The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature (Godden Malcolm)(Paperback)

The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature (Godden Malcolm)(Paperback)

This Companion has been thoroughly revised to take account of recent scholarship and to provide a clear and accessible introduction for those encountering Old English literature for the first time. Including seventeen essays by distinguished scholars, this new edition provides a discussion of the

The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature (Barrington Candace)(Paperback)

Despite an unprecedented level of interest in the interaction between law and literature over the past two decades, readers have had no accessible introduction to this rich engagement in medieval and early Tudor England. The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Law and Literature addresses this

The Oxford Concise Companion to English Literature (Birch Dinah)(Paperback)

Based on the bestselling Oxford Companion to English Literature, this is an indispensable, compact guide to all aspects of English literature. Over 5,500 new and revised alphabetical entries give unrivaled coverage of writers, works, historical context, literary theory, allusions, characters, and

Studying Literature: The Essential Companion (Goring Paul)(Paperback)

Studying Literature: The Essential Companion is a unique guide for English undergraduates. It combines practical advice on study skills with key information on literary theories and theorists, offering invaluable support throughout any English degree. Key Features: A study skills guide combined

Mastering the Language of Literature (Hebron Malcolm)(Paperback)

Mastering the Language of Literature provides students of English Literature with a clear guide to the linguistic analysis of literary texts. Drawing on modern linguistics and traditional approaches, it shows how the study of language provides valuable tools for literary criticism. Important

The Cambridge Companion to the Bible and Literature (Carmichael Calum)(Paperback)

This Companion volume offers a sweeping survey of the Bible as a work of literature and its impact on Western writing. Underscoring the sophistication of the biblical writers' thinking in diverse areas of thought, it demonstrates how the Bible relates to many types of knowledge and its immense

The Oxford Companion to English Literature (Birch Dinah)(Pevná vazba)

The Oxford Companion to English Literature has long been established as the leading reference resource for students, teachers, scholars, and general readers of English literature. It provides unrivalled coverage of all aspects of English literature - from writers, their works, and the historical

Cambridge International as & a Level Literature in English Coursebook (Whittome Elizabeth)(Paperback)

Updated and fully aligned to the new Cambridge International AS & A Level Literature in English 9695 syllabus for first examination 2021. This coursebook helps inspire a love of literature in English and builds greater confidence in analysing and writing about texts. Part 1 introduces students to

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and the Anthropocene (Parham John)(Paperback)

This book is for readers interested in how literature tackles climate change, 'petro-culture', extinction, and the proposed 'human' epoch of the Anthropocene. Chapters discuss flooding, pollution, oil, humans, and animals, while revisiting old and new literary forms, including novels, poems, plays,

The Cambridge Companion to British Literature of the 1930s (Smith James)(Paperback)

This Companion explores an extensive range of 1930s authors, contexts, themes, and literary debates. Informed by current scholarly approaches and analysing the state of the field, it will be an important resource for students and scholars of twentieth-century

The Cambridge Companion to Literature and Food (Coghlan J. Michelle)(Paperback)

This Companion provides an engaging and expansive overview of gustation, gastronomy, agriculture and alimentary activism in literature from the medieval period to the present day, as well as an illuminating introduction to cookbooks as literature. Bringing together sixteen original essays by

The Cambridge Old English Reader (Marsden Richard)(Paperback)

This reader remains the only major new reader of Old English prose and verse in the past forty years. The second edition is extensively revised throughout, with the addition of a new 'Beginning Old English' section for newcomers to the Old English language, along with a new extract from Beowulf

The Cambridge Companion to British Black and Asian Literature (1945-2010) (Osborne Deirdre)(Paperback)

This Companion offers a comprehensive account of the influence of contemporary British Black and Asian writing in British culture. While there are a number of anthologies covering Black and Asian literature, there is no volume that comparatively addresses fiction, poetry, plays and performance, and

The Cambridge Companion to the Circus (Arrighi Gillian)(Paperback)

The Cambridge Companion to the Circus provides a complete guide for students, scholars, teachers, researchers, and practitioners who are seeking perspectives on the foundations and evolution of the modern circus, the contemporary extent of circus studies, and the specialised literature available to

The Cambridge Companion to Virgil (Martindale Charles)(Paperback)

The poet Virgil remains the most significant and influential figure in Latin literature, and this expanded and updated Companion covers his life, work, and reception from antiquity to the present. The Aeneid, the Eclogues, the Georgics, and the Appendix Vergiliana are all discussed, as are art,

Cambridge Igcse(tm) and O Level Literature in English (Yates Penny)(Paperback)

This series is endorsed by Cambridge International to support the syllabuses for examination from 2023. Provide students with a clear structured route through the qualification, with opportunities to assess their own progress, as well as reflect on and discuss new ideas and concepts. - Offer an

The Cambridge Companion to Socrates (Morrison Donald R.)(Paperback)

The Cambridge Companion to Socrates is a collection of essays providing a comprehensive guide to Socrates, the most famous Greek philosopher. Because Socrates himself wrote nothing, our evidence comes from the writings of his friends (above all Plato), his enemies, and later writers. Socrates is

The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers (Bird Michael F.)(Paperback)

The Cambridge Companion to the Apostolic Fathers offers an informative introduction to the extant body of Christian texts that existed beside and after the New Testament known to us as the apostolic fathers. Featuring cutting-edge research by leading scholars, it explores how the early Church

The Cambridge Companion to Science Fiction (James Edward)(Paperback)

Science fiction is at the intersection of numerous fields. It is literature which draws on popular culture, and engages in speculation about science, history, and all varieties of social relations. This volume brings together essays by scholars and practitioners of science fiction, which look at

The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Thought (de Bruyn Frans)(Paperback)

The Cambridge Companion to Eighteenth-Century Thought gives a comprehensive overview of intellectual life in the eighteenth-century Anglophone world at a time when the boundaries of knowledge were growing rapidly in response to a world undergoing radical change. Organised in two parts, the volume

The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law (Meierhenrich Jens)(Paperback)

The Cambridge Companion to the Rule of Law introduces students, scholars, and practitioners to the theory and history of the rule of law, one of the most frequently invoked-and least understood-ideas of legal and political thought and policy practice. It offers a comprehensive re-assessment by

The Cambridge Companion to William Blake (Eaves Morris)(Paperback)

The Cambridge Companion to Richard Wright (Carpio Glenda R.)(Paperback)

Hailed as 'the father of black literature in the twentieth century', Richard Wright was an iconoclast, an intellectual of towering stature, whose multidisciplinary erudition rivals only that of W. E. B. Du Bois. The collection captures Wright's immense power, which has made him a beacon for writers

The Cambridge Companion to 'Dracula' (Luckhurst Roger)(Paperback)

Bram Stoker's Dracula is the most famous vampire in literature and film. This new collection of sixteen essays brings together a range of internationally renowned scholars to provide a series of pathways through this celebrated Gothic novel and its innumerable adaptations and translations. The