Literary Reference Works

There is no shortage of explanations for the longevity of Defoes Robinson Crusoe, which has been interpreted as both religious allegory and frontie...

The study and reception of Samuel Johnsons work has long been embedded in Japanese literary culture. The essays in this collection reflect that his...

The study and reception of Samuel Johnsons work has long been embedded in Japanese literary culture. The essays in this collection reflect that his...

The original edition of Salonnières, Furies, and Fairies, published in 2005, was a pathbreaking work of early modern literary history, exploring wo...

Although Harper Lee's Pulitzer Prize-winning novel To Kill a Mockingbird has attracted a great deal of scholarly and popular attention due to its e...

Vladimir Sorokin is the most prominent and the most controversial contemporary Russian writer. Having emerged as a prose writer in Moscow's artisti...

Vladimir Sorokin is the most prominent and the most controversial contemporary Russian writer. Having emerged as a prose writer in Moscow's artisti...

Los Angeles Review of Books is a nonprofit organization dedicated to promoting and disseminating rigorous, incisive, and engaging writing on every ...

There is no shortage of explanations for the longevity of Defoes Robinson Crusoe, which has been interpreted as both religious allegory and frontie...

This book brings together ten essays on John Donne and George Herbert composed by an international group of scholars. The volume represents the fir...

Holy adolescence, Batman! Robin and the Making of American Adolescence offers the first character history and analysis of the most famous superhero...

Holy adolescence, Batman! Robin and the Making of American Adolescence offers the first character history and analysis of the most famous superhero...

Seafaring activity for trade and travel was dominant throughout the Spanish Empire, and in the worldview and imagination of its inhabitants, the sp...

In this elegant but pocketable edition in the Ross's Discoveries series, passionate bibliophile Michael Ross has curated his favorite literary quo...

History of English Literature is a comprehensive, eight-volume survey of English literature from the Middle Ages to the early twenty-first century....

Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita, set in Stalin's Moscow, is an intriguing work with a complex structure, wonderful comic episodes...

Mikhail Bulgakov's novel The Master and Margarita, set in Stalin's Moscow, is an intriguing work with a complex structure, wonderful comic episodes...

Literary Britain and Ireland features more than 100 locations associated with the world's leading authors. From the tower at Sissinghurst where Vit...

Pushing the boundaries of critical reading and the role of objects in literature How does literary objecthood contend with the challenge of writing...

This literary guide leads students with advanced knowledge of Russian as well as experienced scholars through the text of Nikolai Gogol's absurdist...