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Book cover for G. Douglas Atkins: Geoffrey Hartman

Geoffrey Hartman

G. Douglas Atkins
Hardcover - $264.95

Though he resists easy formulation and cannot be identified with any theoretical position, Geoffrey Hartman has been developing a sophisticated philosophical criticism that at once parallels and differs from New Criticism, hermeneutics, reader-respon ...

Book cover for Michael Atkinson: The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes and Other Eccentric Readings

The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes and Other Eccentric Readings

Michael Atkinson
Paperback - $43.95

"The Secret Marriage of Sherlock Holmes is about reading, a process that we take for granted. But Sherlock Holmes, the cultural icon to whose exploits Michael Atkinson gives new readings, became famous by taking nothing for granted. Holmes's adventur ...

Book cover for Derek Attridge: Joyce Effects

Joyce Effects

Derek Attridge
Hardcover - $170.95

This is a series of connected essays by one of today??'s leading commentators on James Joyce.

Book cover for Derek Attridge: Joyce Effects

Joyce Effects

Derek Attridge
Paperback - $75.95

Joyce Effects is a collection of essays by a leading commentator on James Joyce. Joyce's books, Derek Attridge argues, go off like fireworks, and one of this book's aims is to enhance the reader's enjoyment of these special effects. He examines the w ...

Book cover for Derek Attridge: Semicolonial Joyce

Semicolonial Joyce

Derek Attridge
Paperback - $71.95

Semicolonial Joyce is the first collection of essays to address the importance of Ireland's colonial situation in understanding the work of James Joyce. The volume reflects the ambivalences in Joyce's relationship with Irish nationalism, bringing tog ...

Book cover for Derek Attridge: The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce

The Cambridge Companion to James Joyce

Derek Attridge
Paperback - $55.95

Including several new and revised essays, reflecting increasing emphasis on Joyce's politics, this Companion focuses on the importance of his engagement with Ireland, and the changes wrought by gender studies on criticism of his work. The second edit ...

Book cover for Nina Auerbach: Forbidden Journeys

Forbidden Journeys : Fairy Tales and Fantasies by Victorian Women Writers

Nina Auerbach
Paperback - $61.95

As these eleven dark and wild stories demonstrate, fairy tales by Victorian women constitute a distinct literary tradition, one startlingly subversive of the society that fostered it. From Anne Thackeray Ritchie's adaptations of "The Sleeping Beauty ...

Book cover for Linda M. Austin: Nostalgia in Transition, 1780-1917

Nostalgia in Transition, 1780-1917

Linda M. Austin
Hardcover - $85.95

Referred to long ago as a "disease" of Swiss soldiers and Highland regiments far from home, nostalgia became known in the 1920s as more of a fleeting rather than debilitating condition. Yet what caused this shift in our collective understanding of th ...

Book cover for David Ayers: Literary Theory

Literary Theory : A Reintroduction

David Ayers
Paperback - $54.95

"Literary Theory: A Reintroduction" introduces the current state of theory by placing it in its social, historical, and institutional contexts.
Offers an innovative introduction to modern literary theory by placing it in its social, historical, a ...

Book cover for David Ayers: Literary Theory

Literary Theory : A Reintroduction

David Ayers
Hardcover - $159.95

"Literary Theory: A Reintroduction" introduces the current state of theory by placing it in its social, historical, and institutional contexts.
Offers an innovative introduction to modern literary theory by placing it in its social, historical, a ...

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