Literary Companions, Book Reviews & Guides

Books; reading, collecting and the physical housing of them has brought the book-lover joy - and stress - for centuries. Fascinated writers have tr...

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter,...

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter,...

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter,...

Ulysses is one of the foundational texts of modern literature, yet has a reputation for complexity and controversy. In Ulysses Unbound, Joyce exper...

When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, here's the lit-crit help students need to succeed! SparkNotes Literature Guides make studying smarter,...

''Probably the most compulsive text ever penned about what it means to handle and possess a book'' - Christopher de Hamel, author of Meetings with ...

This illuminating book traces the development of Scottish womens writing in English from its genesis in the late eighteenth century to its flowerin...

Written by an international group of scholars, this edited collection provides an overview of the Spanish picaresque from its origins in tales of l...

For all those who journey to Middle Earth, here is the definitive guide to its lands, legends, histories, languages and people.The Complete Tolkien...

A unique and captivating guide to the literary heritage of Venice. Venice, La Serenissima, is one of the most breath-taking cities in the world. F...

Is Shang-Chi Marvel's ultimate fighter?Discover the fighting styles, training techniques, and secret disciplines of Marvel Comics' mighty martial a...

Over its five seasons on the air, the televised series Outlander has combined romance, adventure, history, and time travel into a classic saga o...

DisPlace: The Poetry of Nduka Otiono engages actively with a diasporic world: Otiono is equally at home critiqueing petroculture in Nigeria and in ...

In an ambitious reappraisal of Langston Hughess work and legacy, Ryan James Kernan reads Hughess political poetry in the context of his practice of...

Slow to rise in the literary world, Octavia Estelle Butler cultivated musings on earth's future, reaching massive critical acclaim in the process. ...

Dostoevskys views on punishment are usually examined through the prism of his Christian commitments. For some, this means an orientation toward mer...

In the twenty-first century, the romance genre has gained a growing academic response, including the creation of the International Association f...

A masterpiece of world literature, Honglou Meng (Dream of the Red Chamber) by Cao Xueqin (1715-1763) is widely considered China's greatest novel...

In this generous collection of book reviews and literary essays, legendary Village Voice rock critic Robert Christgau showcases the passion that ma...