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Thomas Ward is Professor of English at the United States Naval Academy. 続きを見る

The author of five previous books on Victorian England, empire, race, and medicine – including The Victorian Reinvention of Race (2010), The Chartist General (2016), and A Male Hysteria: Diabetes an……続きを見る

Hephaestus, written by Esther Singleton and published in 1907, is a richly detailed exploration of the Greek god of fire, metalworking, and craftsmanship. Drawing from classical sources, mythologica……続きを見る

René Girard’s mimetic theory opens up ways to make sense of the tension between the progressive politics of George Eliot and the conservative moralism of her narratives. In this innovative study, Be……続きを見る

Slavery is a recurring subject in works by the contemporary black writers in Britain Caryl Phillips, David Dabydeen and Fred D’Aguiar, yet their return to this past arises from an urgent need to und……続きを見る

An exploration of Shakespeare as a global poet Shakespeare in Swahililand tells the unexpected literary history of Shakespeare's influence in East Africa. Beginning with Victorian-era expeditions in……続きを見る

In "On Shakespeare, or, What You Will," Horace Howard Furness offers a profound exploration of Shakespeare's enigmatic world, dissecting his plays through an intricate blend of textual analysis and ……続きを見る

Mrs. Dalloway is a novel about almost everything. The story of a single day in London after the First World War, it travels backward and forward in time and consciousness, venturing beyond the ordin……続きを見る

"Hay Fever: A Light Comedy In Three Acts" by Noel Coward is a captivating anthology that showcases the theatrical brilliance of one of England's most celebrated playwrights. The centerpiece of this ……続きを見る

Millions of readers have been captivated by C. S. Lewis's famed Chronicles of Narnia, but why? What is it about these seven books that makes them so appealing? For more than half a century, scholars……続きを見る

In "Time in the Play of Hamlet," Edward Payson Vining delves into the intricate relationship between temporal perception and narrative structure within Shakespeare'Äôs most enigmatic tragedy. Vining……続きを見る

In Beyond 1776, ten humanities scholars consider the American Revolution within a global framework. The foundation of the United States was deeply enmeshed with shifting alliances and multiple actor……続きを見る

The aim of this book is to revisit Ossian, whilst broadening the scope of oral literature and translation to embrace cultural contexts outside of Europe. Epics, ballads, prose tales, ritual and lyri……続きを見る

In Liberal Epic, Edward Adams examines the liberal imagination’s centuries-long dependence on contradictory, and mutually constitutive, attitudes toward violent domination. Adams centers his ambitio……続きを見る

The Hindu words "Shantih shantih shantih" provide the closing of The Waste Land, perhaps the most famous poem of the twentieth century. This is just one example among many of T. S. Eliot’s immersion……続きを見る

Stanley Cavell and English Romanticism serves as both introduction to Cavell for Romanticists, and to the larger question of what philosophy means for the reading of literature, as well as to the im……続きを見る

e-artnow presents to you this meticulously edited Edward Bulwer-Lytton Ultimate collection, formatted to the highest digital standards and adjusted for readability on all devices. Novels & Novellas:……続きを見る

This introduction to British literature from 1900 to 2021 looks at British writing from the perspective of the 2016 Brexit vote and its seismic repercussions. The book covers a wide variety of Briti……続きを見る

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England is an annual volume committed to the publication of essays and reviews related to English drama and theater history to 1642. An internationally recognized b……続きを見る

Shakespeare Studies is an annual peer-reviewed volume featuring work of performance scholars, literary critics and cultural historians. The journal focuses primarily on Shakespeare and his contempor……続きを見る

Clear mirrors and The Geneva Bible, revolutionary innovations of the Elizabethan age, inspired Shakespeare’s drive towards a new purpose for drama. Shakespeare reversed the conventional mirror metap……続きを見る

This book explores the intricate interplay between physical spaces and psychological landscapes in the works of Irish-American author Maeve Brennan. Brennan’s writing is now classed amongst the most……続きを見る

Medieval and Renaissance Drama in England is an annual volume committed to the publication of essays and reviews related to English drama and theatre history to 1642. An internationally recognized b……続きを見る

The Art of Translation in Seamus Heaney’s Poetry is a critical study of the poet's later work. While exploring his practice as a translator, it also traces his increasing preoccupation with the poss……続きを見る

Edward Bulwer-Lytton's 'The Collected Works' is a comprehensive collection of the author's literary masterpieces, showcasing his versatility in writing genres such as historical fiction, romance, an……続きを見る

The pedagogy of acting out Shakespeare has been extensive. Less work has been done on how students learn through spectatorship. This element will consider all within the current context of Shakespea……続きを見る

THE WILEY BLACKWELL COMPANION TO CONTEMPORARY BRITISH AND IRISH LITERATURE An insightful guide to the exploration of modern British and Irish literature The Wiley Blackwell Companion to Contemporary……続きを見る

G. K. Chesterton seemed to have something to say about almost anything. A cultural critic and writer of the highest degree, he utilized both wit and paradox as he sought to not only to challenge bad……続きを見る

The fanciful novels of Charles Williams have long fascinated a rather elite reading publicーT.S. Eliot, W.H. Auden and C.S. Lewis for example, were among his great admirers. But those booksーwhich i……続きを見る

Regarded as one of the best authorities on the fiction of C.S. Lewis, Thomas Howard presents in this work brilliant new insights into Lewis' fiction and helps us to see things we may not have seen n……続きを見る