Charles Robert Maturin 
The Albigenses [PDF ebook] 
A Romance

What were you to me? More than you’ll ever know!In life you were the man for all seasons, From whom I sought the guiding light of reason, The dearest friend that never needed my amends, The older bro …

A captivating collection of brief conversational poems by Maureen (Mo) Jones – grandmother, care home entertainer, retired teacher. Serious and humorous, these verses ignite talking points, sparking …

Despite being widely studied on both undergraduate and postgraduate courses the writing of Sylvia Plath has been relatively neglected in relation to the attention given to her life and what drove her …

The late 14th century produced a crop of brilliant writers: Chaucer, Langland and Gower. Their achievement was rivalled only by a series of four works generally agreed to have been written by a singl …

Provides a comprehensive and entertaining account of the vitality and variety of achievement in seventeenth-century English poetry. Revised and up-dated throughout, Dr Parfitt has added new material …

Contemporary Caribbean Women”s Poetry provides detailed readings of individual poems by women poets whose work has not yet received the sustained critical attention it deserves. These readings are c …

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer”s work, enabling students and research …

People, places and memories over three decades by Rik Stewart. …

First published in French in 1988, and in English in 1992, this companion explores the nature of the literary myth in a collection of over 100 essays, from Abraham to Zoroaster. Its coverage is inter …