English Literature

From the Back CoverA COMPANION TO SCOTTISH LITERATURE A Companion to Scottish Literature offers fresh readings of major authors and periods of Scottish literary production from the first millennium to the present. Bringing together contributions b...

From the Back CoverA New Companion to Linguistic Anthropology In A New Companion to Linguistic Anthropology, an interdisciplinary collection of established scholars and members of a new generation of innovative researchers provide a comprehensive ...

From the Back CoverNow in its second edition and fully revised throughout, The Handbook of Clinical Linguistics contains 42 in-depth chapters written by a panel of well-established and contemporary scholars that explore the application of linguist...

From the Back CoverThe Chaucer Encyclopedia provides a comprehensive and academically rigorous overview of the life, times, works, and influence of Geoffrey Chaucer (b. 1340s d. 1400). Approximately 1,400 entries written by renowned Chaucer specia...

From the Back CoverConcise enough to be assimilated in a single session, this short volume maps the wonders of Milton's poetic landscape. The book offers an exploration of some of the main narrative and poetic elements of the epic poem - qualities...

From the Back Cover"In its richness, variety, learning, and consistent balance, this volume, which assembles some of the great names in the field, along with brilliant younger critics like Joshua Landy and Rupert Read, will serve as a cornerstone ...

From the Back CoverA COMPANION TO MULTIETHNIC LITERATURE OF THE UNITED STATES A Companion to Multiethnic Literature of the United States is the most comprehensive collection of scholarship dedicated to US literature by authors of varied ethnic bac...

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About the Book The first handbook to explore the field of Teaching English to Speakers of Other Languages in elementary and secondary education (K-12) The number of students being educated in English has grown significantly in modern times -- glo...

A groundbreaking new work that sheds light on case studies of linguistic human rights around the world, raising much-needed awareness of the struggles of many peoples and communities The first book of its kind, the Handbook of Linguistic Human Ri...

About the Book Offers a close reading of individual texts with attention to their cultural and canonical context Examines the history and evolution of the novel to 1900 and defines each author's aesthetic, cultural, political, and historical sign...

About the Book In this new book Zygmunt Bauman and Riccardo Mazzeo examine the contentious issue of the relation between literature (and the arts in general) and sociology (or, more generally, a branch of the humanities claiming scientific status)...

About the Book Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the genera...

About the Book Brimming with the fascinating eccentricities of a complex and confusing movement whose influences continue to resonate deeply, 30 Great Myths About the Romantics adds great clarity to what we know - or think we know - about one of t...