Bücher der Reihe Cambridge Companions to Literature

This Companion maps the dynamic literary landscape of the American South. Featuring newly commissioned essays from leading scholars, the text highlights patterns and connections amongst Southern writers across generations, making it a valuable guide for students and teachers of American literature, American studies and the history of storytelling in America.

For centuries Paris has had a deep association with the development of literary forms and cultural ideas. This Companion shows how Paris, in its various districts, has inspired writers from Moliere to Henry James, from Victor Hugo to Jean Rhys, and how it is now responding to multicultural diversity.

A comprehensive introduction to Cicero's writings for students and non-specialists. Draws on recent transformative research on the political and literary culture of the late Roman Republic and presents important new research on Cicero's reception in late antiquity and from the Renaissance period onwards.

In the Companion to the Victorian Novel, first published in 2000, a series of specially-commissioned essays examine the work of Charles Dickens, the Brontes, George Eliot and Wilkie Collins. Contributors engage with topics such as industrial culture, religion, science, sexuality and race. The Companion includes a chronology and a comprehensive guide to further reading.

This is the most comprehensive account available of the work of one of the great writers of the twentieth century, by internationally renowned specialists. It includes chapters on Jorge Luis Borges's literary evolution, his hugely influential short stories, and on the extraordinary diversity of his literary themes and interests.

This is the most comprehensive account available of the work of one of the great writers of the twentieth century, by internationally renowned specialists. It includes chapters on Jorge Luis Borges's literary evolution, his hugely influential short stories, and on the extraordinary diversity of his literary themes and interests.

An essential companion to the complex and fascinating medieval poem Piers Plowman, consolidating the most enduring research with a provocative range of new directions for studying it. Lucid chapters by leading experts provide the most exciting vistas of studying Piers Plowman in the twenty-first century.

This Companion engages with key debates surrounding the interpretation and reception of Elizabeth Bishop's published and unpublished writing in relation to questions of biography, the natural world and politics. Chapters explore the full range of Bishop's artistic achievements and the extent to which posthumous publications have contributed to her enduring popularity.

This authoritative collection of rigorous but accessible essays investigates the emerging field of environmental literary studies. It probes key issues such as the place of the human within nature, ecofeminism and gender, engagements with European philosophy and the biological sciences, critical animal studies, postcolonialism, posthumanism, and climate change.

This authoritative collection of rigorous but accessible essays investigates the emerging field of environmental literary studies. It probes key issues such as the place of the human within nature, ecofeminism and gender, engagements with European philosophy and the biological sciences, critical animal studies, postcolonialism, posthumanism, and climate change.

This Companion examines the intellectual and social contexts surrounding the influential Bloomsbury Group while providing fresh, incisive portraits of its members, which include luminaries such as writer Virginia Woolf, economist Maynard Keynes, art critic Roger Fry, and others.

Short, accessible essays from fifteen recognized Milton specialists touching on the most important topics and themes in Paradise Lost. The essays invite readers to begin their own independent exploration of the poem by equipping them with useful background knowledge, introducing them to key passages, and acquainting them with the current state of critical debates.

Short, accessible essays from fifteen recognized Milton specialists touching on the most important topics and themes in Paradise Lost. The essays invite readers to begin their own independent exploration of the poem by equipping them with useful background knowledge, introducing them to key passages, and acquainting them with the current state of critical debates.

A sophisticated but accessible introduction to the full range of surviving Greek comedy of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. It combines literary perspectives with the exploration of relevant historical issues and the artistic and archaeological evidence, providing a unique panorama of this challenging area of ancient Greek literature.

A sophisticated but accessible introduction to the full range of surviving Greek comedy of the fifth and fourth centuries BC. It combines literary perspectives with the exploration of relevant historical issues and the artistic and archaeological evidence, providing a unique panorama of this challenging area of ancient Greek literature.

This Companion takes as its subject the city in literary history. Its chapters explore the myriad cities that authors create and the genres in which allegorical cities appear. This volume also considers the traditional relationship between literature and history by charting the evolution of cities and comparing this to literary representations of the metropolis.

This volume offers readers a comprehensive overview of twentieth-century Irish modernist literature and visual arts, its chapters focusing on a wide variety of writers and painters. There are also chapters on Irish women modernists, Irish American modernism, Irish language modernism and the critical reception of modernism in Ireland.

This volume offers readers a comprehensive overview of twentieth-century Irish modernist literature and visual arts, its chapters focusing on a wide variety of writers and painters. There are also chapters on Irish women modernists, Irish American modernism, Irish language modernism and the critical reception of modernism in Ireland.

This volume makes authoritative scholarship on the ever-growing body of criticism and research on one of the key writers of literary modernism accessible. The emphasis on emergent critical approaches helps the reader make sense of recent developments and encourages further exploration, assisted by the guide to further reading.

This volume makes authoritative scholarship on the ever-growing body of criticism and research on one of the key writers of literary modernism accessible. The emphasis on emergent critical approaches helps the reader make sense of recent developments and encourages further exploration, assisted by the guide to further reading.

A lively account of the historical origins, evolution, dissemination and influence of some of the simplest and most universal stories ever created. Essays by leading scholars from a range of academic disciplines explore the diverse interpretations these tales have attracted over the centuries and the reasons for their ongoing power.

Few books in the English language seem to demand a companion more insistently than Ulysses. This volume offers fourteen concise and highly accessible essays by accomplished scholars that explore this masterpiece of world literature. It also includes numerous resources to aid both new and returning readers on their own Odyssean journey through the novel.

Few books in the English language seem to demand a companion more insistently than Ulysses. This volume offers fourteen concise and highly accessible essays by accomplished scholars that explore this masterpiece of world literature. It also includes numerous resources to aid both new and returning readers on their own Odyssean journey through the novel.

Written by leading Woolf and modernism scholars, The Cambridge Companion to To The Lighthouse will be of interest to students and scholars. Complete with a chapter on critical history, a chronology, and a guide to further reading, this volume synthesizes the major ideas and formal innovations while also summarizing and advancing critical debate.

Written by a team of renowned scholars, The New Cambridge Companion to Samuel Beckett presents a continuum in Beckett studies ranging from theoretical approaches to performance studies, from manuscript research to the study of bilingualism. The emphasis on burgeoning critical approaches aids the reader's understanding of recent developments while prompting further exploration.

A wide-ranging and accessible account of the history of the book from ancient inscription to contemporary e-books, within local, national and global contexts. Includes a practical section on methods, sources and approaches, together with a chronology and a guide to further reading.

A wide-ranging and accessible account of the history of the book from ancient inscription to contemporary e-books, within local, national and global contexts. Includes a practical section on methods, sources and approaches, together with a chronology and a guide to further reading.

Containing essays by leading scholars representing a wide range of disciplines, this Companion offers new perspectives on the French Enlightenment. Clearly organized and easy to use, the volume provides a comprehensive overview of a period that marks the beginning of modern intellectual culture and political life.

This Companion explores the Gothic across literature, film, television, and cyberspace, revealing how it has proliferated since 1900 as an expression of modernity. Essays examine the role of Gothic in major struggles of modern life over sex and gender, the intermixing of different cultures, and the very nature of modernity.

This Companion explores the Gothic across literature, film, television, and cyberspace, revealing how it has proliferated since 1900 as an expression of modernity. Essays examine the role of Gothic in major struggles of modern life over sex and gender, the intermixing of different cultures, and the very nature of modernity.