Literature: history & criticism books

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

First Published in 1985, the aim of this book is to define an aspect of Orwell’s literary identity which underlies...  Read More >>

First published in 1985, Seventeenth-Century Poetry considers the way the poetry of the major seventeenth-century...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1928, this book discusses the complex relationships between authors, patrons and publishers...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, The Inward Gaze looks at men’s fantasies and self-images from a wide range of texts (notably...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1928, this is the companion volume which follows on from Authorship in the Days of Johnson....  Read More >>

First published in 1939, Language Hunting in the Karakoram describes the journey taken by the author to the regions...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1929, The Process of Literature is a study of the art of letters considered from a new point...  Read More >>

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

Greek Tragedy (1928) is an attempt to cover the whole field of Greek tragedy. It provides facts and importantly...  Read More >>

Euripides and Shaw (1921) looks at Bernard Shaw and English Drama as great stylistic changes were sweeping the English...  Read More >>

First published in 1974, European Drama of the Early Middle Ages stresses the distinctive variety of the dramatic...  Read More >>

First Published in 1944, Colloquial Hindustani is intended to supply the beginner in the language not only with...  Read More >>

First published in 1967, Poets of the Early Seventeenth Century is a representative selection of shorter poems written...  Read More >>

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The Oxford Handbook of Monsters in Classical Myth presents forty chapters about the unique and terrifying creatures...  Read More >>

Postmodern theatre is dead. A new theatre is rising – one that combines the well-worn postmodern aesthetics of irony,...  Read More >>

This book, together with A Second Book of Broadsheets makes up an anthology of the 1915 broadsheets distributed...  Read More >>

This book, together with A Book of Broadsheets makes up an anthology of the 1915 broadsheets distributed by The...  Read More >>

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In A Shaping Joy (originally published in 1971), Cleanth Brooks writes about modern literature and the criticism...  Read More >>

First published in 1959, Craftsman and Quaker is the story of one man’s life told against a background of the profound...  Read More >>

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

Beginning with the first concisely concerted assessment in English of the premisses and practice of Realism as viewed...  Read More >>