Literary reference works

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.

The first extensively annotated edition of Joseph Conrad''s powerful and unsettling novel Under Western Eyes.

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

Shakespeare''s first critic: a newly discovered work of literary criticism from the 1590s, the most revolutionary decade in English literary history.

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

The first extensively annotated edition of Joseph Conrad''s powerful and unsettling novel Under Western Eyes.

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

Shakespeare''s first critic: a newly discovered work of literary criticism from the 1590s, the most revolutionary decade in English literary history.

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

Featuring essays written by an international team of experts, this Companion maps the dynamic literary landscape of the American South.

This collection of essays by leading scholars offers a comprehensive overview of contexts important for the study of Emily Dickinson''s writings.

Featuring essays written by an international team of experts, this Companion maps the dynamic literary landscape of the American South.

This collection of essays by leading scholars offers a comprehensive overview of contexts important for the study of Emily Dickinson''s writings.

An authoritative and closely annotated scholarly edition of Conrad''s modernist masterpiece.

NOW WITH EXCLUSIVE BONUS MATERIALFrom author and scholar Michael Livingston, Origins of The Wheel of Time is an authorised exploration of the inspirations behind the acclaimed series, including the first biography of its creator, Robert Jordan.

The theme for Volume 75 is ''Othello''.

The theme for Volume 75 is ''Othello''.

Across time and cultures, poets and astronomers have often asked the same questions about outer space, and about ourselves.

The book explores transitions in Latin American literature to demonstrate the dynamism of literature and politics in the mid-twentieth century.

The book explores transitions in Latin American literature to demonstrate the dynamism of literature and politics in the mid-twentieth century.

Shows how print culture responded to and provided an impulse for social change during tumultuous years of Latin American independence.

Shows how print culture responded to and provided an impulse for social change during tumultuous years of Latin American independence.

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

Shakespeare / Nature sets new agendas for the study of nature in Shakespeare's work.

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''.

This History explores the function of literary studies in our globalized era, offering insights into transregional literary exchanges.

This History explores the function of literary studies in our globalized era, offering insights into transregional literary exchanges.

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.