Literary companions, book reviews and guides

A fully revised second edition of this multi-author account of Canadian literature, from Aboriginal writing to Margaret Atwood.

Accessible and informative account of Dante''s great Commedia: its purpose, themes and styles, and its reception over the centuries.

This volume offers a new introduction to the American Renaissance, exploring many of the key themes, genres, and social and cultural contexts that inform the best new scholarship in the field.

Accessible and informative account of Dante''s great Commedia: its purpose, themes and styles, and its reception over the centuries.

This volume offers a new introduction to the American Renaissance, exploring many of the key themes, genres, and social and cultural contexts that inform the best new scholarship in the field.

Working across time periods and critical contexts, this volume provides the most comprehensive overview of literary representations of disability.

Working across time periods and critical contexts, this volume provides the most comprehensive overview of literary representations of disability.

A fresh, accessible and authoritative study that conveys the richness and diversity of Irish poets, their lives and times.

A fresh, accessible and authoritative study that conveys the richness and diversity of Irish poets, their lives and times.

The life and works of Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) are explored through essays on their historical, literary, intellectual and cultural contexts.

The life and works of Samuel Richardson (1689–1761) are explored through essays on their historical, literary, intellectual and cultural contexts.

This Companion examines the evolution of comic books into graphic novels and the development of this art form globally.

This Companion examines the evolution of comic books into graphic novels and the development of this art form globally.

This Companion provides a chronological survey of Latin American poetry, analysis of modern trends and six succinct essays on the major figures.

This Companion provides a chronological survey of Latin American poetry, analysis of modern trends and six succinct essays on the major figures.

This Companion is an authoritative, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the key works, genres, and movements of postmodern American fiction.

This Companion is an authoritative, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the key works, genres, and movements of postmodern American fiction.

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

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.

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

This informative Companion offers a combination of original readings and factual background information.

An overview of popular literature from the early nineteenth century to the present day from a historical and comparative perspective.

Emphasizing the significance of his political and historical engagement, this work casts Abraham Lincoln as a cultural figure.

This informative Companion offers a combination of original readings and factual background information.

An overview of popular literature from the early nineteenth century to the present day from a historical and comparative perspective.

Emphasizing the significance of his political and historical engagement, this work casts Abraham Lincoln as a cultural figure.

A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity.

This updated edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of recent scholarship and includes five new chapters.

A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity.

This updated edition has been thoroughly revised to take account of recent scholarship and includes five new chapters.

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This is an accessible, path-breaking, and carefully-curated Companion written by leading scholars of the American Civil War and Reconstruction.

This edition offers everything needed by the newcomer to this famous but intimidating text: images, maps, footnotes, and introductory essays by eighteen leading Joyceans.

With a Preface and biographies from Jack Zipes, as well as the original illustrations by Violet Brunton, this collection of fairy tales originally published by the award-winning Romer Wilson - Green Magic (1928), Silver Magic (1929), and Red Magic (1930) - offers a combination of classic fairy tales, alongside lesser-known, global and diverse tales.

Elizabeth Ham's 1845 novel, The Ford Family in Ireland, provides a snapshot, based on the personal experiences of the author, of a pivotal period in that country's history.

Elizabeth Ham's 1845 novel, The Ford Family in Ireland, provides a snapshot, based on the personal experiences of the author, of a pivotal period in that country's history.

With a Preface and biographies from Jack Zipes, as well as the original illustrations by Violet Brunton, this collection of fairy tales originally published by the award-winning Romer Wilson - Green Magic (1928), Silver Magic (1929), and Red Magic (1930) - offers a combination of classic fairy tales, alongside lesser-known, global and diverse tales.

This is the first volume of a three volume collection of the correspondence of Caroline Norton, covering the period July 1828-Deember 1837.

This is the second volume of a three volume collection of the correspondence of Caroline Norton, covering the period January 1838-November 1857.

This is the third volume of a three volume collection of the correspondence of Caroline Norton, covering the period February 1858-June 1877.

This is the first volume of a three volume collection of the correspondence of Caroline Norton, covering the period July 1828-Deember 1837.

This is the second volume of a three volume collection of the correspondence of Caroline Norton, covering the period January 1838-November 1857.

This is the third volume of a three volume collection of the correspondence of Caroline Norton, covering the period February 1858-June 1877.

Originally published in 1983, this title lists and annotates reference sources which will help readers select primary materials useful in studies of the literary portraits of women and their societal roles.

Originally published in 1983, this title lists and annotates reference sources which will help readers select primary materials useful in studies of the literary portraits of women and their societal roles.

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.

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.