Literature Readers & Sourcebooks

First published in 1900, this volume reproduces a penitential manual and consists of a modest introduction followed by the Middle-English text Jacob’s Well along with glosses...

First published in 1906, this edition of Magnyfycence aimed to highlight the true significance of the play within both the canon of John Skelton’s work and English drama and features an extensive scholarly introduction exploring areas such as the staging, versification, sources and characterisation...

This book outlines the fundamentals of feminist and psychoanalytic theory, introducing the key thinkers and providing clear commentary. In the second section, the theory is demonstrated by an anthology of seminal essays...

This volume contains primary materials and introductory essays on the historical, critical and theoretical study of "national literature", focusing on the years 1550 – 1850 and the impact of ideas of nationhood from this period on contemporary literature and culture...

First published in 1954, this title is a companion to The Anatomy of Poetry as a literary guide for the student reader. Writing that students generally find it more challenging to analyse a passage of prose than a piece of poetry, Marjorie Boulton takes a systematic approach to the technical element..

First published in 1902, this volume was edited from the unique manuscript, Laud Misc. 595, in the Bodleian Library, Oxford...

First published in 1907, the publication of these Middle-English texts aimed to make the dramatic Harrowing of Hell and Gospel of Nicodemus easily accessible to students of English literature and includes both texts' manuscripts printed in parallel columns along with an extensive scholarly introduct..