Literature: history & criticism books

A young mother, her infant son and a Catholic priest are all murdered by a delusional young man.  Read More >>

A groundbreaking reassessment of W. H. Auden's early life and poetry, shedding new light on his artistic development...  Read More >>

The Human Voice by Darren Murphy is a radical reimagining of Jean Cocteau’s classic play La Voix Humaine.  Read More >>

Mary Shelley's The Last Man is a novel set in the aftermath of climate disaster and a war between Greece and Turkey...  Read More >>

The story of two missionary priests, travelling through the American Southwest in the aftermath of the Mexican American...  Read More >>

Offers an authoritative account of British utopian literature and culture from the postwar to the present. Written...  Read More >>

This definitive guide to Molière's world offers an accessible, interdisciplinary contextual guide for academics,...  Read More >>

Tom Stoppard in Context provides cultural, historical, and intellectual contexts to help readers enjoy one of the...  Read More >>

The first collection to systematically combine the vibrant fields of memory and affect in early modern studies,...  Read More >>

Two centuries after Percy Shelley's death, his writings still resonate with pressing societal issues. This collection...  Read More >>

Two South Asian elders meet each other in a Type 2 diabetes workshop but find themselves navigating the sparks of...  Read More >>

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The most comprehensive and detailed history of Latin literature from the second to the seventh centuries, which...  Read More >>

Offers an authoritative account of British utopian literature and culture from the postwar to the present. Written...  Read More >>

The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now...  Read More >>

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Reviews originally published by the Jerusalem Post of exactly 100 books. Mostly on and about Middle East topics...  Read More >>

Explores the relationship between literature and film, what is involved in adaptation, and how best to judge films...  Read More >>

northern viewpoint is most often the default, while the south—the far southern latitudes occupied by Australia,...  Read More >>

This scholarly monograph explores the published eyewitness testimonies, poetry and literature surrounding the 1986...  Read More >>

Following his captivating and popular A Hundred Lovers, Hofmann's new collection is a queer coming-of-age, tinged...  Read More >>

A gripping and emotionally resonant saga that traces the lives of five generations of resilient women from the late...  Read More >>

A radiant, highly anticipated debut from the Well–Read Black Girl Books series, delving into the secret lives of...  Read More >>

“For pure, raw power of language, nobody in his generation comes close to Charlie Smith” (David Bottoms).  Read More >>

Since it is a court chronicle, the emphasis throughout is on the rise and fall of courtiers, governors, administrators,...  Read More >>