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The Taming of the Shrew has puzzled, entertained and angered audiences, and it has been reinvented many times throughout its controversial history. Offering a focused overview of key emerging ideas a …

"An Outcast, Or, Virtue and Faith" by Ann S. Stephens is a compelling novel that delves into themes of social exclusion and personal redemption within the context of Victorian society. The …

The characters of Twelfth Night are both memorable and engaging and it is through their funny, and at times bitter, interplay that we experience the peculiar world of Shakespeare”s Illyria. This stu …

Speaking to readers in a voice that is adventurous rather than authoritative, innovative rather than institutional and speculative rather than orthodox, Linda Charnes’ provocative study of Shakespear …

In this book, Stone effects a return to gender, after many years of neglect by Twenty-First-Century critics, via a methodology of close reading that foregrounds moments of sexual decentering and dise …

Focusing on the unusual learning and schooling of women in early modern England, this study explores how and why women wrote, the myriad forms their alphabets could assume, and the shape which vernac …

"The Evolution of Religion" is a substantial work with the aid of the British classical student, Lewis Richard Farnell (L. R. Farnell), This pioneering book explores the development and evo …

Ruth" is a novel by Elizabeth Gaskell, first published in 1853. It is a powerful and controversial work that deals with themes of social ostracism, redemption, and the harsh realities faced by w …

The Wheel of Life" by Ellen Glasgow is a novel that spans multiple parts, exploring themes of love, social change, and personal growth in the American South during the early 20th century. While …

Idioms of Self-Interest uncovers an emerging social integration of economic self-interest in early modern England by examining literary representations of credit relationships in which individuals ar …