Mark Twain's preoccupation with the nature and value of the 'feminine' has long been recognized a...

Why did the figure of the girl come to dominate the American imagination from the middle of the n...

Why did the figure of the girl come to dominate the American imagination from the middle of the n...

Designed for students, scholars and general readers with an interest in dance and queer history, ...

This 1992 book traces the ways in which Mark Twain was formed by, and sought to manipulate, the i...

Poet and novelist Charles Bukowski described promiscuity as 'feast and feast and feast.' The prom...

This is the first book-length study to trace the historical connections between ballet and homose...

This Concise Companion offers an authoritative overview of American fiction from 1900-1950 focusi...

A short history of Reading Gaol from its 19th-century origins to the present day.

'Tom was a glittering hero once more - the pet of the old, and the envy of the young...There were...