’He was deaf to the murmurs of conscience, and resolved to satisfy his desires at any price.’ The Mo... more

Chairman Mao Would Not Be Amused is a showcase for 20 writers from the new literary generation in Ch... more

Vikings, pirates, heroes, rogues, and explorers . . . all have heard the siren call of the sea, and ... more

Their conquest was measured not in miles but in degrees of longitude. They smashed the gates of empi... more

Countless authors have swept us into the exotic east, but few based their tales there. In a time whe... more

Beset by enemies on every side and torn by internal divisions, the crusader kingdoms were a hotbed o... more

A master of driving pace, exotic setting, and complex plotting, Harold Lamb was one of Robert E. Howard’s favorite...... more

the classic magazine, including Robert E. Howard ( Son of the White Wolf ), Seabury Quinn, John D. Swain, E. Hoffmann...... more

Master of driving pace, exotic setting, and complex plotting, Harold Lamb was one of Robert E. Howard’s favorite...... more

An indispensable and provocative compilation of witty essays dealing with Biblical stories and their... more

the twenty-first century as well. In this new edition Joseph S. M. Lau and Howard Goldblatt have selected fresh works from...... more

Editorials, op-eds, and other writings by a memorable newspaperman.... more

successor, A Little Hope, was completed, making A Little Learning his last book. In this new critical edition, John Howard...... more

This book is a unique scholarly attempt to examine Don Quixote from multiple angles to see how the r... more

This book is about the complex ways in which science and literature are mutually-informing and mutua... more

Editor Howard Goldblatt explains that while most societies analyse and revere their literary trends in retrospect...... more

A major academic controversy has raged in recent years over the analysis of the political and religi... more

A major academic controversy has raged in recent years over the analysis of the political and religi... more

Expanding the scholarly conversation about anonymity in Renaissance England, this essay collection e... more

Theory of Mind is what enables us to "put ourselves in another’s shoes." It is mindreading, empathy,... more

Berkeley’s idealism started a revolution in philosophy. As one of the great empiricist thinkers he n... more

The intellectual scope and cultural impact of British writers cannot be assessed without reference t... more

The presentation of poetry to auditor and reader involves a complex interaction of rhetorical, ortho... more

This collection explores how Old French fabliaux disrupt literal and figurative bodies. Essays cover... more

A New Introduction to American Studies provides a coherent portrait of American history, literature,... more

: Â Howard Gaskill, University of Edinburgh Dafydd Moore, University of Plymouth Donald Meek, University of Edinburgh Mary-Ann...... more

everyday life in China during the Cultural Revolution. For this edition, Howard Goldblatt has thoroughly revised the text and...... more

In one of the more sudden shifts of perspective, and hotly contested controversies of recent histori... more

Pope’s letters are fascinating documents, apart from his importance as a poet. Highly revealing of h... more

Designed for the general reader, this splendid introduction to French literature from 842 A.D.--the ... more

This is the first modern edition of all Macpherson’s Ossianic poetry, including Fragments of Ancient... more

The attractive print and digital bundle offers students a great reading experience at an affordable ... more

The J. Lloyd Eaton Conferences on Science Fiction and Fantasy Literature--long held at the Universit... more

This volume is based on possibly the biggest single Europe-wide project in urban history. In 1955 th... more

This volume explores a dimension of authorship not given its due in the critical discourse to this p... more

Composed after the election of the first black U.S. president, after the post-global financial crisi... more

Rudyard Kipling (1865-1936) is among the most popular, acclaimed and controversial of writers in Eng... more

the first time. Chapters include: Andrew Harrison on the marketing of Sons and Lovers; Howard J. Booth on The Rainbow...... more

Athenian Sun in an African Sky and Black Dionysus: Greek Tragedy and African American Theatre. Alycia Smith-Howard an Assistant...... more

This four-volume Companion to Shakespeare’s Works, compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely co... more

This four-volume Companion to Shakespeare’s Works, compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely co... more

This four-volume Companion to Shakespeare’s Works, compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely co... more

This four-volume Companion to Shakespeare’s Works, compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely co... more

Literary use of the Gothic is marked by an anxious encounter with otherness, with the dark and myste... more

The first book to explore the relationship between literary modernism and the British Empire... more

Is the detective novel popular fiction or serious literature? This collection of essays examines the... more

The definitive monograph of American photographer Vivian Maier, exploring the full range and brillia... more

The most complete account of the theory and application of Multiple Intelligences available anywhere Howard Gardner s...... more

her decades of experience and teaching have been brilliantly caught and encapsulated by Howard Kissel in the twenty-two...... more

This unique book examines the heritage and enduring relevance of Viktor Shklovsky’s work from a wide... more

Howard Tumber is Professor in the Department of Journalism at City, University of London, UK. He is a founder and...... more

At the beginning of the twentieth century, the Jewish communities of Poland and Hungary were the lar... more

From the tomb of Tutankhamun to the grave of Richard III, archaeologists have studied, displayed and... more

Global Raciality expands our understanding of race, space, and place by exploring forms of racism an... more

This book discusses the concept of ’agnosis’ and its significance for criminology through a series o... more

Global Raciality expands our understanding of race, space, and place by exploring forms of racism an... more

This book examines, from the angle of more than a dozen perspectives, the heritage of Mikhail Bakhti... more

Many hoped or feared that Antonin Scalia’s appointment to the Supreme Court in 1986 would guarantee ... more