Literary Studies: c 1500 to c 1800

Offering a new history of a formative cultural and political era through the cosmic phenomena that captured the publics imagination In the winters ...

'Cry havoc! and let slip the dogs of war' Set against the backdrop of a nation breaking out into civil war, Julius Caesar raises questions of gove...

'Vengeance is in my heart, death in my hand, Blood and revenge are hammering in my head.' In Shakespeare's first tragedy, Titus Andronicus, the Ro...

'Men's evil manners live in brass, their virtues We write in water.' Henry VIII or All is True is Shakespeare's retelling of one of the defining p...

'I see a man's life is a tedious one.' Set in Ancient Britain, Cymbeline is a tragedy of deceit, disguise, banishment, and fidelity against the ba...

'For God's sake, let us sit upon the ground, And tell sad stories of the death of kings' Crowned as a child, Richard II only knows power. The King...

'How many fond fools serve mad jealousy!' The Comedy of Errors is one of Shakespeare's most farcical plays, with not one but two sets of twins sli...

The picaresque novel has always generated widespread appeal due to the charisma and charm of its roguish main characters, who live by their wits on...

This book contributes to current discussions about the meaning, history, and theorisation of maps. The monograph focuses on William Blake (1757-182...

This volume of essays reassesses William Hayleys contribution to the literary and artistic history of the long eighteenth century and situates his ...