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Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century…

Literary Criticism from Plato to the Present provides a concise and authoritative overview of the development of Western literary criticism and theory…

Два варианта, 100 двухвариантностей бейсика. Главное. Существует бейсик, математический язык. А надо один вариант. В этой книге приведены двухвариант…

Studying Shakespeare’s Contemporaries is an accessible guide to non-Shakespearian English drama of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Featuring w…

Tragedy in Transition is an innovative and exciting introduction to the theory and practice of tragedy. Looks at a broad range of topics in the field …

Посмотрите на известные произведения и их экранизации под другим углом зрения! Интересные интерпретации, теории и версии классических книг, популярной…

НЕЗАКОННОЕ ПОТРЕБЛЕНИЕ НАРКОТИЧЕСКИХ СРЕДСТВ, ПСИХОТРОПНЫХ ВЕЩЕСТВ, ИХ АНАЛОГОВ ПРИЧИНЯЕТ ВРЕД ЗДОРОВЬЮ, ИХ НЕЗАКОННЫЙ ОБОРОТ ЗАПРЕЩЕН И ВЛЕЧЕТ УСТАНО…

This timely introduction to Old English literature focuses on the production and reception of Old English texts, and on their relation to Anglo-Saxon …

A Short History of Early Modern England presents the historical and cultural information necessary for a richer understanding of English Renaissance l…

This four-volume Companion to Shakespeare's Works, compiled as a single entity, offers a uniquely comprehensive snapshot of current Shakespeare critic…

A Brontë Encyclopedia is an A- Z encyclopedia of the most notable literary family of the 19th century highlighting original literary insights and the …

From slave narratives to the Civil War, and from country music to Southern sport, this Companion is the definitive guide to the literature and culture…

In this new book Zygmunt Bauman and Riccardo Mazzeo examine the contentious issue of the relation between literature (and the arts in general) and soc…

1611: Authority, Gender, and the Word in Early Modern England explores issues of authority, gender, and language within and across the variety of lite…

Рецензируемая книга представляет собой докторскую диссертацию либерального профессора Киевского университета А. В. Романовича-Славатинского, в молодос…

Идейной борьбе с журналами «почвенников», «Время» и «Эпоха», посвящены многие полемические выступления Салтыкова в «Современнике». Одним из активных с…

A Companion to American Fiction, 1865-1914 is a groundbreaking collection of essays written by leading critics for a wide audience of scholars, studen…

This broad introduction to Colonial American literatures brings out the comparative and transatlantic nature of the writing of this period and highlig…

«Говорят, что если нечто произошло единожды – это случайность. Оно же, но повторенное дважды, вполне разумно было бы списать на совпадение. А вот ежел…

This text makes use of contemporary work in linguistics to provide up-to-date commentary on the development of Latin, from its prehistoric origins in …

A Companion to the Eighteenth-century Novel furnishes readers with a sophisticated vision of the eighteenth-century novel in its political, aesthetic,…

A spirited defence of Tolkien’s mythological creation and its increasing relevance for the real world.Acclaimed by the largest readers’ survey ever co…

In Roland Barthes's eyes, Philippe Sollers embodied the figure of the contemporary writer forever seeking something new. Thirty-six years after Barthe…

This essential guide to modernist poetry enables readers to make sense of a literary movement often regarded as difficult and intimidating. Provides c…

Timely and beautifully written, New England Beyond Criticism provides a passionate defense of the importance of the literature of New England to the A…

Written in 1980, this novel by prize-winning Indian writer Mahasweta Devi, translated and introduced by Gayatri Chakravorty Sprivak, is remarkable for…

Building on the strength of Keith Walker’s acclaimed The Poems of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester (1984), leading scholar Nicholas Fisher presents a th…

With new entries and sensitive edits, this fifth edition places J.A. Cuddon’s indispensable dictionary firmly in the 21st Century. Written in a clear …

This book provides a comprehensive introduction to the work and thought of Umberto Eco – one of the most important writers in Europe today.

The 35 original essays in A Companion to Narrative Theory constitute the best available introduction to this vital and contested field of humanistic e…

For centuries people have been tormented by one question above all – ‘If God is good and all-powerful, why does he allow his creatures to suffer pain?…

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEARFrom the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins,…

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

Рецензия на роман Г. Яхиной "Дети мои". Автор искренне восторгается языком и живописной панорамой, хоть и не скрывает некоторого разочарования в содер…

This short introduction to Modernism analyses the movement from the perspective of English and American literature. Provides a critical overview of so…

This volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry. An historical overview and c…

A selection of lectures and essays contributed to newspapers, magazines and books over recent years, revised for this volume and all highly relevant t…

A Companion to Greek Mythology presents a series of essays that explore the phenomenon of Greek myth from its origins in shared Indo-European story pa…

Рецензия на роман Дмитрия Быкова "Июнь". Читаем в лоб, не замечая исторических аллюзий, дабы не портить никому настроение. Отличительной особенностью…

In this compelling first volume in the Blackwell Introductions to Literature series, Roy Flannagan, editor of The Milton Quarterly, provides a readabl…

Данная книга представляет собой квинтэссенцию опыта прочтения повести В.Пелевина "Затворник и Шестипалый". Автором воссоздана ситуация диалога между у…

WINNER OF THE HRF KEATING AWARD FOR BEST NON-FICTION CRIME BOOK 2018An entertaining history of British thrillers from Casino Royale to The Eagle Has L…

In its original formulation, ‘culture' was intended to be an agent for change, a mission undertaken with the aim of educating ‘the people' by bringing…

Рецензия на роман Евгения Водолазкина "Брисбен". Можно было бы и покороче. Отличительной особенностью настоящей рецензии является то, что впечатления…

Part of the outstanding biographical series – edited by Richard Holmes – that recovers the great classical tradition of English biography. Every book …