English Literature

A Brontë Encyclopedia is an A- Z encyclopedia of the most notable literary family of the 19th century highlighting original literary insights and t...

This collection offers students and scholars of Eliot’s work a timely critical reappraisal of her corpus, including her poetry and non-fiction, ref...

Written by some of the world's most distinguished Henry James scholars, this innovative collection of essays provides the most up-to-date scholarsh...

A Companion to James Joyce offers a unique composite overview and analysis of Joyce's writing, his global image, and his growing impact on twentiet...

The diverse and controversial world of contemporary Milton studies is brought alive in this stimulating Companion. Winner of the Milton Society of ...

This collection of authoritative essays represents the latest scholarship on topics relating to the themes, movements, and forms of English fiction...

This cutting-edge Companion is a comprehensive resource for the study of the modern American novel. Published at a time when literary modernism is ...

Focusing on major and emerging playwrights, institutions, and various theatre practices this Concise Companion examines the key issues in British a...

Taking an innovative and multi-disciplinary approach to literature from 1947 to the present day, this concise companion is an indispensable guide f...

This volume introduces students to the most important figures, movements and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry. An historical overview an...

This volume presents fresh approaches to classic Victorian fiction from 1830 to 1900. Consisting of a series of original essays written by prominen...

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

A History of Seventeenth-Century Literature outlines significant developments in the English literary tradition between the years 1603 and 1690. A...

An Introduction to Syntactic Analysis and Theory offers beginning students a comprehensive overview of and introduction to our current understandin...

In this complete survey of the theories, methods, and key findings within applied linguistics, students are introduced to core research questions a...

Brings together 48 fresh and original contributions from practicing poets and leading scholars, who together offer critical and contextual coverage...

A Dictionary of Postmodernism presents an authoritative A-Z of the critical terms and central figures related to the origins and evolution of postm...

Currently the definitive text in the field and now available in an expanded third edition, Eighteenth-Century Poetry presents the rich diversity of...

Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, an...

This reader-friendly introduction makes Joyce asscessible by combining the excitement of reading his words with the excitement of interpreting them.

In clear, concise, and elegant prose, the acclaimed literary scholar M. A. R. Habib introduces major critical movements, figures, and texts, while ...

Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction, Third Edition, presents a comprehensive introduction to the full range of contemporary approaches to the...

Michael Ryan′s Literary Theory: A Practical Introduction, Second Edition introduces students to the full range of contemporary approaches to the st...