"The collected essays in Joyce: The Return of the Repressed, Susan Stanford Friedman tells us in her introduction, explore the various ways that Joyce's work can be read as textual scenes of `repression, disguised expression, and fragmentary return.' In the course of tracing the…
"This book is packed with research and revelations about the Renaissance lyric tradition, set forth in a consummate critical style." * Clio * "Dubrow's attempt to renegotiate a definition of Petrarchism and its counterdiscourses ultimately succeeds because she insists on the val…
"This thoroughly updated third edition of Critical Theory Today offers an accessible introduction to contemporary critical theory, providing in-depth coverage of the most common approaches to literary analysis today, including: feminism; psychoanalysis; Marxism; reader-response …
Irish literature since 1990: diverse voices
"This volume explores the meaning of republicanism in contemporary Ireland. While this has often been identified simply with nationalism, the book examines the connections, comparisons and contrasts between Irish republicanism and other strands of republican politics: the ideolo…
"Literature and Architecture will tempt the knowledge of those interested in the impact of antiquarian literature on early modern architecture and vice versa. -- Emma J. Wells * Sixteenth Century Journal * A fresh, nuanced study of the intersections between architecture, archite…