Literature: History & Criticism

Essays on the post-modern reception and interpretation of the Middle Ages, This volume continues the theme of its predecessor, addressing how the ...

'The forerunner of an entire school of African literary art.' Sunday TimesThose men who are history now; did they feel like this? A 1950s Hampstea...

A fascinating journey into the life of H.G. Wells, from one of Britain's best biographersHow did the first forty years of H. G. Wells' life shape t...

Richard Holloway is one of our most beloved public thinkers. Throughout his life he has turned to poets and writers to help answer the big question...

Flayingly authentic and sensationally compelling one of the best books of the year. The Observer A book that few authors would have the courage to...

With an introduction by Harriet McDougal, Origins of The Wheel of Time by Michael Livingston explores the inspirations behind the acclaimed series ...

This wide-ranging study offers a new understanding of Old Norse kinship in which the individual self was expanded to encompass its kin. Family int...

A richly diverse collection of classical Indian terms for expressing the many moods and subtleties of emotional experienceWords for the Heart is a ...

Comprehensive survey of the legend of Charlemagne in the medieval German-speaking world. The legend of the Frankish emperor Charlemagne is widespr...

Renowned as one of the worlds greatest poems, The Waste Land has been said to describe the moral decay of a world after war and the search for mean...

First full analysis of the skaldic verse appearing in the family sagas of Icelanders, considering why and how it is deployed. Sagas of Icelanders,...

In The Many-Minded Man, Joel Christensen explores the content, character, and structure of the Homeric Odyssey through a modern psychological lens,...