David Riggs evokes the atmosphere and texture of Marlowe's life, from the stench and poverty of a childhood spent near Canterbury's abattoirs to the fanatical pursuit of classical learning at school.
A classic reissue of Richard Holmes's brilliant book on Samuel Johnson's friendship with the poet Richard Savage, which won the James Tait Black Prize for Biography.
'Senneval, you see in me your sister, the girl you seduced at Nancy, the woman who murdered your son, the wife of your own father and the ignoble creature who sent your mother to the gallows.
'Senneval, you see in me your sister, the girl you seduced at Nancy, the woman who murdered your son, the wife of your own father and the ignoble creature who sent your mother to the gallows.
The fascinating history of the male-only members of the Kit-Cat Club, the unofficial centre of Whig power in 17th century Britain, and home to the greatest political and artistic thinkers of a generation.
From the bestselling author of 'Elizabeth and Mary', the remarkable love story of Dorothy Osborne and Sir William Temple, set against the turbulence and romance of 17th-century England.
Diese Einführung bietet einen literaturhistorischen Überblick über eine der aufregendsten Epochen der deutschen Literatur, die am Beginn der europäischen Moderne steht.
Thomas Wichmann zieht ein Resümee der bisherigen Kleistforschung und gibt eine neue Lesart von Kleists Leben und seinem schmalen, aber exemplarischen Werk.
Kaisers Monographie gibt eine ausführliche Darstellung von Hoffmanns literarischem Werk - unter biographischen, systematischen und rezeptionsgeschichtlichen Aspekten.
Welcome to London in lockdown - in 1665This timely release of a year in the life of London's greatest diarist comes with an introduction by bestselling author, Max Hastings.
'Emilia Galotti', 'Kabale und Liebe', 'Miß Sara Sampson' und 'Maria Magdalena' gelten als Paradebeispiele für die Gattung des bürgerlichen Trauerspiels.
Forensic Shakespeare illustrates Shakespeare's creative processes by revealing the intellectual materials out of which some of his most famous works were composed.
Forensic Shakespeare illustrates Shakespeare's creative processes by revealing the intellectual materials out of which some of his most famous works were composed.
Studies of Shakespeare and politics often ask the question whether his dramas are on the side of aristocratic or monarchical sovereign authority, or are on the side of those who resist; whether he endorses a standard view of male and patriarchal authority, or whether his cross-dressing heroines put him among feminist thinkers.
Studies of Shakespeare and politics often ask the question whether his dramas are on the side of aristocratic or monarchical sovereign authority, or are on the side of those who resist; whether he endorses a standard view of male and patriarchal authority, or whether his cross-dressing heroines put him among feminist thinkers.
A tale of decadence and excess, great houses and wild parties, love and sexual intrigue, this biography of Georgiana, Duchess of Devonshire, casts an astonishing new light on the nobility of eighteenth-century England.
Bajo el título Estudios literarios el lector encontrará la totalidad de los escritos de temática literaria --salvo un par de prólogos breves-- que llevó a cabo D.
Bajo el título Estudios literarios el lector encontrará la totalidad de los escritos de temática literaria --salvo un par de prólogos breves-- que llevó a cabo D.
Cease I say, cantankerous old fools /Thy deeds hath made our streets a no go zone /No more shall Montagues and Capulets /Enact their West Side Story Sharks and Jets /Or else shall pay the forfeit of the peace.