Books in the Cambridge Companions to Literature series

This book offers engaging and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of the sport of boxing. It will be of interest to students, scholars, and general readers interested boxing. It will also be of interest to students and scholars of American studies and popular culture more generally.

This book offers engaging and informative essays about the social impact and historical importance of the sport of boxing. It will be of interest to students, scholars, and general readers interested boxing. It will also be of interest to students and scholars of American studies and popular culture more generally.

A comprehensive and informative account of Dante's masterpiece, the Commedia, in essays by leading scholars. Chapters cover the main themes and motifs of the poem, its handling of narrative and literary matters, its cultural context, and its hugely influential afterlife, through textual transmission and readers' responses over the centuries.

A comprehensive and informative account of Dante's masterpiece, the Commedia, in essays by leading scholars. Chapters cover the main themes and motifs of the poem, its handling of narrative and literary matters, its cultural context, and its hugely influential afterlife, through textual transmission and readers' responses over the centuries.

This volume offers a cultural history of the idea of crusading over the last millennium. Focussing on the literature and culture of Europe, it shows how the Crusades, and the crusaders, were described, remembered, and romanticised by the various communities that have written about them.

This volume offers a cultural history of the idea of crusading over the last millennium. Focussing on the literature and culture of Europe, it shows how the Crusades, and the crusaders, were described, remembered, and romanticised by the various communities that have written about them.

This Companion is an accessible exploration of Sherlock Holmes and his relationship to late-Victorian culture as well as his significance and popularity. Readings of selected Holmes adventures explore the development of detective fiction and Victorian publishing alongside themes of gender, Englishness, law, criminality, adaptation and fandom.

Gives a rich and broad overview of Virgil, Virgilian reception over the centuries, and Virgilian studies. An introduction for students and their teachers and a touchstone for seasoned scholars; also ideal for scholars in other disciplines, anyone interested in the classical tradition, and general readers.

The Companion provides an introduction to the relationship between law and literature in medieval England. It will be of interest to advanced students and scholars of literature, history and culture in the Anglo-Saxon, medieval and Tudor periods. Scholars will also appreciate the surveys and discussions of literary uses of legal motifs.

This Companion explores an extensive range of 1930s authors, contexts, themes, and literary debates. Informed by current scholarly approaches and analysing the state of the field, it will be an important resource for students and scholars of twentieth-century literature.

This Companion is intended for an academic audience, ranging from advanced undergraduate students to professional scholars and from a variety of disciplines, who are interested in the new field of human rights and literature.

Lyrical Ballads is a text of huge cultural and literary significance. The cornerstone of British Romantic poetry, it is a must-read for any student of this subject. These accessible essays provide essential contexts and critical approaches, enabling students to find fresh ways of understanding and responding to the volume.

This Companion provides an engaging and expansive overview of gustation, gastronomy, agriculture and alimentary activism in literature from the medieval period to the present day. It rethinks literary food from a variety of critical angles, including gender and sexuality, race studies, postcolonial studies, eco-criticism and children's literature.

A thorough overview of the history of English monolingual dictionaries from the sixteenth century to the present day, including coverage of topical and controversial issues relating to dictionaries, and insights into lexicography throughout the English-speaking world, from the Oxford English Dictionary to dictionaries of Caribbean English.

A thorough overview of the history of English monolingual dictionaries from the sixteenth century to the present day, including coverage of topical and controversial issues relating to dictionaries, and insights into lexicography throughout the English-speaking world, from the Oxford English Dictionary to dictionaries of Caribbean English.

A detailed up-to-date survey of the most important woman writer from Greco-Roman antiquity. Examines the nature and context of her poetic achievement, the transmission, loss and rediscovery of her poetry, and the reception of that poetry in cultures far removed from ancient Greece, including Latin America, India, China, and Japan.

A detailed up-to-date survey of the most important woman writer from Greco-Roman antiquity. Examines the nature and context of her poetic achievement, the transmission, loss and rediscovery of her poetry, and the reception of that poetry in cultures far removed from ancient Greece, including Latin America, India, China, and Japan.

Aimed not only at a broad readership of classical scholars and students but also at all those interested in one of the most loved and influential poets of ancient Rome. Discusses Catullus' poetry, his late-republican background, and his scholarly and literary reception.

English literature, English literature - Renaissance and early modern to 1700, Film, cinema

American literature, Canadian literature, European and world literature general

Suitable for students of English literature and creative writing alike, this book is an introduction to the techniques of good prose writing. Written in an engaging style by eminent scholars, critics, novelists, and biographers, it is a handbook on the art of prose as exemplified by the best writers of fiction and creative non-fiction.

Suitable for students of English literature and creative writing alike, this book is an introduction to the techniques of good prose writing. Written in an engaging style by eminent scholars, critics, novelists, and biographers, it is a handbook on the art of prose as exemplified by the best writers of fiction and creative non-fiction.

This book is for readers interested in how literature tackles climate change, 'petro-culture', extinction, and the proposed 'human' epoch of the Anthropocene. Chapters discuss flooding, pollution, oil, humans, and animals, while revisiting old and new literary forms, including novels, poems, plays, and gaming.

This book is for readers interested in how literature tackles climate change, 'petro-culture', extinction, and the proposed 'human' epoch of the Anthropocene. Chapters discuss flooding, pollution, oil, humans, and animals, while revisiting old and new literary forms, including novels, poems, plays, and gaming.

Providing a comprehensive overview of intellectual life in the eighteenth-century Anglophone world at a time when the boundaries of knowledge were growing rapidly in response to their evolving surroundings, this volume is essential reading for scholars and students of eighteenth-century British literature, culture and thought.

This book introduces students to the field of climate and literature while offering seasoned scholars novel ways to approach its dynamic expansions. It highlights diversity across geography, race, and class, as well as genre. It not only introduces key issues but also puts emerging themes in conversation.

This volume offers a rigorous yet accessible overview of the key questions and intersectional approaches pertaining to American literature and the body. The chapters have been written in an accessible style, making them useful for undergraduates as well as for more experienced researchers.