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Written by a team of international contributors this work contains more than 200 entries on all aspects of literature. It will be invaluable for those studying Latin American and/or Caribbean literature and

Oscar Wilde was a consumer modernist. His modernist aesthetics drove him into the heart of the mass culture industries of 1890s London, particularly the journalism and popular theatre industries.

In 1600, after a decade spent establishing himself as the most popular and successful playwright of his generation, Shakespeare found himself having to compete with new and younger writers. At the same

This anthology discusses Love's Labour's Lost in terms of historical context, dating and sources, character analysis; comic elements, verbal conceits, evidence of authorship and feminist interpretations.

This book represents the very first sustained account of Caribbean women's poetry and provides detailed readings of an exciting range of innovative texts. The discussion is situated in relation to the

Studying "genre" is perhaps one of the most familiar ways of approaching literary texts, and the realist novel is one of the most distinct genres of all. The contributors to this volume

Drawing upon the work of anthropologists, psychologists and sociologists, Marjorie Garber examines the rites of passage and maturation patterns--"coming of age"--in Shakespeare's plays. Citing examples from virutally the entire Shakespeare canon, she

Series Information:Studies in Major Literary Authors: Outstanding Dissertations

This piece of literary detective work uncovers the hidden history of the two early texts of "Othello", the Quarto and the Folio. It examines the crucial roles played by two people: Thomas

Readings in Renaissance Women's Drama brings together, for the first time, a significant collection of critical and historical essays.

Examines the literary, religious and political aspects of the radical movements and various sects. Featuring a chapter on John Milton, this book also addresses the legal problems that engaged the early modern

The Concise Encyclopedia of Latin American Literature draws entries from the award-winning main encyclopedia and includes all the entries on topics and countries. In addition, there are entries on the fifty leading

The first comparative study of the women's sensation novel of the 1860s and the New Woman fiction of the 1890s, two genres which undermined the ideal of the 'proper feminine' and dangerously

A chronological guide to influential Greek and Roman writers, Fifty Key Classical Authors is an invaluable introduction to the literature, philosophy and history of the ancient world.

Addresses Fanon's extraordinary, often controversial writings, and examines the ways in which his work can shed light on contemporary issues in cultural politics.

Examines the complex relationship between the reality of the Palestinian minority in Israel and their literature.

Argues that the gender inequalities are shaped by multiple, but interconnected, spatial constructions of the public and private in US culture.

Focussing on the major literary movements from Romanticism to Postmodernism, Thacker and Webb examine the concerns of each period and the ways in which these concerns influence and are influenced by children's

Now including a new introduction from the author, this major work from the pen of one of England's finest living writers is essential reading for all those who care about the creation

A Short History of Greek Literature presents a valuable and user-friendly introduction to the diversity and complexity of Greek literature, from Homer's epics to the first Christian writings.