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Lyrical Ballads is a text of huge cultural and literary significance. The cornerstone of British Romantic poetry, it is a must-read for any student of this subject. These accessible essays provide essential contexts and critical approaches, enabling students to find fresh ways of understanding and responding to the volume.

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. It rethinks literary food from a variety of critical angles, including gender and sexuality, race studies, postcolonial studies, eco-criticism and children's literature.

A thorough overview of the history of English monolingual dictionaries from the sixteenth century to the present day, including coverage of topical and controversial issues relating to dictionaries, and insights into lexicography throughout the English-speaking world, from the Oxford English Dictionary to dictionaries of Caribbean English.

A thorough overview of the history of English monolingual dictionaries from the sixteenth century to the present day, including coverage of topical and controversial issues relating to dictionaries, and insights into lexicography throughout the English-speaking world, from the Oxford English Dictionary to dictionaries of Caribbean English.

A detailed up-to-date survey of the most important woman writer from Greco-Roman antiquity. Examines the nature and context of her poetic achievement, the transmission, loss and rediscovery of her poetry, and the reception of that poetry in cultures far removed from ancient Greece, including Latin America, India, China, and Japan.

A detailed up-to-date survey of the most important woman writer from Greco-Roman antiquity. Examines the nature and context of her poetic achievement, the transmission, loss and rediscovery of her poetry, and the reception of that poetry in cultures far removed from ancient Greece, including Latin America, India, China, and Japan.

Aimed not only at a broad readership of classical scholars and students but also at all those interested in one of the most loved and influential poets of ancient Rome. Discusses Catullus' poetry, his late-republican background, and his scholarly and literary reception.

Aimed not only at a broad readership of classical scholars and students but also at all those interested in one of the most loved and influential poets of ancient Rome. Discusses Catullus' poetry, his late-republican background, and his scholarly and literary reception.

English literature, English literature - Renaissance and early modern to 1700, Film, cinema

American literature, Canadian literature, European and world literature general

Suitable for students of English literature and creative writing alike, this book is an introduction to the techniques of good prose writing. Written in an engaging style by eminent scholars, critics, novelists, and biographers, it is a handbook on the art of prose as exemplified by the best writers of fiction and creative non-fiction.

Suitable for students of English literature and creative writing alike, this book is an introduction to the techniques of good prose writing. Written in an engaging style by eminent scholars, critics, novelists, and biographers, it is a handbook on the art of prose as exemplified by the best writers of fiction and creative non-fiction.

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, and gaming.

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, and gaming.

Providing 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 their evolving surroundings, this volume is essential reading for scholars and students of eighteenth-century British literature, culture and thought.

Providing 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 their evolving surroundings, this volume is essential reading for scholars and students of eighteenth-century British literature, culture and thought.

This is one of the first volumes to systematically analyse the key trends, contexts, and developments of 21st century US fiction. 14 leading scholars in contemporary literary studies discuss the most exciting trends in the genres, themes, and concepts of literature published in the past two decades.

This is one of the first volumes to systematically analyse the key trends, contexts, and developments of 21st century US fiction. 14 leading scholars in contemporary literary studies discuss the most exciting trends in the genres, themes, and concepts of literature published in the past two decades.

Written by a team of leading international scholars, The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War illuminates the ways Shakespeare's works provide a rich and imaginative resource for thinking about the topic of war in all its complexity.

Written by a team of leading international scholars, The Cambridge Companion to Shakespeare and War illuminates the ways Shakespeare's works provide a rich and imaginative resource for thinking about the topic of war in all its complexity.

This Companion covers American literary history from European colonization to the early republic. It provides a succinct introduction to the major themes and concepts in the field of early American literature.

This Companion covers American literary history from European colonization to the early republic. It provides a succinct introduction to the major themes and concepts in the field of early American literature.

This Companion explores the multi-faceted life and works of Hildegard of Bingen, monastic founder, visionary, composer, and writer of religious and scientific texts. Designed for advanced students and new Hildegard researchers, it includes essays by experts in medieval history, theology, German literature, musicology, and history of medicine.

This book offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the environmental humanities, an interdisciplinary movement that responds to a world reconfigured by climate change and its effects, from environmental racism and global migration to resource impoverishment. It addresses the 21st century recognition of an environmental crisis.

This book offers a comprehensive and accessible introduction to the environmental humanities, an interdisciplinary movement that responds to a world reconfigured by climate change and its effects, from environmental racism and global migration to resource impoverishment. It addresses the 21st century recognition of an environmental crisis.

The Cambridge Companion to British Romanticism and Religion provides the first survey of the connections between literature, religion, and intellectual life during the British Romantic period (1780s-1832). The collection of seventeen scholarly essays introduces the diverse religious influences on the literature of the times.

Grounded in the complex history of literature and psychoanalysis, this volume introduces and explains the challenges of interpreting contemporary forms of literacy and media, and new mentalities through psychoanalytic methodologies.

Grounded in the complex history of literature and psychoanalysis, this volume introduces and explains the challenges of interpreting contemporary forms of literacy and media, and new mentalities through psychoanalytic methodologies.

This Companion explores the multi-faceted life and works of Hildegard of Bingen, monastic founder, visionary, composer, and writer of religious and scientific texts. Designed for advanced students and new Hildegard researchers, it includes essays by experts in medieval history, theology, German literature, musicology, and history of medicine.