Eric Weiskott draws on the study of meter to challenge the traditional division of medieval English literary history into Old English and Middle English periods. The two halves of the alliterative ...

Kerouac. Ginsberg. Burroughs. These are the most famous names of the Beat Generation, but in fact they were only the front line of a much more wide-ranging literary and cultural movement. This ...

History and Literature is a synthesis presupposing a valid cultural unity--rather vague terms, which no one on the Committee (H & L is not a department) is eager to define. The idea of presuming ...

Making Books in the Middle Ages by Sara J Charles (Reaktion) This fascinating book explores the medieval process of ...

Edinburgh, renowned as UNESCO’s "City of Literature," is a treasure trove of literary history. Its historic sites and neighborhoods serving as the muse for J K Rowling's Harry Potter series.