Literature: history and criticism

“They say/I Say” The Moves That Matter in Academic Writing

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This title identifies the key rhetorical moves in academic writing, showing students how to frame their arguments in the larger context of what others have…

1606 Shakespeare and the Year of Lear

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1606: William Shakespeare and the Year of Lear traces Shakespeare’s life and times from the autumn of 1605, when he took an old and anonymous…

A History of Children’s Books in 100 Books

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While the modern children’s book, intended specifically for the enjoyment of children, did not emerge until 18th-century Europe, its roots span centuries and continents: children’s…

A Little Greek Reader

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This concise volume provides brief original reading matter to illustrate key features of Greek grammar and syntax. Each chapter begins with an account of the…

A Passion for Getting It Right; Essays and Appreciations in Honor of Michael J. Colacurcio’s 50 Years of Teaching

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For 50 years Michael J. Colacurcio has been a leader in the criticism of early and antebellum American literature. In The Province of Piety, New…

An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory

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Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at ‘The Beginning’ and concluding…

An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory

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Lively, original and highly readable, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory is the essential guide to literary studies. Starting at ‘The Beginning’ and concluding…

An Introduction to Plato’s Republic

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This book aims to make the ‘Republic’ accessible and intelligible to those coming to it for the first time, or with little or no philosophical…

Another History of the Children’s Picture Book From Soviet Lithuania to India

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This book calls for a re-imagining of global picture book history: with the former Soviet Union at the centre of this narrative web. The result…

Apocalyptic Chic: Visions of the Apocalypse and Post-Apocalypse in Literature and Visual Arts

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This book deals with legends and images of the apocalypse and post-apocalypse in film and graphic arts, literature and lore from early to modern times…

Children’s Fantasy Literature An Introduction

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Fantasy has been an important and much-loved part of children’s literature for hundreds of years, yet relatively little has been written about it. Children’s Fantasy…

Children’s Fantasy Literature An Introduction

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Fantasy has been an important and much-loved part of children’s literature for hundreds of years, yet relatively little has been written about it. Children’s Fantasy…