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Dionysus Resurrected analyzes the global resurgence since the late 1960s of Euripides’ The Bacchae. By analyzing and contextualizing these modern day …

This engaging book introduces new readers of eighteenth-century texts to some of the major works, authors, and debates of a key period of literary his…

Where is American Literature? offers a spirited and compelling argument for rethinking the way we view American literature in relation to the nation w…

Through a series of 34 essays by leading and emerging scholars, A Companion to Romantic Poetry reveals the rich diversity of Romantic poetry and shows…

A Future for Criticism considers why fiction gives so much pleasure, and the neglect of this issue in contemporary criticism. Offers a brief, lively, …

This accessible cultural history explores 400 years of British imperial adventure in India, developing a coherent narrative through a wide range of co…

Technology, Literature and Culture provides a detailed and accessible exploration of the ways in which literature across the twentieth century has rep…

The Gift in Antiquity presents a collection of 14 original essays that apply French sociologist Marcel Mauss’s notion of gift-giving to the study of a…

A Brief History of American Literature offers students and general readers a concise and up-to-date history of the full range of American writing from…

Reading Sixteenth-Century Poetry combines close readings of individual poems with a critical consideration of the historical context in which they wer…

Utilizing a great variety of previously unknown cuneiform tablets, Ancient Babylonian Medicine: Theory and Practice examines the way medicine was prac…

Performativity has emerged as a critical new idea across the humanities and social sciences, from literary and cultural studies to the study of gender…

This student-friendly text introduces students to the history and scope of literary theory, as well as showing them how to perform literary analysis. …

This student-friendly handbook provides an engaging overview of American fiction over the twentieth century, with entries on the important historical …

The nature, faults and future of modern civilization and how these connect to the past are tackled in this broad-reaching volume. Presents a study of …

English Translation and Classical Reception is the first genuine cross-disciplinary study bringing English literary history to bear on questions about…

This accessible and fresh account of German writing since 1750 is a case study of literature as a cultural and spiritual resource in modern societies.…

A Concise Companion to the Romantic Age provides new perspectives on the relationships between literature and culture in Britain from 1780 to 1830 Pro…

Reading Romantic Poetry introduces the major themes and preoccupations, and the key poems and players of a period convulsed by revolution, prolonged w…

Ancient Epic offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to six of the greatest ancient epics – Homer's Iliad and Odyssey, Vergil's Aeneid, Ovi…

The Wiley Blackwell Anthology of African American Literature is a comprehensive collection of poems, short stories, novellas, novels, plays, autobiogr…

An indispensable tool for teachers and students of American literature, Reading the American Novel 1865-1914 provides a comprehensive introduction to …

A Companion to Medieval Poetry presents a series of original essays from leading literary scholars that explore English poetry from the Anglo-Saxon pe…

This interpretive dictionary introduces the critical and theoretical world of distinguished literary and cultural critic Edward W. Said through the cr…

Catullus is one of the liveliest and most appealing Roman poets. His emotion, charm, and apparent spontaneity resonate with readers as strongly today …

A History of Modernist Literature offers a critical overview of modernism in England between the late 1890s and the late 1930s, focusing on the writer…

This expansive Companion offers a set of fresh perspectives on the wealth of texts produced in and around what is now the United States. * Highlights …

Anglo-Saxon Keywords presents a series of entries that reveal the links between modern ideas and scholarship and the central concepts of Anglo-Saxon l…

In Phenomenal Shakespeare, leading Shakespeare scholar Bruce R. Smith presents an original account for the ways in which Shakespeare’s poems and plays…

Reading the Contemporary Irish Novel 1987–2007 is the authoritative guide to some of the most inventive and challenging fiction to emerge from Ireland…

Reading the American Novel 1780-1865 provides valuable insights into the evolution and diversity of fictional genres produced in the United States fro…

This comprehensive collection offers a complete introduction to one of the most popular literary forms of the Victorian period, its key authors and wo…

Casting a fresh perspective on the greatest long poem in English, David Hopkins guides the reader through the inspiring poetic landscape of Milton’s g…

Reading Victorian Poetry offers close readings of poems from the Victorian era by a renowned scholar. The selection includes a range of canonical and …

This astute guide to the literary achievements of American novelists in the twentieth century places their work in its historical context and offers d…

This book studies a crucial phase in the history of Roman slavery, beginning with the transition to chattel slavery in the third century bce and endin…

A Companion to Poetic Genre brings together over 40 contributions from leading academics to provide critical overviews of poetic genres and their mode…

Basic Elements of Narrative outlines a way of thinking about what narrative is and how to identify its basic elements across various media, introducin…

Exploring Greek Myth offers an extensive discussion of variant forms of myths and lesser-known stories, including important local myths and local vers…

Offers a close reading of individual texts with attention to their cultural and canonical context Examines the history and evolution of the novel to 1…

The Crime Fiction Handbook presents a comprehensive introduction to the origins, development, and cultural significance of the crime fiction genre, fo…

The Seventeenth Century Handbook provides the undergraduate with a succinct account of the century’s events, along with an exploration of the ways the…

Featuring numerous updates and additional anthology selections, the 3rd edition of Introduction to Old English confirms its reputation as a leading te…

A comprehensive introduction to Old English, combining simple, clear philology with the best literary works to provide a compelling and accessible beg…