Arts, Literature, and Humanities

William Shakespeare (B 26 April 1564? 23 April 1616) was an English poet and playwright, widely regarded as the greatest writer in the English lang...

Modern Literary Criticism and Theory: A History is the most comprehensive account of modern criticism and theory available in the English language....

Modernism (The New Critical Idiom) analyses and discusses one of the most important literary movements of the late 19th and early 20th century. Thi...

This short introduction to Modernism analyses the movement from the perspective of English and American literature. Provides a critical overview of...

Myth-History Combine Marks The Ruling Motive Of The Contemporary Indian Novel In English.In Amitav Ghosh S The Circle Of Reason, Reason Makes A Ful...

यह पुस्तक समस्त भारतीय विश्वविद्यालयों में स्नातकोत्तर स्तर पर समाजशास्त्र के नगरीय समाजशास्त्र शीर्ष्षक प्रश्न-पत्र के पाठ्यक्रम का पूर्णतया विवेच...

This comprehensive, accessible guidebook traces the ways in which human beings have used narrative to make sense of time, space and identity over t...

R.K. Narayan’s career as a novelist and short story writer spans almost eight decades from Swami and Friends (1935) to Grandmother’s Tale (1992) un...

The Nigger of the 'Narcissus', published in 1897, is widely regarded as the finest and the strongest picture of the sea and sea life that the Engli...

Northanger Abbey, written during the same period as Pride and Prejudice and Sense and Sensibility, represents Jane Austen's genius at its freshest ...

Thought-provoking and with an astonishing range of references, On Being Authentic is a gripping journey into the self. Beginning with Socrates and ...

What is the basis of belief in an era when globalization, multiculturalism and big business are the new religion? Slavoj Zizek, renowned philosophe...

One of the world's most famous philosophers, Jacques Derrida, explores difficult questions in this important and engaging book. Is it still possibl...

What is courage and why is it one of the oldest and most admired virtues? Is courage characteristic of all cultures, or only some, and why is it so...

Does humour make us human, or do the cats and dogs laugh along with us? On Humour is a fascinating, beautifully written and funny book on what humo...

Drawing on examples from a wide range of landscapes from around the world and throughout history, this title considers the ways landscapes can affe...

Beginning with the nature of literature, this also asks the questions of why we should read literature and why literature has such authority over u...

John D. Caputo explores the very roots of religious thinking in this thought-provoking book. Compelling questions come up along the way: 'What do I...

Can science explain everything? Brian Ridley, a physicist himself, explores this question and more in this compelling exploration of both the scope...

Examines the emotion of shame psychologically and philosophically, in order to show how it can be a galvanizing force for moral action against the ...

Stories offer us some of the richest and most enduring insights into the human condition and have preoccupied philosophy since Aristotle. On Storie...

On the Human Condition is an invigorating and fascinating exploration of where the idea of the human stands today.