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The Political Uses of Literature

"Analyses the rich global histories of 20th- and 21st-century politicized writing in order to provoke new debate about the complex intersections between literature and political action"--

Elaine Canning,

Maggie O'Farrell

"Critically-acclaimed Sunday Times bestseller and winner of the Women's Prize for Fiction, Maggie O'Farrell is one of the most successful British-Irish authors writing today. Covering her nine novels…

In the Shadow of the Holocaust

" In the Shadow of the Holocaust is a collection of newly translated short fiction written in the aftermath of one of the most significant Jewish tragedies of the 20th century. In these works, Jewish…

Jean Ward,

Marian Poem-Prayers in the Modern Age

Exploring a range of twentieth and twenty-first century Marian prayer-poetry - prayer poems directed to or involving Mary - by poets such as T. S. Eliot, David Jones, Geoffrey Hill, Elizabeth Jennings, Hi…

Interwar Salzburg

"A long-overdue reassessment of post-1918 Salzburg as a distinct Austrian cultural hub that experimented in moving beyond war and empire into a modern, self-consciously inclusive, and international c…

Penny Bradshaw

An A-Z of Beatrix Potter

A lively way into the works of beloved children's author Beatrix Potter, this book provides fresh understanding of her writing and its legacies via twenty six alphabetically arranged and interlinked essay…

In the Shadow of the Holocaust

" In the Shadow of the Holocaust is a collection of newly translated short fiction written in the aftermath of one of the most significant Jewish tragedies of the 20th century. In these works, Jewish…

M Genevieve West

Zora Neale Hurston and American Literary Culture

Taking a close look at Zora Neale Hurston's historical and literary contexts, this book investigates why Hurston's writing fell out of favor during her lifetime only to be reclaimed and appreciated years …

Northrop Frye

Fearful Symmetry

The landmark book that situates Blake's poetry within the intellectual movements of his day and unlocks his symbolism for modern readersSince it was first published, Northrop Frye's Fearful Symmetry has e…

The Oxford Handbook of Restoration Literature

This books brings new critical perspectives to bear on classic texts, asks challenging new questions about the relations among science, politics, and literary writing, probes emerging genres like the diar…

Chris A Eng

Extravagant Camp

"Illuminates an Asian American genealogy of queer camp performances that irreverently restages key scenes of historical violence-the camps"--

Henry James,

Confidence

The Cambridge Edition of the Complete Fiction of Henry James provides, for the first time, a scholarly edition of a major writer whose work continues to be read, quoted, adapted and studied. Confidence is…

Writing Borders and Other Barriers in the Era of Climate Crisis

Bringing together intersectional perspectives across disciplines such as the humanities, arts and social sciences, this book explores borders and crossings in relation to environmental damage and injustic…

Understanding Lacan, Understanding Modernism

Explores the impact of modernist literature and art on the writing and thought of Jacques Lacan, emphasizing the valences of Lacanian psychoanalysis for interpretations of modernism.

Richard Strauss (1864-1949)

Tod und Verklärung op. 24 (1889)

Ryan Topper

Animist Poetics

"Argues that African literature conceptualizes trauma and regeneration as a more-than-human process, offering an animist revision of psychoanalysis"--

Charles Andrews,

The English Modernist Novel as Political Theology

"Exploring novels by Virginia Woolf, D. H. Lawrence, Evelyn Waugh, and Sylvia Townsend Warner as political theology-works that imagine a resistance to the fusion of Christianity and patriotism which …

Brenda Deen Schildgen

Boccaccio Defends Literature

This book unveils Boccaccio's defence of literature against claims of immorality by showcasing how both pagan and Christian literary works serve to heal, console, and provoke thoughtfulness.

The Oxford Chaucer: Volumes 1 and 2

This edition presents the complete works of Geoffrey Chaucer to a new generation of students and scholars. It provides all that undergraduates and graduate students will need to understand and appreciate …