Quintessential Wilde
His Worldly Place, His Penetrating Philosophy and His Influential Aestheticism
Celebrating Oscar Wilde’s genius, this book explores a variety of subjects, including his travels, sexuality, novels, homosexuality, influence on others and morality. It offers historical, biographical, psychological and sociological perspectives written by international experts.
Celebrating Oscar Wilde’s genius, this book explores a variety of subjects, including his travels, sexuality, novels, homosexuality, influence on others and morality. It offers historical, biographical, psychological and sociological perspectives written by international experts.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Power of Culture
Encounters between China and the United States
This edited collection, comprising mainly Chinese academics and students, focuses upon the role of culture in Sino-American affairs, showing how cultural factors are enormously significant in affecting how Chinese and Americans think about and approach each other.
This edited collection, comprising mainly Chinese academics and students, focuses upon the role of culture in Sino-American affairs, showing how cultural factors are enormously significant in affecting how Chinese and Americans think about and approach each other.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
£62.99
Peter Cochran’s book charts Byron's profound influence on European literature, arguing that it was a mythical Byron who held sway. Europe's writers embraced the gloomy Byronic Hero, ignoring his satirical best, until Eliot, Joyce, and Yeats read him accurately.
Peter Cochran’s book charts Byron’s profound influence on European literature, arguing that it was a mythical Byron who held sway. Europe’s writers embraced the gloomy Byronic Hero, ignoring his satirical best, until Eliot, Joyce, and Yeats read him accurately.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
£62.99
Adopting a sympathetic attitude towards the French plight during German occupation in the 1940s, Sangster examines the nature of de Gaulle’s myth-building, demonstrating that historical mythology is part of every country’s history when seeking its own redemption from the past.
Adopting a sympathetic attitude towards the French plight during German occupation in the 1940s, Sangster examines the nature of de Gaulle’s myth-building, demonstrating that historical mythology is part of every country’s history when seeking its own redemption from the past.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
£62.99
William Bellamy examines the newly re-discovered anagrams that lie hidden in all Shakespearean texts, and explains the essential role played by these concealed figures in Classical and Renaissance poetry, using a range of examples, including Othello, Hamlet, and Twelfth Night.
William Bellamy examines the newly re-discovered anagrams that lie hidden in all Shakespearean texts, and explains the essential role played by these concealed figures in Classical and Renaissance poetry, using a range of examples, including Othello, Hamlet, and Twelfth Night.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Surfing the Waves of Identity
Asian Representations on the American Stage
Asian Americans have often been viewed as a monolithic group. This book traces the origins and impacts of racist stereotypes through a chronological study of dramatists' works, offering nuanced perspectives on the evolving portrayals of Asian Americans in U.S. culture.
Asian Americans have often been viewed as a monolithic group. This book traces the origins and impacts of racist stereotypes through a chronological study of dramatists’ works, offering nuanced perspectives on the evolving portrayals of Asian Americans in U.S. culture.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
£62.99
This book offers a critical review of Horacio Quiroga's work from the perspective of the border, verifying how the discourse of 19th-century Argentine nation-building reverberates in his literature. It grants a new status to his work, avoiding regionalist or realist readings.
This book offers a critical review of Horacio Quiroga’s work from the perspective of the border, verifying how the discourse of 19th-century Argentine nation-building reverberates in his literature. It grants a new status to his work, avoiding regionalist or realist readings.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Teaching English Literature and Interdisciplinarity
Exploring the Unexplored and Broadening Horizons
This book explores teaching English and interdisciplinarity, engaging with issues that go beyond the strictly ‘literary’. Including chapters on film, feminist, and cultural studies, this collection provides a global perspective to widen horizons for academics and researchers.
This book explores teaching English and interdisciplinarity, engaging with issues that go beyond the strictly ‘literary’. Including chapters on film, feminist, and cultural studies, this collection provides a global perspective to widen horizons for academics and researchers.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Literature in Exile
Emigrants' Fiction 20th Century Experience
This conference proceedings provides the first in-depth analysis of the different angles of the problem of emigrant writing. It deals with such problems as the fate of writers opposing different political regimes and the place of such fiction within national literatures.
This conference proceedings provides the first in-depth analysis of the different angles of the problem of emigrant writing. It deals with such problems as the fate of writers opposing different political regimes and the place of such fiction within national literatures.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
A Far Light
A Reading of Beowulf
DiNapoli presents the complete Old English text of Beowulf, in short sections followed by verse translations and extensive commentaries, making this extraordinary literary achievement accessible to interested modern readers who are not familiar with the language it uses.
