Pamela K. Gilbert 
Nineteenth-Century Literature in Transition: The 1860s [PDF ebook] 

This essay collection examines one of the most fearsome, fascinating, and hotly-discussed topics of the long eighteenth century: masculinity compromised. During this timespan, there was hardly a lite …

The Comic Turn in Contemporary English Fiction explores the importance of comedy in contemporary literature and culture. In an era largely defined by a mood of crisis, bleakness, cruelty, melancholia …

Winner of the Booker Prize for The Famished Road, Ben Okri is widely regarded as one of the most important contemporary writers writing today. Featuring a substantial new interview with Ben Okri hims …

"The Recreations of a Country Parson" by Andrew Kennedy Hutchison Boyd offers a reflective and insightful portrayal of rural life through the lens of a country parson. Set in the Victorian …

"The City of Pleasure, A Fantasia on Modern Themes" Part III" by Arnold Bennett delves deeper into the complexities of modernity and the urban transformation that characterized the Edw …

"Patricia Brent, Spinster" by Herbert Jenkins is a delightful romantic comedy that satirizes social norms and expectations. The story centers on Patricia Brent, a vibrant and independent wo …

"Ormond, Or, The Secret Witness" Volume 3 by Charles Brockden Brown continues the gripping American Gothic tale set in 18th-century Philadelphia, delving deeper into themes of psychological …

The Bible played a crucial role in shaping Anglo-Saxon national and cultural identity. However, access to Biblical texts was necessarily limited to very few individuals in Medieval England. In this b …

First Published in 2002. This book is about the way medieval authors wrote about union with God and how they used language that refers to the senses to articulate their ideas about how a person can b …

Shakespeare”s international status as a literary icon is largely based on his masterful use of the English language, yet beyond Britain his plays and poems are read and performed mainly in translati …