Written by a leading critic, this invigorating introduction to modernist American poetry conveys the excitement that can be generated by a careful reading of modernist poems.
Encourages readers to identify with the modernists' sense of the revolutionary possibilities of their art.
Embraces four generations of modernist American poets up through to the 1980s.
Gives readers a sense of the ambitions, the disillusionments and the continuities of modernist poetry.
Includes close...
Written by a leading critic, this invigorating introduction to modernist American poetry conveys the excitement that can be generated by a careful rea...
This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd--a writer whom few know.- Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Dick, this book traces his development as a writer while providing the basic tools for successful critical reading of his novels.
Offers a brief introduction to Melville, covering all his major works
Showcases Melville's writing process through his correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne
Provides a clear sense of Melville's major themes...
This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd--a writer whom few know.- Moving beyond the recurring depictio...
This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd--a writer whom few know.- Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Dick, this book traces his development as a writer while providing the basic tools for successful critical reading of his novels.
Offers a brief introduction to Melville, covering all his major works
Showcases Melville's writing process through his correspondence with Nathaniel Hawthorne
Provides a clear sense of Melville's major themes...
This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd--a writer whom few know.- Moving beyond the recurring depictio...
This concise introduction to American drama gives readers an overview of how American drama developed from the end of the Second World War to the turn of the twenty-first century.
Provides a balanced assessment of the major plays and playwrights of the period.
Shows how these dramatists broke new ground in their contribution to political, economic, social and cultural debates, as well as in their dramaturgical strategies.
Organized chronologically, with plays, playwrights and movements clustered around different movements such as realism and...
This concise introduction to American drama gives readers an overview of how American drama developed from the end of the Second World War to the turn...
This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls 'figures' from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar.
An innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature.
Structured around 'figures' from Anglo-Saxon culture: the Vow, the Hall, the Miracle, the Pulpit, and the Scholar.
Situates Old English literary texts within a cultural framework.
Creates new connections between different genres, periods and...
This innovative and intriguing introduction to Old English literature is structured around what the author calls 'figures' from Anglo-Saxon culture: t...
