Literature: history & criticism books

Aimed towards advanced students and researchers in language acquisition and teaching, Language Intake considers...  Read More >>

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This innovative collection makes the case for a push within the discipline to adopt user-centric perspectives on...  Read More >>

Aimed towards advanced students and researchers in language acquisition and teaching, Language Intake considers...  Read More >>

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Often examined separately, play and hauntings in fact act together to frame postcolonial issues. Sushmita Chatterjee...  Read More >>

The contemporary rethinking and relearning of history and racism has sparked creative approaches for teaching the...  Read More >>

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What does it mean to be an heir, as a woman writer, to colonial and postcolonial cultures in which European language...  Read More >>

This study of forensic crime fiction from the US and the UK examines the prominent roles that women play in many...  Read More >>

Despite U. A. Fanthorpe’s domestic success, her work is still largely unfamiliar beyond the UK. In this volume,...  Read More >>

In his book Imagining America (originally published in 1980), Peter Conrad shows how the English literary imagination...  Read More >>

A concise guide to global performances of Shakespeare, this volume combines methodologies of dramaturgy, film and...  Read More >>

Shakespeare: The Basics is a lively and accessible introduction to reading and studying Shakespeare. Exploring all...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1982, this study examines Orton’s principal plays, but its main concern is to identify his...  Read More >>

This book, originally published in 1983, begins with an analysis of the patterns of Graham Greene’s mind. It explores...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1985, this study provides a clear and intelligent introduction to the work of the former...  Read More >>

Censorship of the written word has proved a constant source for debate and argument. To cut or not to cut is a question...  Read More >>

Pat Macpherson’s Reflecting on Jane Eyre (first published in 1989) shows how the novel itself can be the territory...  Read More >>

Reflecting on The Bell Jar (first published in 1991) acknowledges the repressive post-war regime of social hygiene....  Read More >>

In this book, originally published in 1982, Blake Morrison identifies the central characteristics of his achievement,...  Read More >>

Who went into the Black Hole of Calcutta? Who came out alive? And does it matter anyway? In The Black Hole (originally...  Read More >>

In this important study, originally published in 1985, Ronald Hayman scrutinizes Grass’s development and assesses...  Read More >>

The Solitary Warrior (1929) contains a large number of unpublished letters by Ruskin. They are of special importance...  Read More >>