Fictions of Dissent: Reclaiming Authority in Transatlantic Women's Writing of the Late Nineteenth Century

Fin-de-siecle women's fiction by both British female aesthetes and American women regionalists repeatedly stages moments of rebellion in which female characters rise up and (literally or metaphorically) resist being incorporated into works of art.

As You Like It (Shakespeare in Production)

In short, this excellent edition is not only a practical handbook on As You Like It; it is also a demonstration of the play's power as a cultural prism which colourfully displays humanity's muddle of evolving values.

Heresy, Literature and Politics in Early Modern English Culture

An essential collection of essays on the changing face of heresy from the 1540s through the 1690s." - Deborah Kepple-Memros, Graceland University

Shakespeare in the Movies: From the Silent Era to Shakespeare in Love

Shakespeare is now enjoying perhaps his most glorious--certainly his most popular--filmic incarnation. Indeed, the Bard has been splashed across the big screen to great effect in recent adaptations of Hamlet, Henry V, Othello, Twelfth Night, Romeo and Juliet, Much Ado About Nothing, Richard II, A Midsummer Night's Dream, and of course in the hugely successful Shakespeare in Love.

World Literature and Its Times, Volume 7: Italian Literature and Its Times

World Literature and Its Times helps students and researchers make connections between the political/social climate during which books were written and the works themselves. Each World Literature and Its Times volume focuses on major fiction, poetry and nonfiction from a particular country or region, presenting approximately 50 works in detailed essays running approximately 10 pages.
Volume 7 focuses on major fiction, poetry and nonfiction from Italy.