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First published in 2005. An excellent introduction to Old English, this book begins with an elementary grammar, ably preparing students for the thirty-four texts that follow. Among the carefully sele …

This anthology presents annotated scripts of four major burlesques by key playwrights: Melodrama Mad! or, the Siege of Troy by Thomas John Dibdin (1819); Telemachus; or, the Island of Calypso by J.R. …

Originally published in 1913, this volume contains the full text of editions one, two and three of The Blue Review – the magazine of literature, drama, art and music – from May 1913 to July 1913. …

Richard Holloway is one of our most beloved public thinkers. Throughout his life he has turned to poets and writers to help answer the big questions, and for solace and guidance in the face of life’s …

The oldest and most prestigious children’s literature award, the Newbery Medal has since 1922 been granted annually by the American Library Association to the children’s book it deems ‘most distingui …

Intense love stories, espionnage tales, horror narratives and thrillers in all shades of black, but all dominated by striking sex and sensuality: Jakubowski at his dangerous best. Once described as ‘ …

"An Adventure with a Genius, " written by means of Alleyne Ireland, tells the tale of a prime character’s excellent meeting with a genius that changes their existence. There is a stunning t …

Often treated like night itself—both visible and invisible, feared and romanticized—Latina/os make up the largest minority group in the US. In her newest work, María De Guzmán explores representation …

If you were asked to write about your father, what would you say?Florence Welch, Paul Weller, Nina Stibbe and the sons and daughters of Ian Dury, Johnny Ball, Roy Castle, Leonard Cohen and many other …

The Indian Diaspora today constitutes an important, and in some respects unique, force in world culture. Numerically they form third largest Diasporic community in the world, only next to Chinese and …