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This volume contains the proceedings of the Zeami and the N Theatre in the World symposium.

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It is in "Bleak House" that Dickens the realist and Dickens the modernist are often thought to meet. The essays collected in this "New Casebook" embody some of the approaches to Dickens, using deconstructive, feminist, Marxist and post-structuralist methods.

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Examines the major plays of George Etherege and William Wycherley within the context of the cultural and historical changes that marked the early years of Charles II's reign, and addresses various issues such as marriage, manners, heroism and sovereignty that preoccupied late 17th-century Britain.

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London is, and always has been, crammed with literary life. Playwrights, novelists, diarists, poets and essayists have roamed its streets, met in its cafes and strolled in its gardens. They have been inspired by its monuments, churches, law courts and theatres and have created fictional Londoners. This work is aimed at book lovers and readers.

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Legendary Shakespearean actress Dame Janet Suzman launches an attack on the anti-Shakespeareans, and launches a passionate defence of women on stage, while simultaneously arguing for more roles for women of the calibre of Hamlet.

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Whatever happened to the bard's books Ardent bibliophile Stuart Kells investigates.

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Provides a survey of the Western dramatic tradition. This title overviews Western drama from Ancient Greece to modern America. It includes chapters on great eras of drama, such as the Renaissance; national theatres, such as the theatres of Latin America, Ireland, and Poland; and important theatrical movements.

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Nicolas Tredell explores the critical material generated by these two works of modernist fiction. From the initially mixed critical responses to the novels in the early 1930s, the Guide follows the growth of interest in Faulkner's work across six decades.

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* Elaine Showalter, author of the classic A LITERATURE OF THEIR OWN has written 'The first comprehensive overview of the achievement of American women writers . . . A daunting task, and few could carry it off with such aplomb' Sarah Churchwell, Guardian

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Albert Wendt is by far the most prolific and most influential contemporary Pacific Island writer. He has written four books of poetry, three collections of short stories, five novels and has edited three anthologies of Pacific writing. This is the first extended study of this writer.

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Over 250 world-changing speeches, from ancient history to the 21st century.

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It was a refreshing, old-fashioned pleasure to read Julie Scott Meisami's verse translation of, and introduction and notes to, this twelfth-century Persian allegorical romance. Orhan Pahmuk, in the Times Literary Supplement

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Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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Designed for teachers, this is a comprehensive book of lesson plans, projects, discussion questions, reproducible worksheets and more.

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Renowned critic and bestselling writer Clive James sets down his thoughts on the art form which matters to him most: poetry.

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A deep dive into Scandinavian crime fiction and Scandinavian culture at large

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In 1965, Graham Greene joined journalist Bernard Diederich in the Dominican Republic to embark on a tour of its border with Haiti, then ruled by 'Papa Doc' Duvalier. They were accompanied by an activist priest, Jean-Claude Bajeux. This new biography finally illuminates a pivotal episode in Greene's life and career, and a trip which inspired one of Greene's most significant works, 'The comedians.'

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Ultimately Lew's poems are devotional songs to the Goddess Gaia ...-Gary Snyder

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Baffle your friends with your erudite knowledge of Shakespearean English, all while casually insulting them. This deluxe collection of Shakespeare's most dazzling insults is neatly separated into sections for quick retrieval when a stinging retort is demanded. Become the master of your own villainy with creative insults that will show those rogues and ruffians who's in charge!

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Renowned critic, bestselling author and award-winning poet Clive James offers an exploration and celebration of one of his favourite writers, Philip Larkin.