Anglistik & Amerikanistik

Lady Godiva

Daniel Donoghue

This book investigates who Lady Godiva was, how the story of her naked horseback ride through Coventry arose, and how the whole Godiva legend has evolved from the thirteenth century through to the...

A History of Seventeenth-Century English Literature

Thomas N. Corns

<i>A History of Seventeenth-Century Literature</i> outlines significant developments in the English literary tradition between the years 1603 and 1690. <br /><br /> <ul&...

Dante

Nick Havely

A comprehensive guide to Dante’s life and literature, with an emphasis on his <i>Commedia</i>. This text looks at the influences that shaped Dante’s writing, and the reception of h...

A Companion to Charles Dickens

<i>A Companion to Charles Dickens</i> concentrates on the historical, ideological, and social forces that defined Dickens’s world. <br /> <ul> <li>Puts Dickens’s ...

John Milton

Roy Flannagan

In this compelling first volume in the <i>Blackwell Introductions to Literature</i> series, Roy Flannagan, editor of <i>The Milton Quarterly,</i> provides a readable and un...

James Joyce

Michael Seidel

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

Herman Melville

Wyn Kelley

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 ...

Restoration Comedy

The two plays presented in full in this volume – Wycherley's <i>The Country Wife</i> and Congreve's <i>The Way of the World</i> – illustrate the evolution of Re...

Studying Shakespeare

Laurie Maguire

This engaging book draws on all of Shakespeare's plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life. <br /> <ul> <li style="list-style: none"><br /> </l...

Arthurian Romance

Derek Pearsall

This witty and accessible book traces the history of Arthurian romance from medieval to modern times, explaining its enduring appeal.<br /> <ul> <li style="list-style: none"...

Old English Literature

Daniel Donoghue

This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls ‘figures’ from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit,...

Shakespeare's Comedies

This <i>Guide</i> introduces students to critical writing on Shakespeare’s comedies over the last four centuries. <br /> <ul> <li style="list-style: none">&...

The Modern Novel

Jesse Matz

This book introduces readers to the history of the novel in the twentieth century and demonstrates its ongoing relevance as a literary form. A jargon-free introduction to the whole history of ...

Modernism

David Ayers

This short introduction to Modernism analyses the movement from the perspective of English and American literature. <br /> <ul> <li style="list-style: none"><br /> ...

Native American Storytelling

The myths and legends in this book have been selected both for their excellence as stories and because they illustrate the distinctive nature of Native American storytelling. <br /> <ul&g...

Shakespeare's Sonnets

Dympna Callaghan

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 soci...

Reading the Modern British and Irish Novel 1890 - 1930

Daniel R. Schwarz

Daniel R. Schwarz has studied and taught the modern British novel for decades and now brings his impressive erudition and critical acuity to this insightful study of the major authors and novels o...

English Renaissance Drama

Peter Womack

The book considers the London theatrical culture which took shape in the 1570s and came to an end in 1642.<br /> <ul> <li style="list-style: none"><br /> </li>...

The Victorian Novel

Modernism

This guide helps readers to engage with the major critical debates surrounding literary modernism. <br /> <ul> <li style="list-style: none"><br /> </li> <l...