This book places classic British children's fictional texts into the cultural context of imperial Britain from 1895 to c1945. Authors include Rudyard Kipling, Frances Hodgson Burnett, e. Nes ...more on ebook "Empire's Children..."

In 1644 the english poet and man of letters, John Milton, published the Areopagitica as an appeal to Parliament to rescind their Licensing Order of June 16th, 1643. This order was designed t ...more on ebook "Areopagitica..."

Where Texts and Children Meet ...more on ebook "Where Texts and Children Meet..."

A sequel of sorts to the classic (and bestselling) sendup of literary criticism, The Pooh Perplex ...more on ebook "Postmodern Pooh..."

As the author of The Mill on the Floss and Middlemarch, George eliot was one of the most admired novelists of the Victorian period, and she remains a central figure in the literary canon tod ...more on ebook "The Cambridge Introduction to Georg..."

Anna Quindlen first visited London from a chair in her suburban Philadelphia home—in one of her beloved childhood mystery novels. She has been back to London countless times since, thr ...more on ebook "Imagined London..."

Children ...more on ebook "Children..."

This novel echoes the romantic conventions of the Victorian era at the same time that it recounts many incidents of Brontë's own life.

The character of Jane, a young governes ...more on ebook "CliffsNotes Brontes Jane Eyre..."

Middle english is a student guide to the most influential critical writing on Middle english literature.

• A student guide to the most influential critical writing on Mi ...more on ebook "Middle English Literature: A Guide ..."

Why did theatre audiences laugh in ShakespeareÇ'Ùs day? Why do they still laugh now? What did Shakespeare do with the conventions of comedy that he inherited, so that his plays continue to a ...more on ebook "The Cambridge Introduction to Shake..."