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This guide steers students through significant critical responses to the Victorian novel from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day.

Part of the Blackwell Manifestos series, The State of the Novel offers a lively, yet rigorous investigation into the state and future of the contemporary British novel written by an expert in the…

This fully-annotated anthology of sixteenth-century English verse features generous selections from the canonical poets, alongside judicious selections from lesser-known authors. Includes complet…

In this engaging text, Arthur Kinney introduces students to Shakespeare’s plays in the context of Elizabethan and Jacobean theater. Introduces students to Shakespeare's plays in the context of El…

«Томас Карлейль принадлежал к числу таких писателей, которые в литературе своей страны делают эпоху. Непосредственное влияние их на умы сограждан проходит, конечно, со временем, но авторитет их о…

Providing a close examination of Milton's wide-ranging prose and poetry at each stage of his life, Barbara Lewalski reveals a rather different Milton from that in earlier accounts. Provides a clo…

«В Париже на днях достался большой успех на долю новой книги, касающейся русской истории. Книга эта называется «Le Roman d'une impératrice. Catherine II de Russie». Автор её – K. Валишевский (Wal…

Рецензия на книгу Октава Юзана «Son Altesse la femme» (о судьбе Жакетты Обер, подруги деятеля Французской революции Эро де Сешеля).

This Companion presents the current state of criticism in the field of American fiction from the earliest declarations of nationhood to secession and civil war. Draws heavily on historical and cu…

How to Read World Literature addresses the unique challenges faced by a reader confronting foreign literature. Accessible and enlightening, Damrosch offers readers the tools to navigate works as …

Манит загадочный мир Востока? Любите восточные танцы и всегда мечтали научиться танцевать? Хотите примерить на себя шикарные восточные костюмы и почувствовать себя Шамаханской царицей или Жади из…

A Concise Companion to Contemporary British Fiction offers an authoritative overview of contemporary British fiction in its social, political, and economic contexts. Focuses on the fiction that h…

Монография посвящена отечественной музыке ХХ века, связанной с отображением истории освободительного движения в нашей стране и за её пределами. После краткого очерка становления данной тематики в…

This introduction provides a concise overview of the central issues and critical responses to Shakespeare’s sonnets, looking at the themes, images, and structure of his work, as well as the socia…

This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd-"a writer whom few know." Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Di…

This Companion brings together specially commissioned essays by distinguished international scholars that reflect both the diversity of Victorian poetry and the variety of critical approaches tha…

Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. An engaging introduction to the English-lan…

The Concise Companion to Feminist Theory introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the last 35 years. Introduces readers to the broad scope of feminist theory over the past 35…

Written by a leading critic, this invigorating introduction to modernist American poetry conveys the excitement that can be generated by a careful reading of modernist poems. Encourages readers t…

This major survey of Old Norse-Icelandic literature and culture demonstrates the remarkable continuity of Icelandic language and culture from medieval to modern times. Comprises 29 chapters writt…