The great eighteenth-century French thinker Denis Diderot (1713-1784) once compared himself to a wea... more

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Exploring diverse cultural productions from poems and paintings, to exhibition sites, panoramas, and... more

This book explores the significance of the physicality of manuscripts and printed early modern texts... more

reception, performance history, and relation to early modern culture. James Schiffer’s extensive introduction surveys the play’s...... more

The original essays in Oxford Twenty-First Century Approaches to Literature mean to provoke rather t... more

Literary Mischief brings renewed focus to the work of Sakaguchi Ango one of the most creative and st... more

tradition, his poetry comprises a riveting chronicle of the African American experience. Shirley A. James Hanshaw is assistant...... more

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Professor Vinokur (1896-1947) discusses each of the stages in the development of Russian from its Co... more

landmark text of both philosophical analysis and cultural criticism. An introduction by James Seaton situates Santayana in the...... more

The late James Adam s edition of The Republic of Plato was published in 1902 and has long been out of print; it still...... more

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The Romantic period was one of the most creative, intense and turbulent periods of English literatur... more

Bringing together a group of intellectuals from a number of disciplines, this collection breaks new ... more

This critical edition of Shakespeares The Tempest contains the play and 21 additional selections rep... more

Editor: JAMES GIBBS, University of the West of England. Series editors: Martin Banham, James Gibbs, Femi Osofisan The...... more

Science Fiction is illuminated by world class scholars and fiction writers, who introduce the histor... more

Part of the "Blue Ribbon Paper Series", this book contains papers that cover theory and research pre... more

More than any other period of British literature, Romanticism is strongly identified with a single g... more

More than any other period of British literature, Romanticism is strongly identified with a single g... more

The 35 original essays in A Companion to Narrative Theory constitute the best available introduction... more

In this volume, thirteen essays examine the full breadth and variety of Coleridge s afterlives. Topi... more

This volume comprises selected papers of SEM VI to VIII (Studientage Englisches Mittelalter), held a... more

Theophrastus Characters is a collection of thirty short character-sketches of various types of indi... more

How did people read in the past? Where, when, and why did they read? And what did they think readers... more

MEECHAM-JONES, JANE BLISS, SUE NIEBRZYDOWSKI, KRISTINA HILDEBRAND, ANTHONY BALE, CORY JAMES RUSHTON, CORINNE SAUNDERS, AMANDA...... more

Poe, Henry James, Joseph Conrad, Kate Chopin, and Robert Louis Stevenson. Jack London presents Advice for Aspiring Writers...... more

Written by some of the world’s finest contemporary literature specialists, the specially commissione... more

Written by some of the world’s finest contemporary literature specialists, the specially commissione... more

previous Kafka research, a challenge that has been met by the contributors to this volume. Contributors: James Rolleston...... more

Day anthology, editors Maureen O’Rourke Murphy and James MacKillop survey thirteen centuries of Irish literature...... more

Cavendish and Shakespeare, Interconnections explores the relationship between the plays of William S... more

Essays in this volume argue that it is time for a powerful reassessment of John Lydgate’s poetic pro... more

Essays in this volume argue that it is time for a powerful reassessment of John Lydgate’s poetic pro... more

The first collection of writings by a noted artist and activist whose work has focused on the AIDS e... more

Science fiction - one of the most popular literary, cinematic and televisual genres - has received i... more

Volume Two continues this fast-paced tale of mystery and sorcery up to canto 28. Nara-v hana-datta s... more

Exploring diverse cultural productions from poems and paintings, to exhibition sites, panoramas, and... more

The 35 original essays in A Companion to Narrative Theory constitute the best available introduction... more

Theophrastus Characters is a collection of thirty short character-sketches of various types of indi... more

This collection of essays examines women s involvement in politics in early modern England, as write... more

longer, more sustained work. Defining "short" as any poem of under fourteen lines, P. J. Kavanagh and James Michie have...... more

Now in Paper! The Road to Science Fiction is a six-volume anthology of science fiction that covers t... more

Now in paperback! Cloth edition previously published in 1979. Volume 2: From Wells to Heinlein, samp... more

This collection of essays represents twenty-five years of work by a leading critic of Romanticism in... more

This collection of essays represents twenty-five years of work by a leading critic of Romanticism in... more

Science fiction--one of the most popular literary, cinematic and television genres--has received inc... more

Now in paperback! Cloth edition previously published in 1979. Volume 3, From Heinlein to Here, cover... more

Hutcheson, Smith, and Reid. He defended a strong theory of rights and drew attention to Grotius, Pufendorf, and Locke. James...... more

but is also recognised as a poet of major stature and ever increasing popularity. The Complete Poems, edited by James...... more

but is also recognised as a poet of major stature and ever increasing popularity. The Complete Poems, edited by James...... more

In this fourth volume of a projected six, Huxley registers his deep misgivings about the course of h... more

This landmark book of essays examines the development of women s letter writing from the late fiftee... more

Appearing for the first time in a Liveright paperback edition, 22 and 50 Poems combines twenty-two n... more

While the short story has existed in various forms for centuries, it has particularly flourished dur... more

certainly assured."-T. S. Eliot. Edited with Commentary by Robert S. Baker and James Sexton....... more

, and from biographical criticism to queer theory. In addition, James Schiffer s introduction offers a comprehensive survey...... more

Meera Syal Kobena Mercer James Berry E. R. Braithwaite Wilson Harris Farrukh Dhondy V. S. Naipaul Ben Okri Wole Soyinka...... more

Over the course of his career, British writer Aldous Huxley (1894-1963) shifted away from elitist so... more