Litteraturvetenskap

The first English-language biography of one of the great literary talents of the twentieth century, written by his award-winning translator  Finalist for the 2021 NBCC Award for …

Thomas Bernhard (1931–1989), a literary figure of international acclaim and arguably Austria’s greatest post–World War II writer, became the first of his generation to expose …

An eloquent call to draw on the lessons of the past to address current threats to international order The ancient Greeks hard-wired a tragic sensibility into their culture. By …

Exploring beyond the usual boundaries of social anthropology, a leader in the field shows why our readings of ancient literary texts may be off the mark Many famous antique texts …

What does eating have to do with aesthetic taste? While most accounts of aesthetic history avoid the gustatory aspects of taste, this book rewrites standard history to uncover the …

The first major career-spanning collection of the poems of Adonis, widely acknowledged as the most important poet working in Arabic today   “Poetry for [Adonis] is not merely a …

This volume of the Yale Series of Younger Poets explores love, grief, the opioid epidemic, and coming of age  “Elegiac and witty.”—Elisa Gabbert, New York Times, “The Best Poetry …

A searing testament to poetry’s power to define and defy injustice, from iconic writer-activist Serhiy Zhadan   Finalist for the PEN America Literary Award for Poetry in …

A moving meditation on recent geopolitical crises, viewed through the lens of ancient and modern tragedy  “Spare, elegant and poignant. . . . If there is a single contemporary book …

The second book in the Why I Write series provides generous insight into the creative process of the award-winning Norwegian novelist Karl Ove Knausgaard “Why I Write” may prove to …