Samuel Richardson 
Correspondence Primarily on Sir Charles Grandison(1750-1754) [PDF ebook] 

Addressing a neglected dimension in postcolonial scholarship, Oliver Lovesey examines the figure of the postcolonial intellectual as repeatedly evoked by the fabled troika of Said, Spivak, and Bhabha …

Reading groups have grown rapidly in popularity and continue to be a significant cultural phenomenon. Reading groups in public libraries, linked to the learning and social inclusion agenda, have expa …

This is the first comprehensive book-length study of gender politics in Ngugi wa Thiong »o »s fiction. Brendon Nicholls argues that mechanisms of gender subordination are strategically crucial to Ngu …

Addressing a neglected aspect of John Clare »s history, Sarah Houghton-Walker explores Clare »s poetry within the framework of his faith and the religious context in which he lived. While Clare expre …

Combining linguistic theory with analytical concepts and literary interpretation and appreciation, Jane Austen »s Narrative Techniques traces the creation and development of Austen »s narrative techn …

This book analyzes why the most influential novelists of the long eighteenth century centered their narratives on the theory and practice of gift exchange. Throughout this period, fundamental shifts …

A major American writer at the turn of this millennium, Leslie Marmon Silko has also been one of the most powerful voices in the flowering of Native American literature since the publication of her 1 …

The Revenger »s Tragedy is one of the most vital, important, and enduring tragedies of the Jacobean era, one of the few non-Shakespearean plays of that period that is still regularly revived on stage …

The author »s primary purpose in this short book is to clearly define the nature of value and restore it to a central place in discussions of ethical and aesthetic problems. He begins the book with a …

First published in 1995. The essays in this volume demonstrate how Victorian women took up various positions along a continuum that ranged from the desire of Shelley’s creature for the power and acce …