Litteraturvetenskap: allmänt

“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 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 …

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 …

“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 …

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 …

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 …

A hypnotic and mystifying exploration of land and legacy, investigating what it means to be an intergenerational, Indigenous survivor of Residential Schools  “A singular, …

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 …

In this third Why I Write volume, Eileen Myles addresses the social, political, and aesthetic conditions that shape their work  “A sharply etched, unvarnished …