Literature: history and criticism

The Theory of Literary Criticism: A Logical Analysisby John M.

One of Latin Americans most important poets of the twentieth century, Juan Gelman (19302014) spent much of his life in exile from his native Argentina during the Dirty War.

How is it possible, after four centuries, that a major episode in Rabelaiss novels remains systematically misread?

Why the Lyrical Ballads?

Imperial ceremony was a vital form of self-expression for late antique society.

Studia Pindarica by Elroy L.

Fourteen Russian One-Act Plays, edited by Ludmilla A.

This title is part of UC Press's Voices Revived program, which commemorates University of California Press’s mission to seek out and cultivate the brightest minds and give them voice, reach, and impact.

Proverbial Language in English Drama, Exclusive of Shakespeare (1495-1616): An Index serves as a comprehensive reference for scholars of Renaissance drama and the use of proverbial expressions in early modern English theater.

This title was originally published in 1988.

Why the Lyrical Ballads?

Israeli Documentary Poetry: Coming of Age with the Stateintroduces and explores documentary poetry written by Israeli poets who came of age during the first two decades of the state and who, since the 1970s and 1980s, have recorded their experiences of that period.

Since the late 1980s, queer studies and theory have become vital to the intellectual and political life of the United States.

Spencers World of Glass: A Reading of *The Faerie Queenepresents Kathleen Williams's luminous reappraisal of Spenser as not merely a painter of sumptuous scenes but a rigorous maker of worlds.

Postwar British Fiction: New Accents and Attitudes by James Gindin offers the first comprehensive account of the striking changes in British literature after 1945.

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Die Welt der Theorie sei nicht die seine, erklärt Milan Kundera.

In The Idea of the Canterbury Tales, Donald R.

Winner of a Fringe First Award 2024Shortlisted for the Popcorn Writing Award 2024Look, there are two ways to go.

Wendell Berry teaches us to love our places--to pay careful attention to where we are, to look beyond and within, and to live in ways that are not captive to the mastery of cultural, social, or economic assumptions about our life in these places.

'What Your Doctor Eats is a marvellous fact-filled journey of discovery that everyone can learn from and enjoy.

In The Idea of the Canterbury Tales, Donald R.

This first part of Album of Dated Latin Inscriptions: Rome and the Neighborhood, Augustus to Nerva by Arthur E.

Postwar British Fiction: New Accents and Attitudes by James Gindin offers the first comprehensive account of the striking changes in British literature after 1945.

Immerse yourself in the groundbreaking artistic vision of Sameh AL Tawil, the renowned Egyptian-German multimedia artist whose work transcends conventional boundaries of medium and expression.

Spencers World of Glass: A Reading of *The Faerie Queenepresents Kathleen Williams's luminous reappraisal of Spenser as not merely a painter of sumptuous scenes but a rigorous maker of worlds.

First published in 1923, the original blurb reads: "e;This series of studies by a distinguished neurologist and psychiatrist, who is also an accomplished writer, will stir clamorous approval and dissent.

Larry Eigner (1927-1996), born with cerebral palsy, was an active and significant figure for the New American Poets of the 1950s and 1960s, particularly with the Black Mountain School.

The Rhetorical Form of Carlyle'sSartor Resartus by Gerry H.

In Mans Estate, the exploration of masculine identity takes center stage as Shakespeare's works are examined through the lens of psychoanalytic theory and historical context.

This title was originally published in 1951.

Mastro-don Gesualdo by Giovanni Verga is a masterpiece of Italian verismo, offering a poignant exploration of ambition, social mobility, and personal tragedy in 19th-century Sicily.

Alice Lotvin Birney reopens the most intractable question in aestheticscatharsisand relocates it in the charged arena of satire.

Luigi Pirandello: A Study of Genius and Isolation offers a comprehensive exploration of the life, work, and legacy of one of Italys most enigmatic literary figures.

The Scottish poet, author, and Christian minister George MacDonald is widely known as an inspiration for the works of C.

The Ill-Framed Knight: A Skeptical Inquiry into the Identity of Sir Thomas Malory embarks on a meticulous and spirited investigation into the enigmatic figure behind the Le Morte dArthur.

This title was originally published in 1970.

When you spend your life in thrall to a monster you find yourself trying to make monstrous things somehow bearable.

The Rhetorical Form of Carlyle'sSartor Resartus by Gerry H.

Alice Lotvin Birney reopens the most intractable question in aestheticscatharsisand relocates it in the charged arena of satire.

Mastro-don Gesualdo by Giovanni Verga is a masterpiece of Italian verismo, offering a poignant exploration of ambition, social mobility, and personal tragedy in 19th-century Sicily.

This title was originally published in 1965.