Criticism & Theory

Western scholars have tended to read Heian literature through the prism of female experience, stressing the imbalance of power in courtship and looking for...

John Gray Was Among The Tragic Generation Of English Decadent Artists Of The 1890s And The Reputed Model For The Hero In Oscar Wilde's Novel The Picture Of ...

V. 1. Preface / Palmer Bovie -- Amphitryon / Translated By Constance Carrier -- The Braggart Soldier (miles Gloriosus) / Translated By Erich Segal -- The Ca...

The third in the Now Read This series, Pearl & Cords's guide briefly describes and organizes approximately 500 of the most popular and current contempor...

Working from what he calls a radical humanist perspective, Weeks looks at sexual mores in these times of confusion -- from AIDS and the challenges of love ...

By Our Nig. Reprint. Originally Published: Boston : G.c. Rand & Avery, 1859. With A New Introd. / By Henry Louis Gates. Bibliography: P. Xxix-xxxiii.Cat...

Difficult writing has its way of illuminating the part of the world that counts. One such difficult text is Gertrude Stein’s highly experimental Tender Bu...

In 1759, Voltaire in Candide referred to Canada as "quelques arpents de neige." For several centuries, the image prevailed and was the one most frequently ...

Benjamin Ivry's is the first study of the French poet Arthur Rimbaud's sexuality in relation to his life, work and posterity. Focusing on Rimbaud's great po...

This is a completely updated and expanded second edition of the wide-ranging and accessible Routledge History of Literature in English. It covers the main d...

This anthology aims to enable the reader to gauge the achievement of principal authors of English literature by providing examples of their most characteris...

Translations of short stories, poems, film scripts, and a full-length play offer a survey of the Japanese literary scene since the end of the Second World W...

Contains A Reference To Authors And Illustrators Of Children's Literature And Includes Biographical Sketches, Photos, And Lists Of Resources That Profile Fo...

A Comprehensive Survey Of The Significant Literature Of The English-speaking WorldCategories: Test Preparation Study Guides & WorkbooksStudy Guides

Language and Gender: presents an up-to-date introduction to language and gender includes diverse work from a range of cultural, including non-Western, con...

Robbed of his wife and ousted from his huge shipping empire, Nick Berg is hell-bent on vengeance. It is the sea which gives him his opportunity. When his ar...

Identity Theft Focuses On The Life And Writing Of Avraam Uri Kovner. As One Of The Fiery Jewish Nihilists Of His Generation, Variously A Critic, Author, And...

Edited By Zachary Leader. Includes Bibliographical References And Index.Categories: Literature & Fiction History & Criticism Regional & Cultural...

Redrawing established boundaries between genres, Podnieks builds a broad critical and theoretical range on which she maps the diary as an aesthetic work, sh...

For years, librarians have relied on A to Zoo for easy to use, up to date and comprehensive information on fiction and nonfiction picture books. As a subjec...