Literary companions, book reviews and guides

Hospitality as a cultural trait has been associated with the South for well over two centuries, but the origins of this association and the reasons for its perseverance of-ten seem unclear.

This book, first published in 1926, aimed to introduce to English readers to a great and complex foreign writer in as simple terms as possible.

This new edition of the British epistolary novel The History of Lady Louisa Stroud, and the Honourable Miss Caroline Stretton examines the theme of female agency, and is an excellent example of women's writing in the eighteenth-century.

Poetry, Politics, and the Law in Modern Ireland is a richly detailed exploration of how modern Irish poetry has been shaped by, and responded to, the laws, judgments, and constitutions of both of the island's jurisdictions.

This book, first published in 1988, is the most comprehensive annotation of Bleak House ever undertaken.

It has long been recognised that there is an apparently paradoxical relationship between the revolutionary poetic style developed by Yeats, Eliot and Pound in the period during and after the First World War, and the reactionary politics with which they were associated in the 1920s and 1930s.

First published in 1977, this book looks at the versatile literary form of dramatic monologue.

Pericles: Critical Essays brings together the most essential critical essays and theatrical reviews of Shakespeare's play from the late 17th century to the present, providing a representative gathering of critical opinion of Pericles over the centuries.

Formerly a site of study reserved for intellectual historians and political philosophers, scholarship on religious toleration, from the perspective of literary scholars, is fairly limited.

This Companion brings together essays on some fifty-four American poets, from Anne Bradstreet to contemporary performance poetry.

Continuities, first published in 1968, is a collection of reviews by Frank Kermode that appeared from 1962 to 1967.

This book, first published in 1988, reveals the great care Dickens took with the planning and preparation of A Tale of Two Cities and its roots.

First published in 1975, this title provides an introduction to the study of the novel.

This Companion examines literary representations of lesbian sexuality, identities, and communities, from the medieval period to the present.

First published in 1998.

First published in 1993.

"e;Demonstrates powerfully the manifold ways in which Roth's writing often helped to shape, and was in turn shaped by, the larger political climate.

Shortlist--Oscar Kenshur Book Prize From Jonathan Swift to Washington Irving, those looking to propose and justify exceptions to social and political norms turned to Cervantes's notoriously mad comic hero as a model.

Alejandro Morales is a pioneer of Chicana and Chicano literature and the author of groundbreaking works including The Brick People, The Rag Doll Plagues, and River of Angels.

Since the publication and cinematic success of 1992's Along Came a Spider, James Patterson seems to have taken up permanent residence on the bestseller lists.

Ann Blainey's work, first published in 1985, provides a sensitive study of Leigh Hunt and the literary climate that influenced his life, and fills a large gap in literary biography.

The work of considering, imagining, and theorizing the U.

This second edition, including some new chapters, provides a revised introduction to all aspects of George Eliot''s writing.

This book demonstrates the complexity of Bellow''s work by emphasizing the ways in which it reflects the changing conditions of American identity.

What is wisdom?

This book, together with A Second Book of Broadsheets makes up an anthology of the 1915 broadsheets distributed by The Times to members of H.

This collection, first published in 1982, brings together thirteen writers from a wide variety of critical traditions to take a fresh look at Joyce and his crucial position not only in English literature but in modern literature as a whole.

The essays in this volume have all been carefully chosen by Cynthia Chase to exemplify the most important strands in contemporary critical thought on Romantic literature, in particular the best of recent feminist, deconstructive, and new historicist writing.

First published in 1988, this annotated selection of Wilfred Owen's poetry and prose provides a comprehensive one-volume text of his best work.

The first of its kind, this book presents a wide range of passages exploring many aspects of the Greco-Roman watery world: physics, philosophy, weather, medicine, marine biology, religion and mythology, infrastructure, sailing, mercantile activities, and waterways that have been politicized.

This title, first published in 1970, consists of essays on the individual tales and novels of George Eliot, with two general essays that discuss the novels as a whole and cuts across the individual works.

Provides an accessible overview of the achievement of Edward Gibbon (1737–94), one of the world''s greatest historians.

This volume explores the most exciting trends in 21st century US fiction''s genres, themes, and concepts.

Want to become a classic novel buff, or expand your reading of some of the finest novels ever published?

Twenty-nine collected essays represent a critical history of Shakespeare's play as text and as theater, beginning with Samuel Johnson in 1765, and ending with a review of the Royal Shakespeare Company production in 1991.

A compelling, comprehensive, and substantive introduction to the work of David Foster Wallace.

Leading international experts provide an essential framework for the interdisciplinary study of Dante and the late Middle Ages.

As American Indian writers frequently remind their readers, storytellers wield formidable power to affect the earth and its inhabitants.

Offers accessible and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of boxing around the globe.

This collection brings together the best of C.

The most comprehensive history of literature written in French ever produced in English.

First published in 1996.

A descendent of two U.

In this book, Jaime Harker uncovers a largely forgotten literary renaissance in southern letters.

Herman Melville in Context will help readers of Melville better understand and appreciate his life, works, and legacy.

This text presents a comprehensive dictionary of characters, places, objects and themes found in the legends of King Arthur and the Knights of the Round Table.

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