Alex Murray 
Landscapes of Decadence [PDF ebook] 
Literature and Place at the Fin de Siecle

This work offers an examination of religious texts written by twelve women over three centuries in two languages and three genres, showing the variety and complexity of gendered images available to m …

Hercules is the best-known character from classical mythology. Seneca“s play Hercules Furens presents the hero at a moment of triumph turned to tragedy. Hercules returns from his final labor, his jo …

Thomas Hobbes is a towering figure in the history of modern thought and political philosophy. He remains best remembered for his 1651 treatise on government, Leviathan, a work that shows at the very …

‚My thought is me: that is why I cannot stop. I exist because I think… and I can’t stop myself from thinking.‘ – Jean-Paul Sartre, Nausea Writing the Mind: Representing Consciousness from Proust to D …

Originally published in 1977, Old English and Middle English Poetry provides a historical approach to English poetry. The book examines the conditions out of which poetry grew and argues that the fun …

First published in 1991, Textual Communication examines the character and development of the novel from Richardson to Nabokov in relation to the printing and publishing industry. The book blends lite …

In this significant rereading of Graham Greene“s writing career, Michael Brennan explores the impact of major issues of Catholic faith and doubt on his work, particularly in relation to his portraya …

This is a selection of the best plays of Chikamatsu, one of the greatest Japanese dramatists. Master of the marionette and popular dramas, he had, until the publication of this book, remained unknown …

Examining the intersection of occult spirituality, text, and gender, this book provides a compelling analysis of the occult revival in literature from the 1880s through the course of the twentieth ce …

First published in 1968, this collection of essays and reviews represents all that Sir Walter Scott wrote on the subject of novels and novelists, and will be invaluable for the study of Scott, both a …