Literary companions books

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This first full-scale treatment of the early prose of Dylan Thomas demonstrates the unity of his total work. Pratt...  Read More >>

Ugo Foscolo's Last Letters of Jacopo Ortis, written between 1799 and 1815, was the first true Italian novel. Jacopo's...  Read More >>

James I. Wimsatt edits Guillaume de Machaut's important Dit de la fleur de lis et de la Marguerite; he identifies...  Read More >>

A critical edition of the literary criticism of Jacques de la Taille, including the original French text, critical...  Read More >>

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The author identifies the existentialist thinkers. After a review of the criticism (most of which does not consider...  Read More >>

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Explores Ernest Hemingway's newspaper and magazine journalism, his introductions and prefaces to books by others,...  Read More >>

Phialas provides commentaries on Shakespeare's romantic comedies, treats in detail individual scenes and characters,...  Read More >>

A collection of fifty-seven essays, manifestos, and other prose writings on literature, painting, music, and cinema...  Read More >>

Through careful reading of Luis Cernuda's later poetry, written after 1936, Alexander Coleman argues that Luis Cernuda...  Read More >>

Examines the short stories of French author Arthur de Gobineau. Through detailed analysis, Valette underscores Gobineau's...  Read More >>

This is a study that traces the influence of drugs on French literature. The first three chapters acquaint the reader...  Read More >>

Traces the development of Roa Bastos's concern with the reality of his people and their history and focuses on the...  Read More >>

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Most of the essays in this collection illustrate the manner in which Italian letters influenced European writers...  Read More >>

Nikolai Gogol wrote some letters to his friends, none of which were a nose of high rank. Many are reproduced here...  Read More >>

Thematically, Chandler's work is in the mainstream of American literature that moved westward, carrying the simple...  Read More >>

Traces the developing view of the human condition through the major works of five writers. The method is inductive,...  Read More >>

Offers the first full-length assessment of the poetry and criticism of Robert Graves. Concentrating on his development...  Read More >>

These two anonymous French poems indicated that the medieval legend of the Fifteen Signs Before the Judgment still...  Read More >>

In her study of Marie de France's twelfth century poem, The Lay of Guingamor, Sara Strum examines the work as a...  Read More >>