109 products in Literary Criticism

Noted Asian Americanist Sau-ling C. Wong presents a thought-provoking overview of critical issues surrounding Kingson's 'contemporary classic', such as reception by various interpretive communities, canon formation, cultural authenticity, fictionality in autobiography, and

This collection covers the whole range of Irish drama from the late nineteenth-century melodramas to contemporary Dublin theatre festivals.

This book examines the far-reaching legacy of one of the great myths of classical antiquity. According to Greek legend, Antigone, daughter of Oedipus, secretly buried her brother in defiance of the orders

Pretexts - Reflections On Literature And Morality (Paperback)

Contemporary Black And Asian Women Playwrights In Britain (Paperback)

The Poet As Botanist (Paperback)

Science And Sensation In Romantic Poetry (Paperback)

This book explores the historical background to Irish participation in the Great War, and the ways in which issues raised in 1914-18 still reverberate in contemporary Northern Ireland. The complications of Irish

From The Odyssey to The Old Man and the Sea, the long tradition of sea voyage narratives is comprehensively explained here, including a full historical perspective supported by discussions of key texts.