Queer Rebels is a study of gay narrative writings published in Spain at the turn of the 20th century. The book scrutinis......more
This book argues for the importance of narrative theories which consider gender and sexuality through the analysis of a ......more
Can the recovery of women’s contributions to literary culture be compared to a salvage operation? In that case, for what......more
This book examines fictional works by women authors who have left their homes in West Africa and now live as members of ......more
This book explores desire through the work of a new generation of Japanese women writers, in response to the increased a......more
This book explores desire through the work of a new generation of Japanese women writers, in response to the increased a......more
Beat Myths in Literature reassesses the work of women poets associated with the Beat Generation from the critical lens o......more
Taking readers through the various stages of criticism of Emily Dickinson’s poetry, this guide identifies both the essen......more
How should we understand the bugarrón, a man who has sex with other men while regarding himself as heterosexual? Reachin......more
How should we understand the bugarrón, a man who has sex with other men while regarding himself as heterosexual? Reachin......more
Although Elizabeth Gaskell was influenced by Mary Russell Mitford, and George Eliot by Gaskell, only a small number of s......more
Originally published in 1987 and revised in 2004, Compañeras speaks with the voices of Latina lesbians who are puertorri......more
Luminous essays on translation and self-translation by an award-winning writer and literary translator Translating Mysel......more
In this brilliant selection of essays--including three new pieces--the award-winning, best-selling author of The Handmai......more
Combining personal narrative, interviews, and literary analysis, Fool elaborates the potential for fool figures from thr......more
This book looks into the role played by the conditions and legal-policy frameworks in several origin, transit, and host/......more
Bringing together analyses by scholars from the US, Europe and Latin America with reflections by Ana Clavel, Eugenia Pra......more
Gender has become a commodity. Today’s economy trades in symbols and narratives as much as in objects. As such, gender c......more
Reclaiming Migrant Motherhood takes a critical look at the representations and lived experiences of migrant, refugee, an......more
’Mirza’s theorization of resistance is a substantive addition to feminist and postcolonial scholarship, and her rich rea......more
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This book presents a renewed consideration of women’s poetry in ancient Greek literature by analysing the works attribut......more
’Heroic Disobedience: The Forced Marriage Plot and the British Novel, 1747-1880’ shows the ways in which eighteenth- and......more
This book examines the complexities of women’s lives in Africa and the transnational spaces of Europe and North America ......more
Tradition, translation, and transcription in Henrician verse functioned together in systems of communally created, coded......more
With Slavery, Capitalism, and Women’s Literature, Kristin Allukian makes an important contribution to slavery and capita......more
With Slavery, Capitalism, and Women’s Literature, Kristin Allukian makes an important contribution to slavery and capita......more
Narrative, Affect, and Victorian Sensation: Wilful Bodies argues that Victorian sensation novels - long dismissed as plo......more
Modernism and Religion argues that modernism participated in broader processes of religious change in the twentieth cent......more
A Stab in the Ear - Poetics of Sound in Futurism and Dadaism...more
This book calls readers to experience radical empathy through fiction by putting women writers of color’s works in conve......more
This book examines the dialectic of ideology and utopia in three novels by James Baldwin....more
Who Were the Martyrs of Wigtown? In Wigtown, South West Scotland, there is a stake out at sea to commemorate the drownin......more
Representing a shift in Carter studies for the 21st century, this book critically explores her legacy and showcases the ......more
Working at the intersection of psychoanalytic, queer, and transgender theories, this book argues for the need to read La......more
Addressing Jean Rhys’s composition and positioning of her fiction, this book invites and challenges us to read the tacit......more
Across more than 30 chapters spanning migration, queerness, and climate change, this handbook captures how the interdisc......more
This book analyzes the various ways of coming to terms with the Emmett Till case in US fiction. The critical analysis of......more
Bouboulina and the Greek Revolution: Interdisciplinary Perspectives on the Heroine of 1821 offers a critical look at the......more
In his 1908 cultural and historical study of homosexuality titled The Intersexes: A History of Similisexualism as a Prob......more
Destins de femmes is the first comprehensive overview of French women writers during the turbulent period of 1750-1850. ......more
Destins de femmes is the first comprehensive overview of French women writers during the turbulent period of 1750-1850. ......more
"With a thoughtful introduction by Mikki Kendall, it will remind you why she was loved, honored, challenged and respecte......more
In this thought-provoking work, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps critically examines her own novel, The Gates Ajar, which deals w......more
Romanes provides a detailed overview of the life and works of Charlotte Mary Yonge, an influential British writer of the......more
In this thought-provoking work, Elizabeth Stuart Phelps critically examines her own novel, The Gates Ajar, which deals w......more
First published in 1852, this book provides a comprehensive look at the work of female prose writers in America. Coverin......more
In this groundbreaking work of literary criticism, Comstock offers a feminist perspective on Tolstoy’s controversial mas......more
Sarah Green’s fascinating book offers an insider’s view of the private lives and intrigues of the English court. From ro......more
In this fascinating study, Overton examines the lives and works of 25 of the most influential female novelists of the 20......more
