Literary studies: general books

This unique volume presents cutting-edge research on the nature and extent of a wide range of scams, cons, frauds,...  Read More >>

By the time they encounter Romeo and Juliet in the classroom, many students have already been exposed to various,...  Read More >>

Anthologies have received little scholarly attention. However, they play an important role in collecting, and reflecting...  Read More >>

The Mirror of Desire Unbidden: Retrieving the Imago Dei in Tolkien and Late Medieval English Literature connects...  Read More >>

El libro se divide en cuatro apartados que contemplan diversos aspectos de la Guerra Civil española, la posguerra...  Read More >>

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The reception of Walt Whitman has been a global phenomenon. This book focuses on the Russian and Soviet uses of...  Read More >>

Entangled Fictions: Nonhuman Animals in an Indian World studies the ethical and affective relationships between...  Read More >>

This book focuses on the influence of classical authors on Ben Jonson’s dramaturgy, with particular emphasis on...  Read More >>

This book examines the global/local intersections and tensions at play in the literary production from Aotearoa...  Read More >>

This companion presents a critical collection of Sinhala resistance literature from Sri Lanka. It includes translated...  Read More >>

Courtly Pastimes analyzes the underlying rationales for such activities: to display power and prestige, to acquire...  Read More >>

This book views the Dutch Sinologist, Robert van Gulik’s Judge Dee mysteries as a hybrid East-West form of detective...  Read More >>

This collection of essays situates George Gascoigne in context as the pre-eminent writer of the early part of Queen...  Read More >>

In inviting a rethinking of ideas of foreignness and selfhood, this book explores Sino-British encounters in eighteenth-century...  Read More >>

Depersonalization is a distressing symptom in which sufferers feel detached from their own selves and the world....  Read More >>

Brexit and the Migrant Voice provides a platform for the perspectives of European citizens and migrants living and...  Read More >>

This book examines Latin narratives produced in the aftermath of the First Crusade and challenges the narrative...  Read More >>

The Plague Years collects scholarly and essayistic reflections on literary, visual, and sonic representations of...  Read More >>

This book considers the question of spatial justice after apartheid, from several disciplinary perspectives – jurisprudence,...  Read More >>

This book explores ways in which Western literature has engaged with themes found within the field of science and...  Read More >>

This book studies the significance and representation of the ‘city’ in the writings of Indian poets, graphic novelists,...  Read More >>

This book is a significant new contribution to understanding both sports and the arts, not just in their separate...  Read More >>

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Speech Act Theory and Shakespeare delves deeper than linguistic ornamentation to illuminate the complex dynamics...  Read More >>