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Barthes: A Very Short Introduction

Jonathan Culler

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2002

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191775369

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780192801593.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780192801593

Roland Barthes: A Very Short Introduction elucidates the varied theoretical contributions of Roland Barthes, whose lifelong fascination was with the way people make their world ... More

The Beats: A Very Short Introduction

David Sterritt

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2013

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365890

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199796779.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199796779

The Beats: A Very Short Introduction offers an overview of the social, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Beats, bringing out the similarities that connected them, ... More

Bestsellers: A Very Short Introduction

John Sutherland

Print Publication Year:: Oct 2007

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191776960

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199214891.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199214891

Bestsellers: A Very Short Introduction shows that bestseller lists monitor one of the strongest pulses in modern literature and are therefore worthy of serious study. It lifts ... More

C. S. Lewis: A Very Short Introduction

James Como

Print Publication Year:: Jan 2019

Published Online:: Jan 2019

eISBN:: 9780191866890

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198828242.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198828242

Beloved by children and adults worldwide, the writings of C. S. Lewis have a broad and enduring appeal. Although best known for the iconic Chronicles of Narnia series, C. S. Lewis was a man ... More

Charles Dickens: A Very Short Introduction

Jenny Hartley

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2019

Published Online:: Feb 2019

eISBN:: 9780191783203

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198714996.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198714996

Charles Dickens is credited with creating some of the world’s best-known fictional characters, and is widely regarded as the greatest novelist of the Victorian age. Charles Dickens: A Very ... More

Children's Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Kimberley Reynolds

Print Publication Year:: Oct 2011

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777431

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199560240.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199560240

Children's Literature: A Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the history of children's literature as it has developed in English, introducing key debates, ... More

Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Sabina Knight

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365739

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780195392067.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780195392067

Chinese Literature: A Very Short Introduction tells the story of Chinese literature from antiquity to the present, focusing on the key role literary culture played in ... More

Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Rolena Adorno

Print Publication Year:: Nov 2011

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365845

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199755028.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199755028

Colonial Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction provides a vivid account of the literary culture of the Spanish-speaking Americas from the time of Columbus to ... More

Comedy: A Very Short Introduction

Matthew Bevis

Print Publication Year:: Dec 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191778131

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199601714.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199601714

Comedy: A Very Short Introduction studies written forms of comedy such as prose fiction, poetry, caricatures, and cartoons. There are also performance forms of comedy such as ... More

Comparative Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Ben Hutchinson

Print Publication Year:: Mar 2018

Published Online:: Mar 2018

eISBN:: 9780191844911

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198807278.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198807278

Comparative literature is both the past and the future of literary studies. Its history is intimately linked to the political upheavals of modernity: from colonial empire-building in the ... More

Contemporary Fiction: A Very Short Introduction

Robert Eaglestone

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2013

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191778247

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199609260.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199609260

Contemporary Fiction: A Very Short Introduction explores a wide and diverse field, now global in dimension, with an enormous range of novels and writers that continues to grow ... More

Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction

Richard Bradford

Print Publication Year:: May 2015

Published Online:: May 2015

eISBN:: 9780191785801

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199658787.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199658787

Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction explores the history of ‘crime fiction’ and the various definitions of the genre and considers how it has developed over time. ... More

Dante: A Very Short Introduction

Peter Hainsworth and David Robey

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2015

Published Online:: Feb 2015

eISBN:: 9780191781575

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199684779.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199684779

Dante: A Very Short Introduction examines the main themes and issues that run through all of Dante’s work, ranging from autobiography, to understanding God, and the order of ... More

Decadence: A Very Short Introduction

David Weir

Print Publication Year:: Mar 2018

Published Online:: Apr 2018

eISBN:: 9780190610258

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780190610227.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780190610227

Decadence: A Very Short Introduction provides an overview of the culture of decadence—the artistic expression of a conflicted sense of modernity—by tracing its origin in ... More

Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction

Lynda Mugglestone

Print Publication Year:: Aug 2011

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777639

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199573790.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199573790

Dictionaries: A Very Short Introduction demonstrates that dictionaries are not merely works which list the words and meanings of a language. They are human products, reflecting ... More

Émile Zola: A Very Short Introduction

Brian Nelson

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2020

Published Online:: Jul 2020

eISBN:: 9780191874208

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198837565.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198837565

Émile Zola was a 19th-century novelist and social commentator, and the leader of the literary movement known as ‘naturalism’. Émile Zola: A Very Short Introduction explores key themes in ... More

English Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Jonathan Bate

Print Publication Year:: Oct 2010

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777578

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199569267.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199569267

