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Short History of English Literatureby Harry Blamires
Routledge 1984; US$ 47.95`It is good to see a reprint and complete updating of this well-known historical tour de force, with its evidence of vast reading and literally thousands of useful facts.' - Times Educational Supplement more...
English Novel in History, 1950 to the Presentby Steven Connor
Routledge 1995; US$ 37.95Written by a foremost scholar of contemporary culture and theory, this book offers not only a survey but also a historical and cultural context to British literature produced in the second half of the twentieth century. more...
Language and Control in Children's Literatureby Murray Knowles; Kirsten Malmkjaer
Routledge 1995; US$ 49.95In this important and timely study Murray Knowles and Kirstin Malmjkaer examine the work of some of our most popular children's writers, from this and the last century, in order to expose the persuasive power of literature. more...
Men of Letters, Writing Livesby Trev Lynn Broughton
Routledge 1998; US$ 41.95An in-depth look at developments within Victorian auto/biography, asking what we can learn about the conditions and limits of male literary authority. more...
'Improper' Feminineby Lyn Pykett
Routledge 1992; US$ 115.00The 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 put female sexuality on the literary agenda. more...
Reading Series Fictionby Victor Watson
RoutledgeFalmer 2000; US$ 52.95This book investigates the 'series' in children's literature. It explores the nature and appeal of series writing, it provides an historical overview and looks at the nature of literary criticism applied to children's literature. more...
Empire's Childrenby M. Daphne Kutzer
Routledge 2000; US$ 126.00This book places classic British children's fictional texts into the cultural context of imperial Britain from 1895 to c1945. Authors include Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, E. Nesbitt, A.A. Milne and Arthur Ransome. more...
Gender and Modern Irish Dramaby Susan Cannon Harris
Indiana University Press 2002; US$ 33.55Gender and Modern Irish Drama argues that the representations of sacrificial violence central to the work of the Abbey playwrights are intimately linked with constructions of gender and sexuality. Susan Cannon Harris goes beyond an examination of the relationship between Irish national drama and Irish nationalist politics to the larger question of the way national identity and gender identity are constructed through each other. Radically redefining the context in which the Abbey plays were performed, Harris documents the material and discursive forces that produced Irish conceptions of gender. She looks at cultural ... more...
Orwell's Animal Farmby Daniel Moran
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2011; US$ 5.99The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also features glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. The animals in CliffsNotes on The Animal Farm reflect different kinds of humans and their struggles for freedom and power. Orwell felt that a farm where "All Animals Are Equal" would solve many social and economic problems — but he also knew that such a system would be difficult to maintain. Find out what happens on the farm when some of the animals act on the principle that "Some Are More Equal Than Others." You'll also gain insight into the life and political... more...
Eliot's Silas Marnerby William Holland
John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999; US$ 5.99The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on Silas Marner, you explore the life of Silas Marner, a weaver who has been outcast from his original home and lives a lonely, miserable existence until his gold is stolen and a child comes into his life to replace it. This memorable novel is George Eliot's most well-known and admired work -- one that strives to present realistic human relationships and address the function of religion in society. Chapter summaries and commentaries take you through... more...