"Written in an engaging and lively style, Edward's analyses of the fiction are eminently readable... Durham's theoretical prose requires of readers an effort that is generously rewarded by the pleasure afforded by the display of complex intellectual debate."
-the Comparist
..."quite impressive in its close and clever analyses of theories of play in the five novels."
-Choice

Features discussion and analysis of poems of all time periods, nations, and cultures. Provides an overview of the poem and discussion of its principal themes, images, form and construction.

Comics are a pervasive art form and an intrinsic part of the cultural fabric of most countries. And yet, relatively little has been written on the traslation of comics. Comics in Translation attempts to address this gap in the literature and to offer the first and most comprehensive account of various aspects of a diverse range of social practices subsumed under the label 'comics'.

Focusing on the role played by translation in shaping graphic narratives that appear in various formats, different contributors examine various aspects of this popular phenomenon.

The subject of this book is of historical and contemporary importance. The canard that ours is an unsentimental and even anti-sentimental culture has been advanced by influential twentiethcentury opinion makers. In modern high culture, sentimentality is often thought of as vaguely embarrassing or is condemned for being in bad taste or for being insincere.

William Shakespeare: A Very Peculiar History explores the life and works of the widely-regarded greatest writer of the English language. We learn about Shakespeare's family and childhood, and, with much reference to his most famous works, why his writing has endured the test of time and remains endlessly adaptable.