >>

Certain Concealments: Poe, Hawthorne, and Early Nineteenth-Century Abortion

Certain Concealments: Poe, Hawthorne, and Early Nineteenth-Century...

Author: Dana Medoro
ISBN: 9781625346483
Format: Hardback
$237.60

Through the thwarted plotlines, genealogical interruptions, and terminated ideas of Poe’s Dupin trilogy and Hawthorne’s...  Read More >>

The Violent Hero: Heracles in the Greek Imagination

The Violent Hero: Heracles in the Greek Imagination...

Author: Professor Katherine Lu Hsu (Assistant Professor of Classics, Brooklyn College, City University of New York, USA)
ISBN: 9781350191709
Format: Paperback
$61.99

This book uses the mythological hero Heracles as a lens for investigating the nature of heroic violence in Archaic...  Read More >>

Euripides: Electra

Euripides: Electra

Author: Professor Rush Rehm (Stanford University, USA) ,  Thomas Harrison (University of St Andrews UK)
ISBN: 9781350191617
Format: Paperback
$49.99

This new introduction to Euripides' fascinating interpretation of the story of Electra and her brother Orestes emphasizes...  Read More >>

Environmental Cultures in Soviet East Europe: Literature, History and Memory

Environmental Cultures in Soviet East Europe: Literature,...

Author: Dr Anna Barcz (University of Bielsko-Biala, Poland)
ISBN: 9781350200647
Format: Paperback
$61.99

For more than 40 years Eastern European culture came under the sway of Soviet rule. What is the legacy of this period...  Read More >>

Sophrosune in the Greek Novel: Reading Reactions to Desire

Sophrosune in the Greek Novel: Reading Reactions to...

Author: Rachel Bird (Swansea University, UK)
ISBN: 9781350193147
Format: Paperback
$61.99

This book offers the first comprehensive evaluation of ethics in the ancient Greek novel, demonstrating how their...  Read More >>

Transnational Jean Rhys: Lines of Transmission, Lines of Flight

Transnational Jean Rhys: Lines of Transmission, Lines...

Author: Dr. Juliana Lopoukhine (University of Paris-Sorbonne, France) ,  Prof Frédéric Regard (University of Paris-Sorbonne, France)
ISBN: 9781501371653
Format: Paperback
$61.99

The essays and interviews included in this work were developed from the International Jean Rhys Conference: Transmission...  Read More >>

Voices of Angel Island: Inscriptions and Immigrant Poetry, 1910-1945

Voices of Angel Island: Inscriptions and Immigrant Poetry,...

Author: Prof Charles Egan (San Francisco State University, USA)
ISBN: 9781501371295
Format: Paperback
$61.99

"""An annotated anthology of poems and prose inscribed on the walls of the Angel Island Immigration Station and...  Read More >>

Authorship’s Wake: Writing After the Death of the Author

Authorship’s Wake: Writing After the Death of the Author...

Author: Dr. Philip Sayers (Instructor, University of Toronto, Canada)
ISBN: 9781501372186
Format: Paperback
$61.99

"""A book about writers and thinkers who were taught that the author is dead how their work consequently negotiates...  Read More >>

The American Novel After Ideology, 1961–2000

The American Novel After Ideology, 1961–2000

Author: Professor or Dr. Laurie Rodrigues (Assistant Professor of English, University of La Verne, USA)
ISBN: 9781501371417
Format: Paperback
$61.99

"""Argues that while political and sociological discourses in late 20th-century America made multilateral assertions...  Read More >>

The History of French Literature on Film

The History of French Literature on Film

Author: Kate Griffiths (Cardiff University, UK) ,  Andrew Watts (University of Birmingham, UK)
ISBN: 9781501372407
Format: Paperback
$61.99

"""This comprehensive history of cinematic adaptations of French literature analyses the reworking of a key body...  Read More >>

Samuel Beckett and the Second World War: Politics, Propaganda and a 'Universe Become Provisional'

Samuel Beckett and the Second World War: Politics, Propaganda...

Author: Dr William Davies (University of Reading, UK)
ISBN: 9781350196575
Format: Paperback
$61.99

In the wake of the Second World War, Samuel Beckett wrote some of the most significant literary works of the 20th...  Read More >>

Writing Remains: New Intersections of Archaeology, Literature and Science

Writing Remains: New Intersections of Archaeology, Literature...

Author: Dr Josie Gill (University of Bristol, UK) ,  Dr Catriona McKenzie (University of Exeter, UK)
ISBN: 9781350202511
Format: Paperback
$61.99

Writing Remains brings together a wide range of leading archaeologists and literary scholars to explore emerging...  Read More >>

Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750

Domestic Captivity and the British Subject, 1660-1750...

Author: Catherine Ingrassia
ISBN: 9780813948096
Format: Paperback
$104.28

Drawing on the popular press, unpublished personal correspondence, and archival documents, Catherine Ingrassia provides...  Read More >>

Virginia Woolf's Apprenticeship: Becoming an Essayist

Virginia Woolf's Apprenticeship: Becoming an Essayist...

Author: Beth Daugherty
ISBN: 9781399504515
Format: Hardback
$336.38

Provides the most comprehensive portrayal of Virginia Woolf's education to date.  Read More >>

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