A Memoir of Mrs. Anna Laetitia Barbauld, With Many Of Her Letters, Volume 1 presents a detailed portrait of the celebrat......more
Delve into the extraordinary life of one of English literature’s most celebrated authors with Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell......more
Delve into the extraordinary life of one of English literature’s most celebrated authors with Elizabeth Cleghorn Gaskell......more
"Some Contemporary Novelists (women)" offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of female novelists during the late 19......more
"Some Contemporary Novelists (women)" offers a fascinating glimpse into the world of female novelists during the late 19......more
Discover the enduring legacy of Hannah More in this comprehensive collection, "The Complete Works Of Hannah More, Volume......more
Postfeminist Film & Literary Aesthetics: In Search of the Female Gaze represents a novel and comprehensive study of the ......more
Women Writing Race in the Seventeenth-Century English Atlantic: Civil Agents highlights early modern women writers’ invo......more
Including a detailed biographical annotation on John Milton and the original illustrations by William Blake *** As early......more
"Critical Dreaming is an incisive study connecting feminist Indigenous performance practices across colonial borders"--...more
"Critical Dreaming is an incisive study connecting feminist Indigenous performance practices across colonial borders"--...more
"A collection of essays examining Chaucer’s attention to violence, victimhood, abuse, and isolation in Troilus and Crise......more
A new analysis of the connection between the horror genre and the queer community. Queer for Fear is the groundbreaking ......more
Conocimento: Writing Irish Borderlands is an exploration of the roles played by borders, borderlands, and liminal spaces......more
This book explores slash fan fiction communities during the pivotal years of the late 1990s and early 2000s as the pract......more
"Explores a controversial 1380 document accusing Geoffrey Chaucer of rape, examining historical discourses on sex, conse......more
This book offers the analysis of a selection of North American texts that dismantle and resist normative frames through ......more
This book is an in-depth study of the category "stranger" as represented in four contemporary Afrodiasporic novels of fe......more
Although Elizabeth Gaskell was influenced by Mary Russell Mitford, and George Eliot by Gaskell, only a small number of s......more
"Mr. O’Sullivan, an authentic personal acquaintance of Wilde in those days, with no special affection for him nor any re......more
"Mr. O’Sullivan, an authentic personal acquaintance of Wilde in those days, with no special affection for him nor any re......more
First published in 1987, The New Eighteenth Century (now with a new preface by Felicity Nussbaum and Laura Brown) examin......more
Modernism and Religion argues that modernism participated in broader processes of religious change in the twentieth cent......more
Ann Quin’s innovative, versatile oeuvre made a vital contribution to 1960s and ’70s British experimental writing. While ......more
Narrative, Affect, and Victorian Sensation: Wilful Bodies argues that Victorian sensation novels - long dismissed as plo......more
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In a world wherein work is increasingly feminized, historical and contemporary literature can reveal what ’women’s work’......more
Clemence Dane and Good Housekeeping: Modernity and Common Reading examines Dane’s tenure as a literary critic for Good H......more
The Visual Novel situates the work of Christine Brooke-Rose, Ann Quin and Brigid Brophy in relation to developments in t......more
Shame has haunted Ireland since the inception of Irishness itself. As such, it has come to seem an ineluctable modality ......more
Romanticism and Subversive Suicide: Human Rights, Existential Freedom and Biopower traces the roots and expression of th......more
Despite the plethora of early modern life-writing (diaries, (auto)biographies, memoirs), it remains difficult to reconst......more
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The generational divide between ’new’ and ’old’ women was a recurring theme in late Victorian and Edwardian literature a......more
This groundbreaking book offers a comprehensive review of six hundred and fifty women writers from over fifty national t......more
This groundbreaking book offers a comprehensive review of six hundred and fifty women writers from over fifty national t......more
It’s difficult to pinpoint the origins of cruising. While the term was used by men seeking casual encounters with other ......more
It’s difficult to pinpoint the origins of cruising. While the term was used by men seeking casual encounters with other ......more
Finalist, 2025 Frances Fuller Victor Award in General Nonfiction, Oregon Book Awards Honorable Mention, 2024 William San......more
This is a crucial guide to the ways in which new, interdisciplinary understandings of emotion and affect - in fields fro......more
The new edition of Travel Writing is an accessible and interdisciplinary guide to this prolific and popular literary gen......more
The new edition of Travel Writing is an accessible and interdisciplinary guide to this prolific and popular literary gen......more
Women’s cultural and political engagement with oral tales and traditions in European peripheries With Seekers of Wonder,......more
Women’s cultural and political engagement with oral tales and traditions in European peripheries With Seekers of Wonder,......more
Explores the conventions and contradictions inherent in archetypes of magical femininity - from loathly ladies to monstr......more
Situates the work of four women writers who were part of Borges’s circle in the history of women’s writing generally, dr......more
The nineteenth century was a period of prolific literary production from women writers, including figures such as Louisa......more
Winner of the 2025 New England Book Award for Poetry A major poet and literary critic leads an aesthetic adventure throu......more
Many previously undiscovered letters from Virginia Woolf have come to light since the original six-volume Collected Lett......more
First published in 1968, Critical Essays on Jane Austen shines critical and scholarly attention on one of the most widel......more
The climate crisis has reached a critical point, necessitating urgent global action. Women’s activism against environmen......more
