Literary studies: general books

The book has no illustrations or index. Purchasers are entitled to a free trial membership in the General Books...  Read More >>

This collection of literature attempts to compile many of the classic works that have stood the test of time and...  Read More >>

Immortal Memories from Clement King Shorter. British journalist and literary critic (1857-1926).  Read More >>

Explore the enduring influence of Norse mythology on English literature and art with ""The Classic Myths in English...  Read More >>

Die Gestaltung polyzentrischer Welten und die Parallelfuhrung mehrerer Handlungsstrange war zu allen Zeiten eine...  Read More >>

The story tells of dragon-slayer Siegfried at the court of the Burgundians, how he was murdered, and of his wife...  Read More >>

General Books publication date: 2009 Original publication date: 1902 Original Publisher: Bell Subjects: Latin poetry...  Read More >>

The Works Of Christopher Marlowe. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before,...  Read More >>

The Works Of Christopher Marlowe. Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before,...  Read More >>

Step back in time to ancient Greece with ""The Deipnosophists, or Banquet of the Learned of Athen?,"" a captivating...  Read More >>

By positioning the “township” as the lens to examine the South African canon, the book undertakes a reorientation...  Read More >>

Featuring original interviews with booksellers and librarians, James Patterson presents a new non-fiction title...  Read More >>

From the motorcar to the radio, modern technology radically transformed urban life by the first decade of the twentieth...  Read More >>

The diary of Johann Friedrich Julius Schmidt provides deep insights into his life, his personal contacts, and his...  Read More >>

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A previously untranslated masterpiece of Russian literature, The Story of Sonechka, written in 1937, is a vivid...  Read More >>

Friedrich von Hardenberg und Friedrich Schlegel verdanken wir zwei der berühmtesten Denkfiguren der Romantik: die...  Read More >>

This book delivers an innovative critical approach to better understand U.S. fiction of the information age, and...  Read More >>

This Very Short Introduction will examine the conditions for Mary Wollstonecraft's formation as a feminist, and...  Read More >>

From Renaissance humanism to the transatlantic slave trade, this collection portrays how classical texts have been...  Read More >>

Samuel Beckett's literary pedestrianism transitions from Romanticism and Edwardian autonomy to mutuality and transitory...  Read More >>

By positioning the “township” as the lens to examine the South African canon, the book undertakes a reorientation...  Read More >>

It traces literature’s long history of repurposing representational language use for performative, ‘material’ effects....  Read More >>

This original new study explores the recent flowering of short fiction in Ireland, analysing the production, dissemination,...  Read More >>

Archetypes in Dalit Literature examines the role of the multitudinous archetypes and myths in understanding the...  Read More >>