Literary reference works books

Sean O'Casey is one of Ireland's best-known writers. His work has been praised by figures from G. Bernard Shaw to...  Read More >>

The first critical anthology devoted solely to John Steinbeck’s Travels with Charley.  Read More >>

This new volume in the Shakespeare: The Critical Tradition increases our knowledge of how Twelfth Night was received...  Read More >>

The book offers a comprehensive account of philosophical, religious, political and social thought in France from...  Read More >>

An accessible and authoritative new history of French literature, written by a highly distinguished transatlantic...  Read More >>

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The Dutch World of Washington Irving tells an alternative origin story of American literary culture. In December...  Read More >>

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The most exhaustive mapping of contemporary literary theory to date, this book offers a comprehensive introduction...  Read More >>

This unique volume features a baker's dozen of essays about Vladimir Nabokov by Boston College students and. The...  Read More >>

Falcon MacDowell's annotations comprise a vital encyclopedic reference guide that will facilitate any reading of...  Read More >>

The most comprehensive study available of key postmodern British fiction and its legacy in contemporary British...  Read More >>

This unique reference aid is a guide to important contemporary literature for students, literary researchers and...  Read More >>

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First published in 1954, A Handbook of Latin Literature is an attempt to put together a cohesive account of classical...  Read More >>

The most comprehensive study available of key postmodern British fiction and its legacy in contemporary British...  Read More >>

Explores the cultivation of weak subjectivity through modes such as gender subversion, queer holy foolishness, intoxication,...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive study of the English-language press published in non-Anglophone countries.  Read More >>

This handbook fully updates research on Stefan Zweig and, for the first time, presents his life, work, and impact...  Read More >>

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The first of its kind, this book presents a wide range of passages exploring many aspects of the Greco-Roman watery...  Read More >>

The first of its kind, this book presents a wide range of passages exploring many aspects of the Greco-Roman watery...  Read More >>

This Element offers a full portrait of Suzanne Beckett, née Déchevaux-Dumesnil (1900–1989). It mentions the texts...  Read More >>