The Idea of Anglo Saxon England, 1066-1901 presents the first systematic review of the ways in which Anglo-Saxon studies......more
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The handbook will be the first of its kind worldwide - and in contrast to, and clearly delimited from, The Routledge Com......more
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In the medieval and early modern periods, dreams were seen as having the potential to grant a glimpse of what was unknow......more
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Recent developments in literary modernism have turned towards the archive to study the process of how literary narrative......more
Interdisciplinarity has gained increasing prominence as a general guiding principle for innovative research over the pas......more
Lovers of Tolkien’s works know well his penchant for including song lyrics and verse in his prose. This book offers a th......more
Animal Presence and Human Identity in Modern Literature explores literary representations of the human-animal encounter ......more
Offering a methodology for identifying particularly impactful literary narratives of climate change, this open access bo......more
An exploration into the development of the literary advice industry of the late 19th and early 20th centuries, this book......more
Showcasing the most exciting contemporary scholarship on D. H. Lawrence, this comprehensive collection serves as both an......more
Taking 44 Mecklenburgh Square as the focal point and springboard for a critical group study of D.H. Lawrence, H.D. and R......more
This book offers the first sustained analysis of the interactions between British writers, propaganda and culture from t......more
Rachel Cusk is one of the most critically acclaimed and controversial contemporary British authors. Her diverse body of ......more
The evolution of the Fenian tradition of story and song, traced over 1,400 years Stories about Fionn macCumhaill (also k......more
Renaissance humanism was a broad intellectual and cultural movement, which contributed significantly to the development ......more
"Entangled Displacements" offers a new way of exploring medieval cultures through the refugees they create. The book exa......more
Lively, adventurous and comprehensive, this book offers a fascinating account of the contemporary culture of pedestriani......more
From Peter Rabbit to Mrs Tiggywinkle, the Tailor of Gloucester to The Fairy Caravan, the works and characters of Beatrix......more
From Peter Rabbit to Mrs Tiggywinkle, the Tailor of Gloucester to The Fairy Caravan, the works and characters of Beatrix......more
Early modern Europe provides a rich context from which to challenge the rigid opposition between science and religion in......more
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WINNER OF THE 2022 NOBEL PRIZE IN LITERATURE A stunningly visual celebration of Annie Ernaux’s work--featuring collected......more
As a young man, James Joyce rejected his country and its religion, but went on to recreate the Dublin of his youth in hi......more
An exploration of the relationship between early modern travel literature and English nationalism, this book s primary g......more
Dr Helen Beer is Lecturer in Yiddish.at UCL and Departmental Tutor. She is also Tutor in Yiddish at Oxford University De......more
It is the few, but brilliant, political writings of his English career - including the collection of five pamphlets feat......more
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Reflecting on current debates in media cultural studies, this monograph develops a methodology that offers new readings ......more
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Allegories of Format examines the significance of format to the literary oeuvre of the nineteenth-century Swiss author, ......more
Allegories of Format examines the significance of format to the literary oeuvre of the nineteenth-century Swiss author, ......more
The first book devoted to exploring Marcel Proust’s influence on Irish literature and Irish themes within his work, The ......more
Focusing on a category of poems from the Modernist and contemporary periods which give agency to nonhuman beings and tex......more
In his philosophical project, aesthetic orientation and political leanings, Alain Badiou is a product of, and a leading ......more
Over the past century, the Italian landscape has undergone exceedingly rapid transformations, shifting from a mostly rur......more
First published in 1653, The Compleat Angler is one of the most influential environmental texts ever written. Addressing......more
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No writer has surpassed the epic achievement of J.R.R. Tolkien, who spent decades refining his world of Middle-earth--a ......more
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A fascinating insight into the most talented Latin poets to occupy the Papal throne after Pius II Piccolomini in the 15t......more
An exploration of how concepts of celebrity and the Gothic intersect in Western culture, this book examines the supposed......more
A scholarly and experimental collection that offers fresh insight-with a feminist focus-into the often overlooked modern......more
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The Feeling of the Form explores the concept of Einfhlung--the projection of human feelings and life into inanimate form......more
The Feeling of the Form explores the concept of Einfhlung--the projection of human feelings and life into inanimate form......more
With perceptions of reality in the 21st-century increasingly seen as pluralistic and a matter of interpretation, this op......more
Even though the similarities of philological methods and traditions across various cultures have been the subject of sch......more
’I had rather die in the adventure of noble achievements, than live in obscure and sluggish security.’ One of the most d......more
’How many things dismissed out of hand yesterday turn out to be true tomorrow?’ Written in the first half of the career ......more
Focusing questions of the soul and its relationship to the body in the context of Britain from the late eighteenth to th......more
Putting Joyce back into dialogue with other Irish writers of his generation, this book shows that his experiments with n......more
The text genre of the "Toledot Yeshu", unique in Judaism, experienced a peak in 18th century Amsterdam, especially in Yi......more
In Medieval English Manuscripts and Literary Forms, Jessica Brantley offers an innovative introduction to manuscript cul......more
The latest volume of the acclaimed and magisterial Hopkins Press edition of Percy Bysshe Shelley’s poetry, covering the ......more
How do the works of D. H. Lawrence speak to readers in the age of the Anthropocene? In this volume, sixteen scholars fro......more
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Approaching translations of Tolkien’s works as stories in their own right, this book reads multiple Chinese translations......more
The dismantlement of the British Empire had a profound impact on many celebrated white Anglophone writers of the twentie......more
Ces dernières années, le concept de postmigration a pris une importance grandissante dans la recherche interdisciplinair......more
Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Agatha Christie is a global bestseller. Her work has been translat......more
Honorable Mention, 2023 North American Victorian Studies Association First Book Prize Honorable Mention, American Counci......more
An intimate memoir of growing up inside legendary Parisian publishing house Les Éditions de Minuit. I wanted to tell the......more
The arresting story of how Thomas Mann wrote The Magic Mountain as a defeated Germany descended into political chaos Lik......more
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There are few features of the contemporary world more significant than national and regional borders. In modern Europe, ......more
Johann Gottfried Herder did not himself use the term "naturalism", which only appears in the later nineteenth century, b......more
An unprecedented cultural history of reproductions of medieval manuscripts Facsimiles are, or claim to be, exact copies ......more
"Bakhtin’s most famous book: a classic in Renaissance studies, literary studies, and cultural history: in it he develops......more
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A life of the nineteenth-century German writer and composer most famous for inspiring The Nutcracker. E.T.A. Hoffmann (1......more
Celebrating Jane Austen’s 250th birthday, this book is a charming collection of notable quotes from her most celebrated ......more
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In The Feeling of Letting Die, Jennifer MacLure explores how Victorian novels depict the feelings that both fuel and are......more
In Pregnancy in the Victorian Novel--the first book-length study of the topic--Livia Arndal Woods traces the connections......more
By the end of modern times, the solitary man had become a destitute and infirm man, though curable with the balms of soc......more
In these essays, Alexander Nehamas rejects the separation of art from life, which was institutionalized in the eighteent......more
In Courtly and Queer, Charlie Samuelson casts queerness in medieval French texts about courtly love in a new light by br......more
A new literary history that places women writers at the center of poetic theory and practice in English literature of th......more
A new literary history that places women writers at the center of poetic theory and practice in English literature of th......more