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• Author(s): Adrian Poole • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: DramaAbout the Book To your local anchorperson, the word "tragedy" brings to mind an accidental fire at a low-income apartment ...

• Author(s): Bart Van Es • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: ShakespeareFrom The Two Gentlemen of Verona in the early 1590s to The Two Noble Kinsmen at the end of his career around 1614, Shakespeare wrote at least eight...

• Author(s): Matthew Bevis • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: HumorTo consider comedy in its many incarnations is to raise diverse but related questions: what, for instance, is humour, and...

• Author(s): Catriona Kelly • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Russian & SovietThis book is intended to capture the interest of anyone who has been attracted to Russian culture through the greats of Russian literat...

• Author(s): Charlotte Gordon • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b In 1816, when eighteen-year old Mary Godwin began writin...

• Author(s): Christopher Butler • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Movements - ModernismModernism ushered in some of the most exciting innovations in art and literature, from Fauvism, Cubi...

• Author(s): Colin Maccabe • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: GeneralAbout the Book James Joyce is one of the greatest writers in English. His first book, A Portrait of the Artist as A Young Man laid down the template ...

• Author(s): David Caplan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: PoetryA leading critic explains what makes American poetry--a vast genre covering diverse styles, techniques, and form--distinctive. In this short and engag...

• Author(s): David Seed • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Science Fiction & FantasyScience Fiction has proved notoriously difficult to define. It has been explained as a combination o...

• Author(s): Robert Eaglestone • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Semiotics & TheoryIn this Very Short Introduction, Robert Eaglestone provides a clear and engaging exploration of the ...

• Author(s): Elaine Treharne • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: MedievalLooking at literature from Medieval Britain and Ireland, including Anglo-Latin and Anglo-Norman poetry, prose and dr...

• Author(s): Gloag Oliver • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Individual PhilosophersFew would question that Albert Camus (1913-1960), novelist, playwright, philosopher and journalist, is a...

• Author(s): Graziosi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Ancient and ClassicalAbout the Book Homer's mythological tales of war and homecoming, the Iliad and the Odyssey, are widely conside...

• Author(s): Hainsworth & Robey | David Robey • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: MedievalThis Very Short Introduction examines all the major aspects of Dante's work, emphasizing the fe...

• Author(s): Peter Hainsworth | David Robey • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: European - ItalianIn this Very Short Introduction, Peter Hainsworth and David Robey consider Italian literatu...

• Author(s): Jenny Hartley • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Literary FiguresCharles Dickens is credited with creating some of the world's best-known fictional characters, and is widely r...

• Author(s): Helen Morales • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Folklore & MythologyFrom Zeus and Europa, to Diana, Pan, and Prometheus, the myths of ancient Greece and Rome seem to exer...

• Author(s): Henderson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Ancient and ClassicalWe are all classicists--we come into touch with the classics on a daily basis: in our culture, politics, medi...

• Author(s): Belinda Jack • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: LiteracyToday many people take reading for granted, but we remain some way off from attaining literacy for the global human population. And whilst we think W...

• Author(s): Jo Labanyi • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: European - Spanish & PortugueseThis Very Short Introduction introduces the ways in which Spanish literature has been read, in...

• Author(s): Jonathan F. S. Post • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: American - GeneralbVery Short Introductionsb: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring /b Elizabeth Bishop has been described as the...

• Author(s): Darryl Jones • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Horror - GeneralVery Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Four o'clock in the morning, and the lights are on and st...

• Author(s): Knapp • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Modern - 19th CenturyWar and peace and anna karenina are widely recognised as two of the greatest novels ever written. Their author Le...

• Author(s): Laura Marcus • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: ReferenceAutobiography is one of the most popular of written forms. From Casanova to Benjamin Franklin to the Kardashians, indi...

• Author(s): Marina Warner • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Fairy Tales, Folk Tales, Legends & MythologyFrom wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins, to gia...

• Author(s): Mathews • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralLinguistics falls in the gap between arts and science, on the edges of which the most fascinating discoveries a...

• Author(s): Matthew Reynolds • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Translating & InterpretingTranslation is everywhere, and matters to everybody. Translation doesn't only give us foreign...

• Author(s): Llewelyn Morgan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Ancient, Classical & MedievalAbout the Book "Vivam" is the very last word of Ovid's masterpiece, the Metamorphoses: "I s...

• Author(s): Nicholas Boyle • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: European - GermanAbout the Book German writers, from Luther and Goethe to Heine, Brecht, and Günter Grass, have had a profou...

• Author(s): Peter Singer • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: History & Surveys - ModernReading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kin...

• Author(s): Jonathan F. S. Post • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: ShakespeareNot for nothing is William Shakespeare considered possibly the most famous writer in history; his works have ...

• Author(s): Scott H. Hendrix • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: ReligiousAbout the Book When Martin Luther posted his Ninety-Five Theses (reputedly nailed to the door of the Castle Church...

• Author(s): Shepherd-Barr • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Theater - GeneralThis Very Short Introduction explores the major developments of modern drama, covering two decades per chapte...

• Author(s): Simon Horobin • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Linguistics - Historical & ComparativeThe English language is spoken by more than a billion people throughout the world. B...

• Author(s): Stanley Wells • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: ShakespeareIn this new offering from Stanley Wells, the pre-eminent Shakespearian scholar, comes a Very Short Introduction to ...

• Author(s): Stanley Wells • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: ShakespeareTragedy, including grief, pain and suffering, is a common theme in Shakespeare's plays, often leading to the death of at least one character, if ...

• Author(s): Stephen Anderson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Linguistics - GeneralHow many languages are there? What differentiates one language from another? Are new languages still b...

• Author(s): Stephen.J .Blundell • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Superconductors & SuperconductivityReading books is a kind of enjoyment. Reading books is a good habit. We bring you a different kinds of books. Y...

• Author(s): David Wallace • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: PoetryOriginally writing over 600 years ago, Geoffrey Chaucer is today enjoying a global renaissance. Why do poets, translator...

• Author(s): William Allan • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: GeneralPresenting a range of material from both Greek and Latin literature, William Allan illustrates the variety and sophisti...

• Author(s): Christopher Wixson • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: DramaAbout the Book George Bernard Shaw has been called the second greatest playwright in English (after William Shakespe...

• Author(s): Roy Tirthankar • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • Subject: English Literature • BISAC: Economic HistoryIndians have lived with a high risk of suffering famines, floods, and earthquakes. What did they do to rebuil...

• Author(s): Khosla Madhav • Publisher: Oxford UP • Publisher Imprint: Oxford UP • BISAC: Comparative PoliticsAbout the Book Giving identity to over a billion people, the Indian Constitution is one of the world's great political texts. Drafted ov...