Auteur: Allardyce Nicoll

First published in 1952. An invaluable introduction to Shakespeare, this book places Shakespeare »s work and criticism against the background of Elizabethan life in its historical, social, political, …

First published in 1952. An invaluable introduction to Shakespeare, this book places Shakespeare »s work and criticism against the background of Elizabethan life in its historical, social, political, …

Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are republishing these classic works in affordable, high qu …

"There is something in the madness of this man which interests me more than the sanity of Lord Byron and Walter Scott." Writes Wordsworth William Blake was completely detached from his cont …

George Chapman’s translations of Homer are the most famous in the English language. Keats immortalized the work of the Renaissance dramatist and poet in the sonnet ‘On First Looking into Chapman’s Ho …

George Chapman’s translations of Homer are among the most famous in the English language. Keats immortalized the work of the Renaissance dramatist and poet in the sonnet ‘On First Looking into Chapma …