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This Companion seeks to recover the lives and particular experiences of medieval women by concentrating on the texts they wrote as well as texts that attempted to shape their lives. Contributors consider the lives and writings of remarkable women, including Marie de France, Heloise, and Joan of Arc among others.

Fully revised to take recent developments in the field into account, with an up-to-date guide to further reading, this edition includes two new essays, on recent developments in the field, and on the rapidly expanding publishing industry of this period.

Written for students and readers of Garcia Marquez, this Companion is accessible for non-Spanish speakers and features a chronology and a guide to further reading. This insightful and lively book will provide an invaluable framework for the further study and enjoyment of this major figure in world literature.

Every great civilisation from the Bronze Age to the present day has produced epic poems. This Companion surveys over four thousand years of epic poetry from the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh to Derek Walcott's postcolonial Omeros.

This Companion provides a comprehensive introduction to John Bunyan's life and works, written in a clear accessible way for students and general readers. The authors deal with all his major works and discuss the key issues, examining their place in the broader context of seventeenth-century history and literature.

This book traces the development of allegory in the European and American tradition from antiquity to the modern era. The essays explore allegory as a literary practice in poetry and fiction, as a technique of interpreting sacred and philosophical texts, and as an important element of modern literary theory.

This Companion traces the evolution of Los Angeles as the most public staging of the American Dream - and American nightmares. The expert contributors make exciting, innovative connections among the authors and texts inspired by the city, from the early Spanish settlers to contemporary Latino and Asian LA literature.

Since his death in 2005, interest in Arthur Miller's life and work has shown no sign of diminishing. This flagship Companion has been updated to include Miller's work since the publication of the first edition in 1997 - three plays and three films - and recent key productions of his plays.

Since his death in 2005, interest in Arthur Miller's life and work has shown no sign of diminishing. This flagship Companion has been updated to include Miller's work since the publication of the first edition in 1997 - three plays and three films - and recent key productions of his plays.

This second edition of the Companion offers students up-to-date factual and interpretative material about the principal theatres, playwrights and plays of the most important period of English drama, from 1580-1642. All the essays have been revised and their references updated; the substantial biographical and bibliographical section has been expanded.

This Companion contains fifteen chapters by leading international scholars. They consider Pound's entire corpus, and also situate his work in the context of modernism. Taken together, the chapters offer a sustained examination of one of the most versatile, influential and certainly controversial poets of the modern period.

This Companion surveys the history and contexts of English-language children's literature from the seventeenth century to Harry Potter. Essential reading for all students of children's literature, this book offers both a wealth of information and original research that reflects the latest developments in the field.

The ideal introduction to the English novel for students and teachers, this book assesses the importance of the finest novelists in the English language (excluding living writers). Each writer is introduced in his or her literary context, and the major works are analysed.

Often regarded as the greatest German poet of the twentieth century, Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) remains one of the most influential figures of European modernism. With its invaluable guide to further reading and a chronology of Rilke's life and work, this Companion will provide an accessible, engaging account of this extraordinary poet.

These specially commissioned essays examine Victorian literature in depth and explore its boundaries: the links and overlap with Romanticism in the 1830s, and the roots of modernism. This Companion brings together the most important aspects of this prolific and popular period of English literature.

Providing a new critical platform for the study of Caryl Churchill's extraordinary theatrical career, this Companion presents fresh scholarship on Churchill's collaborations, influences and performance innovations. Perfect for undergraduates and advanced theatre scholars alike, the book investigates the major plays in relation to social topics including sexual politics and revolution.

This Companion presents new essays covering the one hundred and fifty year history of the African American novel. Experts in the field from the US and Europe address some of the major issues in the genre: passing, the Protest novel, the Blues novel, and womanism among others.

The Venerable Bede is the major literary personality of the Anglo-Saxon period. Written by an international team of specialists, this Companion covers Bede's writings, his intellectual and social context, and the afterlife of his reputation. The volume is a key introductory guide for all students of Anglo-Saxon literature and history.

The Venerable Bede is the major literary personality of the Anglo-Saxon period. Written by an international team of specialists, this Companion covers Bede's writings, his intellectual and social context, and the afterlife of his reputation. The volume is a key introductory guide for all students of Anglo-Saxon literature and history.

Every great civilisation from the Bronze Age to the present day has produced epic poems. This Companion surveys over four thousand years of epic poetry from the Babylonian Epic of Gilgamesh to Derek Walcott's postcolonial Omeros.

The Cambridge Companion to Charles Dickens offers a valuable introduction to Dickens for students and general readers, as well as fresh insights, informed by recent critical theory, that will be of interest to scholars and teachers of the novels.

Francois Rabelais, who flourished in sixteenth-century France, is widely considered as the Renaissance's greatest comic writer. The most up-to-date book on Rabelais to be designed specifically for English-speaking audiences, this Companion is intended to enable a broad spectrum of readers both to appreciate and to enjoy Rabelais.

This edition retains much that was in the original Companion, and also introduces additional voices and themes, including Brecht's unique approach to dramaturgy. A detailed calendar of Brecht's life and work and a bibliography of English criticism complete this provocative overview of a writer who constantly aimed to provoke.

This volume addresses the work of women playwrights from the early American pioneers to contemporary feminists. Each chapter introduces the reader to the work of one or more playwrights in the context of topics such as early comedy and melodrama, feminism and realism, the Harlem Renaissance and feminism.

This Companion surveys the history and contexts of English-language children's literature from the seventeenth century to Harry Potter. Essential reading for all students of children's literature, this book offers both a wealth of information and original research that reflects the latest developments in the field.

Combining discussion of key topics for the study of Renaissance tragedy with fresh readings of canonical and frequently-taught texts, this Companion provides an engaging overview of Renaissance tragedy which features but is not dominated by Shakespeare. It includes chapters on religion, revenge, and modern performance traditions on stage and screen.

This Companion explains the crucial role played by women in modernism, covering not just the written arts, but also photography, film criticism, and dance. Leading scholars explain the key issues in women's modernism, providing a useful introduction for students and scholars.

Written for students and readers of Garcia Marquez, this Companion is accessible for non-Spanish speakers and features a chronology and a guide to further reading. This insightful and lively book will provide an invaluable framework for the further study and enjoyment of this major figure in world literature.

This book addresses a wide array of themes and approaches to the distinct yet multifaceted body of Jewish American literature. Essays cover writing from the 1700s to major contemporary writers such as Saul Bellow and Philip Roth. Topics covered include immigration and acculturation, Yiddish and Hebrew literature, and the Holocaust.

Key dimensions of Thomas Mann's writing and life are explored in this collection of specially commissioned essays. Introductory chapters covering all the main works of fiction, the essays and diaries, are followed by four chapters examining Mann's oeuvre in relation to major themes.