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The essays in this Companion each examine one or more literary texts and a religious tradition - including Dharmic and Abrahamic traditions - to see how we can understand both literature and religion better by looking at them in tandem. It provides close readings rather than surveys, making it an ideal resource for students.

Shakespeare's First Folio has had a continuous life in the hands of readers, editors and collectors for over four centuries. An international team of scholars surveys bibliographic, historical and textual material relating to the Folio and its critical reception, promoting a deep understanding of this most studied of books.

The essays in this Companion each examine one or more literary texts and a religious tradition - including Dharmic and Abrahamic traditions - to see how we can understand both literature and religion better by looking at them in tandem. It provides close readings rather than surveys, making it an ideal resource for students.

Shakespeare's First Folio has had a continuous life in the hands of readers, editors and collectors for over four centuries. An international team of scholars surveys bibliographic, historical and textual material relating to the Folio and its critical reception, promoting a deep understanding of this most studied of books.

There are many anthologies of British Black and Asian literature, but few books provide a critical account of the qualities and impact of this literature comparatively with drama and performance. This Companion offers a comprehensive account of the influence of contemporary British Black and Asian writing in British culture.

This Companion provides a critical reappraisal of the hugely influential French realist writer Honore de Balzac, focusing on the key narrative and thematic features of his writing. Twelve chapters by world-leading Balzac specialists offer an essential reference point for study of his work.

This Companion provides a critical reappraisal of the hugely influential French realist writer Honore de Balzac, focusing on the key narrative and thematic features of his writing. Twelve chapters by world-leading Balzac specialists offer an essential reference point for study of his work.

This Companion demonstrates the complexity of this formative writer, emphasizing the ways in which Bellow's works speak to the changing conditions of American identity and culture from the post-war period to the turn of the twenty-first century. Saul Bellow remains a defining and influential voice of American culture and thought.

This Companion demonstrates the complexity of this formative writer, emphasizing the ways in which Bellow's works speak to the changing conditions of American identity and culture from the post-war period to the turn of the twenty-first century. Saul Bellow remains a defining and influential voice of American culture and thought.

This book will appeal to anybody interested in the city of Berlin and the development of its literary culture. It provides both stimulating readings of canonical texts and insights into less familiar material, setting these in the cultural context of writing in and about Berlin since 1750.

For too long, criticism of the Beat Generation has focused on the biographical exploits of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs. This Companion changes that by placing the Beats in their historical, cultural, and literary contexts. Contributors focus on key concerns of Beat writing, including race, gender, sexuality, religion, and transnational circulation.

This book will appeal to anybody interested in the city of Berlin and the development of its literary culture. It provides both stimulating readings of canonical texts and insights into less familiar material, setting these in the cultural context of writing in and about Berlin since 1750.

For too long, criticism of the Beat Generation has focused on the biographical exploits of Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Burroughs. This Companion changes that by placing the Beats in their historical, cultural, and literary contexts. Contributors focus on key concerns of Beat writing, including race, gender, sexuality, religion, and transnational circulation.

This book is for students of literature who would like an introduction to the study of erotic texts. In fifteen different chapters, it explores key topics from a variety of national literatures, from antiquity to the present. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field who presents a representative problem from the research.

This Companion is an authoritative, comprehensive, and accessible guide to postmodern American fiction. An indispensable resource for students, scholars, and the general reader, the volume examines the principal genres of postmodern American fiction in their historical and cultural contexts, provides illuminating critical frameworks, and offers concise, compelling readings of key works.

This book is for students of literature who would like an introduction to the study of erotic texts. In fifteen different chapters, it explores key topics from a variety of national literatures, from antiquity to the present. Each chapter is written by an expert in the field who presents a representative problem from the research.

This celebrated Gothic novel is explored through essays providing critical, historical, anthropological, philosophical and intellectual contexts that serve to further the understanding and appreciation of Dracula in all its many guises. Together the essays offer exciting new critical approaches to the most famous vampire in literature and film.

This celebrated Gothic novel is explored through essays providing critical, historical, anthropological, philosophical and intellectual contexts that serve to further the understanding and appreciation of Dracula in all its many guises. Together the essays offer exciting new critical approaches to the most famous vampire in literature and film.

The Cambridge Companion to Postcolonial Travel Writing provides a variety of perspectives and approaches on a new and exciting field of academic scholarship in the humanities, appealing to students, graduates and scholars.

The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets offers a fascinating introduction to Irish poetry from the seventeenth century to the present. Each chapter gives an overview of a poet's work and guides the reader through the wider cultural, historical and comparative contexts. It will appeal to students, graduates and general readers of Irish poetry.

The Cambridge Companion to Irish Poets offers a fascinating introduction to Irish poetry from the seventeenth century to the present. Each chapter gives an overview of a poet's work and guides the reader through the wider cultural, historical and comparative contexts. It will appeal to students, graduates and general readers of Irish poetry.

This Companion is designed for undergraduates, graduates and faculty that wish to understand how the sciences and humanities inform one another. This up-to-date guide to literature and science explores major figures, genres and theories in the field, showing that the two area of studies are more closely aligned than they typically appear.

This Companion offers an accessible overview to the diversity of the American Gothic that will be of use to undergraduates, graduate students, and professional researchers. The introduction and sixteen chapters explore this topic chronologically, in relation to different social groups, and in different genres and media.

This Companion is designed for undergraduates, graduates and faculty that wish to understand how the sciences and humanities inform one another. This up-to-date guide to literature and science explores major figures, genres and theories in the field, showing that the two area of studies are more closely aligned than they typically appear.

Literary disability studies is a new and growing critical subject area. This student-centered collection is a vital contribution to the field, providing the most comprehensive overview of disability representation across literatures in English.

Literary disability studies is a new and growing critical subject area. This student-centered collection is a vital contribution to the field, providing the most comprehensive overview of disability representation across literatures in English.

Well-known as a brilliant general and politician, Caesar also played a fundamental role in the formation of the Latin literary language and history of Latin Literature. This volume provides both a clear introduction to Caesar as a man of letters and a fresh re-assessment of his literary achievements.

This Companion provides a comprehensive, chronological survey of Latin American poetry from the Colonial period up until the present day, analysis of modern trends ranging from LGBT to Latino/a poetry, and six succinct essays on the major figures, ranging from Sor Juana Ines de la Cruz to Octavio Paz.

This volume gives a fresh look at the American Renaissance, the years before the Civil War that saw the rise of authors such as Melville, Stowe, Douglass, and Whitman. A team of distinguished scholars interprets major authors' works, exploring themes of race, gender, place, memory, reading, labor, and pleasure.

This volume gives a fresh look at the American Renaissance, the years before the Civil War that saw the rise of authors such as Melville, Stowe, Douglass, and Whitman. A team of distinguished scholars interprets major authors' works, exploring themes of race, gender, place, memory, reading, labor, and pleasure.