Litteraturhistoria & litteraturkritik

A vital, engaging, and hugely enjoyable guide to poetry, from ancient times to the present, by one of our greatest champions of literature--selected as the literature book of the …

A poem for the ages, freshly and accessibly translated by an international rising star, bringing together scholarly precision and poetic grace  “Sophus Helle’s new translation . . …

“An enjoyable account of a lifelong involvement with literature.”—John Vukmirovich, Times Literary Supplement   This “little history” takes on a very big subject: the glorious span …

The complete poems of the priestess Enheduana, the world’s first known author, newly translated from the original Sumerian   “Helle’s translation feels urgent, incandescent, …

The magnum opus of 2004 Nobel laureate Elfriede Jelinek—a spectral journey through the catastrophic history embedded in the landscape of Austria  “The surface of [Jelinek’s] prose …

The Annotated Shakespeare series enables readers to fully understand and enjoy the plays of the world’s greatest dramatist   In this lively comedy of love and money in …

The first book to publish the entirety of Franz Kafka’s graphic output, including more than 100 newly discovered drawings  “The figures he drew stand alone as stories in …

A celebrated novelist and an acclaimed historian of ideas, father and daughter, unravel the chain of words at the core of Jewish life, history, and culture Why are words so …

A unique work of fiction from the troubled streets of Ukraine, giving invaluable testimony to the new history unfolding in the nation’s post-independence years   “Serhiy Zhadan is …

“Devotion is short enough to devour at one enjoyable sitting and thought-provoking enough to deserve re-reading.”—Suzi Feay, Financial Times  “Devotion shows rather than tells what …