Why do some creations flourish while others fade into obscurity?In Fame or Oblivion? the author makes a provocative thesis: that Russian society ha...

With political power in Russia flowing directly from the ruler to his subjects, the distinction between the public and private became porous. The i...

In Forms of Freedom Dougal McNeill explores how the creative literary imagination can influence progressive social change in the real world. In eng...

Rosa Mayreder (1858-1938) of Vienna, Austria, was a major European feminist and peace activist as well as an excellent scholar and superb writer. T...

Based on the assumption that gender roles have become increasingly complex and differentiated in recent decades, the volume's articles analyze the ...

Georg Brandes put the Scandinavian Region on the Global Literary Map A companion to Brandes' Main Currents is published on 30 November 2023. It w...

Rendered in an idiom drawn from present-day nature guides, gardening handbooks, how-to manuals, and scientific treatises--and in a style influenced...

Rendered in an idiom drawn from present-day nature guides, gardening handbooks, how-to manuals, and scientific treatises--and in a style influenced...

Gerald Murnane is one of Australia's most important contemporary authors, but for years was neglected by critics. In 2018 the New York Times descri...

Coal mines have become rare, but the miners of Germinal are immortal. This new edition of the novel, with a translation by Raymond MacKenzie, is an...

The three Lebanese writers discussed in this volume -- Kahlil Gibran, Ameen Rihani and Mikhail Naimy -- all emigrated to the USA early in life. The...

This stirring new version of the great Babylonian epic includes material from the recently discovered "monkey tablet" as well as an Introduction, t...

This stirring new version of the great Babylonian epic includes material from the recently discovered "monkey tablet" as well as an Introduction, t...

Canadians have always been obsessed with the idea of their own identities. Stories that tell us who we are provide a reassuring sense of identity f...

Successfully integrating elegance and a close fidelity to the Greek, these new translations aim to provide Greekless students with as close a sense...

Successfully integrating elegance and a close fidelity to the Greek, these new translations aim to provide Greekless students with as close a sense...

Gregory of Nazianzus (ca330-390) is one of the three Greek church fathers from Cappadocia. This book explores both his theology -- which earned him...

Fray Angélico Chávez was an American Franciscan priest, historian, researcher, author, poet, and painter. This rare collection of writings combines...

Text in English & Persian. Is the Gulistan the most influential book in the Iranian world? In terms of prose, it is the model, which all writer...

H.C. Andersens (1805-1875) brevveksling med B.S. Ingemann (1789-1862) og hustruen Lucie (1792-1862) er en af eventyrdigterens sidste store korrespo...