English Literature

Hastily written in pencil and serialized in Blackwood's Magazine in 1899 as and ldquo;The Heart of Darkness and rdquo; and later published in book ...

Journey to the Centre of the Earth published in 1864 in French as Voyage au centre de la Terre is the second book in Verne's popular science-fictio...

Joyce Cary (1888-1957) is a forerunner of post-colonial thinking, yet remains a critically marginalised political writer in British Literature. Thi...

Jude the Obscure is a haunting love story and a raging indictment of Victorian society. In addition to its literary qualities, the novel is a rich ...

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

Julius Caesar, a tragedy by William Shakespeare, is believed to have been written in 1599. It portrays the 44 BC conspiracy against the Roman dicta...

This book is a splendid profile of an extraordinary man, and a radically new interpretation of one of the most controversial figures in history. Ca...

Kipling's allegory, The Jungle Books, set in India and filled with high adventure and extraordinary characters that touch both our intellect and ou...

Just So Stories is a collection of 12 interesting stories with eccentric myths created by Rudyard Kipling. Most of the stories are fanciful revelat...

This book traces the origin and growth of Kamala Das as a poet through successive stages. Mrs. Das, who received no formal education, no pompous U...

As a poet Kamala Das merits a place among the best women poets of the twentieth century. She has made enormous contribution to Indian poetry in Eng...

Indian English literature has established its credentials all over the world. Still litterateurs in this stream have to be continuously appraised a...

This title provides clear and useful discussions of the main areas of literary, critical and cultural theory. It includes Key Concepts in Literary ...

Set in Scotland just after the Jacobite rebellions and narrated by the teenager David Balfour, Kidnapped is an adventure book that focuses very muc...

Kim, a picaresque novel by Rudyard Kipling, was published serially in McClure's Magazine, before being published in book form in 1901. The story is...

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

King Solomon’s Mines, the first English adventure novel set in Africa describes a search of an unexplored region of Africa by a group of adventurer...

India has been consistently producing award-winning authors or inspiring other writers to base their works on Indian colour, themes and identity. K...

Regarded notoriously pornographic when published in 1928, the novel is a triumph of passion, an erotic celebration of life, exploring the emotions ...

The book contains six interesting and useful essays on Indian English literature. As it contains several essays on Urdu Literature and studies wher...

Key Features Shorter text-Chapter 12,"Writing," moved to the website. Per reviewers, teachers don't have time to teach this chapter but it's very v...

Stephen Greenblatt argued in these celebrated essays that the art of the Renaissance could only be understood in the context of the society from wh...

Tolstoy’s art as represented in his greatest novels: War and Peace and Anna Karenina continues to absorb, fascinate and delight modern readers desp...