A reconstruction and critical interpretation of Heidegger's remarkable relationship to the poet Georg Trakl.

Delves into the meaning of stories, their tellers, and those who experience them.

Original and critical essays by leading scholars on the question of the human in the philosophy of Martin Heidegger.

Reconsiders key concepts in Marxist thought by examining the relationship between accumulation and subjectivity in Latin American narrative, film, and social and political theory.

Explores how discussion of LGBTQ+ themes in a high-school literature course can foster ethical engagement among students.

The first full biography of W. H. H. Murray (1849-1904), a Boston preacher often described as the father of the American outdoor movement and the modern vacation.

Drawing on a range of sources in philosophy and literature, but with particular reference to the work of Heidegger, makes a compelling case for the importance of place in philosophical discourse.

A novel of manners set in the drawing rooms, ballrooms, and Wall Street offices in 1830s New York, dramatizing conflicts that we are still grappling with nearly two hundred years later.

Examines the skeptical foundations of literature in order to reassess the status of fiction.

Challenges and reimagines transnational feminism by analyzing the concept of ummah, or community, in Muslim women's writing.

Highlights the original cast members—both the well-known and the (until now) wholly unknown—who staged the duo's comic operas in Britain and in America.

Examines how contemporary Mexican literature uses humor to contest heteronormativity.

Examines the thought of Abū al-‛Alā’ al-Ma‛arrī (973–1057 CE) within the broader context of the major trends in Arab Islamic political and intellectual history by the time of his flourishing.

Elucidates how neoliberalism rules all areas of life and operates as a form of common sense, taking Mexico as a case study.

Examines how contemporary US migrant women's life writing adapts autobiographical genres to call for social change benefiting minoritized communities.

Illuminates the ways games—from baseball cards to board games, charades to boxing, and croquet to strategies of war—were integral to nineteenth-century life and culture in the United States and Britain.

The first book-length study in English of the Heidegger-Hölderlin relation, addressing the tension between Heidegger's political commitments during National Socialism and Hölderlin's ideal of poetic dwelling.

An engaging homage to African American resilience and resourcefulness in US literature and culture.

Essays that argue in favor of Lenin's continuing relevance for twenty-first century politics and thought.

The first book-length examination of the prominent contemporary philosopher William Desmond's approach to aesthetics, art, and literature.

An original reading of Blanchot's thought with far-reaching philosophical and literary implications.

Probing reassessment of the relation between Celan's poetry and Heidegger's thought.

Offers a wider approach to Italian American culture, one that stresses both its material, urban components and the creativity of its formal literary codes.

Compares life today in the German Black Forest with Thoreau's experiences at Walden Pond.

Examines how community leaders, writers, and political activists facing state repression in Latin America have drawn on and debated the validity of Holocaust terms to describe human rights atrocities in their own countries.