This is the first dictionary of symbols to be based on literature, rather than 'universal' psychological archetypes, myths, or esoterica. Michael Ferber has assembled nearly two hundred entr ...more on ebook "A Dictionary of Literary Symbols..."

""I found this overview of In-World, Mid-World, and end-World both entertaining and invaluable. So, I am convinced, will you." -- from the foreword by Stephen King The Dark Tower is the ba ...more on ebook "Stephen King's The Dark Tower: A Co..."

What does it mean when a fictional hero takes a journey?. Shares a meal? Gets drenched in a sudden rain shower? Often, there is much more going on in a novel or poem than is readi ...more on ebook "How to Read Literature Like a Profe..."

A collection of insightful essays on food accompanied by a host of recipes, Literary Feasts explores the significance of food in literature. each featured meal--from Madame Bovary's w ...more on ebook "Literary Feasts..."

Gene Wolfe's BOOK OF THe NeW SUN has been hailed by both critics and readers as quite possibly the best science fiction novel ever written. And yet at the same time, like another masterpiece ...more on ebook "Solar Labyrinth..."

This bibliography challenges the view that World War I was totally a masculine domain by listing and annotating hundreds of published and unpublished books, articles, memoirs, diaries and le ...more on ebook "Women Writers of the First World Wa..."

This comprehensive anthology collects together primary texts and documents relevant to the literature, culture, and intellectual life in england between 1550 and 1660. ...more on ebook "The English Renaissance..."