Eileen Pollard & Berthold Schoene 
British Literature in Transition, 1980-2000 [PDF ebook] 
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A handbook in three volumes to a choice of essential books, writers and subjects in order to try to understand the world we live in, about "big questions" and possible answers, about books …

In Part III of Marjorie Bowen’s  »The Rake’s Progress  », the narrative reaches its climax and resolution. This volume focuses on the theme of redemption, as the protagonist grapples with the consequ …

"The Scottish Cavalier: An Historical Romance Vol. I" is a historical romance novel set in 17th-century Scotland. The story unfolds against the backdrop of the conflict between the Cavalier …

Choice Outstanding Academic Title 2014 This book examines the connections between the growth of »terror fiction » – the genre now known as  »Gothic » – in the late eighteenthcentury, and the simultan …

From its first issue, published on the 10th October 1802, Francis Jeffrey »s ‘Edinburgh Review’ established a strong reputation and exerted a powerful influence. This is a literary study of the ‘Edin …

In The Ethics of Theory, Robert Doran offers the first broad assessment of the ethical challenges of Critical Theory across the humanities and social sciences, calling into question the sharp dichoto …

Utopia and Its Discontents traces literary representations of ideal communities from Plato to the 21st century. Each chapter offers close readings of key utopian and anti-utopian texts to demonstrate …

Shakespeare »s plays have long been open to reimagining and reinterpretation, from John Fletcher »s riposte to The Taming of the Shrew in 1611 to present day spin-offs in a whole range of media, incl …

This is the first book-length study to read women of the Beat Generation as feminist writers. The book focuses on one author from each of the three generations that comprise the groups of female writ …

This book examines the writings of the American novelist Ayn Rand, especially The Fountainhead (1943) and Atlas Shrugged (1957), which Rand considered her definitive statement about the need for an u …