Etudes littéraires

The Cynewulf Reader is a collection of classic and original essays presenting a comprehensive view of the elusive Anglo-Saxon poet Cynewulf, his language, and his work. …

Balancing the Books represents a sophisticated examination of the ongoing engagement of American literature with the economies of slavery through the works of William Faulkner and Toni Morrison. Both …

First published in 2004. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. …

Many studies of poetic modernism focus on the avatars of High Modernism, Eliot, Pound and Yeats, who created a critical coterie based on culture and class. A New Matrixfor Modernism introduces a matr …

Departing from a refreshing look at the ideas of Antonin Artaud, this book provides a thorough analysis of how both Sarah Kane and Samuel Beckett are indebted to his legacy. In juxtaposing these play …

This book tells the story of the early modern astronomer Johannes Kepler’s Somnium, which has been regarded by science historians and literary critics alike as the first true example of science ficti …

Around the year 1400, the poet Christine de Pizan initiated a public debate in France over the literary ‘truth’ and merit of the Roman of the Rose, perhaps the most renowned work of the French Middle …

First published in 1968. Providing a detailed and rigorous analysis of Richard III, this Commentary reveals every nuance of meaning whilst maintaining a firm grasp on the structure of the play. The r …

First published in 1968. By selective study of certain of the comedies, tragedies and sonnets, Philip Edwards views Shakespeare »s work as a whole and explains why his art developed as it did. The wo …

Personal account of one of the Westerners who helped build modern Japan (see also study by Pedlar – also available from Curzon Press). …