Denis Diderot 
Memoirs of a Nun [EPUB ebook] 

William Wordsworth (1770-1850) needs little introduction as the central figure in Romantic poetry and a crucial influence in the development of poetry generally. This broad-ranging survey redefines t …

Few centuries have seen greater changes in social perspective and guiding ideas than the eighteenth century; literature in every Western country was a powerful instrument not only in recording these …

This book recreates in written form seventeen of the most popular, frankly personal and engaging lectures on literature given by the award-winning teacher Richard Jacobs, who has been working with st …

First published in 2002. This work examines eight Virginia novels against the background of the political and social concerns of the Jacksonian years in which they were written, arguing that the auth …

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 …

Harnessing new enthusiasm for Nan Shepherd”s writing, The Living World asks how literature might help us reimagine humanity”s place on earth in the midst of our ecological crisis. The first book to …

Change is terrifying, and rapid change, within a small amount of time, is destabilizing to any culture. England, under the tutelage of Queen Victoria, witnessed precipitous change the likes of which …

Focusing on the mythological narratives that influence Irish children”s literature, this book examines the connections between landscape, time and identity, positing that myth and the language of my …

Edges of Transatlantic Commerce in the Long Eighteenth Century examines and challenges the boundaries of the Atlantic in the eighteenth century, with a particular focus on commerce. Commerce as a key …

Previously considered an avowed nationalist, this book explores how Ian Fleming”s writings and his representational politics contain an implicit resistance to imperial rhetoric. Through an examinati …