Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 books

The texts gathered here demonstrate the attention Pontus de Tyard paid to Henri III, ranging from the Homelies-whose...  Read More >>

"This book studies the representation of the ""beautiful object"" and the manifestation of beauty in the poetic...  Read More >>

What is the status of the 1,500 quotations that punctuate the Essais? This study analyzes the critical reception...  Read More >>

The Taming of the Shrew has puzzled, entertained and angered audiences, and it has been reinvented many times throughout...  Read More >>

Staging Britain's Past is the first study of the early modern performance of Britain's pre-Roman history. The mythic...  Read More >>

In the Kitchen insists that the preparation of food, whether imaginative, physical, or spatial, is central to a...  Read More >>

To interrupt, both on stage and off, is to wrest power. From the Ghost’s appearance in Hamlet to Celia’s frightful...  Read More >>

Comic Spenser explains how the deep-rooted cultural bias against humour has skewed interpretation of The Faerie...  Read More >>

This book is about a mad king and a mad duke. With original and iconoclastic readings, Richard van Oort pioneers...  Read More >>

This landmark collection makes a major contribution to the burgeoning field of broadside ballad study by investigating...  Read More >>

This book is about a mad king and a mad duke. With original and iconoclastic readings, Richard van Oort pioneers...  Read More >>

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Working with MEG provides an accessible, user-friendly guide to using magnetoencephalography (MEG) in neuroscience...  Read More >>

Der deutsche Fruhhumanist Georg von Peuerbach ist einer der beruhmtesten Astronomen seiner Zeit, der um 1457/58...  Read More >>

Amphitryon, a subject taken from Plautus, is a mythological fantasy as lighthearted as it is immoral. George Dandin,...  Read More >>

Shakespeare died 405 years ago and this book intent to be a commemoration and celebration of his life and work....  Read More >>

In den Wunderkammern der Fruhen Neuzeit werden aussergewohnliche Objekte versammelt und einem exklusiven Publikum...  Read More >>

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La ciencia de Cervantes estudia la presencia de diferentes áreas de conocimiento científico en la obra cervantina....  Read More >>

While God looks directly into people's souls as inspector cordium, the relationship of observation between man and...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1972 and based on extensive research and use of source materials including manuscripts,...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1915, the essays in this book deal with 9 English writers – as diverse in outlook and temperament...  Read More >>

Karoline von Günderrode's biography - and in particular her early death - have long overshadowed an appreciation...  Read More >>

An international journal committed to the publication of essays and reviews relevant to drama and theatre history...  Read More >>

Dante Alive documents the pervasive presence of Dante’s imaginary universe in popular culture today. These essays...  Read More >>