In 1906, Nello Vernon-Wood (1882–1978) reinvented himself as Tex Wood, Banff hunting guide and writer of "yarns of the wilderness …
By the time she was 24, Virginia Woolf had suffered a series of devastating losses that later she would describe …
A dictionary of the observable world features definition-first organization; passages from the writings of James, Updike, and others; and words …
The Young Adult novel is ordinarily characterized as a coming-of-age story, in which the narrative revolves around the individual growth …
Howard Phillips Lovecraft (1890–1937) has been described variously as the successor to Edgar Allan Poe, a master of the Gothic …
A horn is an instrument either for protection or destruction. The "horn" in the Horn of Africa has for so …
The maximalist novel has a very strong symbolic and morphological identity. Ercolino sets out ten particular elements which define and …
Indian Science Fiction has evolved over the years and can be seen making a mark for itself on the global …
Extraordinary Bodies is a cornerstone text of disability studies, establishing the field upon its publication in 1997. Framing disability as …
Becoming Dickens tells the story of how an ambitious young Londoner became England’s greatest novelist. In following the twists and …
Now that literary critique's intellectual and political pay-off is no longer quite so self-evident, critics are vigorously debating the functions …
Since Achilles first stormed into our imagination, literature has introduced its readers to truly unforgettable martial characters. In Men at …
This volume offers a description of early modern habits of writing and reading, of publication and stage performance, and of …
The Short Oxford History of English Literature provides a comprehensive and authoritative introductory guide to the literature of the British …
The British Literary Heritage is virtually unrivaled in the Western world, and this large, lavishly illustrated volume explores the richness, …
This introductory text is a companion volume to "Language and Literature", integrating language and literary study to show how discourse …
Inspired by Exploring the Language of Poems, Plays and Prose, Mick Short's classic introduction to stylistics, Language and Style represents …
Stylistics has become the most common name for a discipline which at various times has been termed 'literary linguistics', 'rhetoric', …
Modernism both influenced and was fascinated by the rhetorical and aesthetic manifestations of fascism. In examining how four artists and …
“Challenges the unhelpful polarization of Lawrence and Joyce in much twentieth-century literary criticism and offers intriguing alternatives to what is …
The woman question and new visualizations -- Quixotic antecedents and zones of proverbial tactics -- Words, coins, and the carnival …
'It wasn't as good as the book' - this is the response to many a film adaptation, and even the …
This remarkable anthology of sixteen narratives from ancient and medieval Hebrew texts opens a new window onto the Jewish imagination. …
This unique book explores how the aesthetic and cultural movement “Steampunk” persuades audiences and wins new acolytes. Steampunk is an …
London: Routledge and Kegan Paul, 1967. — 188 p.Ten essays by critics and linguists on the verbal analysis of literature. …
An accessible and thorough introduction to literary theory and contemporary critical practice, this book is an essential resource for beginning …
The Routledge Handbook of Persian Literary Translation offers a detailed overview of the field of Persian literature in translation, discusses …
The experience of colonization and the challenges of a post-colonial world have produced an explosion of new writing in English. …
This succinct, yet comprehensive account of William Faulkner’s literary career, novels, and key short stories offers an imaginative topography of …
