Literary studies: general books

Drawing on new research, this wide-ranging book includes chapters by both scholars and performers. It gives proper...  Read More >>

The authoritative source for those wanting to explore the flourishing medieval world of Arthur from its very beginnings,...  Read More >>

Charting the global spread of Arthuriana up to the present day, the second volume of this history foregrounds non-English...  Read More >>

How do we define plagiarism in literature? In this wide-ranging study, Muhsin J. al-Musawi examines debates surrounding...  Read More >>

In this first-ever account of the broadsheet ballads sold outside playhouses, Tiffany Stern reveals how ballads...  Read More >>

Through incisive analysis, Stacey McDowell shows how Romantic writers reflect on ideas about reading, revealing...  Read More >>

As one among few studies of Indian Ocean literature, this book will benefit scholars and students in humanistic...  Read More >>

Demonstrates William James's role in the history of Anglo-American literary production and the practice of literary...  Read More >>

Arguing against the reductive understanding of risk as negative possibility, this book shows how risk is a necessary...  Read More >>

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What was the role of insects in defining the human during the British eighteenth century? Through close ecocritical...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1963, this is a study of the greatness of Dante, Michelangelo and Milton, and of the differences...  Read More >>

First published in 1989, Chronicles of Darkness is about images of Africa seen through the eyes of writers, visitors,...  Read More >>

First Published in 1960, Critical Essays on the Poetry of Tennyson presents a collection of essays, most of which...  Read More >>

First published in 1984, Sir Philip Sidney and the Interpretation of Renaissance Culture is a collection of essays...  Read More >>

First published in 1987, Anomie attempts to write the history of the concept of anomie, to account for the fluctuations...  Read More >>

First published in 1978, Beckett examines the plays of Beckett in the order in which they were written. The book...  Read More >>

American Literature as an Expression of the National Mind (1931) is a remarkable work that traces not only the history...  Read More >>

Soviet Literature in the Sixties (1965) examines the Soviet literary scene and its changes following the death of...  Read More >>

First published in 1974, The Industrial Muse is a study of the literary achievements of the working class. This...  Read More >>

First published in 1979, Texts and Contexts identifies those classics of Roman literature which deserve to survive...  Read More >>

First published in 1953, Tragedy and the Paradox of the Fortunate Fall argues that our response to tragedy is made...  Read More >>

The Hero (1925) explains tragedy itself, through a close examination of multiple texts, with a particular focus...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1970, this account of Tolstoy’s achievement as a novelist concentrates on the best known...  Read More >>

First Published in 1934, this book gives a general survey of the history of classical Greek literature from Homer...  Read More >>