William Shakespeare 
Hamlet, Prinz von Dänemark. König Richard der Zweite [PDF ebook] 

This book, first published in 1931, shows in a simple, sound and lucid manner how the genius of two poets (Omar Khayyam and Fitz Gerald) brought together by the genius of an Orientalist (Professor Co …

Alison Holland’s innovative book fills a gap in Beauvoir studies by focusing on the writer’s frequently neglected novels and short stories, L’Invitée, Les Mandarins, Les Belles Images, and La Femme r …

The first American surrealist poet, a prolific literary editor and a seminal influence on the New York School of poetry, Charles Henri Ford was a key figure in the transition from late modernist to p …

The title page of the 1651 continuation of Sir Philip Sidney”s Arcadia, which is made available in facsimile in this volume, designates its author as ”Mris A. W.” It is now the convention to attri …

Originally published in 1994. Chaucer is considered the first major humorist in English literature and is particularly interesting as he reflects the humor of predecessors and contemporaries as well …

Winner of the DHLSNA Biennial Award for a Book by a Newly Published Scholar Exploring draft manuscripts, alternative texts and publishers” typescripts, The Many Drafts of D. H. Lawrence reveals new …

New insights from cognitive theory and literary ecocriticism have the power to transform our understanding of one of the most important literary genres: the lyric poem. In Cognitive Ecopoetics, Sharo …

Originally published in 1926, this title was edited from a series of lectures the author gave to raise money for her theatre group the Lena Ashwell Players. Through her work as a producer the author …

This volume explores how India as a geographical space was constructed by the British colonial regime in visual and material terms. It demonstrates the instrumentalisation of cultural artefacts such …

The story of the American self-made man carries a perennial interest in American literature and cultural studies. This book expands the study of such stories to include the writings of Frederick Doug …