Originally published in 1973. Literary critics who have studied tragedy and the tragic vision failed, in Murray Krieger's estimation, to define exactly what they saw as the tragic …
Using the psychological concept called theory of mind, Lisa Zunshine explores the appeal of movies, novels, paintings, musicals, and reality television.Winner of the CHOICE …
Combining cognitive and evolutionary research with traditional humanist methods, Nancy Easterlin demonstrates how a biocultural perspective in theory and criticism opens up new …
A revelatory reading of the British novel that considers interfaith marriage, religious toleration, and the ethics of sociability.Bringing together feminist theory, novel …
A field-defining study of the novel as a tragic form.Sandra Macpherson's groundbreaking study of the rise of the novel connects its form to developments in liability law across the …
Originally published in 1970. Professor Callcott's analysis of the rise of historical consciousness in the United States from 1800 to 1860 offers a new dimension to American …
Richard C. Sha's revealing study considers how science shaped notions of sexuality, reproduction, and gender in the Romantic period. Through careful and imaginative readings of …
In this book Bryan Reynolds argues that early modern England experienced a sociocultural phenomenon, unprecedented in English history, which has been largely overlooked by …
What is the significance of noise in modernist music and literature?When Stravinsky's Rite of Spring premiered in Paris in 1913, the crowd rioted in response to the harsh …
Originally published in 1986. The ghastly fate of a drowned man brought to a lake's surface in Wordsworth's "e;Prelude"e; typifies a fundamental pattern in Romantic …
