The Cambridge Introduction to Sylvia Plath
Author: Jo Gill
Edition: First
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages: 168
Price: £10.99
ISBN: 9780521686952
This text offers an inclusive guide to Plath’s poetry, prose and autobiographical writings, with an overview of readings, debates and issues surrounding her writings to the present day.
The Cambridge Introduction to Theatre Studies
Author: Christopher B. Balme
Edition: First
Publisher: Cambridge University Press
Pages: 246
Price: £14.99
ISBN: 9780521672238
By examining a variety of elements within the discipline, this book aims to present a complete overview of the methods and tools required in studying historical and contemporary theatre.
British Women Writers of the Romantic Period: An Anthology of their Literary Criticism
Editor: Mary A. Waters
Edition: First
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 256
Price: £18.99
ISBN: 9780230205772
Presenting a selection of texts from women in the Romantic period, this anthology endeavours to provide fuel for debate in studies into the era, including issues such as professionalism, nationalism and the literary canon.
Children’s Literature: Approaches and Territories
Editors: Janet Maybin and Nicola J. Watson
Edition: First
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 416
Price: £22.99
ISBN: 97802302132
Placing an emphasis on how children’s literature is embedded in the social life of both children and adults, this collection of essays presents a social and literary overview into the field of Anglophone children’s literature.
Reading Science Fiction
Editors: James Gunn, Marleen Barr and Matthew Candelaria
Edition: First
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 288
Price: £16.99
ISBN: 97802305188
Synthesising work from scholars and fiction writers, this text introduces the history, concepts and contexts required in understanding this genre, and takes into consideration theoretical approaches such as gender studies, postcolonial studies and structuralism.
The Handbook of the Gothic
Editors: Marie Mulvey-Roberts
Edition: Second
Publisher: Palgrave Macmillan
Pages: 384
Price: £16.99
ISBN: 9780230008540
Consisting of entries from a range of scholars, this handbook seeks to explore the recurrent concerns of the Gothic. Covering developments in the field since the first edition, this revised text looks into areas such as children’s literature, comedy, music and medicine.
Shakespeare on Toast: Getting a Taste for the Bard
Author: Ben Crystal
Edition: First
Publisher: Icon Books Ltd
Pages: 2
Price: £7.99
ISBN: 9781848310544
Crystal, determined to bring Shakespeare’s work to life, coves aspects such as his language and his life with accessible scholarship, wit and verve.
Doing English
Author: Robert Eaglestone
Edition: Third
Publisher: Routledge
Pages: 192
Price: £12.99
ISBN: 9780415496742
Intended as a guide for English literature students in the final year of secondary schooling or those embarking upon higher education, this text presents an introduction to the ideas and debates surrounding the subject.
An Introduction to Narratology
Author: Monika Fludernik
Edition: First
Publisher: Routledge
Pages: 200
Price: £14.99
ISBN: 9780415450300
Via a summary of concepts in the field, this text offers an accessible and comprehensive overview for newcomers to narratology, while reflecting on recent theoretical developments in the subject.
Scottish Literature
Author: Gerard Carruthers
Edition: First
Publisher: Edinburgh University Press
Pages: 240
Price: £16.99
ISBN: 9780748633098
This guide brings together detailed literary history with contemporary debates surrounding “Scottishness”, and aims to identify the main trends in the emergence and development of Scottish literature.
The Medieval British Literature Handbook
Editor: Daniel T. Kline
Edition: First
Publisher: Continuum
Pages: 328
Price: £17.99
ISBN: 9780826494092
Intended to serve as a resource for courses in medieval literature, this text aims to provide students with the most complete guide to the subject’s major texts, critics, approaches and directions for new research.
The Poetry Toolkit: The Essential Guide to Studying Poetry
Author: Rhian Williams
Edition: First
Publisher: Continuum
Pages: 288
Price: £15.99
ISBN: 9781847060495
By providing commentary on the formal traditions of poetry across the ages, Williams aims offer clear explanations on the key terms, genres and concepts in an accessible format.
Beginning Postmodernism
Author: Tim Woods
Edition: Second
Publisher: Manchester University Press
Pages: 304
Price: £9.99
ISBN: 9780719079962
This guide aims to present an introduction to postmodernism across a wide range of subjects. By exploring how debates around the field have emerged from philosophical and cultural ideas, it demonstrates how comparative connections can be made from one area to another.
The Oxford Handbook of British and Irish War Poetry
Editor: Tim Kendall
Edition: Second
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages: 776
Price: £.50
ISBN: 9780199559602
Combining the work of literary critics from across the globe, this handbook aims to present current thinking on 20th-century war poetry, while mapping both the uniqueness of each war and the continuities between poets of the different conflicts.
Understanding Style: Practical Ways to Improve Your Writing
Author: Joe Glaser
Edition: Second
Publisher: Oxford University Press
Pages: 288
Price: £16.99
ISBN: 9780195379495
Intended for use in advanced composition courses, this text seeks to explain the art of crafting sentences in a clear and readable fashion. By adapting the findings of modern linguistic research, the author offers detailed writing advice and has included open-ended exercises as a result.
Gothic and Modernism
Editor: John Paul Riquelme
Edition: First
Publisher: Johns Hopkins University Press
Pages: 248
Price: £16.50
ISBN: 9780801888656
Interpreting the presence and transformations of Gothic traditions during the 19th and 20th century, this collection of essays examines Gothic writing’s persistent influence on modern works.
Russian Literature
Authors: Andrew Baruch Wachtel and Ilya Vinitsky
Edition: First
Publisher: Polity
Pages: 316
Price: £16.99
ISBN: 9780745636863
Offering comprehensive details on the history of Russian literature and culture, Wachtel and Vinitsky provide an analysis of relevant events, people and texts and place them in their historical context, as well as discussing the effects they had on developments in art and music of the time.
Longman Companion to Victorian Fiction
Author: John Sutherland
Edition: Second
Publisher: Pearson Education
Pages: 736
Price: £19.99
ISBN: 9781408203903
Intended to serve as a full account of fiction published in the Victorian era, this text provides a synopsis of over 900 biographical entries and 600 novels, and includes information on various aspects of the Victorian publishing, writing, reviewing and reading worlds.
An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory
Authors: Andrew Bennett and Nicholas Royle
Edition: Fourth
Publisher: Pearson Education
Pages: 392
Price: £14.99
ISBN: 9781405859141
This new edition has been revised to take into account recent theory, and aims to provide a comprehensive look into the subject. Encompassing a range of topics from sexual and racial difference to ecocriticism, queer theory and ghosts, this readable, unpretentious and much-praised text engages literary works (from Chaucer to Monty Python) to illuminate complex ideas in the field.