Literary reference works books

A panoramic, non-Eurocentric view of theatre history that emphasizes the variety of connections among the world's...  Read More >>

This book is the perfect starting point for those who want to read their way through New Orleans, for it orchestrates...  Read More >>

A panoramic, non-Eurocentric view of theatre history that emphasizes the variety of connections among the world's...  Read More >>

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This is a unique collection of essays examining nineteenth-century British and Irish newspaper and periodical history...  Read More >>

Discover the Rome that has inspired writers for centuries, from the Classical era to the present day. Walk in the...  Read More >>

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Before gothic villains stalked industrialising Britain, spectres were haunting British plantations in the 'New World'....  Read More >>

Ibsen in Context identifies thirty different contexts for understanding Ibsen's life and career at home, and considers...  Read More >>

Offers literary histories and analyses of different genres in African literature and verbal arts. The genres covered...  Read More >>

Before gothic villains stalked industrialising Britain, spectres were haunting British plantations in the 'New World'....  Read More >>

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First published in 1914, Joseph Conrad's female-centred, uncharacteristically optimistic Chance represented a new...  Read More >>

Offers an authoritative account of British utopian literature and culture from the postwar to the present. Written...  Read More >>

This definitive guide to Molière's world offers an accessible, interdisciplinary contextual guide for academics,...  Read More >>

Tom Stoppard in Context provides cultural, historical, and intellectual contexts to help readers enjoy one of the...  Read More >>

Offers an authoritative account of British utopian literature and culture from the postwar to the present. Written...  Read More >>

The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now...  Read More >>

Provides a wide-ranging account of the different disciplinary, critical and theoretical contexts relevant to the...  Read More >>

Establishes Elizabeth von Arnim as an important figure in literary modernism.  Read More >>

The first curatorial studies volume to engage with the concept of 'the future'.  Read More >>

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Aphra Behn is renowned as the first professional woman writer in English. The plays in this volume, published and...  Read More >>

The 1810s are often overlooked as a transitional time between Romantic and Victorian literature and culture. The...  Read More >>