Literature: History & Criticism

In this elegant but pocketable edition in the Ross's Discoveries series, passionate bibliophile Michael Ross has curated his favorite literary quo...

John Donne: In the Shadow of Religion explores the life of one of the most significant figures of the English Renaissance. The book not only provid...

Between 1932 and 1958, thousands of children read volumes in the book series Childhood of Famous Americans. With colorful cover art and compellinga...

A philosophical exploration of Suzanne Collins's New York Times bestselling series, just in time for the release of The Hunger Games movie Katniss...

Explores Borges's supreme literary craftsmanship and the intimate puzzles of his fictions. Borges once stated that he had never created a characte...

The World in a Grain of Sand offers a framework for reading literature from the global South that goes against the grain of dominant theories in cu...

Now in B-format paperback, this book describes ten women over the past three hundred years who have found walking essential to their sense of thems...