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Handbook of the English Novel, 1830-1900

Part I of this authoritative handbook offers systematic essays, which deal with major historical, social, philosophical, political, cultu...

David Foster Wallace: Presences of the Other

Why is David Foster Wallace so widely read? Why does his fiction and non-fiction continue to raise enthusiasm among an ever-growing varie...

The J. R. R. Tolkien Companion and Guide - Boxed Set

A revised edition of this two-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive companion to Tolkien's life and works.

Irishness on the Margins - Minority and Dissident Identities

This collection examines the presence of minority communities and dissident voices in Ireland both historically and in a contemporary fra...

Motherhood and Self-Realization in the Four Waves of American Feminism and Joyce Carol Oates's Recent Fiction

The author examines motherhood and female self-realization in feminist discourse and Joyce Carol Oates's recent fiction. While the first ...

The Center of the World - Regional Writing and the Puzzles of Place-Time

This book studies literary regionalism and it shows that one of the ways we imagine the world is through writing and reading about partic...

100 Greatest American Plays

Theatre in America has had a rich history-from the first performance of the Lewis Hallam Troupe in September 1752 to the lively shows of ...

Wyndham Lewis and British Art Rock - A Practicological Modernism

This study connects the idiosyncratic modernism of Wyndham Lewis, co-founder of the Vorticist art movement, with works of several artists...

The Text

The late-fifteenth-century Middle English manuscript Oxford, Trinity College, MS 29 contains a universal history of the world, which begi...

The Chicago Manual of Style

Technologies may change, but the need for clear and accurate communication never goes out of style. That is why for more than one hundred...

The Oxford Companion to English Literature

This edition of the classic reference has been thoroughly revised and updated, offering unrivalled coverage of English literature. It con...

The Sea and the American Imagination.

The Sea and the American Imagination brings together a group of renowned scholars and writers whose contributions attest the ubiquity of ...

Atmosfears: The Uncanny Climate of Contemporary Ecofiction - The Uncanny Climate of Contemporary Ecofiction

We live in a critical moment in history, often called the »Anthropocene«, that is defined by unprecedented scales of uncertainty. Natalie...

Reading Race Relationally - Embodied Dispositions and Social Structures in Colson Whitehead's Novels

What does it mean to write African American literature after the end of legalized segregation? In this study of Colson Whitehead's first ...

The World of All Souls - A Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night and The Book of Life

From the author of the "All Souls" trilogy comes a comprehensive guide to the series, filled with facts about the characters, maps, recip...

A History of English Literature

This comprehensive text traces the development of one of the world's richest literatures from the Old English period through to the prese...

A New Literary History of America

America is a nation making itself up as it goes along¿a story of discovery and invention unfolding in speeches and images, letters and po...

The Cambridge Companion to Travel Writing

This book is an introduction to travel writing in English between 1500 and the present.

Old and Middle English Poetry

Old and Middle English Poetry gathers together the essential texts from the earliest writings in the vernacular up to the time of Chaucer...

The World of All Souls - The Complete Guide to A Discovery of Witches, Shadow of Night, and The Book of Life

A fully illustrated guide to Deborah Harkness's #1 New York Times bestselling All Souls trilogy-"an irresistible . . . wonderfully imagin...

English Around the World - An Introduction

A lively and accessible introduction to world Englishes, setting a range of global varieties in their historical and social contexts.

The Jew of Malta - A Critical Reader

Christopher Marlowe's drama, The Jew of Malta, has become an increasingly popular source for scholarly scrutiny, staged productions, and,...

The Letters of J. R. R. Tolkien - Revised and Expanded Edition

The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world¿s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to ...

Shakespeare's White Others

Exploring the racially white 'others' whom Shakespeare illustrates in characters like Hamlet, Antony and the Macbeths - figures who are n...

The Letters of Ernest Hemingway: Volume 1, 1907-1922

"The collected Hemingway letters will be enthusiastically welcomed by the scholarly world as well as the legion of Hemingway enthusiasts ...

English Literature in Context

This is the second edition of English Literature in Context, a popular textbook which provides an essential resource and reference tool f...

Shakespeare His Life and Works

Unravel the history, themes, and language of Shakespeare's plays, poems, and sonnets with this beautifully illustrated guide to his life ...

The Art of the Hobbit

A sumptuous full colour art book containing the complete collection of more than 100 sketches, drawings, paintings and maps created by J....

Literature for the People - How The Pioneering Macmillan Brothers Built a Publishing Powerhouse

A fascinating, evocative history of Daniel and Alexander Macmillan, two poor but idealistic young men who created a Victorian publishing ...

