A Best Book of the Year in The New Yorker, Times Literary Supplement, Literary Hub, and BookPage "Difficult, brilliant, ......more

This is the first book to focus on writing by black British women writers, using an approach that highlights the potenti......more

Exploring how Afro-Atlantic religion has been used to portray Black womanhood by writers and artists from Beyoncé to Nto......more

Ethics for Apocalyptic Times is about the role literature can play in helping readers cope with our present-day crises, ......more

Who doubts, my reader, that you will be amazed that a woman has the audacity not only to write a book, but to send it fo......more

Named a 2025 Choice Outstanding Academic Title Laura Ingalls Wilder, author of the well-known Little House series, wrote......more

This book offers the first extended account of the mid-century rise of ’model women of the press’ women who not only sto......more

How minoritarian artists grapple with both personal and collective grief Tears for Tears documents moments of tension, n......more

How minoritarian artists grapple with both personal and collective grief Tears for Tears documents moments of tension, n......more

Nationalist and tribal cohesion in Ireland, South Africa, the US, and elsewhere often relies on an absence of female and......more

Richard Barnfield is sometimes considered the rival poet in Shakespeare’s sonnets but has been relatively neglected in s......more

Demonstrates how early modern women writers such as Margaret Cavendish and Hester Pulter wielded poetics as a tool for s......more

’Mirza’s theorization of resistance is a substantive addition to feminist and postcolonial scholarship, and her rich rea......more

The essay-periodical and the novel both emerged as new literary genres in the eighteenth century. Yet there has been no ......more

How do you pick a book? What encourages you to explore? Does the book cover entice you to take a peek in, to open up tha......more

Explore the life and thought of Mary Wollstonecraft, a pivotal figure in the history of feminist thought and Enlightenme......more

Explore the life and thought of Mary Wollstonecraft, a pivotal figure in the history of feminist thought and Enlightenme......more

Discover the elegant verse of Mrs. Darwell (Mary Whateley) in "Original Poems On Several Occasions." This collection sho......more

English Poetesses: A Series of Critical Biographies, penned by Eric S. Robertson, offers a fascinating glimpse into the ......more

Discover the enduring legacy of Hannah More in this comprehensive collection, "The Complete Works Of Hannah More, Volume......more

Dive into the life and works of one of Victorian England’s most celebrated poets with Lilian Whiting’s, "A Study of Eliz......more

Delve into the captivating world of Jane Austen with Volume 12 of "The Novels and Letters of Jane Austen." This carefull......more

"Women of the South Distinguished in Literature" offers a compelling glimpse into the lives and literary contributions o......more

Explore the life and times of Lady Mary Wortley Montagu, a celebrated figure of the 18th century, in this meticulously r......more

Dive into the life and works of one of Victorian England’s most celebrated poets with Lilian Whiting’s, "A Study of Eliz......more

“An Essay In Praise Of Women; Or, A Looking-glass For Ladies To See Their Perfections In, ” penned by James Bland in......more

“An Essay In Praise Of Women; Or, A Looking-glass For Ladies To See Their Perfections In, ” penned by James Bland in......more

"Women of the South Distinguished in Literature" offers a compelling glimpse into the lives and literary contributions o......more

"Essays On the Pursuits of Women" by Frances Power Cobbe offers a compelling exploration of the societal roles and aspir......more

Of "Lady Rose’s Daughter." A Defense and an Analysis offers a critical examination of Mrs. Humphry Ward’s novel, "Lady R......more

"Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli" offers an intimate look into the life and mind of one of America’s most important in......more

"Memoirs of Margaret Fuller Ossoli" offers an intimate look into the life and mind of one of America’s most important in......more

"Chapters From Jane Austen" offers readers insightful essays and excerpts that celebrate the enduring genius of one of E......more

Two Centuries of Testimony in Favour of Mrs. Aphra Behn is a collection of essays and commentary championing the literar......more

A Memoir of Mrs. Anna Laetitia Barbauld, With Many Of Her Letters, Volume 1 presents a detailed portrait of the celebrat......more

Discover the elegant verse of Mrs. Darwell (Mary Whateley) in "Original Poems On Several Occasions." This collection sho......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

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

"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

Conocimento: Writing Irish Borderlands is an exploration of the roles played by borders, borderlands, and liminal spaces......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

"Mr. O’Sullivan, an authentic personal acquaintance of Wilde in those days, with no special affection for him nor any re......more

’I have put all my genius into my life; I have put only my talent into my works.’-Oscar Wilde. André Gide first met Wild......more

"Mr. O’Sullivan, an authentic personal acquaintance of Wilde in those days, with no special affection for him nor any re......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

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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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

Finalist, 2025 Frances Fuller Victor Award in General Nonfiction, Oregon Book Awards Honorable Mention, 2024 William San......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

Explores the conventions and contradictions inherent in archetypes of magical femininity - from loathly ladies to monstr......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

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

"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