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Toni Morrison is one of the most celebrated living authors. Her work, for which she received the Nobel Prize in Literatu......more
The topic of Latino/a Literature is not as easily identifiable as it may seem. The definition itself of Latino can chang......more
The topic of Latino/a Literature is not as easily identifiable as it may seem. The definition itself of Latino can chang......more
This book explores the ways that figures of Black children and writing for them articulate complex and contested notions......more
This book explores the ways in which Latin American poets, novelists, journalists, public intellectuals, and a vast numb......more
Cutting-edge and insightful discussions of Latin American literature and culture In the newly revised second edition of ......more
Written for an audience that has witnessed the election of Barack Obama, the debt anxieties of the Great Recession, and ......more
Examines the way the corporation - a legal concept of enduring and timely importance in the Anglo-American legal traditi......more
On June 13, 1753 the Irene set sail from London to New York. One of her passengers was Christian Wedsted, a Moravian mis......more
The second volume in an anthology series that amplifies the voices of unsung Black poets to paint a more robust picture ......more
This accessible biography of Maya Angelou provides readers an ideal introduction to the life and times of one of America......more
In the medieval and early modern periods, dreams were seen as having the potential to grant a glimpse of what was unknow......more
With chapters written by leading scholars such as Steven Gould Axelrod, Cary Nelson, and Marjorie Perloff, this comprehe......more
With the arrival of Puritan settlers in New England in the middle decades of the 17th-century, accounts of sickness, col......more
Romancing History?: Wayne Johnston and "The Colony of Unrequited Dreams" closely re-examines how Wayne Johnston’s semina......more
Black Configurations is the first volume of a three-volume study that offers a fresh reading of African-American literar......more
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The most substantial collection of critical essays on Morrison to appear since her death in mid-2019, this book contains......more
Featuring readings of contemporary utopian poetry and fiction from authors such as Juliana Spahr, Mohsin Hamid, Bong Joo......more
This book tells the story of German-language literature on film, beginning with pioneering motion picture adaptations of......more
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The intellectual autobiography of Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature. From its origins, the lib......more
A series of conversations held at Princeton University between the Nobel laureate Mario Vargas Llosa and Rubén Gallo. Pr......more
In sixteen chapters devoted to avant-garde contemporary American poets, including Kenneth Goldsmith, Adeena Karasick, Ty......more
In sixteen chapters devoted to avant-garde contemporary American poets, including Kenneth Goldsmith, Adeena Karasick, Ty......more
There has been a cohesive cultural response from Japan to the atomic bomb and its radiological consequences: cultural ic......more
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By analyzing the citation flows that shape the current geopolitics of knowledge, this book offers to map the production ......more
Between 1967 and 1972, a previously obscure group of authors entered the US cultural spotlight. During this five-year pe......more
Between 1967 and 1972, a previously obscure group of authors entered the US cultural spotlight. During this five-year pe......more
With science fiction stories imagining futures and worlds vastly different from our own, and posthuman philosophies radi......more
Bryan Giemza challenges the myth of the solitary genius, both in scientific and humanistic endeavors, and demonstrates h......more
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A new addition to the University of Pittsburgh Press Illuminations series....more
The first critical anthology devoted solely to Travels with Charley...more
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In its February 1926 issue, Good Housekeeping magazine introduced a column for its approximately one million subscribers......more
In its February 1926 issue, Good Housekeeping magazine introduced a column for its approximately one million subscribers......more
Stanley Cavell, undoubtedly one of the most singular and influential voices in contemporary philosophy, has written exte......more
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Christian Wiman braids poetry, memoir, and criticism to create an inspired, career-defining work. Few contemporary write......more
Exploring lives lived, written and narrated in and from the Global South, the far South and the ultimate South, Antarcti......more
Exploring lives lived, written and narrated in and from the Global South, the far South and the ultimate South, Antarcti......more
Exploring what can be learnt when literary critics in the field of animal studies temporarily direct attention away from......more
A survey, within one volume, of the history of critical responses to LGBTQ literature from the beginning to the present ......more
Now available in paperback! One hundred and twenty Black leaders, innovators, and entrepreneurs share their wisdom and e......more
Meditative reflections on the great spiritual seeker’s deeply felt experience of the divine. Henry David Thoreau’s spiri......more
This beautiful and deeply personal book blends memoir and biography with literary criticism to offer a new perspective o......more
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Known internationally for his Japanese-style poetry, Lenard D. Moore (b. 1958) has published eight poetry collections ov......more
Known internationally for his Japanese-style poetry, Lenard D. Moore (b. 1958) has published eight poetry collections ov......more
Inside Tenement Time is a study of Jamaican literary and cultural texts presenting surveillance in the Caribbean. The pr......more
Inside Tenement Time is a study of Jamaican literary and cultural texts presenting surveillance in the Caribbean. The pr......more
Investigating the representation of artefacts, objects and ’things’ in a range of predominantly Western archaeological f......more
Discover the essential people, works, movements, and themes in American Indian literature. American Indian literature is......more
This transdisciplinary collection investigates relations of "living and learning with" as compelling forms of encounter,......more
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Joan Didion is revealed at last in this outrageously provocative and profoundly moving new work on the mutual attraction......more
Severo Sarduy was among the most important figures in twentieth-century Latin American fiction and a major representativ......more
Severo Sarduy was among the most important figures in twentieth-century Latin American fiction and a major representativ......more
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Black Hauntologies is the second volume of a three-volume study that offers a fresh reading of African-American literary......more
A rediscovery of Thoreau’s interactions with everyday objects and how they shaped his thought. Though we may associate H......more
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What in terms of Alice Munro’s creative artistry and creative power allowed her to become the first and only short story......more
A comprehensive volume on the life and work of renowned Chicana author Sandra Cisneros....more
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The years 1989-2008 were an era of neoliberal hegemony in US politics, economy, and culture. Post45 scholar Adam Kelly a......more
The years 1989-2008 were an era of neoliberal hegemony in US politics, economy, and culture. Post45 scholar Adam Kelly a......more
Can form be political? Do specific aesthetic and literary forms necessarily point us toward a progressive or reactionary......more
What does it feel like to experience the sacred today? Examining in detail many of this century’s most significant write......more
Gothic Appalachian Literature examines the ways contemporary Appalachian authors utilize gothic tropes to explore the co......more
Dionne Brand explores English and American literature, and the colonial aesthetic that shaped her sense of self and the ......more
Digital Memory Agents in Canada explores memory performances and representations with different cultural and spatial rel......more
This comprehensive guide places Modernist literature in its cultural and historical contexts while offering several alte......more
Many critics classify Vladimir Nabokov as a highbrow humourist, a refined wordsmith overly fond of playful puzzles and p......more
Henry David Thoreau’s interest in Native Americans is widely known and a recurring topic of scholarly attention, yet it ......more
Henry David Thoreau’s interest in Native Americans is widely known and a recurring topic of scholarly attention, yet it ......more
Focusing on the difference between lower-level perceptual processes in the "neural unconscious" and higher-order thought......more
In what innovative ways do novels by diasporic Black women writers experiment with the representation of Black subjectiv......more
Canadian literary great Guy Vanderhaeghe’s eclectic and wryly insightful collection of nonfiction pieces spans his forty......more