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The Cambridge Companion to Dante by Rachel Jacoff (Editor)
$20.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This book provides an introduction to Dante that is at once accessible and challenging. Fifteen specially-commissioned essays by distinguished scholars provide background information and up-to-date critical perspectives on Dante's life and work, focusing on areas of central importance. Three essays intr ...Show more
The Cambridge Companion to Hemingway by Scott Donaldson (Editor)
$16.00 NZD
Category: Literary biography | Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This Companion serves both as an introduction for the interested reader, and as a source of the best recent scholarship on the author and his works. In addition to analyzing his major texts, these chapters provide insight on Hemingway's relationship with gender history, journalism, fame, and the politic ...Show more
The Cambridge Companion to Jane Austen by Edward Copeland (Editor); Juliet McMaster (Editor)
$15.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Jane Austen's stock in the popular marketplace has never been higher, while academic studies continue to uncover new aspects of her engagement with her world. This fully updated edition of the acclaimed Cambridge Companion offers clear, accessible coverage of the intricacies of Austen's works in their h ...Show more
The Cambridge Companion to Old English Literature by Malcolm R. Godden (Editor); Michael Lapidge (Editor)
$18.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser. | Reading Level: very good
This book introduces students to the literature of Anglo-Saxon England, the period from 600-1066, in a collection of fifteen specially commissioned essays. The chapters are written by experts, but designed to be accessible to students who may be unfamiliar with Old English. The emphasis throughout is on ...Show more
The Cambridge Companion to The Roman Historians by Andrew Feldherr (Editor)
$18.00 NZD
Category: Ancient History | Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser. | Reading Level: very good
No field of Latin literature has been more transformed over the last couple of decades than that of the Roman historians. Narratology, a new receptiveness to intertextuality, and a re-thinking of the relationship between literature and its political contexts have ensured that the works of historians suc ...Show more
The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Mann by Ritchie Robertson (Editor)
$18.00 NZD
Category: Literature | Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature Ser. | Reading Level: very good
Specially-commissioned essays explore key dimensions of Thomas Mann?'s writing and life.
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