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Romanticism bubbled up as lava from such historical eruptions as the Napoleonic Wars. The power of i... more

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This volume extends the reach of the American Shakespeare Center, which provides the finest in Shake... more

This book offers the first comprehensive discussion of the relationship between Modern Irish Literat... more

Der Band vereint Beiträge zum Lachen und Schweigen als Sonderformen der Kommunikation in der Erzähll... more

Beyond Blaxploitation is a groundbreaking scholarly anthology devoted to examining canonical and les... more

This is the third volume of a planned seven-volume translation of India s most beloved and influenti... more

This is the second volume of a translation of India’s most beloved and influential epic saga, the mo... more

This is the fourth volume of a translation of India s most beloved and influential epic tale--the Ra... more

From its beginnings, the American film industry has profited from bringing popular and acclaimed dra... more

With each major technological shift, the question of well-being arises with new purpose. In this boo... more

Originally published in 1928, this book presents the text of The Alchemist by Ben Jonson. An editori... more

Readers and acolytes of the vital early 1950s-mid 1960s writers known as the Beat Generation tend to... more

One of the greatest American authors, Mark Twain holds a special position not only as a distinctly A... more

One of the greatest American authors, Mark Twain holds a special position not only as a distinctly A... more

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Essays bringing out the crucial importance of philology for understanding Old English texts. Robert ... more

Brazil and France have explored each other’s geographical and cultural landscapes for more than five... more

Der Sammelband zielt darauf ab, das heuristische Potential von Metatexten darzustellen, die aus verg... more

This book explores the many different ways that we can understand the concept of "literary influence... more

The Oxford Handbook of the Age of Shakespeare presents a broad sampling of current historical schola... more

The emotions have long been an interest for those studying ancient Greece and Rome. But while the la... more

This book focuses on connections between biblical, literary, film, and music studies, as well as eco... more

What is the legacy of Theory after the deaths of so many of its leading lights, from Jacques Derrida... more

According to the contributors to this volume, the relationship of Buddhism and the arts in Japan is ... more

Contributions by Rebecca A. Brown, Justine Gieni, Holly Harper, Emily L. Hiltz, A. Robin Hoffman, Ki... more

This fascinating anthology introduces readers to the literary side of Herman Melville’s whaling worl... more

In the nineteenth century, literary criticism first developed into an autonomous, professional disci... more

What are the theoretical parameters that produce the category public intellectual? With essays from ... more

A body of theory has developed about the role and function of memory in creating and maintaining cul... more

Ed Brubaker (b. 1966) has emerged as one of the most popular, significant figures in art comics sinc... more

The Cambridge Guide to the Worlds of Shakespeare aims to replicate the expansive reach of Shakespear... more

Bringing together the work of leading film historians, originally published in 1981, this book illus... more

A first of its kind, The Palgrave Handbook of Comparative North American Literature provides an over... more

Presenting different ways to imagine criticism without critique, this collection provides a survey o... more

From the Truth and Reconciliation Commission in South Africa to the United Nations Permanent Memoria... more

This volume, organized in five major sections, honors the myriad scholarly contributions of Matthew ... more

These essays investigate the political, cultural, and religious mores of the time and how these soci... more

This book hews a new pathway of literary criticism on The New American Poetry that goes beyond the t... more

While paratexts - among them headnotes, footnotes, or endnotes - have never been absent from America... more

The volume presents contributions from the conference Formal Description of Slavic Languages 10.5. T... more

This collection of essays approaches the works of Shakespeare from the topical perspective of the Hi... more

Fathers, Preachers, Rebels, Men: Black Masculinity in U.S. History and Literature, 1820-1945, edited... more

At the turn of the nineteenth century, Haiti became the first and only modern country born from a sl... more

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Travel, Tourism and Identity addresses the psychological and social adjustments that occur when peop... more

Valéry’s essays on Leonardo, Poe, Mallarmé, and with these the "Teste Cycle," were that part of his ... more

This compact, one-semester introduction to the Bible prepares students to begin reading the biblical... more

An essential resource for teaching 19th-century print culture in Transatlantic Studies The 18 chapte... more

Approaching the writings of Mary Wroth through a fresh 21st-century lens, this volume accounts for a... more

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Written in 1905, The Colonel’s Dream is a compelling, bitter tale of the post-Civil War South’s dege... more

Song offers a vital case study for examining the rich interplay of music, gender, and representation... more

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Toni Morrison’s wooded and verdant clearing, a central trope in her novel Beloved, is the model for ... more

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