English Literature: A Very Short Introduction considers such diverse topics as the birth of the novel, the brilliance of English comedy, the deep Englishness of landscape ... More

Fairy Tale: A Very Short Introduction

Marina Warner

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2018

Published Online:: Jan 2018

eISBN:: 9780191853500

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199532155.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199532155

The characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over adults and children for centuries. These fantastic stories have travelled across cultural borders, and been passed on from ... More

French Literature: A Very Short Introduction

John D. Lyons

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2010

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777516

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199568727.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199568727

French Literature: A Very Short Introduction examines texts that portray protagonists whose adventures and conflicts reveal shifts in literary and social practices. It explores ... More

Geoffrey Chaucer: A Very Short Introduction

David Wallace

Print Publication Year:: Aug 2019

Published Online:: Aug 2019

eISBN:: 9780191821592

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198767718.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198767718

Originally writing over 600 years ago, Geoffrey Chaucer is today enjoying a global renaissance. Why do poets, translators, and audiences from so many cultures and different parts of the ... More

George Bernard Shaw: A Very Short Introduction

Christopher Wixson

Print Publication Year:: Sep 2020

Published Online:: Sep 2020

eISBN:: 9780191884559

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198850090.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198850090

George Bernard Shaw: A Very Short Introduction provides an accessible foundation for those discovering George Bernard Shaw’s writing for the first time. The verbosity and scope ... More

German Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Nicholas Boyle

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2008

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191776892

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199206599.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199206599

German writers, from Luther and Goethe to Heine, Brecht, and Günter Grass, have had a profound influence on the modern world. German Literature: A Very Short Introduction traces the course ... More

Goethe: A Very Short Introduction

Ritchie Robertson

Print Publication Year:: Jan 2016

Published Online:: Jan 2016

eISBN:: 9780191785764

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199689255.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199689255

Goethe: A Very Short Introduction covers the life and work of Johann Wolfgang von Goethe (1749–1832): scientist, administrator, artist, art critic, and supreme literary writer ... More

The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction

Nick Groom

Print Publication Year:: Sep 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777905

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199586790.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199586790

The Gothic: A Very Short Introduction shows that the concept of ‘Gothic’ is wildly diverse. It can refer to ecclesiastical architecture, supernatural fiction, cult horror ... More

Italian Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Peter Hainsworth and David Robey

Print Publication Year:: Feb 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777073

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199231799.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199231799

Italian Literature: A Very Short Introduction considers Italian literature from the Middle Ages to the present day. Examining themes such as regional identities, political ... More

Kafka: A Very Short Introduction

Ritchie Robertson

Print Publication Year:: Oct 2004

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191775987

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780192804556.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780192804556

Attending both to Kafka's crisis-ridden life and to the subtleties of his art, Kafka: A Very Short Introduction shows how his work explores such characteristically modern themes as the ... More

Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)

Jonathan Culler

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2011

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191778384

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199691340.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199691340

Literary Theory: A Very Short Introduction addresses the questions: What is literary theory? Is there a relationship between literature and culture? In fact, what is ... More

The Marquis de Sade: A Very Short Introduction

John Phillips

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2005

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191776038

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780192804693.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780192804693

The Marquis de Sade: A Very Short Introduction aims to disentangle the ‘real’ Marquis de Sade from his mythical and demonic reputation of the past two hundred years by ... More

Medieval Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Elaine Treharne

Print Publication Year:: Sep 2015

Published Online:: Sep 2015

eISBN:: 9780191782367

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199668496.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199668496

Medieval Literature: A Very Short Introduction provides a compelling account of the emergence of the earliest literature in Britain and Ireland, including English, Welsh, ... More

Modern Latin American Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Roberto Gonzalez Echevarria

Print Publication Year:: Jan 2012

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780199365838

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199754915.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199754915

In the 1960s, Latin American literature became known worldwide as never before, but few know about the literary tradition from which these writers emerged. Modern Latin American Literature: ... More

Modernism: A Very Short Introduction

Christopher Butler

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2010

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191775963

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780192804419.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780192804419

Modernism: A Very Short Introduction examines how and why modernism began, what it is, how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life. Modernism ... More

Myth: A Very Short Introduction (2nd edn)

Robert Segal

Print Publication Year:: Jul 2015

Published Online:: Jul 2015

eISBN:: 9780191792328

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198724704.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198724704

Where do myths come from? What is their function and what do they mean? Myth: A Very Short Introduction introduces a wide array of approaches to understanding myth from disciplines as ... More

Native American Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Sean Teuton

Print Publication Year:: Mar 2018

Published Online:: Jan 2018

eISBN:: 9780190231392

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199944521.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199944521

