Literary reference works

Now available in a single volume paperback, this advanced reference resource for the novel and novel theory offers authoritative accounts of the history, terminology, and genre of the novel, in over 140 articles of 500-7,000 words.

How have African American writers drawn on "e;bad"e; black men and black boys as creative touchstones for their evocative and vibrant art?

The bawdy comedies of Aristophanes gradually began to attract more attention among learned circles in the later 16th century.

First published in 1998, this title provides for the reader of the renowned metaphysical poet and politician a valuable reference and resource volume.

Diane di Prima (1934-2020) was one of the most important American poets of the twentieth century, and her career is distinguished by strong contributions to both literature and social justice.

Translated into English for the first time, Andres Avelino de Orihuela's El Sol de Jesus del Monte is a landmark Cuban antislavery novel.

First published in French in 1988, and in English in 1992, this companion explores the nature of the literary myth in a collection of over 100 essays, from Abraham to Zoroaster.

Der für den heutigen Wertekanon zentrale Begriff der Menschenwürde wird zwar kontrovers diskutiert, bleibt aber unscharf.

Illuminates the ways Shakespeare''s works provide a rich and imaginative resource for thinking about war in all its complexity.

Beginning with an introduction that examines the portrayal of the characters of Lancelot and Guinevere from their origins to the present day, this collection of 16 essays-five of which appear here for the first time-puts particular emphasis on the appearance of the two characters in medieval and modern literature.

Incredibly, until the cusp of the nineteenth century, the word rhythm was not widely used.

Winner, 2024 RUSA Outstanding Reference AwardOffers a comprehensive overview of the most important authors, movements, genres, and historical turning points in Latino literature.

This Companion presents lucid and exemplary critical essays, introducing readers to the major ideas and practices of world literary studies.

Medieval Literature: Criticism and Debates combines classic critical essays alongside new voices and approaches, highlighting vibrant debates on medieval literature that will continue to shape critical conversations for the coming decades.

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

In this lucid and original study, first published in 1972, Ralph Berry discusses the ten comedies that run from The Comedy of Errors to Twelfth Night.

Nature and Literary Studies supplies a broad overview of one of the most important and contested keywords in literary studies.

This book explores American literature and culture of the First World War while analyzing the war''s historical context and significance.

In a compelling approach structured as theme and variations, Barbara Sicherman offers insightful profiles of a number of accomplished women born in America's Gilded Age who lost--and found--themselves in books, and worked out a new life purpose around them.

A hierarchical model of human societies' relations with the natural world is at the root of today's climate crisis; Narrating the Mesh contends that narrative form is instrumental in countering this ideology.

Inclusive, cutting-edge essay collection by leading scholars on Victorian women poets and their diverse poetic forms and identities.

Why does Bassanio compare himself to Jason?

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

American literary nationalism is traditionally understood as a cohesive literary tradition developed in the newly independent United States that emphasized the unique features of America and consciously differentiated American literature from British literature.

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A volume of early critical intervention into the features of contemporary Irish and Northern Irish authors, writing, and cultural practice.

Plots, Designs, and Schemes is the first study that investigates the long history of American conspiracy theories from the perspective of literary and cultural studies.

Die 17 Beiträge dieses Bandes umkreisen die zentralen Begriffe des IV.

The public is familiar with the Emily Dickinson stereotype--an eccentric spinster in a white dress flitting about her father's house, hiding from visitors.

With new entries and sensitive edits, this fifth edition places J.

Ancient declamation-the practice of delivering speeches on the basis of fictitious scenarios-defies easy categorization.

The Exeter Book, a late tenth-century manuscript of early Old English poetry, is an anthology of religious homiletic verse, elegiac poetry, and ninety-one lyric riddles.

In the aftermath of America's centennial celebrations of 1876, readers developed an appetite for chronicles of the nation's past.

A lively and accessible account of the most popular form of nineteenth-century English theatre, and its continuing influence today.

Papers collected in this volume try to illuminate various aspects of philosophical theology dealt with by different Jewish and early Christian authors and texts (e.

"Skandinavische Schriftlandschaften" ist eine Festschrift für Jürg Glauser, von 1994 bis 2017 Professor für Nordische Philologie an den Universitäten Basel und Zürich.

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

Americans in the World War II era bought the novels of African American writers in unprecedented numbers.

This book, first published in 1985, explores the consciousness and the experience of Shakespeare's audience.

History of how, over many centuries, French thinkers have revolutionized European thought about knowledge, religion, politics, and society.

Travel the myriad worlds of the DC Multiverse.

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The book provides new scholarship on Asian North American literature and culture from an often-neglected historical period.

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

Some of the most iconic, hard-boiled Irish detectives in fiction insist that they are not detectives at all.