Literary studies: general books

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Beds and Chambers in Late Medieval England: Readings, Representations and Realities

Beds and Chambers in Late Medieval England: Readings,...

Author: Hollie L.S. Morgan
ISBN: 9781914049279
Format: Paperback
$158.40

First full-length interdisciplinary study of the effect of these everyday surroundings on literature, culture and...  Read More >>

The Reception of Ancient Egypt in Venice, 1400-1800: Travelers, Adventurers, and Collectors

The Reception of Ancient Egypt in Venice, 1400-1800:...

Author: Sabine Herrmann
ISBN: 9783031577147
Format: Hardback
$369.57

This book examines for the first time how ancient Egypt is reflected in early modern Venetian sources. The book...  Read More >>

Translating the Jewish Freud: Psychoanalysis in Hebrew and Yiddish

Translating the Jewish Freud: Psychoanalysis in Hebrew...

Author: Naomi Seidman
ISBN: 9781503639263
Format: Paperback
$68.99

There is an academic cottage industry on the ""Jewish Freud,"" aiming to detect Jewish influences on Freud, his...  Read More >>

Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890–1930

Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question...

Author: Anri Yasuda
ISBN: 9780231210638
Format: Paperback
$57.95

Anri Yasuda demonstrates that by exploring the often conflicting yet powerful pull of aesthetic sentiments, major...  Read More >>

St Erkenwald: A Critical Edition

St Erkenwald: A Critical Edition

Author: Thorlac Turville-Petre (Professor Emeritus, Faculty of Arts, University of Nottingham (United Kingdom))
ISBN: 9781802074444
Format: Hardback
$219.94

The alliterative poem St Erkenwald, long associated with the Gawain-Poet, is here presented in a new critical edition...  Read More >>

Thierry and Theodoret: John Fletcher, Philip Massinger and Nathan Field

Thierry and Theodoret: John Fletcher, Philip Massinger...

Author: Domenico Lovascio
ISBN: 9781526164209
Format: Hardback
$194.99

This is the first fully annotated, single-volume critical edition of Fletcher, Massinger, and Field's Thierry and...  Read More >>

In the Beginning was the Deed: Reflections on the Passage of Faust

In the Beginning was the Deed: Reflections on the Passage...

Author: Harry Redner
ISBN: 9780520414594
Format: Hardback
$157.95

"Now that the collective death of mankind has become a possibility, no other thought can remain unimpaired. Harry...  Read More >>

Faulkner's People: A Complete Guide and Index to the Characters in the Fiction of William Faulkner

Faulkner's People: A Complete Guide and Index to the...

Author: Robert W. Kirk ,  Marvin Klotz
ISBN: 9780520414389
Format: Hardback
$157.95

Faulkner's People is an essential reference for the student and general reader of Faulkner who seeks guidance in...  Read More >>

Looking for Andy Griffith: A Father's Journey

Looking for Andy Griffith: A Father's Journey

Author: Evan Dalton Smith
ISBN: 9781469678986
Format: Hardback
$47.30

Offers an exploration on celebrity and the self, on home and what that means when you leave it, and why we love...  Read More >>

Cross-Cultural Harlem: Reimagining Race and Place

Cross-Cultural Harlem: Reimagining Race and Place

Author: Sandhya Shukla
ISBN: 9780231208468
Format: Hardback
$232.95

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Edith Wharton: A Study of Her Fiction

Edith Wharton: A Study of Her Fiction

Author: Blake Nevius
ISBN: 9780520414327
Format: Hardback
$157.95

Blake Nevius's close analysis and appraisal of Edith Wharton's novels and stories reveals the modernity of her fiction...  Read More >>

Microtravel: Confinement, Deceleration, Microspection

Microtravel: Confinement, Deceleration, Microspection...

Author: Charles Forsdick ,  Zoë Kinsley
ISBN: 9781839986581
Format: Hardback
$125.00

This volume explores and historicizes the phenomenon of 'microtravel', a term coined to designate slower journeys...  Read More >>

Reading Greek Australian Literature through the Paramythi: Bridging Multiculturalism with World Literature

Reading Greek Australian Literature through the Paramythi:...

Author: Anna Dimitriou
ISBN: 9781839991714
Format: Hardback
$160.00

This book explores Greek Australian literature through its paramythic tropes and focuses on reading it as a bridge...  Read More >>

Translating the Jewish Freud: Psychoanalysis in Hebrew and Yiddish

Translating the Jewish Freud: Psychoanalysis in Hebrew...

Author: Naomi Seidman
ISBN: 9781503638563
Format: Hardback
$287.99

There is an academic cottage industry on the ""Jewish Freud,"" aiming to detect Jewish influences on Freud, his...  Read More >>

Auctor and Actor: A Narratological Reading of Apuleius's The Golden Ass

Auctor and Actor: A Narratological Reading of Apuleius's...

Author: John J. Winkler
ISBN: 9780520413948
Format: Hardback
$157.95

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Proust's Songbook: Songs and Their Uses

Proust's Songbook: Songs and Their Uses

Author: Jennifer Rushworth
ISBN: 9781512825961
Format: Hardback
$184.67

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Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question of Aesthetics, 1890–1930

Beauty Matters: Modern Japanese Literature and the Question...

Author: Anri Yasuda
ISBN: 9780231210621
Format: Hardback
$232.95

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Early Modern Improvisations: Essays on History and Literature in Honor of John Watkins

Early Modern Improvisations: Essays on History and Literature...

Author: Katherine Scheil ,  Linda Shenk
ISBN: 9781032698298
Format: Paperback
$77.99

With a panoramic sweep across continents and topics, Early Modern Improvisations is an interdisciplinary collection...  Read More >>

Taxidermy and the Gothic: The Horror of Still Life

Taxidermy and the Gothic: The Horror of Still Life

Author: Elizabeth Effinger
ISBN: 9781839990267
Format: Hardback
$160.00

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Arthurian Literature XXXIX: A Celebration of Elizabeth Archibald

Arthurian Literature XXXIX: A Celebration of Elizabeth...

Author: Megan G Leitch ,  Professor Kevin S Whetter (Royalty Account)
ISBN: 9781843847182
Format: Hardback
$207.00

""Delivers fascinating material across genres, periods, and theoretical issues."" TIMES LITERARY SUPPLEMENT  Read More >>

Knausgård and the Autofictional Novel

Knausgård and the Autofictional Novel

Author: Claus Elholm Andersen
ISBN: 9781438495651
Format: Paperback
$92.27

A probing, generative analysis of Knausgård’s My Struggle, with implications for our understanding of the novel...  Read More >>

Psychoanalysis: An Interdisciplinary Retrospective

Psychoanalysis: An Interdisciplinary Retrospective

Author: Jeffrey Berman
ISBN: 9781438495699
Format: Paperback
$92.27

Assesses the contributions of six major psychoanalytic thinkers in the light of current academic and clinical trends...  Read More >>

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