Sarah Robbins 
Cambridge Introduction to Harriet Beecher Stowe [PDF 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 …

In "The Pardoner’s "Tale, part of Geoffrey Chaucer’s "The Canterbury Tales", a Pardoner tells a story to his fellow pilgrims. The Pardoner himself is a figure known for selling in …

Fleur is used to balancing her two different cultures from her English Mum to her West Indian Nan but when she discovers that she can talk to animals she finds herself in a whole new world! Can her n …

Post-Colonial Literatures in English, together with English Literature and American Literature, form one of the three major groupings of literature in English, and, as such, are widely studied around …

First published in 1995. This volume focuses on the life and influence of Langston Hughes (1902-1967) and forms part of the Critical Studies in Black Life and Culture series. The series is devoted to …

The Paramārthasāra, or ‘Essence of Ultimate Reality’, is a work of the Kashmirian polymath Abhinavagupta (tenth–eleventh centuries). It is a brief treatise in which the author outlines the doctrine o …

Based on three lectures given by Professor Richard Proudfoot in October 1999 to celebrate the 400th anniversary of The Globe, The Arden Shakespeare”s centenary and Professor Proudfoot”s retirement …

Paul Cefalu argues that Shakespearean characters raise timely questions about the relationship between cognition and consciousness and often defy our assumptions about “normal” cognition. The book wi …

With contributions from specialists in different areas of classical Islamic thought, this accessible volume explores the ways in which medieval Muslims saw, interpreted and represented the world arou …

The Routledge Companion to Russian Literature is an engaging and accessible guide to Russian writing of the past thousand years. The volume covers the entire span of Russian literature, from the Midd …