Among the most popular novels in the early decades of the twentieth century were those published by Alice Muriel William......more

Howard O’Hagan was one of the first native-born westerners to make a mark on Canadian literature. The purpose of this co......more

Michael Docherty is Postdoctoral Assistant Professor in the Department of American Studies at the University of Innsbruc......more

In Hemingway’s Art of Revision, John Beall analyzes more than a dozen pieces of the author’s celebrated short fiction, w......more

Renowned poets and scholars address the question of how poetry sounds and signifies in different contexts....more

Draws on Nahua concepts to explore Nahua literary production and contributions to cultural activism from the 1980s to th......more

Portraits of good battling evil in the geography of hell come in many forms in the Hispanic World. Apocalyptic nightmare......more

This book explores traditional and contemporary concerns surrounding gender and ethnicity in Chile through a textual ana......more

An analysis of the political and ecological consequences of charting the Amazon River basin in narrative fiction, Mapping......more

This insightful volume delves into land-based Diné and Dene imaginaries as embodied in stories--oral, literary, and visu......more

"The children of an influential Ojibwe-Anglo family, Jane Johnston and her brother George were already accomplished writ......more

"Publication is an act of power. It brings a piece of writing to the public and identifies its author as a person with a......more

"Publication is an act of power. It brings a piece of writing to the public and identifies its author as a person with a......more

Mina Loy has long been recognised as a writer who insists on the primacy of the corporeal. Over two volumes, Sara Crangl......more

Drawing examples from over 200 English-language and Spanish-language newspapers and periodicals published between Januar......more

In Against Extraction Matt Hooley traces a modern tradition of Ojibwe invention in Minneapolis and St. Paul from the mid......more

In Against Extraction Matt Hooley traces a modern tradition of Ojibwe invention in Minneapolis and St. Paul from the mid......more

More than a century after his death, Walt Whitman remains a fresh phenomenon. Startling discoveries and massive transcri......more

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This book delivers an innovative critical approach to better understand U.S. fiction of the information age, and argues ......more

America’s Imagined Revolution explores the Reconstruction period after the Civil War to ask narratological, historiograp......more

After the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act loosened discriminatory restrictions, people from Northeast Asian countri......more

After the 1965 Immigration and Nationality Act loosened discriminatory restrictions, people from Northeast Asian countri......more

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A new reading of Virginia Woolf in the context of "long modernism." In recent decades, Virginia Woolf’s contribution to ......more

A new reading of Virginia Woolf in the context of "long modernism." In recent decades, Virginia Woolf’s contribution to ......more

Margaret Atwood is one of the most significant writers working today. Her writing spans seven decades, is phenomenally d......more

Looking beyond Euro-Anglo-US centric zombie narratives, Decolonizing the Undead reconsiders representations and allegori......more

Occurring in a time of primitive medicine and inconsistent record-keeping, Poe’s death has become one of the enduring my......more

Philosophizing the Americas establishes the field of inter-American philosophy. Bringing together contributors who work ......more

During the first half of the twentieth century, a group of collectors and creators dedicated themselves to documenting t......more

During the first half of the twentieth century, a group of collectors and creators dedicated themselves to documenting t......more

Abiayalan Pluriverses: Bridging Indigenous Studies and Hispanic Studies looks for pathways that better connect two often......more

Mr. Keegan’s Elopement, a classical book, has been considered important throughout the human history, and so that this w......more

Clarice Lispector: From Brazil to the World explains why the Brazilian master was so transformative of modern Brazilian ......more

Clarice Lispector: From Brazil to the World explains why the Brazilian master was so transformative of modern Brazilian ......more

This book deals mostly with American avant-garde literature of the twentieth and twenty-first centuries, and the present......more

The Functions of Unnatural Death in Stephen King: Murder, Sickness, and Plots examines over thirty of King’s works and l......more

Uncovering how poetry refigures Black history to imagine a more just present and future "Poets are lyric historians," pr......more

The contributors to Situation Critical argue for the continued importance of critique to early American studies, pushing......more

Addresses the political and aesthetic evolution of African American literature and its authors during the Cold War, an e......more

​This book assesses the work of one of the foundational figures of American fantasy, Peter S. Beagle. Through its focuse......more

Robert Cochran’s Haunted Man’s Report is a pioneering study of the novels and other writings of Arkansan Charles Portis ......more

Robert Cochran’s Haunted Man’s Report is a pioneering study of the novels and other writings of Arkansan Charles Portis ......more

Black Women’s Stories of Everyday Racism puts literary narrative theory to work on an urgent real-world problem. The boo......more

Tapping a rich vein of Latin American literature, Deformative Fictions by Ashley Hope Pérez excavates works that unsettl......more

Tapping a rich vein of Latin American literature, Deformative Fictions by Ashley Hope Pérez excavates works that unsettl......more

Lynching in American Literature and Journalism consists of twelve essays investigating the history and development of wr......more

The English literary influence on classic American novelists’ depictions of gender, sexuality, and race With All the Dev......more

The English literary influence on classic American novelists’ depictions of gender, sexuality, and race With All the Dev......more

This book tells the uncommon story of a missionary family in the Midwestern United States, and their interactions with t......more

Delving deep into the structural and structuring intricacies of humor in British and American novels, this book presents......more

Robert Lowell was one of the most influential American poets of the 20th century. This volume explores the various conte......more

Dangerous Innocence investigates how prevailing constructions of white masculinity in the U.S. South help feed and reinf......more

Highlights Jewish participation in the civil rights movement Black Power, Jewish Politics charts the transformation of A......more

Highlights Jewish participation in the civil rights movement Black Power, Jewish Politics charts the transformation of A......more

Journey through uncharted literary waters and explore Melville’s epic in bold new light Come sail with I. We’re not taki......more

’Triggering’. When and where did the usage originate? No one is sure. There is, however, clear connection with the psych......more

Tracing Louis Riel’s metamorphosis from traitor to hero, Braz argues that, through his writing, Riel resists his portray......more

In Anti-Blackness and Human Monstrosity in Black American Horror Fiction, Jerry Rafiki Jenkins examines four types of hu......more

Ubiquitous triple consciousness frameworks address the limitations of W.E.B Du Bois’ seminal double consciousness concep......more

Classical Hollywood, American Modernism charts the entwined trajectories of the Hollywood studio system and literary mod......more

Science Fusion draws on new materialist theory to analyze the relationship between science and literature in contemporar......more

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Housing experts and activists have long described the foundational role race has played in the creation of mass homeowne......more

This book focuses on the construction of hegemonic masculinity as well as its representations in literature, culture, an......more

"Richard Wright’s dramatic imagination guided the creation of his masterpieces Native Son and Black Boy and helped shape......more

Martha Gellhorn’s extraordinary career as a reporter took her to the front lines of nearly every major international con......more

"Richard Wright’s dramatic imagination guided the creation of his masterpieces Native Son and Black Boy and helped shape......more

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One of the Greatest Poems in American Literature Walt Whitman (1819-1892) was considered by many to be one of the most i......more

"Henry Louis Gates is a national treasure. Here, he returns with an intellectual and at times deeply personal meditation......more

Weaving a tapestry of creativity and circumstance, this lauded chronicle of the many links and serendipitous meetings be......more

Nearly fifty years after the end of the war in Vietnam, American children of Vietnamese refugees continue to process the......more