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A survey of modern English poetry from the new tradition established by Yeats in the 1890s through to an influential reading of Eliot, and including a reassessment of the Georgians and the influence of Pound.

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A study of the literature and visual arts concerned with the many and diverse forms of slaveries produced by globalisation in Britain since the early 1990s. -- .

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Recent years have seen a rennaissance of scholarly interest in the fin-de-siecle fiction of the New Woman. New Woman Strategies offers a new approach to the subject by focusing on the discursive strategies and revisionist aesthetics of the genre in the writings of three of its key exponents: Sarah Grand, Olive Schreiner and Mona Caird. -- .

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In this book the author express more completely than in her earlier studies what were the implications for the poet of a great advance in scientific thought. Originally published in 1966. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of

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Patrick William's lucid analysis offers the most up-to-date study of Ngugi's writing, including his most rcent collection of essays. Ngugi is one of the most important novelists on the contemporary world stage, and someone whose name has for many become synonymous with cultural controversy and political struggle. -- .

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The "Continuum Contemporaries" series is designed as a source of ideas and inspiration for members of book clubs and literature students at school, college and university. It aims to give readers informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, acclaimed and influential novels of recent years.

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Nietzsche and Irish Modernism deftly traces the circulation of the German philosophers ideas in Irish culture during the early years of the twentieth century. In doing so, the book demonstrates how Nietzsches thought inspired new, disruptive modes of writing, which spoke to local historical circumstances and the predicaments of modernity at large

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Nietzsche and Irish Modernism deftly traces the circulation of the German philosopher's ideas in Irish culture during the early years of the twentieth century. In doing so, the book demonstrates how Nietzsche's thought inspired new, disruptive modes of writing, which spoke to local historical circumstances and the predicaments of modernity at large

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Places Nietzsche's thought in conversation with the Africana tradition to explore the role of aesthetics in decolonial world-making.

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This book offers a comprehensive examination of the life and work of Nikki Giovanni, one of the most prolific and well-known poets to emerge during the Black Arts Movement.

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But despite the resurgence of interest in American women writers of the nineteenth century, resources for readers have remained widely scattered.

This reference book is the first work of its kind to offer comprehensive entries on more than 70 American women writers who published during the nineteenth century.

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British women writers of the 19th century were a remarkably talented, diverse, and prolific group.

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This volume offers a broad study of the history of medicine in science fiction and fantasy literature and film, as well as detailed examinations of some of the field's greatest works.

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Ogres, giants and bogeymen embody some of our deepest fears, dominating popular storytelling in various media, from classic fairy tales such as 'Puss in Boots' to the cannibal monster Hannibal Lecter, and from Frankenstein to Men in Black.

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A commissioned collection of papers covering widely read works, fragmentary plays and lost authors, showcasing the best of new scholarship on Old and Middle comedy.

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'In my time I've said some noteworthy and exceptionally memorable things.'

A delightful and revealing collection of quotations from the master wordsmith, Nol Coward In His Own Words displays Coward's surprising capacity for depth and compassion, as well as his inimitable 'talent to amuse'.

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The Japanese noh theater has enjoyed a rich, continuous history dating back to the Muromachi period (1336-1573), when virtually the entire repertoire was written. Some of the finest plays were inspired by the eleventh-century masterpiece of court literature, The Tale of Genji. In this detailed study of fifteen noh plays based upon the Genji, Janet