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Dr. Samuel Johnson's magnum opus, Lives of the English Poets, is such a work as posterity will not willingly let die. Though written more than 200 ...

The Critic in the Modern World explores the work of six influential literary critics-Samuel Johnson, William Hazlitt, Matthew Arnold, T.S. Eliot, L...

Dr. Samuel Johnson'S Magnum Opus, Lives Of The English Poets, Is Such A Work As Posterity Will Not Willingly Let Die. Though Written More Than 200 ...

Provides a comprehensive overview of all aspects of the poetry, drama, fiction, and literary and cultural criticism produced from the Restoration o...

Shakespearian References, the most authentic record of Shakespearian quotations in its manifold use, is the first and largest collection of quotabl...

The book studies the great critics of the past to make the readers understand or benefit from the great critics of today. For when they discuss see...

There is no poet in English Literature like Milton : so firm in religious conviction, so fierce in politics, so high in poetic flight, so grand in ...

Since its first publication in February 1897 Herford’s The Age of Wordsworth has remained and continues to remain a basic book on European Romantic...

The present thirteenth volume of Studies in Literature in English contains seventeen well-researched essays covering a wide range of authors and su...

An invaluable introduction to this highly influential philosopher, Rawls is essential reading for anyone coming to his work for the first time.

Though sonnets are, generally, easy poems, Shakespeare’s sonnets are not, — and very naturally, he being a master-mind, — his sonnets are “far from...

milton’s magnum opus, paradise lost, an epic poem in blank verse, was composed during the period 1658 to 1664. The first version, published in 1667...

This edition contains all the 154 sonnets of Shakespeare with a critical appreciation of each for the benefit of all the University and College stu...

Dryden’s main contribution to literary criticism is represented by An Essay of Dramatic Poesy in which in the form of a lively dialogue his views o...

Coleridge was one of the few harbingers of Romanticism in England, and the enunciator of psychological criticism. One will certainly miss English R...

During its early history, America was a group of British colonies on the eastern coast of the present-day United States. Its literary tradition, th...

British Romantic Poets — Critical Assessments is a selection of some of best critical writings available on the British Romantic period of English ...

Shakespeare's Sonnets are among the most fascinating poems in the English language. They are central to an understanding of his life and work as bo...

The Poetry of William Shakespeare includes Shakespeare’s sonnets in complete along with his longer poems Venus and Adonis, The Rape of Lucrece, and...

This is perhaps the most comprehensive book on Wordsworth, having discussions on most of the different dimensions of the poet—as a critic, a poetic...

This is perhaps the most comprehensive book on Wordsworth, highlighting discussions on most of the different dimensions of the poet—as a critic, a ...