Essais, caractéristiques, critique littéraire

The English Revolution of 1642-60 produced an explosion of stylistically and ideologically diverse pamphlet literature. The essays collected here focus on the prose of this new revolutionary era, and …

From the forbidden fruit of the Old Testament to the numerous laws broken at Francois Mitterand »s final meal, In the Devil »s Garden is a mouth-watering history of food taboos from around the world …

In these new essays leading European and North American scholars of medieval medicine focus on manuscripts and their transmission and demonstrate how medievalists in all disciplines can profit by stu …

Examine the social and cultural impact of basketball on America at the amateur and professional levels! Basketball in America: From the Playgrounds to Jordan’s Game and Beyond is a pioneering analysi …

Lonely Planet: The world »s leading travel guide publisher A collection of great travel writing by authors from around the globe, including original stories set in Scotland, Thailand, Malaysia, Moldo …

If a man truly desires to write, then he will.Rejection and ridicule will only strengthen him . . . There is no losing in writing, it will make your toes laugh as you sleep, it will make you stride l …

"If I May" by A. A. Milne is a collection of witty essays offering humorous observations and insightful reflections on everyday life. As a master of British wit and literary criticism, Miln …

"London Films" by William Dean Howells is a collection of insightful essays that offer a vivid portrayal of Victorian-era London. Howells, renowned for his literary criticism, provides read …

This is the first anthology to bring together the writings of the earliest black women writers in the East and West Caribbean, Bermuda, Canada, the US and England. The selections span the American Re …