DiNapoli presents the complete Old English text of Beowulf, in short sections followed by verse translations and extensive commentaries, making this extraordinary literary achievement accessible to interested modern readers who are not familiar with the language it uses.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Mapping out the Rushdie Republic
Some Recent Surveys
This collection differs from existing studies on the work of Salman Rushdie by dint of its seriousness of intent and profundity of content. Every major writing of the writer is paid due attention as separate articles are devoted to every aspect of his literary persona.
This collection differs from existing studies on the work of Salman Rushdie by dint of its seriousness of intent and profundity of content. Every major writing of the writer is paid due attention as separate articles are devoted to every aspect of his literary persona.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
£64.99
This conference proceedings provides a starting point for understanding the issues of fracture and disruption within children’s and young adult literature. It includes chapters on violence, war, sexuality and politics, and hybrid literary forms as well as the issue of audience.
This conference proceedings provides a starting point for understanding the issues of fracture and disruption within children’s and young adult literature. It includes chapters on violence, war, sexuality and politics, and hybrid literary forms as well as the issue of audience.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
English Without Boundaries
Reading English from China to Canada
This conference proceedings demonstrates the strength of English studies across the world, with contributions from scholars in China, Finland, Israel, Italy, Japan and Portugal, as well as from Canada, the UK and the USA, showing the energy and breadth of English studies today.
This conference proceedings demonstrates the strength of English studies across the world, with contributions from scholars in China, Finland, Israel, Italy, Japan and Portugal, as well as from Canada, the UK and the USA, showing the energy and breadth of English studies today.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
£64.99
This study of Byron’s last complete long poem, the comparatively neglected The Island, is the first to devote a whole book to the examination and contextualization of both the poetry and its poet. It also contains the first-ever published transcript of the holograph of the poem.
This study of Byron’s last complete long poem, the comparatively neglected The Island, is the first to devote a whole book to the examination and contextualization of both the poetry and its poet. It also contains the first-ever published transcript of the holograph of the poem.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Thornton Wilder in Collaboration
Collected Essays on His Drama and Fiction
Evolving from papers given at the Second International Thornton Wilder Conference, the contributions examine Wilder’s work as both playwright and novelist, focusing upon how he drew on the collaborative mode of creativity required in the theatre, when writing drama and fiction.
Evolving from papers given at the Second International Thornton Wilder Conference, the contributions examine Wilder’s work as both playwright and novelist, focusing upon how he drew on the collaborative mode of creativity required in the theatre, when writing drama and fiction.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
New Women’s Writing in Russia, Central and Eastern Europe
Gender, Generation and Identities
This book investigates the explosion of women’s writing in post-socialist Russia, Central and Eastern Europe. It explores why this writing has become so prominent, whether writers see their gender as a burden or empowering, and its links to nationality and class.
This book investigates the explosion of women’s writing in post-socialist Russia, Central and Eastern Europe. It explores why this writing has become so prominent, whether writers see their gender as a burden or empowering, and its links to nationality and class.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
£64.99
These essays explore the importance of water imagery in the work of George Sand. Discover the complex symbolism of water—encompassing life and death, fluid kinship, and artistic creativity—in her novels, short stories, plays, and even her paintings.
These essays explore the importance of water imagery in the work of George Sand. Discover the complex symbolism of water—encompassing life and death, fluid kinship, and artistic creativity—in her novels, short stories, plays, and even her paintings.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Culture and Society in Crete
From Kornaros to Kazantzakis
The papers here explore original aspects of the Cretan cultural and historical tradition, offering unique insights into already established fields. As a result, they will appeal to scholars of modern Greek studies, Renaissance Studies and comparative literature, among others.
The papers here explore original aspects of the Cretan cultural and historical tradition, offering unique insights into already established fields. As a result, they will appeal to scholars of modern Greek studies, Renaissance Studies and comparative literature, among others.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Echoing Voices in Italian Literature
Tradition and Translation in the 20th Century
This anthology explores the reception of classics and translation from modern languages as two different, yet synergic, ways of engaging with literary canons and established traditions in 20th-century Italy.
This anthology explores the reception of classics and translation from modern languages as two different, yet synergic, ways of engaging with literary canons and established traditions in 20th-century Italy.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
The Politics of Traumatic Literature
Narrating Human Psyche and Memory
The essays here offer insights into the analysis of traumatic literary studies wherein language is used as a medium of expression so as to interpret man, psyche and memory. They make literature the partner of a dialogue with psychology, in order to better comprehend the psyche.
The essays here offer insights into the analysis of traumatic literary studies wherein language is used as a medium of expression so as to interpret man, psyche and memory. They make literature the partner of a dialogue with psychology, in order to better comprehend the psyche.
View more
This product has multiple variants. The options may be chosen on the product page
Processing Your Order
Please wait while we securely process your order.
Do not refresh or leave this page.
You will be redirected shortly to a confirmation page with your order number.