French Literature: A Very Short Introduction The heritage of literature in the French language is rich, varied, extensive in time and space, and appealing both to…
The Literature Book: Big Ideas Simply Explained “Books, let’s face it, are better than anything else.” Nick Hornby Turn the pages of The Literature Book to discover…
The curse of Eve, the wound of the hero : blood, gender, and medieval literature In The Curse of Eve, the Wound of the Hero, Peggy McCracken explores the role of blood symbolism in establishing…
Nonsense and Other Senses: Regulated Absurdity in Literature This book deals with a topic that is gaining increasing critical attention, the literature of nonsense and absurdity. The volume…
Landscape in Middle English Romance: The Medieval Imagination and the Natural World (Cambridge Studies in Medieval Literature) Our current ecological crises compel us not only to understand how contemporary media shapes our conceptions of human relationships with…