Literary companions books

Examines the fictional works of the French writer Vital d'Audiguier (1565-1624), whose novels provide insight into...  Read More >>

This biographical and critical study of Gabriel de la Concepcion Valdes (1809-1844), better known as Placido, investigates...  Read More >>

Mario Pei (1901-1978) was a writer, linguist, translator, and academic who wrote more than fifty books and had a...  Read More >>

Juan del Valle Caviedes (1645-1697), also known as Caviedes, was a seventeenth-century Peruvian poet. Daniel R....  Read More >>

Giordano Bruno (1548-1600) was an Italian philosopher, poet, mathematician, and astrologer. This is the first English...  Read More >>

The annotated text, followed by a listing of principal sources and a selective bibliography, has the dual purpose...  Read More >>

Treats the evolution of that branch of serious French drama whose themes were taken from the national history. The...  Read More >>

Traces social drama in Spain from its beginnings in the works of Moratin, treats those continuing the Moratin tradition,...  Read More >>

Controversy arose over the merits of the two published versions and over the \u201cnine lost years\u201d in FitzgeraldÆs...  Read More >>

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"An examination of the life and works of controversial writer Henry Miller, and the critical responses to his books...  Read More >>

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This work has been selected by scholars as being culturally important and is part of the knowledge base of civilization...  Read More >>

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These plays are the most original work in the field in recent years. They constitute a signal contribution to contemporary...  Read More >>

This collection in prose and verse of twenty-seven historical or legendary tales adapted from the Gesta Romanorum...  Read More >>

Rutebeuf was a thirteenth-century French troubadour. This work examines his portrayals of Louis IX, who he considered...  Read More >>

Bernart de Ventadorn was a twelfth-century Catalan poet and troubador. These forty-one poems, filled with nostalgia,...  Read More >>

The first part of this study investigates both the historical probability of the love affair of Alfonso VIII, King...  Read More >>

This is the first English-language study of bestiaries, mediaeval works that described and illustrated animals,...  Read More >>

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