Literary reference works books

Examines the writings of D.H. Lawrence, a British writer whose literature focused primarily on interpersonal relationships...  Read More >>

A novel is among the most intricate of human creations, the result of thousands of choices and decisions. In How...  Read More >>

A novel is among the most intricate of human creations, the result of thousands of choices and decisions. In How...  Read More >>

[...]yet it has an inspiration of its own, to delight, to soothe, to fortify, and to refresh. What want we? have...  Read More >>

Acclaimed author Alistair Owen interviews one of the best loved writers of modern times about his life and work...  Read More >>

A work is about minor characters and the qualities of minorness in Victorian novels. It offers casual readers and...  Read More >>

This pioneering exploration shows that in the early modern world, printed works on morality and ethics served as...  Read More >>

Situates famous and lesser-known eighteenth- and nineteenth-century Haitian revolutionaries, pamphleteers, and political...  Read More >>

In this thoughtful and carefully argued book, John Desmond uncovers Christian and transcendent elements in Seamus...  Read More >>

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This innovative collection pairs portraits with critical biographies of twelve key Chicana writers, offering an...  Read More >>

Covering science fiction from the early 1900s to present, this book examines the portrayal of dystopian capitalism...  Read More >>

Incredibly, until the cusp of the nineteenth century, the word rhythm was not widely used. It likewise had no cultural...  Read More >>

At its core, geopoetics proposes that a connection between language and geology has become a significant development...  Read More >>

Composed from the eighth to the fourteenth centuries, The Thousand and One Nights is one of the world’s most widely...  Read More >>

Provides a candid look at two illustrious people who tested the capacity - and the limits - of marriage. The Lawrences...  Read More >>

Like so many other elements of his work, Fyodor Dostoevsky’s deliberate deployment of provocation was both prescient...  Read More >>

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A deeply researched account of Joseph Brodsky’s evolution in English as a self-translator and a poet in translation....  Read More >>

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This pioneering exploration shows that in the early modern world, printed works on morality and ethics served as...  Read More >>

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Looking to the extractive frontier as a focal point of Latin American art, literature, music, and film, Jens Andermann...  Read More >>

Volume 3 of the new authoritative edition of Katherine Mansfield's complete correspondence  Read More >>