Native American literature began over thirty thousand years ago when indigenous people started telling stories of emergence, creation, journey, quest, heroism, and trickery. By setting ... More

Poetry: A Very Short Introduction

Bernard O'Donoghue

Print Publication Year:: Sep 2019

Published Online:: Sep 2019

eISBN:: 9780191851834

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199229116.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199229116

Poetry, arguably, has a greater range of conceptual meaning than perhaps any other term in English. At the most basic level everyone can recognize it—it is a kind of literature that uses ... More

Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction

Robert J. C. Young

Print Publication Year:: Jun 2003

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191775451

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780192801821.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780192801821

Postcolonialism: A Very Short Introduction explores the political, social, and cultural effects of decolonization, continuing the anti-colonial challenge to western dominance. ... More

Reading: A Very Short Introduction

Belinda Jack

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2019

Published Online:: Apr 2019

eISBN:: 9780191860300

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198820581.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198820581

Reading: A Very Short Introduction explores the fascinating history of literacy and the opportunities reading opens. For much of human history reading was the preserve of the ... More

Rhetoric: A Very Short Introduction

Richard Toye

Print Publication Year:: Mar 2013

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191778285

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199651368.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199651368

Rhetoric is often seen as a synonym for shallow, deceptive language, and therefore as something negative. But if it is viewed in more neutral terms, as the ‘art of persuasion’, it is clear ... More

Romanticism: A Very Short Introduction

Michael Ferber

Print Publication Year:: Sep 2010

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777547

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199568918.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199568918

Romanticism: A Very Short Introduction explores the definition of the word ‘Romantic’ and considers its origins. What is Romanticism? Who were the Romantics? and What did they ... More

Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Catriona Kelly

Print Publication Year:: Aug 2001

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191775314

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780192801449.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780192801449

Russian Literature: A Very Short Introduction explores the place and importance of literature in Russian culture. How and when did a Russian national literature come into ... More

Science Fiction: A Very Short Introduction

David Seed

Print Publication Year:: Jun 2011

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191777394

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199557455.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199557455

Science Fiction: A Very Short Introduction looks at the emergence of science fiction as a popular genre in the 20th century. It examines science fiction in film and literature ... More

Shakespeare's Comedies: A Very Short Introduction

Bart van Es

Print Publication Year:: Mar 2016

Published Online:: Mar 2016

eISBN:: 9780191789823

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198723356.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198723356

Shakespeare’s Comedies: A Very Short Introduction explores the full range of the playwright’s comic writing over the course of a career spanning nearly a quarter century of ... More

Shakespeare's Sonnets and Poems: A Very Short Introduction

Jonathan F. S. Post

Print Publication Year:: Sep 2017

Published Online:: Sep 2017

eISBN:: 9780191787065

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198717577.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198717577

Shakespeare’s Sonnets and Poems: A Very Short Introduction introduces all of Shakespeare’s poetry: the Sonnets; the two great narrative poems, Venus and Adonis and The Rape of ... More

Shakespeare's Tragedies: A Very Short Introduction

Stanley Wells

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2017

Published Online:: Apr 2017

eISBN:: 9780191827297

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198785293.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198785293

Tragedy, including grief, pain, and suffering, is a common theme in Shakespeare’s plays, often leading to the death of at least one character. Yet such themes can also be found in ... More

Spanish Literature: A Very Short Introduction

Jo Labanyi

Print Publication Year:: Aug 2010

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191776939

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780199208050.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780199208050

Spanish Literature: A Very Short Introduction explores the ways in which it has been read, in and outside Spain, explaining misconceptions, outlining the insights of recent ... More

Leo Tolstoy: A Very Short Introduction

Liza Knapp

Print Publication Year:: May 2019

Published Online:: May 2019

eISBN:: 9780191851650

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198813934.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198813934

War and Peace and Anna Karenina are widely recognized as two of the greatest novels ever written. Their author, Leo Tolstoy, has been honoured as the father of the modern war ... More

Tragedy: A Very Short Introduction

Adrian Poole

Print Publication Year:: Aug 2005

Published Online:: Sep 2013

eISBN:: 9780191775543

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780192802354.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780192802354

Tragedy: A Very Short Introduction addresses questions of tragedy about belief, blame, mourning, revenge, pain, witnessing, timing, and ending and demonstrates the age-old ... More

William Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction

Stanley Wells

Print Publication Year:: Apr 2015

Published Online:: Apr 2015

eISBN:: 9780191788048

DOI:: 10.1093/actrade/9780198718628.001.0001

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ISBN:: 9780198718628

William Shakespeare: A Very Short Introduction provides a guide to the life and writings of one of the world’s greatest and best-known dramatists: William Shakespeare. Looking ... More

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