"Creative writing has become a highly professionalised academic discipline, with popular courses and prestigious degree programmes worldwide. This book is a must for all students and teachers of creative writing, indeed for anyone who aspires to be a... Zobraziť viac
A thorough and accessible guide to the Gothic genre. Zobraziť viac
Explore fantasy's journey since the Enlightenment. Discover its codes, subgenres from magical realism to paranormal romance, and its rise as a publishing phenomenon. Zobraziť viac
Critical introduction to the fascinating genre of Latin love elegy, exploring its Greek and Latin precursors, the individual elegists, the world it presents, and why it has been so important to the concept of love and lament in the history of Western... Zobraziť viac
Addresses the work of women playwrights in Britain throughout the twentieth century. Zobraziť viac
An international group of scholars explores the historical origins, cultural dissemination and continuing literary and psychological power of fairy tales. Zobraziť viac
Fourteen original essays providing a comprehensive introduction to Renaissance humanism. Zobraziť viac
The Cambridge Companion to Narrative provides a unique and valuable overview of current approaches to narrative study. An international team of experts explores ideas of storytelling and methods of narrative analysis as they have emerged across diverse... Zobraziť viac
Wilkie Collins was one of the most popular writers of the nineteenth century. He is best known for The Woman in White, which inaugurated the sensation novel in the 1860s, and The Moonstone, one of the first detective novels; but he wrote over 20 novels... Zobraziť viac
Offering a comprehensive introduction to postmodernism, this Companion features examinations of the different aspects of postmodernist thought and culture that have had a significant effect on contemporary critical thought. Topics discussed by experts... Zobraziť viac
An introduction to how the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and its impact on later periods. It presents essays by an international team of scholars that aim both to orient non-specialist readers to the important concerns of the Roman... Zobraziť viac
An accessible, wide-ranging and informed introduction to Shakespeare's comedies, dark comedies and romances. Zobraziť viac
Newly commissioned essays make use of current critical perspectives in order to offer new insight into the literature of Restoration and early 18th-century England in all its variety, from vitriolic satire to heroic verse. The volume's chronologies and... Zobraziť viac
A comprehensive introduction to Cicero's writings for students and non-specialists. Draws on recent transformative research on the political and literary culture of the late Roman Republic and presents important new research on Cicero's reception in... Zobraziť viac
The twentieth-century English novel encompasses a vast body of work, and one of the most important and most widely read genres of literature. Balancing close readings of particular novels with a comprehensive survey of the last century of published... Zobraziť viac
This book traces the development of allegory in the European and American tradition from antiquity to the modern era. The essays explore allegory as a literary practice in poetry and fiction, as a technique of interpreting sacred and philosophical... Zobraziť viac
This Companion offers a wide-ranging and innovative guide to one of the most exciting and important periods in British theatrical history. The scope of the volume extends from the age of Garrick to the Romantic transformation of acting inaugurated by... Zobraziť viac
Companion to the work of playwright Tom Stoppard who also co-authored screenplay of Shakespeare in Love. Zobraziť viac
This Companion gives an up-to-date overview of HeaneyâEUR(TM)s career thus far, with detailed readings of all his major publications. Designed for students, this volume will also have much to interest and inform the general reader and admirer of... Zobraziť viac
The Cambridge Companion to Nabokov provides a concise introduction to the fascinating creative world of one of the twentieth centurys most important writers. Fourteen individual essays cover such topics as Nabokovs storytelling techniques, his... Zobraziť viac
