The accepted chronology of Shakespeare’s works rests on flawed methods. This investigation exposes over-reliance on precarious stylometrics and unfounded assumptions, arguing for a startling conclusion: Shakespeare’s works must be radically antedated.
This book reveals Homer’s vibrant legacy in Portuguese, Spanish, Brazilian, and Argentinian literature from the 19th to the 21st century. Juxtaposing Homeric motifs across genres—theatre, poetry, novel, and short story—it offers a unique cross-cultural comparison.
Regarded as a problem play, Measure for Measure dramatizes King James’s view that justice should be tempered with mercy. Its themes of sex and the death penalty are treated with an ambiguity that pleased the king, while allowing Shakespeare’s own response to differ.
Interpreting Literary Texts
This book explores how textual interpretation evolved from Classicism to Postmodernism. Using novels by authors like Jane Austen, Patrick White, and Margaret Atwood, it traces the shifts in literary movements and philosophical concepts of truth, reason, and the human mind.
This book analyzes the unlikely friendship of Prince Hal and Falstaff in Shakespeare’s Henry IV plays. Though the future king rejects Falstaff, arguably the world’s greatest comic character, his voice, representing a more human side of existence, cannot ultimately be denied.
This captivating study unveils William Faulkner’s narrative prowess. It explores his innovative use of multiple perspectives and unique voices to craft complex worlds, offering an exhilarating glimpse into the storytelling universe of one of literature’s greatest visionaries.
Reading Old English Riddles
The riddles of the Exeter Book are designed to intrigue, baffle, and entertain. Ranging from the learned to the vulgar, the devotional to the existential, they are a powerful part of the Old English poetic tradition. This book presents them in modern English verse translations.
This exercise in ethical criticism regards cultural texts as friends for conversation. It explores female agency, colonialism, and slavery through figures from Joan of Arc to Princess Diana and texts from The Thousand and One Nights to a radical re-reading of Middlemarch.
Mircea Eliade’s Journalistic Writings
This book discusses Mircea Eliade’s lesser-known journalism. His articles serve as a starting point for comments on the movement of ideas in the interwar era, the dramatic destiny of his generation under totalitarian regimes, and his reception in Romania and abroad.
Abiezer Coppe is one of the most exciting writers of the seventeenth century: a prophetic writer full of passion, fury, wit, and naked sincerity. He is not afraid to speak directly in the voice of God to condemn the hypocrisy and corruption of his era.
Alice Munro’s Bestiary
Inspired by medieval bestiaries, this alphabet book juxtaposes medieval illuminations with Alice Munro excerpts featuring animals. It explores how Munro troubles the boundary between human and non-human, solving some enigmas of her stories while suggesting new riddles.
For three generations, Afghans have migrated across the world. This book defines the concept of diaspora, considering key ideas like “belonging” and “return.” It focuses on the Afghan diaspora, particularly in Iran, and offers short accounts of their lives.
This volume engages with how the idea of the human features in African societies and scholarship. Contributors are concerned with the urgent imperative of rescuing what it means to be humane in a world being pushed towards a dystopic future by climate change and fundamentalism.
Glycoscience
This book presents compact data in glycoscience, a developing field linking biology, chemistry, and medicine. It covers the structure, biosynthesis, and biological roles of carbohydrates, highlighting their connection to cancer, hereditary disorders, and other human diseases.
Achilles beyond Fury
Ten insightful essays explore the fury of Achilles. This investigation uncovers new perspectives on the wrathful warrior, from parallels with the biblical Samson and the consequences of his actions to his lasting influence in Roman iconography and contemporary cinema.
This book is a collection of nineteen critical essays on James Joyce’s A Portrait of the Artist. The author goes beyond established critical material, providing analyses from twenty-first century lenses. It serves as a reference for all readers–students, scholars, and teachers.
Explore the intricate connections between history, ethnicity, mythology, and literature. This book unravels how historical events, cultural myths, and ethnic heritage weave together to create multifaceted identities and shape the values of contemporary times.
Critical Reception of Arundhati Roy
Arundhati Roy is equally loved and disparaged. This book delves into the kaleidoscope of reactions to her writings that mediate her identity as a writer, activist and celebrity, exploring how factors from her Booker win to sedition charges shape how her work is read.
This essay collection explores inconsistency in the major Latin epics of the Flavian Age. Leading experts demonstrate that inconsistency is often a strategic device, and its careful study yields precious insights into the poets’ artistic, thematic, and ideological agendas.
Indian Diaspora
Borders give rise to division, the suffering of homelessness, and the loss of culture. This book ties together the stories of uprooted migrants, refugees, and exiles—including writers like Jhumpa Lahiri and Kiran Desai—who use their writing to highlight migration concerns.