Ewan Fernie argues that the demonic tradition in literature offers a key to our most agonised and intimate experiences.

" -- Don Paterson, poet Beyond Criticism Editions is the reincarnation of the Beyond Criticism book series, originally published by Bloomsbury and now part of Boiler House Press' own experiments with the radical new forms that literary ...

Shakespeare for Freedom presents a powerful, plausible and political argument for Shakespeare's meaning and value.

The volume provides: · an account of previous traditions of shame and of the Renaissance context · a thematic map of the rich manifestations of both masculine and feminine shame in Shakespeare · detailed readings of Hamlet, Othello, and ...

Collecting in one volume the classic and cutting-edge statements which define early modern scholarship as it is now practised, this book is a one-stop indispensable resource for undergraduates and beginning postgraduates alike.

The first ever comparative reading of Shakespeare and Thomas Mann in view of key questions in modern culture

Collecting in one volume the classic and cutting-edge statements, which define early modern scholarship as it is now practised, this book is a one-stop indispensable resource for undergraduates and beginning postgraduates alike.

Representative of poets from a wide variety of faiths--as well as agnostics and atheists&8212;and introduced by renowned religious scholar Professor Ewan Fernie, this volume includes work by Andrew Motion, Rowan Williams, Ian Duhig, Rae ...