Literary studies: c 1400 to c 1600

The first comprehensive guide to women''s promotion and use of textual culture, in manuscript and print, in Renaissance Italy.

A cross-religious exploration of conversion on the early modern English stage offering fresh readings of canonical and lesser-known plays.

A cross-religious exploration of conversion on the early modern English stage offering fresh readings of canonical and lesser-known plays.

Showcases the diversity and rich complexity of literature in Ireland in the eighteenth century.

Showcases the diversity and rich complexity of literature in Ireland in the eighteenth century.

The first survey of the connections between literature, religion, and intellectual life in the British Romantic period.

A dual-perspective study of how English engagement with Italy, and the work of Italian exiles in London, radicalised Romantic poetry.

A dual-perspective study of how English engagement with Italy, and the work of Italian exiles in London, radicalised Romantic poetry.

The first survey of the connections between literature, religion, and intellectual life in the British Romantic period.

This second volume of the works of Anne Finch presents previously unpublished poems and letters alongside works in Finch''s authorised print volume.

Establishing the text of works in Anne Finch''s early manuscript book, this first volume includes previously unpublished poetry and surviving plays.

Lively and up-to-date critical introductions to a rich range of Shakespeare adaptations for film, video and television.

Lively and up-to-date critical introductions to a rich range of Shakespeare adaptations for film, video and television.

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

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

A collection of essays, each tackling a Renaissance figure of speech in literature.

A collection of essays, each tackling a Renaissance figure of speech in literature.

First scholarly edition of Samuel Richardson''s correspondence with Aaron Hill, Richardson''s closest literary adviser for many years, and his daughters.

First scholarly edition of Samuel Richardson''s correspondence with two prominent men of the eighteenth century, Thomas Edwards and George Cheyne.

First scholarly edition of Samuel Richardson''s correspondence with Aaron Hill, Richardson''s closest literary adviser for many years, and his daughters.

First scholarly edition of Samuel Richardson''s correspondence with two prominent men of the eighteenth century, Thomas Edwards and George Cheyne.

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.

This volume brings together essays by scholars and practitioners of science fiction.

An accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare''s comedies, dark comedies and romances, first published in 2001.

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

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

This lively and beautifully illustrated account follows some remarkable eighteenth-century women in their gardens.

This unique compendium lists all known facts about Austen''s life and family: the ideal reference for scholar and fan.

This lively and beautifully illustrated account follows some remarkable eighteenth-century women in their gardens.

The first book in English to examine Leon Battista Alberti's major literary works in Latin and Italian, which are often overshadowed by his achievements in architectureLeon Battista Alberti (14041472) was one of the most prolific and original writers of the Italian Renaissancea fact often eclipsed by his more celebrated achievements as an art theorist and architect, and by Jacob Burckhardt's mythologizing of Alberti as a Renaissance or Universal Man.

The complete and authoritative scholarly edition of Defoe''s letters, including full biographical, literary, and historical information.

Innovative, alternative account of romanticism, exploring how art and science together contested the evidentiary authority of the human body.

Innovative, alternative account of romanticism, exploring how art and science together contested the evidentiary authority of the human body.

The path taken by German philosophy in the twentieth century is one of the most exciting and controversial in the history of human thought, by turns radical and conservative and secular and religious.

The path taken by German philosophy in the twentieth century is one of the most exciting and controversial in the history of human thought, by turns radical and conservative and secular and religious.

What does obscene mean?

What does obscene mean?

This book uses clear language, modern contexts and key psychoanalytic concepts to exemplify how Sigmund Freud's thinking and legacy is directly relevant to contemporary therapists.

This book uses clear language, modern contexts and key psychoanalytic concepts to exemplify how Sigmund Freud's thinking and legacy is directly relevant to contemporary therapists.

Fools and clowns were widely popular characters employed in early modern drama, prose texts and poems mainly as laughter makers, or also as ludicrous metaphorical embodiments of human failures.

Fools and clowns were widely popular characters employed in early modern drama, prose texts and poems mainly as laughter makers, or also as ludicrous metaphorical embodiments of human failures.

Originally published in 1947, this volume reviews the critical achievement at the Renaissance.

Originally published in 1947, this volume reviews the critical achievement at the Renaissance.

In England literary consciousness had its beginning in the middle ages, and this book, originally published in 1943, describes and illustrates the first phases of the growth of a tradition of criticism.

In England literary consciousness had its beginning in the middle ages, and this book, originally published in 1943, describes and illustrates the first phases of the growth of a tradition of criticism.

The Unheard Voice of Law in Bartolome de las Casas's Brevisima relacion de la destruicion de las Indias reinterprets Las Casas's controversial treatise as a legal document, whose legal character is linked to civil and ecclesial genres of the Early Modern and late Renaissance juridical tradition.

The Unheard Voice of Law in Bartolome de las Casas's Brevisima relacion de la destruicion de las Indias reinterprets Las Casas's controversial treatise as a legal document, whose legal character is linked to civil and ecclesial genres of the Early Modern and late Renaissance juridical tradition.

Originally published in 1935, the aim of this title is first to give a clear outline of Florentine Neoplatonism, and then to consider its influence on art and literature during a period that extends roughly from the age of Lorenzo de' Medici to the middle of the sixteenth century and the beginnings of the Counter-Reformation.

Originally published in 1935, the aim of this title is first to give a clear outline of Florentine Neoplatonism, and then to consider its influence on art and literature during a period that extends roughly from the age of Lorenzo de' Medici to the middle of the sixteenth century and the beginnings of the Counter-Reformation.