The Faerie Queene is the first great epic poem in the English language. It is a long and complex allegory, which presents the first-time reader with many difficulties of allusion and interpretation. This book is the only convenient and...
Criticism, interpretation, etc
- Author:Heale, ElizabethSummary:
- Author:Woolf, VirginiaSummary:
Virginia Woolf began writing reviews for the Guardian 'to make a few pence' from her father's death in 1904, and continued until the last decade of her life. The result is a phenomenal collection of articles, of which...
- Author:Vanderhaeghe, Guy.Summary:
Canadian literary great Guy Vanderhaeghe's eclectic and wryly insightful collection of nonfiction pieces spans his forty-year writing career. Many editors and publishers over the years have asked Guy Vanderhaeghe for his thoughts...
- Author:Rollyson, CarlSummary:
The life and work of Sylvia Plath has taken on the proportions of myth. Educated at Smith, she had an epically conflict-filled relationship with her mother, Aurelia. She then married the poet Ted Hughes and plunged into the Sturm und...