Provides an outstanding introduction to a difficult period of literary history. This volume provides a simple historical and cultural context for the study of the... Læs mere
Revised and updated throughout, the third edition of this best-selling book traces the development of one of the world's richest literatures from the old English period to... Læs mere
A selection of the earliest poems in English comprising works from an age in which verse was not written down, but recited aloud and remembered. This work contains natural... Læs mere
This is an edition of the Old English epic poem "Beowulf", offering linguistic and glossarial aids on each page.
Using a unique analytical framework based on host-stranger relations, this book explores the response of cities to the arrival and settlement of labour immigrants. Comparing the local policies of four cities - Paris, Amsterdam, Rome and Tel Aviv.
A comprehensive and accessible introduction to Pound's work.