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The Shadow of Callimachus
Through a series of critical readings this book builds a picture of the Roman reaction to, and adoption of, the Greek poetry of the last three...
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Interactions of Thought and Language in Old English Poetry
Peter Clemoes brings a lifetime’s close study of Anglo-Saxon texts to this appreciation of Old English poetry, with an alternative interpretation...
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Race, Nationalism and the State in British and American Modernism
Twentieth-century authors were profoundly influenced by changes in the way nations and states governed their citizens. The development of state...
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The Cambridge Companion to Sylvia Plath
The controversies that surround Sylvia Plath’s life and work mean that her poems are more read and studied now than ever before. This Companion...
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From Modernism to Postmodernism
In this overview of twentieth-century American poetry, Jennifer Ashton examines the relationship between modernist and postmodernist American...
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From Gutenberg to Google
As technologies for electronic texts develop into ever more sophisticated engines for capturing different kinds of information, radical changes are...
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Wordsworth’s Philosophic Song
Wordsworth wrote that he longed to compose "some philosophic Song/Of Truth that cherishes our daily life". Yet he never finished The...
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Literature and Human Equality
When Achilles dons his armor, gods and readers alike know the outcome, as does the hero himself. But when the commoner becomes the hero, when, as Dr....
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Language and Mind
This is the long-awaited third edition of Chomsky’s outstanding collection of essays on language and mind. The first six chapters, originally...
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The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture
The Cambridge Companion to Modern American Culture offers a comprehensive, authoritative and accessible overview of the cultural themes and...
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Performance and Identity in the Classical World
Performance and Identity in the Classical World traces attitudes towards actors in Greek and Roman culture as a means of understanding ancient...
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The Cambridge Companion to Margaret Atwood
Margaret Atwood’s international celebrity has given a new visibility to Canadian literature in English. This Companion provides a comprehensive...
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Race, Slavery, and Liberalism in Nineteenth-Century American Literature
Moving boldly between literary analysis and political theory, contemporary and antebellum U.S. culture, Arthur Riss invites readers to rethink...
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The Cambridge Companion to John Updike
John Updike is one of the most prolific and important American authors of the contemporary period, with an acclaimed body of work that spans half a...
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Thomas Hardy on Screen
The novels of Thomas Hardy have often been regarded as cinematic in their scope and power, and they have inspired some of the most absorbing...
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Shakespeare and the American Popular Stage
Shakespeare’s effect on America’s intellectual and artistic life has been much discussed, but what role does he play on the American popular...
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The Stagecraft and Performance of Roman Comedy
A comprehensive survey of Roman theatrical production, this book examines all aspects of Roman performance practice, and provides fresh insights on...
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Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society
In Sanctified Violence in Homeric Society, Margo Kitts focuses on oath-making narratives found in the Iliad through which she articulates a theory of...
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Shakespeare, Memory and Performance
"Remember thee? Ay, thou poor ghost, while memory holds a seat In this distracted globe." Hamlet’s lines pun on the globe as both his...
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Modern Arabic Literature
This volume of the Cambridge History of Arabic Literature provides an authoritative, comprehensive critical survey of creative writing in Arabic from...
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Touch and Intimacy in First World War Literature
The First World War ravaged the male body on an unprecedented scale, yet fostered moments of physical intimacy and tenderness among the soldiers in...
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The Making of Racial Sentiment
The frontier romance, an enormously popular genre of American fiction born in the 1820s, helped redefine ‘race’ for an emerging national culture....
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Early Responses to Renaissance Drama
It is often assumed that we can never know how the earliest audiences responded to the plays and playbooks of Shakespeare, Marlowe, and other...
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Ovid’s Lovers
Central to Ovid’s elegiac texts and his Metamorphoses is his pre-occupation with how desiring subjects interact and seduce each other. This major...
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