Robert S. Levine 
New Cambridge Companion to Herman Melville [EPUB ebook] 

William Hazlitt is viewed by many as one of the most distinguished of the non-fiction prose writers to emerge from the Romantic period. This nine-volume edition collects all his major works in comple …

Detailing the adventures of a supernatural clan of vampires, witches, and assorted monstrosities, Ray Bradbury’s Elliott family stories are a unique component of his extensive literary output. Writte …

"Recreations of Christopher North, Vol. I" is a collection of essays by the Scottish author Christopher North, offering a rich tapestry of observations on leisure and hobbies in the 19th ce …

First published in 1972. Shakespeare »s writing abounds with legal terms and allusions and in many of the plays the concept and working of the law is a significant theme. Shakespeare and the Lawyers …

Creating Yoknapatawpha is a study of the crucial interplay of reading and writing processes involved in constructing the textual environment of William Faulkner’s work, and the nature and significanc …

Traditional and still prevalent accounts of late antique literature draw a clear distinction between  »pagan » and  »Christian » forms of poetry: whereas Christian poetry is taken seriously in terms …

Focusing on the famous Medieval commentator Nicolas of Lyra and the anonymous Middle English biblical adaptation of the Gospel of John, the Cursor Mundi, this book examines the development of the ana …

Reorienting the field of American literary modernism, Christopher Schedler defines an intercultural form of representation termed border modernism that challenges the aesthetic hegemony of metropolit …

A comprehensive critical analysis of the most important Shakespearean critics, editors, actors and directors. This volume focuses on Shakespeare »s reception by figures in Victorian theatre. …

Beyond his pivotal place in the history of scientific thought, Charles Darwin »s writings and his theory of evolution by natural selection have also had a profound impact on art and culture and conti …