Romanes provides a detailed overview of the life and works of Charlotte Mary Yonge, an influential British writer of the......more
In this fascinating study, Overton examines the lives and works of 25 of the most influential female novelists of the 20......more
First published in 1852, this book provides a comprehensive look at the work of female prose writers in America. Coverin......more
In this groundbreaking work of literary criticism, Comstock offers a feminist perspective on Tolstoy’s controversial mas......more
Sarah Green’s fascinating book offers an insider’s view of the private lives and intrigues of the English court. From ro......more
Comprehensive presentation of Jacques Rancière’s thought on relations between politics and literature in the context of ......more
The concurrent tenures of Gillian Clarke as National Poet of Wales, Carol Ann Duffy as UK Poet Laureate, Liz Lochhead as......more
Alison Light - Inside History addresses a number of the central preoccupations within feminist cultural criticism over t......more
This book represents a unique visualisation of the world of Irish writer John McGahern through his words and the imagery......more
Katherine Mansfield (1888-1923) was one of the leading figures in the development of the modernist short story and her w......more
This book synthesizes ecofeminist theory, American studies, and postcolonial theory to interrogate what New Americanist ......more
Reprint of a classic study by a leading Jewett scholar, this widely cited book provides a lucid overview of all of Sarah......more
May Alcott Nierike, Author and Advocate examines in-depth the writings on art and travel by the youngest sister of famed......more
Ann Quin’s innovative, versatile oeuvre made a vital contribution to 1960s and ’70s British experimental writing. While ......more
A wide-ranging overview of contemporary literary works by LGBTQ Appalachians with a focus on LGBTQ themes and characters......more
Concepción Gimeno de Flaquer (Alcañiz, 1850-Buenos Aires, 1919) was a Spanish journalist, newspaper editor, and author, ......more
What happens in our brain when we create a story? Based on neuro-cognitivism, the study of narratives - ranging from nov......more
These highly original essays illuminate Virginia Woolf and a selection of other twentieth-century writers and artists. B......more
This first book-length study of Anna Kavan’s writing contradicts earlier critical approaches that have figured her writi......more
Mary Charlton’s 1799 Rosella, or Modern Occurrences is a fascinating novel that brokers between conservative and feminis......more
"Best known for her internationally, multi-million-copy bestselling novel "Flowers in the Attic," Cleo Virginia Andrews ......more
The Star Dressing Room: Portrait of an Actor is a memoir from Alan Shayne documenting his theater career as an acclaimed......more
Makiko Minow coined the phrase ’lesbian modernism’ in 1989. Since then, scholars of lesbian modernism have produced cruc......more
This field-defining collection establishes unfinished film projects--abandoned, interrupted, lost, or open-ended--as ric......more
This field-defining collection establishes unfinished film projects--abandoned, interrupted, lost, or open-ended--as ric......more
This autotheoretical Element, written in the tense space between feminist and trans theory, argues that movement between......more
Wendy Cope is one of Britain’s most popular poets: her first two collections have together sold almost half a million co......more
Marie Jeanne Riccoboni’s Epistolary Feminism: Fact, Fiction, and Voice argues that Riccoboni is among the most significa......more
The Routledge Handbook of Translation, Feminism and Gender provides a comprehensive, state-of-the-art overview of femini......more
Befriending the Queer Nineteenth Century: Curious Attachments addresses a longstanding question in literary and cultural......more
This work develops an innovative approach to gender and feminist theory by drawing together the work of key feminist and......more
Almudena Grandes is one of Spain s foremost women s writers, having sold over 1.1 million copies of her episodios de una......more
This volume of essays reconfigures the reception history of Milton and his works by bringing to the fore women reading, ......more
Revisiting Italy focuses on the convergence of political advocacy, gender ideologies, national identity, and literary au......more
This volume brings together scholars, students and writers as well as artists from around the world. By choosing a thema......more
This book explores the works of women writers and filmmakers across the African and African Diaspora world, reflecting o......more
This collection analyzes the theme of the "afterlife" as it animated nineteenth-century American women’s theology-making......more
Eliza Haywood was one of the most prolific English writers in the Age of the Enlightenment. Her career, from Love in Exc......more
This volume presents an interdisciplinary dialogue between sociology, geography, political sciences, history, and litera......more
This book explores various representations and productions of love magic in medieval and early modern Iberian fictions. ......more
Recycling Virginia Woolf in Contemporary Art and Literature exam>ines Woolf’s life and oeuvre from the perspective of re......more
Drawing on a range of historical and literary texts, this book examines how Black women under the yoke of slavery negoti......more
This original collection of essays explores the work and life choices of Spanish women who through their writings and so......more
This book distinguishes itself from previous scholarship by offering an inclusive and comprehensive treatment of urban w......more
The Routledge Companion to Literature and Disability brings together some of the most influential and important contempo......more
"A new collection of Susan Sontag’s essays about women, edited by David Rieff and introduced by Merve Emre"--...more
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism A leading trans scholar and activist explores cultural ......more
Finalist for the National Book Critics Circle Award in Criticism A leading trans scholar and activist explores cultural ......more
Jean Rhys’ position upon the literary map of the 20th century remains unstable, even after Wide Sargasso Sea (1966). She......more