First published in 1969. These nine lectures written by the distinguished scholar J. B. Leishman examines the various th......more
Race offers a compelling introduction to the study of ideas related to race throughout history. Its breadth of coverage,......more
Race offers a compelling introduction to the study of ideas related to race throughout history. Its breadth of coverage,......more
Cognitive approaches to drama have enriched our understanding of Early Modern playtexts, acting and spectatorship. This ......more
David Dean Brockman connects spirituality with psychoanalysis throughout this book as he looks at Dante’s early writings......more
Impressive Shakespeare reassesses Shakespeare’s relationship with "print culture" in light of his plays’ engagement with......more
The power of stories to raise our concern for animals has been postulated throughout history by countless scholars, acti......more
Before Emotion: The Language of Feeling, 400-1800 advances current interdisciplinary research in the history of emotions......more
Postcolonialism is a book that examines the influence of postcolonial theory in critical geographical thought and schola......more
Postcolonialism is a book that examines the influence of postcolonial theory in critical geographical thought and schola......more
Ecocriticism and environmental communication studies have for many years co-existed as parallel disciplines, occasionall......more
In Victorian Poetry: Poetry, Poetics and Politics, Isobel Armstrong rescued Victorian poetry from its longstanding sepia......more
This, the first critical biography of Arthur Morrison (1863-1945), presents his East End writing as the counter-myth to ......more
This book examines the limits of cosmopolitanism in contemporary literature. In a world in which engagement with strange......more
The landscape of Turkey, with its trees and animals inspires narratives of survival, struggle and escape. Animals, Plant......more
The twentieth century saw an unprecedented spike in the study of altered states of consciousness. New ASCs, such as thos......more
Moving beyond the postcolonial literature field’s traditional focus on the novel, this book shines a light on the "minor......more
In the summer of 1876, Mark Twain started to write Adventures of Huckleberry Finn as a detective novel surrounding the m......more
Translating Chinese Art and Modern Literature examines issues in cross-cultural dialogue in connection with translation ......more
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This bundle brings together a number of prominent works examining and exploring areas of seventeenth century literature.......more
This book is the first to examine gender and violence in Australian literature. It argues that literary texts by Austral......more
Nation-Space in Enlightenment Britain: An Archaeology of Empire is a provocative intervention that extends considerably ......more
How does racial ideology contribute to the exploration of narrative voice? How does narrative (un)reliability help in th......more
This volume analyses Virginia Woolf’s novels through a philosophical lens, providing an interpretive overview of her wor......more
This book presents a range of analytical responses towards 9/11 through a critical review of literary, non-literary and ......more
This book presents a range of analytical responses towards 9/11 through a critical review of literary, non-literary and ......more
Why do we read? What happens to our imaginations when we read? To our knowledge? What creative forces are unleashed? Wha......more
Using the frameworks of literary theory relevant to modern fantasy, Dr. Joseph Young undertakes a compelling examination......more
The aim of this Companion volume is to provide scholars and advanced graduate students with a comprehensive and authorit......more
This book examines how identities are formed and expressed in political, social and cultural contexts across South Asia.......more
First published in 1955 in German, this journal, published here in English for the first time, describes the adventures ......more
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Originally published in 1988, this book is a complete translation of The Byelorussian Tristan, alongside textual notes....more
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This book examines the emotions expressed in Hausa women’s prose fiction in northern Nigeria, showing how Hausa Muslim w......more
Our collection of essays re-evaluates the much critically contested term of Modernism that, eventually, came to be used ......more
The conception of modernity as a radical rupture from the past runs parallel to the conception of Europe as the primary ......more
This book explores representations of Obeah - a name used in the English/Creole-speaking Caribbean to describe various A......more
The Fairy Tale World is a definitive volume on this ever-evolving field. The book draws on recent critical attention, co......more
The book illuminates the spatial utopianism of South Asian anti-colonial texts by showing how they refuse colonial spati......more
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Published in 1988: This book is a compilation of 16th century poetry and manuscripts....more
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Originally compiled and published in 1980, this volume contains the plays of James Broaden. Although not many critics of......more
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Published in 1967: When first published forty years ago, this now well-known study was regarded as something of a pionee......more
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Rather than treating the plays as objects to be studied, described and interpreted, Engagements with Shakespearean Drama......more
Originally published in 1979, this volume contains the full text of Misogonus, edited and with an introduction and addit......more
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Originally published in 1988, this volume includes the full text and translation of The Judgment of the King of Navarre ......more
Originally compiled and published in 1970, this volume contains the full text of The Life of Mr. Thomas Betterton, writt......more
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First published in 1986, this collection of essays brings together ethnomethodological studies from key academics of the......more
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Charles Baudelaire’s flâneur, as described in his 1863 essay "The Painter of Modern Life," remains central to understand......more
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