Arts, Literature, and Humanities

In this brilliantly provocative and comprehensively informative introductory text, Niall Lucy shows the student how postmodern literary theory work...

Literature today is a very different concept from that of only a generation ago, and this difference is attributed usually to 'postmodernism'. Most...

Combining detailed explorations of both mainstream and experimental poets with a clear historical and literary overview, Reading Postwar British an...

Reading Romantic Poetry introduces the major themes and preoccupations, and the key poems and players of a period convulsed by revolution, prolonge...

Reading the American Novel 1780-1865 provides valuable insights into the evolution and diversity of fictional genres produced in the United States ...

Reading the Eighteenth-Century Novel is a lively exploration of the evolution of the English novel from 1688-1815. A range of major works and autho...

Reading Victorian Poetry offers close readings of poems from the Victorian era by a renowned scholar. The selection includes a range of canonical ...

Why is it so hard to talk about sex and sexuality? In this crisp and compelling book, Amin Ghaziani provides a pithy introduction to the field of s...

In this inspiring introduction to the extraordinary phenomenon of Shakespeare, leading scholar, David Bevington, asks what makes Shakespeare great,...

This Guide introduces students to critical writing on Shakespeare’s comedies over the last four centuries. Guides students through four centuries ...

This Guide steers students through the critical writing on Shakespeare’s tragedies from the sixteenth century to the present day. Guides students ...

Sketches in the Theory of Culture is a remarkable work by all measures. Written by Zygmunt Bauman when he was still a professor in Poland, and orig...

Are you curious about smart cities? You should be! By mid-century, two-thirds of us will live in cities. The world of tomorrow will be a world of c...

How do human societies provide for the wellbeing of their members? How far can we organize the ways in which we care for and about each other? And ...

Contemporary social work cannot be understood without an appreciation of the broader context of social policy in which it takes place. Such an unde...

The publisher of this book utilises modern printing technologies as well as photocopying processes for reprinting and preserving rare works of lite...

Reading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. You can carry this book where ever yo...

Part of the Blackwell Manifestos series, The State of the Novel offers a lively, yet rigorous investigation into the state and future of the contem...

Studying Shakespeare’s Contemporaries is an accessible guide to non-Shakespearian English drama of the late 16th and early 17th centuries. Featurin...

This engaging book draws on all of Shakespeare′s plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life. Introduces beginning students and general...

Teaching Literature is an inspirational guidebook for all teachers of English and American literature in higher education. Written by leading acad...

A concise introduction to a core and popular area of literary studies. Provides extended case studies which survey and summarise key critical debat...