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In 'A Paladin of Philanthropy and Other Papers' by Henry Austin Dobson, readers are treated to a collection of witty and insightful essays that highlight the author's keen observations on society an……続きを見る

In 'A History of English Romanticism in the Eighteenth Century' by Henry A. Beers, the author provides a detailed analysis of the literary movement of Romanticism in England during the 18th century.……続きを見る

The basic history of the Shakespearean editorial tradition is familiar and well-established. For nearly three centuries, men – most of them white and financially privileged – ensconced themselves in……続きを見る

"The Pilgrim's Progress" by John Bunyan is a timeless allegorical tale that takes readers on an allegorical journey through the trials and triumphs of the human soul. Written in the 17th century, th……続きを見る

During the thirty years following ratification of the U.S. Constitution, the first American novelists carried on an argument with their British counterparts that pitted direct democracy against repr……続きを見る

Nancy Armstrong argues that the history of the novel and the history of the modern individual are, quite literally, one and the same. She suggests that certain works of fiction created a subject, on……続きを見る

What does it mean to teach Shakespeare with purpose? It means freeing teachers from the notion that teaching Shakespeare means teaching everything, or teaching “Western Civilisation” and universal t……続きを見る

As part of the Samuel Johnson tercentenary commemoration, the University of Georgia Press published the first full scholarly edition of Sir John Hawkins’s Life of Samuel Johnson, LL.D. (1787). From ……続きを見る

Performing Race and Torture on the Early Modern Stage provides the first sustained reading of Restoration plays through a performance theory lens. This approach shows that an analysis of the conjoin……続きを見る

A fantastic look at the history of English literature from Geoffrey Chaucer in the 14th century to Alfred, Lord Tennyson in the 19th, taking in 30 authors on the way, including William Shakespeare, ……続きを見る

In Telling Complexions Mary Ann O’Farrell explores the frequent use of "the blush" in Victorian novels as a sign of characters’ inner emotions and desires. Through lively and textured readings of wo……続きを見る

Even the most explicitly political contemporary approaches to Shakespeare have been uninterested by his tyrants as such. But for Shakespeare, rather than a historical curiosity or psychological aber……続きを見る

Samuel Roth is known to most literary scholars as a bold literary "pirate" for issuing unauthorized editions of modernist sensations, including Ulysses and Lady Chatterley’s Lover. In the absence of……続きを見る

This book explores Virginia Woolf's engagement with the professions in her life and writing. Woolf underscored the significance of the professions to society, such as the opportunity they provided f……続きを見る

'As I walk'd through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place, where was a Denn; And I laid me down in that place to sleep: And as I slept I dreamed a Dream.' So begins one of the ……続きを見る

For several decades, interest in the British Romantics’ theorizations and representations of the world beyond their national borders has been guided by postcolonial and, more recently, transatlantic……続きを見る

This book explores the formations and configurations of British colonial discourse on India through a reading of prose narratives of the 1600-1920 period. Arguing that colonial discourse often relie……続きを見る

'As I walk'd through the wilderness of this world, I lighted on a certain place, where was a Denn; And I laid me down in that place to sleep: And as I slept I dreamed a Dream.' So begins one of the ……続きを見る

Through close readings of a wide range of plays and poems, Kiernan Ryan's compelling polemic sets out to reclaim the idea of Shakespeare's timeless universality from reactionary and radical critics ……続きを見る

Magisterarbeit aus dem Jahr 2009 im Fachbereich Anglistik - Literatur, Note: 1,7, Universität zu Köln, Sprache: Deutsch, Abstract: Vom Suchen und Finden der eigenen Identität' - so könnte ein möglic……続きを見る

Research Paper (postgraduate) from the year 2009 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: 10, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, language: English, abst……続きを見る

In this fascinating and erudite book, Bryan Cheyette throws new light on a wide range of modern and contemporary writersーsome at the heart of the canon, others more marginalーto explore the power a……続きを見る

Essay from the year 2007 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, grade: none, , 1 entries in the bibliography, language: English, abstract: One of the main themes of the……続きを見る

Master's Thesis from the year 2010 in the subject English - Literature, Works, grade: A, Luhansk Taras Shevchenko National University, language: English, abstract: The purpose of the present work is……続きを見る

From the unbending belief in invisible powers that animates Till We Have Faces to the depiction of Aslan's sacrifice and resurrection in The Lion, The Witch, and the Wardrobe, C. S. Lewis's writing ……続きを見る

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject English - Literature, Works, Ranchi University , course: Literature, language: English, abstract: to learn wisdom, guides us when we are happy or sad. (1) Boo……続きを見る

Essay from the year 2011 in the subject English Language and Literature Studies - Literature, Ranchi University (-), language: English, abstract: When a girl auspicates into the world of books and r……続きを見る

Spenser in the Moment collects specially commissioned essays critical of established readings, each of which in surveying the state of the art attempts radically to unsettle our conception of the po……続きを見る

This book examines the various ways in which British fiction since the late 1960s has addressed the marginalization of anomalous identities in an era of increasing social inclusivity, and the ways i……続きを見る

From Henry David Thoreau to Bill McKibben, critics and philosophers have long sought to demonstrate how a sufficient lifeーone without constant, environmentally damaging growthーmight still be rich ……続きを見る