Roberto Calasso 
Literature and the Gods 

Continuing the series on Women’s Travel Writings, this two-part collection presents some fascinating tales of North Africa and the Middle East. Part I includes three separate volumes that include the …

Continuing the series on Women’s Travel Writings, this two-part collection presents some fascinating tales of North Africa and the Middle East. Part I includes three separate volumes that include the …

In 1793, Lord Macartney led the first British diplomatic mission to China in over one hundred years. This five-volume reset edition draws together British travel writings about China throughout the …

Continuing the series on Women’s Travel Writings, this two-part collection presents some fascinating tales of North Africa and the Middle East. Part I includes three separate volumes that include the …

Lynne Tatlock examines the transmission, diffusion, and literary survival of Jane Eyre in the German-speaking territories and the significance and effects thereof, 1848-1918. Engaging with …

This book is a new study of Chinua Achebe s novels in which they are read as works of literary art, as literary works are studied and discussed within the discipline of literary studies and …

First published in 1975, Myth and Literature considers three points at which the concept of myth has entered modern literary imagination: the use of myth or atleast their understanding of myth — as …

Originally published in 1980, this book introduces the student to twelve of the most exciting and significant African authors of the 20th Century, whose work represents Anglophone and Francophone …

First published in 1982, D. H. Lawrence and Feminism discusses Lawrence s work by examining it in relation to aspects of women s history and the development of feminism. Two different modes of …

First published in 1992, Political Stylistics draws together ideas about society and language from a range of theorists including Pratt, Bourdieu, Goody and Watt, and Bakhtin, to establish a …