English Literature

    Details: Assesses the impact that a popular global culture has had on every aspect of life, from happiness and social hierarchy to nutrition and the environment.  

  Details: Introduction to British Literature and Culture provide practical guides to key literacy periods. Guides in the series help to orientate students as they begin a new module or area of study, providing concise information on the historical, cultural, literary and critical context and acting as an initial map...

  Details: Is there anyone who has not seen the painting of the sturdy Iowa farmer with his pitchfork and his thin-lipped wife or daughter? Ever since it met the public eye in 1930, the work titled American Goth ...  

  Details: Walt Disney (1901-1966) was one of the most significant creative forces of the twentieth century, a man who made a lasting impact on the art of the animated film, the history of American business, and the evolution of twentieth-century American culture. He was both a creative visionary and...

  Details: This book covers the leading works and authors in the traditional canon of literature in English, and in doing so gives the reader an engaging and knowledgeable insight into the books, their writers, and the connections between them. From Austen to Shakespeare and covering classics favorites such as...

    Details: Early Modern English Drama: A Critical Companion is a collection of 27 contributed introductory essays on individual plays from the early modern period. Each essay, written by an authoritative scholar, addresses not only a play, but a specific cultural or literary epic, from London to the law,...

  Details: The text of this edition is that of Boswell's 1791 first edition, and it remains, by common consent, the greatest biography in the English language. Johnson's centrality in 18th century letters is established not only by Boswell's record of life and conversation, but also by the success of...

  Brand: Penguin Random House Binding: paperback Format: Import Number Of Pages: 98 Release Date: 01-07-2000 Part Number: RKC2008501800 Details: Product Description-- First paperback edition.-- Formally inventive and utterly joyous, Grabinoulor recounts the fantastic adventures of its light-hearted, satyric, eponymous hero as he visits other planets, time travels, and finds...

  Brand: Verso Color: Multicolor Binding: hardcover Format: Import Number Of Pages: 648 Release Date: 01-11-2000 Details: Product Description The Americas of the 1850s provides James Dunkerley with compelling material for this majestic and unorthodox book. Drawing on a range of contemporary sources, from Walt Whitman to Charles Darwin, Anthony...

   

  Details: This volume presents the authoritative Centenary Edition text of Hawthorne's classic novel. The text and essays are complemented by biographical and critical introductions, bibliographies and a glossary of critical and theoretical terms. This second edition includes five new critical essays and a selection of cultural documents and illustrations....

  Brand: Cambridge University Press Edition: 2 Binding: paperback Number Of Pages: 271 Release Date: 14-02-2011 Part Number: YES4278598 Details: Jane Austen's stock in the popular marketplace has never been higher, while academic studies continue to uncover new aspects of her engagement with her world. This fully updated edition of...

  Details: With their unique combination of biography and criticism, these engaging books serve as an excellent introduction to both the life and works of the world's literary masters. Spanning the canon, this accessible series covers those writers most often taught in schools. One of the great American novelists, Herman...

   

   

  Details: This book includes new critical essays by established scholars and young voices examining the variety of Indian literatures, from the poetry of Sri Sri to the fiction of Tagore, from the theatre of Mohan Rakesh to the verse of Jayanta Mahapatra.  

   

   

Binding: perfectNumber Of Pages: 240EAN: 9789382267973Languages: English

  Details: Set against the nationalist background of Swadeshi movement in Bengal in the early 20th century, Tagore's Ghore Baire (1916) dwells on the twin themes of nationalism and women's emancipation, especially of middle class traditional Bengali household. The English translation, 'At Home and Outside' (1918), was done by the...

   

  Details: This volume brings together the poems of Pablo Neruda, Derek Walcott and Margaret Atwood annotated extensively for students of English Literature. Essays by eminent critics have been chosen to provide biographical information and widen critical discourse. They discuss the major poetical works of the three poets, citing stylistic...

   

   

  Details: This book introduces the reader to some of the major ideas and viewpoints of nineteenth century Europe. These emerged at a time when the western societies entered a phase of crisis and faced important alternative paradigms such as evolution, atheism, gender justice, culture and socialism Including short essays...

   

   

  Brand: Cengage Learning   Features: A Glossary of Literary Terms From Cengage Learning India It ensures you get the best usage for a longer period   Details: First published over fifty years ago, A GLOSSARY OF LITERARY TERMS remains an essential text for all serious students of literature. Now...