Literary reference works

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

Encouraging, no-nonsense advice for academic authors who want their research to reach the widest possible audience.

This volume assembles exciting new scholarship canvassing the entire geographic and historical range of Langston Hughes''s storied career.

This volume assembles exciting new scholarship canvassing the entire geographic and historical range of Langston Hughes''s storied career.

Encouraging, no-nonsense advice for academic authors who want their research to reach the widest possible audience.

Presents a full critical edition of The Sacred Fount, one of Henry James''s strangest and most ambiguous works of fiction.

A scholarly edition of the short fiction of Henry James, comprising nine tales including ''The Aspern Papers'' and ''The Liar''.

Critical edition of Thomas Hardy''s eleventh published novel reflects Hardy''s original artistic intention and is supported by essential contextual material.

This Element reveals the importance of ideas of cultural nationalism in Beckett''s writing throughout his writing life.

This Element reveals the importance of ideas of cultural nationalism in Beckett''s writing throughout his writing life.

The theme for Volume 74 is ''Shakespeare and Education''.

The theme for Volume 74 is ''Shakespeare and Education''.

The first complete scholarly edition of Hardy''s novel, with authoritative text, full apparatus, and rich explanatory materials.

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

A history of English georgic writing – literature focused on working rural lives, landscapes and environments – from 1500 to the present.

A history of English georgic writing – literature focused on working rural lives, landscapes and environments – from 1500 to the present.

The 1976 Television play Ghost Trio demonstrates Beckett''s exploration of the relationship between theatricality, absorption and objecthood.

The 1976 Television play Ghost Trio demonstrates Beckett''s exploration of the relationship between theatricality, absorption and objecthood.

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.

John Van Buren's 'Travel journal for a trip to Europe, 1838-1839' is a record of the a year he spent in England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium and Holland, primarily for his father, Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States.

John Van Buren's 'Travel journal for a trip to Europe, 1838-1839' is a record of the a year he spent in England, Scotland, Ireland, Belgium and Holland, primarily for his father, Martin Van Buren, the 8th President of the United States.

This ground-breaking nineteenth-century volume is of considerable scholarly interest as an example of a femino-centric popular novel.

This ground-breaking nineteenth-century volume is of considerable scholarly interest as an example of a femino-centric popular novel.

First published in 1949, The Progress of a Biographer follows a general principle that there are absolute truths, which an individual can in some degree apprehend and live by, but which churches and institutions can only obscure and pervert.

First published in 1949, The Progress of a Biographer follows a general principle that there are absolute truths, which an individual can in some degree apprehend and live by, but which churches and institutions can only obscure and pervert.

Theodora, A Novel by Dorothea Du Bois, published in 1770, is an entertaining and frequently shocking tale of a young woman's efforts to regain her position in high society after her aristocratic father's abandonment of and denial of marriage to her mother.

Theodora, A Novel by Dorothea Du Bois, published in 1770, is an entertaining and frequently shocking tale of a young woman's efforts to regain her position in high society after her aristocratic father's abandonment of and denial of marriage to her mother.

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

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

This book, first published in 1986, explores the allusions in Dickens's work, such as current events and religious and intellectual issues, social customs, topography, costume, furniture and transportation.

This book, first published in 1986, explores the allusions in Dickens's work, such as current events and religious and intellectual issues, social customs, topography, costume, furniture and transportation.

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.

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 1983, Hugh MacDiarmid: The Terrible Crystal is a detailed introduction to the poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid.

First published in 1983, Hugh MacDiarmid: The Terrible Crystal is a detailed introduction to the poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid.

Originally published in 1975, E.

Originally published in 1975, E.