Perhaps more timely than ever, Margaret Atwood’s Aesthetics offers novel perspectives on both contemporary and canonical......more
Explore the fascinating lives of women celebrated by poets throughout history in Anna Jameson’s "The Romance of Biograph......more
Explore the fascinating lives of women celebrated by poets throughout history in Anna Jameson’s "The Romance of Biograph......more
"Pen-portraits of Literary Women, Volume 2 of 2: By themselves and others" offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives a......more
"Pen-portraits of Literary Women, Volume 2 of 2: By themselves and others" offers a fascinating glimpse into the lives a......more
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, celebrated author of "The Yellow Wallpaper," presents a powerful collection of poems in "In th......more
Charlotte Perkins Gilman, celebrated author of "The Yellow Wallpaper," presents a powerful collection of poems in "In th......more
Explore the enduring world of Jane Austen through Sarah Tytler’s insightful examination, "Jane Austen and her works." Th......more
Explore the enduring world of Jane Austen through Sarah Tytler’s insightful examination, "Jane Austen and her works." Th......more
"We Women and Our Authors," by Laura Marholm Hansson, delves into the lives and works of significant women writers. This......more
"We Women and Our Authors," by Laura Marholm Hansson, delves into the lives and works of significant women writers. This......more
"Memoirs and Posthumous Works of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin" offers an intimate glimpse into the life and mind of a grou......more
"Memoirs and Posthumous Works of Mary Wollstonecraft Godwin" offers an intimate glimpse into the life and mind of a grou......more
Explore the life and literary contributions of one of the Victorian era’s most insightful novelists in "Mrs. Gaskell." T......more
Explore the life and literary contributions of one of the Victorian era’s most insightful novelists in "Mrs. Gaskell." T......more
Judith Drake’s "An Essay in Defence of the Female Sex," originally published in the late 17th century, remains a vital c......more
Delve into the vibrant world of 18th-century England through the eyes of Fanny Burney, the celebrated author and diarist......more
Delve into the vibrant world of 18th-century England through the eyes of Fanny Burney, the celebrated author and diarist......more
Explore the groundbreaking contributions of 18th-century women to English fiction with "The women novelists" by Reginald......more
Explore the groundbreaking contributions of 18th-century women to English fiction with "The women novelists" by Reginald......more
Explore the portrayal of women in early Greek literature with Frederick Adam Wright’s "Feminism in Greek Literature from......more
Explore the portrayal of women in early Greek literature with Frederick Adam Wright’s "Feminism in Greek Literature from......more
Discover the inspiring lives of groundbreaking literary figures in Helen C. Black’s "Notable Women Authors of the Day: B......more
Discover the inspiring lives of groundbreaking literary figures in Helen C. Black’s "Notable Women Authors of the Day: B......more
Explore the evolving portrayal of women in 19th-century English fiction with Clara Helen Whitmore’s insightful "Woman’s ......more
Explore the evolving portrayal of women in 19th-century English fiction with Clara Helen Whitmore’s insightful "Woman’s ......more
Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s "A Book of Sibyls" offers insightful biographical essays on prominent women writers of English ......more
Anne Thackeray Ritchie’s "A Book of Sibyls" offers insightful biographical essays on prominent women writers of English ......more
Delve into the fascinating life of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the brilliant mind behind "Frankenstein," with this meti......more
Delve into the fascinating life of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, the brilliant mind behind "Frankenstein," with this meti......more
"The Learned Lady in England, 1650-1760" by Myra Reynolds explores the lives and contributions of women authors in Engla......more
"The Learned Lady in England, 1650-1760" by Myra Reynolds explores the lives and contributions of women authors in Engla......more
Explore the vibrant world of 17th and 18th century France through the influential women who shaped its intellectual and ......more
Explore the vibrant world of 17th and 18th century France through the influential women who shaped its intellectual and ......more
Explore the life and literary legacy of one of English literature’s most enigmatic figures in Agnes Mary Frances Robinso......more
Explore the life and literary legacy of one of English literature’s most enigmatic figures in Agnes Mary Frances Robinso......more
Step back into the Victorian Era with "Women Novelists of Queen Victoria’s Reign: A Book of Appreciations," a fascinatin......more
Step back into the Victorian Era with "Women Novelists of Queen Victoria’s Reign: A Book of Appreciations," a fascinatin......more
Explore the life and legacy of one of France’s most celebrated women writers with "Famous Women: George Sand," a biograp......more
Explore the life and legacy of one of France’s most celebrated women writers with "Famous Women: George Sand," a biograp......more
Translator Sarah Ruden has long had a passion for Sylvia Plath’s poetry. In this reconsideration of Plath’s genius, Rude......more
From a rising literary star and the author of how to be a good girl comes a brilliant, biting, and beautifully wrought m......more
Through the Fiction of Phebe Gibbes places this prolific, newly recovered English writer at the centre of the revolution......more
Taking readers through the various stages of criticism of Emily Dickinson’s poetry, this guide identifies both the essen......more
Investigating why Hurston’s writing fell out of favor during her lifetime only to be appreciated years after her death ......more
The first book to trace the critical reception of the great African American woman writer, attending not only to her fic......more
The first English translation of the essays, lectures, and other critical writings of the celebrated Austrian poet, nove......more
Italian writers Goliarda Sapienza (1924-1996) and Elena Ferrante are increasingly celebrated for their vivid depictions ......more