Arts, Literature, and Humanities

The book is a pioneering study of its kind, chronologically examining the novels of Anita Desai mostly from a female point of view. The book excels...

This volume presents a bird’s eye view of the Indian fiction in English in terms of realism and social realism. This text gives at the most, a pen ...

Philosophers of all persuasions claim that it is only phenomenology that can show us the way out of the philosophical cul de sac and can lead us to...

A Cultural History of Japanese Buddhism offers a comprehensive, nuanced, and chronological account of the evolution of Buddhist religion in Japan f...

Also known as An Apology for Poetry, The Defence of Poesy is a work of literary criticism by Elizabethan poet Philip Sidney. It was written around ...

A defence of poetry and other essays contains Shelley's famous claim that "poets are the unacknowledged legislators of the world". Shelley's argume...

This dictionary provides those studying or working in archaeology with a complete reference to the field.

Now thoroughly updated and revised, this new edition of the highly acclaimed dictionary provides an authoritative and accessible guide to modern id...

A Dictionary of Modern English Usage is a guide to the rules of good written British English including British English usage, pronunciation, and wr...

Novel is arguably the most important genre of English literature. According to Jane Austen, the greatest powers of the mind are displayed in the no...

Designed for students of the social sciences, public administration, social administration and social work, this dictionary will also be useful to ...

Hemingway's words strike you, each one, as if they were pebbles fetched fresh from a book.' In A Farewell to Arms, Ernest Hemingway's most celebrat...

First written by Marcel Mauss and Henri Humbert in 1902, A General Theory of Magic gained a wide new readership when republished by Mauss in 1950. ...

A Guide to English Literature embraces a wide spectrum of literary works in the field of the English novel, drama and poetry. It is meant to enhanc...

There is no dearth of books on literary and/or related terms. However, any new book of some worth is invariably expected to add something new to th...

Like criticism, translation is always a text about a text and hence it is a metatext. We translate by intuition. There is no and lsquo;science of t...

Preface, Walter Mignolo; INTRODUCTION, Prem Poddar, Rajeev Patke, Lars Jensen; Acknowledgements; General editors & section editors; List of map...

A History of English criticism, which was originally the English br>Chapter of saintsbury’s monumental three volume a history of criticism and l...

“... the most exhaustive and important in its field...” Thus, the judgment of an outstanding 19th century literary figure (see below on Ward’s mast...

Book Summary of A History Of English Dramatic Literature ( 3 Vols. Set ) "... the most exhaustive and important in its field..." Thus, the judgment...

... The Most Exhaustive And Important In Its Field... Thus, The Judgment Of An Outstanding 19Th Century Literary Figure (See Below On Ward S Master...

... The Most Exhaustive And Important In Its Field... Thus, The Judgment Of An Outstanding 19Th Century Literary Figure (See Below On Ward S Master...

Book Summary of A History The Book Has A Vide Coverage And Critically Surveys The World Famous Authors In English Literature Spread Over A Long Per...

This comprehensive guide to the history of literary criticism from antiquity to the present day provides an authoritative overview of the major mov...