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François Rabelais, who flourished in sixteenth-century France, is widely considered as the Renaissance's greatest comic writer. The most up-to-date book on Rabelais... Læs mere
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Len Platt charts a fresh approach through one of the great masterpieces of twentieth-century literature. Using original archival research and detailed close readings, he outlines Joyce's literary response to the racial discourse of twentieth-century politics.
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This Companion charts the shape of DeLillo's career and provides in-depth assessments of his best-known novels, White Noise, Libra, and Underworld, which have... Læs mere
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The ideal introduction to the English novel for students and teachers, this book assesses the importance of the finest novelists in the English language (excluding living writers). Each writer is introduced in his or her literary context, and the major works are analysed.
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This Introduction summarizes Atwood's canon, from her earliest poetry and her first novel, The Edible Woman, through The Handmaid's Tale to The Year of the... Læs mere
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Laura Ashe argues that a genuinely distinctive national character can be found in the writings of England in the century and a half following the Norman Conquest. This study opens up new ways of reading early Medieval texts in relation to their political and legal contexts.
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Combining biography with literary criticism and theoretical inquiry, Victoria Coulson explores James's intellectual relationships with Constance Fenimore Woolson, Edith... Læs mere
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In the decades after the Civil War, how did Americans see the world and their place in it? For Henry James, visual experience is crucial to the American communal identity.... Læs mere
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Although little known during her lifetime, Kate Chopin is now recognised as a unique voice in American literature, with her seminal novel, The Awakening (1899),... Læs mere
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This Companion introduces readers to more than a hundred major and minor novelists. It demonstrates continuities in novel-writing... Læs mere
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La Vinia Jennings uncovers and interprets the African themes, images and cultural resonances in Morrison's fiction. This important contribution to Morrison studies will be of great interest to scholars of African-American literature.
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This fascinating account of the relationship between Victorian photography and literary realism draws on detailed readings of photographs, writings... Læs mere