Shakespeare's House - A Window onto his Life and Legacy

In the wide realm of Shakespeare worship, the house in Stratford-upon-Avon where William Shakespeare was born in 1564 - known colloquiall...

Macbeth - A Critical Reader

ARDEN RENAISSANCE DRAMA GUIDES offer students and academics practical and accessible introductions to the critical and performance contex...

English and American Studies - Theory and Practice

Das ganze Studium der Anglistik und Amerikanistik in einem Band. Ob englische und amerikanische Literatur, Sprachwissenschaft, Literatur-...

Contemporary Indian English Literature - Contexts - Authors - Genres - Model Analyses

Contemporary Indian English Literature focuses on the recent history of Indian literature in English since the publication of Salman Rush...

Literature in Britain and Ireland: A History

Literature in Britain and Ireland is a survey of literature on the British Isles since the time of the Anglo-Saxons. Despite this wide an...

Comedy on Stage and Screen - An Introduction

This book introduces readers to the genre of comedy, both on the stage and on the screen. It chronicles the history of comedy, starting w...

Origins of The Wheel of Time - The Legends and Mythologies that Inspired Robert Jordan

"Jordan has come to dominate the world Tolkien began to reveal." -The New York Times on The Wheel of Time® series Explore never-before-se...

Maus Now - Selected Writing

"Pulitzer Prize-winning author Art Spiegelman is one of our most influential contemporary artists, and it is hard to overstate his effect...

A Short Literary History of the United States

A Short Literary History of the United States offers an introduction to American Literature for students wanting to acquaint themselves w...

Stephen King - A Complete Exploration of His Work, Life, and Influences

Stephen King explores the evolution of the King of Horror's body of work through photographs, behind-the-scenes stories, and other tidbit...

Jane Austen's Letters

The fourth edition of Jane Austen's Letters incorporates the findings of new scholarship to enrich our understanding of Austen and give u...

From Panem to the Pandemic: An Introduction to Cultural Studies

Today, virtually all BA programs in English at German universities place a strong focus on Cultural Studies. However, textbooks that intr...

The Atlas of Tolkien's Middle-Earth

Find your way through every part of J.R.R. Tolkien's great creation, from the Middle-earth of The Hobbit and The Lord of the Rings to the...

Red Comet - The Short Life and Blazing Art of Sylvia Plath

The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material, this is an unusually balanced, compre...

Ecocriticism

Ecocriticism explores the ways in which we imagine the relationship between humans and the environment across many areas of cultural prod...

The Sherlock Holmes Book - Big Ideas Simply Explained

The Sherlock Holmes Book chronicles every case of the world's greatest detective and his assistant Dr Watson. The game is afoot and now y...

The Shakespeare Book - Big Ideas Simply Explained

The Shakespeare Book is the perfect primer to the works of William Shakespeare, packed with witty illustrations and inspirational quotes....

The Complete Tolkien Companion

For all those who journey to Middle Earth, here is the complete guide to its lands, legends, histories, languages, and people. The Comple...

The Wife of Bath - A Biography

"From the award-winning biographer of Chaucer, the story of his most popular and scandalous character, from the Middle Ages to #MeToo Eve...

Understanding English-German Contrasts

Seit langem besteht in der Fremdsprachendidaktik Übereinkunft darüber, dass durch einen umfassenden Vergleich von Muttersprache und zu er...

The English Language - A Historical Introduction

This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day.

Who Is Big Brother? - A Reader's Guide to George Orwell

A spirited and essential companion to Orwell and his works, covering all the novels and major essays

Hardy Women - Mother, Sisters, Wives, Muses

A TOP BOOK FOR 2024 IN: THE OBSERVER, INDEPENDENT, SUNDAY TIMES AND BOOKSELLER 'He understands only the women he invents ¿ the others not...

The Cambridge Introduction to Contemporary American Fiction

This Introduction explores American fiction of the last thirty years, examining the political and cultural changes that distinguish the p...

Shelley's Poetry and Prose

Each selection has been thoroughly reedited, and the order of the poems has been rearranged in light of redating or other reconsideration...

The history of Don Quixote de la Mancha - 1902-es

Essays of a humanist

American literature since 1900

Reading John Keats

John Keats is one of the best loved poets of the Romantic period. Focusing on the complexities of Keats's imagination and his genius with...

This Thing Called Literature - Reading, Thinking, Writing

Relating literature to topics such as dreams, politics, life, death, the ordinary and the uncanny, This Thing Called Literature establish...

Flung Out of Space - Inspired by the Indecent Adventures of Patricia Highsmith

A fictional and complex portrait of bestselling author Patricia Highsmith caught up in the longing that would inspire her queer classic, ...