Gregory Dart 
Metropolitan Art and Literature, 1810-1840 [PDF ebook] 
Cockney Adventures

This eighth volume of The Shakespearean International Yearbook presents a special section on “European Shakespeares“, proceeding from the claim that Shakespeare“s literary craft was not just nativ …

Transmodern Perspectives on Contemporary Literatures in English offers a constructive dialogue on the concept of the transmodern, focusing on the works by very different contemporary authors from all …

Faulkner“s final novel, The Reivers, has been gently dismissed by scholars and critics as no more than its subtitle claims, A Reminiscence. Although the new millennium has seen a new appreciation fo …

Depicting one of the defining conflicts of tenth-century England, The Battle of Maldon immortalises the bloody fight that took place along the banks of the tidal river Blackwater in 991, poignantly e …

This book examines the depiction of the Delta region of Nigeria through literature and other cultural art forms. The Niger Delta has been thrust into the global limelight due to resource extract …

Edges of Transatlantic Commerce in the Long Eighteenth Century examines and challenges the boundaries of the Atlantic in the eighteenth century, with a particular focus on commerce. Commerce as a key …

The Golden Fountain Or, The Soul’s Love for God Being Some Thoughts and Confessions of One of His Lovers by Lilian Staveley is a deeply spiritual work that explores themes of devotion and divine conn …

Looking at a wide selection of Pakistani novels in English, this book explores how literary texts imaginatively probe the past, convey the present, and project a future in terms that facilitate a sen …

Prior to the Civil War, publishing in America underwent a transformation from a genteel artisan trade supported by civic patronage and religious groups to a thriving, cut-throat national industry pro …

This new edition of Andrew Stott’s Comedy builds on themes presented in the first edition such as focusing on the significance of comic “events“ through study of various theoretical methodologies, …