Literary Studies: General

Geoffrey of Monmouths History of the Kings of Britainthe earliest work to detail the legendary foundation of Britain by Brutus the Trojan and the l...

Biondo Flavio (13921463), humanist and historian, was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance discovery of antiquity; famously, he was the author wh...

Tolkien and Wales is the first book to offer a detailed examination of the influence of Wales on Tolkien's fiction and scholarly work, including so...

A look at 100 inspiring novels that have left a significant mark on the world of literature and popular culture. ...

Designed for upper-level courses, the second edition of PANORAMAS LITERARIOS: ESPAA introduces students to the study of Spanish literature through ...

From its first publication, what is now known as the Immortality Ode has been praised for the magnificence of its verse and disparaged for its pauc...

Tracing the continuities and trends in the complex relationship between literature and science in the long nineteenth century, this companion provi...

How have the English conceived of Scotland? Lorna Hutson's book is an essential intervention in the contested narrative of British nationhood. It a...

Brexit is a political, economic and administrative event: and it is a cultural one, too. In Brexit and Literature, Robert Eaglestone brings togethe...

The fields of literature and law intersect in frequent, and often surprising ways. This clear and concise book offers an introduction to the area, ...

First English translation of one of the most influential French poems of the Middle Ages. The anonymous Ovide moralisé (Moralized Ovid), composed ...

This book focuses on the projection of the heros masculinity in a selection of post-millennial popular romance narratives and attempts to discover ...

Enrich your A level and IB Diploma English curriculum and spark ideas for coursework text choices with 24 brilliant texts from the eighteenth centu...

Picturing the end of the world is one of the most enduring of cultural practices. The ways in which people of different historical periods conceive...

Academic standards in higher education depend on the judgements of individual academics assessing student work; it is in these micro-level practice...