Literature, Poetry & Criticism books

Shakespeare's Sonnets are the most famous and controversial love poems in the English language. This book is both an edition of these poems and a guide to how to read them. It is the only current edition which provides an...

These days it is impossible to get away from discussions of whether the book will survive the digital revolution. This book presents conversations in which Jean-Claude Carriere and Umberto Eco discuss everything from how to define...

Steeped in a high-octane mythos, Jason Bredle's Carnival lets every inch of the world surge with delight and sorrow. The result is a collection of poems that thrills by framing an accurate snapshot of the human condition at its...

Steeped in a high-octane mythos, Jason Bredle's Carnival lets every inch of the world surge with delight and sorrow. The result is a collection of poems that thrills by framing an accurate snapshot of the human condition at its...

Lio is a successful comic strip syndicated by Universal Uclick in major markets throughout the United States. The main character, Lio, is a small boy with a penchant for befriending squids, monsters, and aliens. Lio is a curious...

BRING IT!, is the quintessential gift book to share with any high school grad who is looking to the future with anticipation of all life has in store.

The first book devoted to the study of love in the writings of Gerald Manley Hopkins, 'Touching God' offers fresh readings of Hopkins' poetry by considering love in relation to mutual touch.

A breathtaking translation of poems by Rumi, one of the world's most loved mystical teachers. Beautifully packaged and illustrated with Persian calligraphy, this ideal gift book introduces readers to the quatrains, the shorter...

Examines the lyrical voice of Sophocles' heroes and argues that their identities are grounded in poetic identity and power.

This anthology features three novellas from some of urban lit's hottest authors: Tracy Brown's Indecent Proposal, Niobia Bryant's Sinful, and Grace Octavia's L.A. Confidential. Will the women in these stories prevail?

First-ever collection of Marilyn Buck's poetry, searing, soaring, a living tribute to her indomitable spirit, revolutionary intelligence and poet's vision.

From political debates about global free markets to local free lunches, the word 'freedom' is in danger of becoming a distorted cliche. This book explores the history of the idea of freedom, from its origins in ancient Greece,...

Constraints on freedom, education, and individual dignity have always been fundamental in determining who is able to write, when, and where. Taking the singular instance of the African American writer to heart, William W. Cook and...

Translation is tricky business. Through the analysis of six plays from each linguistic repertoire, written and translated between 1961 and 2000, Ladouceur's award-winning book compares the complexities of a translation process...

School! A splendid institution. It tells you about what's around you while helping you explore what lies within. It brings you face-to-face with personal triumphs and failures, victories and defeats, frictions and forgiveness,...

How queer Native writers use the erotics of lived experience to challenge both federal and tribal notions of Indianness

How queer Native writers use the erotics of lived experience to challenge both federal and tribal notions of Indianness

Praeterita is the autobiography of John Ruskin (1819-1900), art critic and social commentator and one of the most influential figures of the nineteenth century. An elegy for lost places and people, Praeterita recounts Ruskin's...

An overview of popular literature from the early nineteenth century to the present day from a historical and comparative perspective.

A collection of papers by international experts on one of the most paradoxical and influential poetic genres of classical antiquity.

A clear, jargon-free and comprehensible survey of a diverse and voluminous canonical British author.

Is Tennessee Williams a social writer at heart? Hooper questions this view, presenting a new interpretation of the dramatist.