The Handbook to Literary Research - Prijzen

The Gambler

Narrated by the character Alexei, who is addicted to gambling, this short novel is based on Dostoevsky's own experiences as a compulsive gambler. Like so many characters in Dostoevsky's novels, Alexei...

Selected Poems

This selection gives equal weight to the two aspects of Robert Burns's reputation, as a lyricist and as a much-loved Scottish poet. Placing works in probable order of composition, it includes lyrics t...

Poems of Thomas Hardy

Thomas Hardy wrote some of the most moving and personal poems in his era and this collection brings together the best of his verse on life and love.Hardy's poems are by turn haunting, intense, songlik...

Roll Deep

In his fourth collection, a breakthrough volume, Major Jackson appropriates the vernacular notion of rolling deep to capture the spirit of aesthetic travel that defines these forceful new poems and...

Intermediality and Storytelling

Extending narratological analysis to media as varied as graphic novels, photography, television, musicals, computer games and advertising, the essays gathered in this volume address some of the most f...

Modernist Archives- David Jones's The Grail Mass and Other Works

Drawing on new archival discoveries, this book presents an authoritative reconstruction of David Jones's The Grail Mass, the unfinished and unpublished project from which came both his masterpiece The...

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Hier en nu 2 Senryu’s in reservetijd

In de tweede helft van zijn leven schreef Jan CM Willems (Nijmegen 1952) vele duizenden senryu's. In deze tweede bundel van zijn hand staan de senryu's die hij schreef van augustus tot december 2021,...

Robin Hood

The only figure in the Dictionary of National Biography who is said never to have existed, Robin Hood has taken on an air of reality few historical figures achieve. His image in various guises has bee...

Introduction To Commutative Algebra

This book grew out of a course of lectures given to third year undergraduates at Oxford University and it has the modest aim of producing a rapid introduction to the subject. It is designed to be read...

Western Civilization, A Brief History

Western Civilization: A Brief History, Eleventh Edition, offers a concise introduction to political, cultural, and intellectual history. Easy to read and updated with recent scholarship, the Eleventh...

Fame

One of the most distinctive cultural phenomena of recent years has been the rise and rise of fame. In this book, Mark Rowlands argues that our obsession with fame has transformed it. Fame was once ass...