Ebook > Human Sciences > Languages > Literature

Literature

Support

Ebook Human Sciences Languages

Linguistics Literature German English other Germanic Roman Classic Slavic Other Languages

66,044 Ebooks in this category

Cover of Sachidananda Mohanty: Cosmopolitan Modernity in Early 20th-Century India

Sachidananda Mohanty: Cosmopolitan Modernity in Early 20th-Century India

This book presents an alternative view of cosmopolitanism, citizenship and modernity in early 20th-century India through the multiple lenses of mysticism, travel, friendship, art, and politics.It …

Cover of Gregory Claeys: Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus, Volume 1

Gregory Claeys: Late Victorian Utopias: A Prospectus, Volume 1

This collection of literary utopias calls for a complete overhaul of existing assumptions about utopian writing in this period. The representation of utopian texts in these volumes shows that William …

Cover of Grevel Lindop & Barry Symonds: Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part II vol 11

Grevel Lindop & Barry Symonds: Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part II vol 11

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the second part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey’s work, also …

Cover of Grevel Lindop & Barry Symonds: Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part II vol 10

Grevel Lindop & Barry Symonds: Works of Thomas De Quincey, Part II vol 10

Thomas De Quincey (1785-1859) is considered one of the most important English prose writers of the early-19th century. This is the second part of a 21-volume set presenting De Quincey’s work, also …

Cover of Elizabeth H Chang: British Travel Writing from China, 1798-1901, Volume 2

Elizabeth H Chang: British Travel Writing from China, 1798-1901, Volume 2

In 1793, Lord Macartney led the first British diplomatic mission to China in over one hundred years. This five-volume reset edition draws together British travel writings about China throughout the …

Cover of Lois Chaber & Francesca Saggini: Women's Travel Writings in North Africa and the Middle East, Part I Vol 1

Lois Chaber & Francesca Saggini: Women’s Travel Writings in North Africa and the Middle East, Part I Vol 1

Continuing the series on Women’s Travel Writings, this two-part collection presents some fascinating tales of North Africa and the Middle East. Part I includes three separate volumes that include the …

Cover of Professor or Dr. Lynne (Professor in the Humanities; Director, Comparative Literature, Washington University in St. Louis, USA) Tatlock: Jane Eyre in German Lands

Professor or Dr. Lynne (Professor in the Humanities; Director, Comparative Literature, Washington University in St. Louis, USA) Tatlock: Jane Eyre in German Lands

Lynne Tatlock examines the transmission, diffusion, and literary survival of Jane Eyre in the German-speaking territories and the significance and effects thereof, 1848-1918. Engaging with …

Cover of Amartya (University of Calcutta, India) Mukhopadhyay: Tagore’s Solutions for Colonial Degeneration

Amartya (University of Calcutta, India) Mukhopadhyay: Tagore’s Solutions for Colonial Degeneration

This book focuses on Rabindranath Tagore as a social and political thinker revolving around Tagore’s ideas on the seeds of civil society, nation, identities, and communities in the Indic tradition. T …

Cover of John Fletcher & John Spurling: Beckett

John Fletcher & John Spurling: Beckett

First published in 1978, Beckett examines the plays of Beckett in the order in which they were written. The book affords a lively and fresh introduction to Beckett s theatre. Both authors stress that …

Cover of Anirban K. (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Baishya & Darshana Sreedhar (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Mini: South Asian Pornographies

Anirban K. (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Baishya & Darshana Sreedhar (University of Wisconsin-Madison, USA) Mini: South Asian Pornographies

South Asian Pornographies is the first consolidated volume that explores the relationships between pornography, obscenity, law and desire in South Asia. Focusing on case studies from India, Sri Lanka …