Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 books

A three-volume set of the definitive Stoke Newington Editions of Robinson Crusoe. The set includes the novels and...  Read More >>

First published in 1720 and considered a sequel to The Farther Adventures of Robinson Crusoe, this is a collection...  Read More >>

Explores printing conventions in the eighteenth century and the gradual tendency to abandon the use of capital letters,...  Read More >>

Studies paratexts found in sixteenth-century English bibles, from prefaces, dedications, and annotations to prayers,...  Read More >>

Essential primary texts for a literary history of the Grand Siecle, the ana are fascinating but not well known....  Read More >>

Race, in the early modern period, is a concept at the crossroads of a set of overlapping concerns of lineage, religion,...  Read More >>

The volume gathers eleven contributions on the origins, evolution and function of female models in Western culture,...  Read More >>

First published in 1973 and 1977 respectively, these two volumes examine the history of French drama. The first...  Read More >>

The printer was not the only villain, though, and Harley had to find the unknown writers who wished to bring the...  Read More >>

Visual Translation breaks new ground in the study of French manuscripts, contributing to the fields of French humanism,...  Read More >>

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In this text, the ""beautiful book form"" that Louise Labe gave her only poetry collection is masterfully analyzed....  Read More >>

Combining fresh considerations of prominent authors and artists with searches for overlooked or offbeat elements...  Read More >>

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Explores the history of legal theatricality from antiquity to the eighteenth-century. It recovers a long tradition...  Read More >>

This collection of essays provides a panoramic view of Spanish gastronomy and etiquette from the Middle Ages to...  Read More >>

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In 1626, Charles Sorel published L'Orphize de Chrysante, a straightforward sentimental adventure novel. . . to judge...  Read More >>

What is turmoil? This bilingual and interdisciplinary book proposes a distinctive new ontology of turmoil through...  Read More >>

Contributeurs: Marianne Albertan-Coppola, Emmanuel Bouchard, Jean Bourgeois, Georges Buisson, Christophe Carrere,...  Read More >>

Essential primary texts for a literary history of the Grand Siecle, the ana are fascinating but not well known....  Read More >>

A new exploration of the complexities and resolutions at play in the writings of Marguerite de Navarre, offering...  Read More >>

In this critical study of the man and his work, first published in 1951 and revised in 1973, Dr Brereton’s guiding...  Read More >>