Literary reference works

This essay collection offers a lengthy introduction describing trends in criticism and theatrical interpretation of As You Like It.

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

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

Continuities, first published in 1968, is a collection of reviews by Frank Kermode that appeared from 1962 to 1967.

Continuities, first published in 1968, is a collection of reviews by Frank Kermode that appeared from 1962 to 1967.

This book, together with A Second Book of Broadsheets makes up an anthology of the 1915 broadsheets distributed by The Times to members of H.

This book, together with A Second Book of Broadsheets makes up an anthology of the 1915 broadsheets distributed by The Times to members of H.

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.

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.

The Art of John Webster, first published in 1972, is a study of the three extant plays of Webster known to be solely his work.

The Art of John Webster, first published in 1972, is a study of the three extant plays of Webster known to be solely his work.

This title, first published in 1970, consists of essays on the individual tales and novels of George Eliot, with two general essays that discuss the novels as a whole and cuts across the individual works.

This title, first published in 1970, consists of essays on the individual tales and novels of George Eliot, with two general essays that discuss the novels as a whole and cuts across the individual works.

First published in 1986.

First published in 1986.

First published in 1981.

First published in 1981.

The definitive text on the social, intellectual and theatrical conditions within which Molière operated and his subsequent impact worldwide.

This book revaluates American literary culture through the lens of historical climate representations, as well as recent climate science.

Gives a comprehensive critical picture of the development of British fiction from the election of Thatcher to the present.

Offers the first comprehensive survey of literature by women in Ireland from the seventeenth century to the present day.

Offers a radically new picture of the ''long 1930s'', describing it as a pivot of twentieth-century literary and cultural production.

This book provides a new map of American literature in the global era, analyzing the multiple meanings of transnationalism.

This book provides a new map of American literature in the global era, analyzing the multiple meanings of transnationalism.

The essays in this book reflect upon the central role that the apocalypse has played in American literature and culture.

A comprehensive, global, cutting-edge study of magical realism exploring its history, development, and relevance to real-world issues.

Presents the first modernized and annotated edition of William Baldwin''s A Mirror for Magistrates.

This Companion offers an in-depth overview of the Beat era, one of the most popular literary periods in America.

This Companion offers an in-depth overview of the Beat era, one of the most popular literary periods in America.

This Companion offers an introduction to key topics in the study of erotic literature from antiquity to the present.

This Companion offers an introduction to key topics in the study of erotic literature from antiquity to the present.

This comprehensive history of US Latina/o literature from the colonial period through the present elucidates the complex roots of Latina/o writing within the Americas.

Illuminates the multiple contexts in which the life, works and reception of Lord Byron (1788–1824) are understood.

Illuminates the multiple contexts in which the life, works and reception of Lord Byron (1788–1824) are understood.

A lively and accessible introduction to the variety, depth, and wonder of Chaucer''s best-known poem.

A comprehensive and wide-ranging account of the interrelationship between law and literature in Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Tudor England.

This comprehensive history of US Latina/o literature from the colonial period through the present elucidates the complex roots of Latina/o writing within the Americas.

A comprehensive guide to the literary, religious and political contexts that shape Edmund Spenser''s poetry.

A comprehensive guide to the literary, religious and political contexts that shape Edmund Spenser''s poetry.

Leading specialists shed new light on key narrative and thematic features of the writings of Honoré de Balzac.

Leading specialists shed new light on key narrative and thematic features of the writings of Honoré de Balzac.

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

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

A lively and accessible introduction to the variety, depth, and wonder of Chaucer''s best-known poem.

A comprehensive and wide-ranging account of the interrelationship between law and literature in Anglo-Saxon, Medieval and Tudor England.

This collection of essays offers a dynamic reconsideration of the places, times, and influences that made Seamus Heaney a poet.

The first work devoted specifically to the enormous wealth and variety of neo-Latin literature.

The first work devoted specifically to the enormous wealth and variety of neo-Latin literature.

The first comprehensive and continuous account of all five thousand years of the history of lexicography.

This book attests to the unique development of modernism in Ireland - driven by political as well as artistic concerns.