Literary reference works

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

Examines how seventeenth-century literature engaged with - expressed, shaped, and was influenced by - the tumultuous period in which it was composed.

Explores how different genres of early modern literature both shape and respond to rapid historical transformations of their time.

Examines how seventeenth-century literature engaged with - expressed, shaped, and was influenced by - the tumultuous period in which it was composed.

Explores how different genres of early modern literature both shape and respond to rapid historical transformations of their time.

Provides readings, interpretations, and explorations of Whitman in the many contexts through which he charted his life and wrote his texts.

Provides readings, interpretations, and explorations of Whitman in the many contexts through which he charted his life and wrote his texts.

Challenges the widespread misconception that the American 1950s was a placid decade with a literature to match.

The most comprehensive critical treatment of American letters in the 1920s.

The first extended synoptic treatment in English of literature and religion in the German-speaking world.

Challenges the widespread misconception that the American 1950s was a placid decade with a literature to match.

The most comprehensive critical treatment of American letters in the 1920s.

The first one-volume history of Canadian fiction covering its growth and development from earliest times to the present day.

The seventieth volume in the annual series of volumes devoted to Shakespeare study and production.

The seventieth volume in the annual series of volumes devoted to Shakespeare study and production.

This scholarly edition includes the final ten stories Henry James wrote, and provides extensive textual history and wide-ranging notes.

Offers indispensable interdisciplinary contexts for reading the wide-ranging philosophical, critical, and literary works of Mary Wollstonecraft.

Offers indispensable interdisciplinary contexts for reading the wide-ranging philosophical, critical, and literary works of Mary Wollstonecraft.

Anthology providing an indispensable guide to the environment of Shakespeare''s England and a helpful reference resource for Renaissance ecocriticism.

This volume argues that the 1980s is the most significant American literary decade in the late twentieth century.

The Global South and Literature explores the history, meanings, cultural and literary applications of the notion of the ''Global South.

This volume argues that the 1980s is the most significant American literary decade in the late twentieth century.

The Global South and Literature explores the history, meanings, cultural and literary applications of the notion of the ''Global South.

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 book provides an in-depth introduction to the multifaceted life and times of Wallace Stevens, one of the great twentieth-century American poets.

This book provides an in-depth introduction to the multifaceted life and times of Wallace Stevens, one of the great twentieth-century American poets.

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.

One of the first major reference works to cover four centuries of black and Asian British literary history - a compass for future scholarship.

Presents a comprehensive account of the late Byzantine romances, offering comparative East/West perspectives in light of new theoretical developments.

One of the first major reference works to cover four centuries of black and Asian British literary history - a compass for future scholarship.

Presents a comprehensive account of the late Byzantine romances, offering comparative East/West perspectives in light of new theoretical developments.

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 offers a wide-ranging international history of environmental writing from ancient Mesopotamian and Asian works to the present.

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 offers a wide-ranging international history of environmental writing from ancient Mesopotamian and Asian works to the present.

New fully annotated edition of Bickerstaff papers, ''Polite Conversation'', ''Directions to Servants'' and other works by Jonathan Swift.

New fully annotated edition of Bickerstaff papers, ''Polite Conversation'', ''Directions to Servants'' and other works by Jonathan Swift.

The most authoritative critical edition to date of Conrad''s only major novel from 1914 to 1918, The Shadow-Line: A Confession.

The most authoritative critical edition to date of Conrad''s only major novel from 1914 to 1918, The Shadow-Line: A Confession.

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

The first major collection of essays to provide a comprehensive examination of the British literature of the French Revolution.

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.