Contains newly commissioned and reprinted articles on the work of a South African novelist of Afrikaans heritage, looking at his writing from various perspectives, including Marxist, poststructuralist
Contains 14 essays on Fielding published during the 1980s and 1990s. The essays include one on Fielding's drama; multiple treatments of Jonathan Wild, Joseph Andrews, Tom Jones, and Amelia ; as well
Nine scholars wax critically, and occasionally interactively, on diverse aspects of Shakespeare's enduring tragedy on society's investment in and interference with romance certainly relevant to contem
Introduces Margaret Atwood's major literary works, focusing on central themes addressed in her novels, her use of paradoxes and storytelling, and her characters.
In his writings, JosT Vasconcelos (1882-1959), a leading Mexican intellectual, turned his analytical eye to Latin culture and heritage. This study of his writing examines Vasconcelos as writer, social
Bypassing the popular notion of him as a sports writer because of his 1972 End Zone , critics and literary scholars examine the novels of the contemporary US writer. In addition to 11 reprinted revie
Widely acknowledged as a major voice in contemporary Italian literature, Alberto Moravia (1907-1990) published more than 30 books in his lifetime. A novelist, short story writer, and essayist, Moravia
In the Forest of A. A. Milne's Winnie-the-Pooh (1926) and The House at Pooh Corner (1928), we never see any "Hostile Animals" as one the size of a piglet might fear, but instead we see a community of
As the author of verse ranging from the personal and psychological to the satirical and political, Thomas Kinsella is one of Ireland's most distinguished poets and critics. He has been labeled an eni
