This 2004 Companion provides a full introduction to the famed pioneer of both the Elizabethan stage and modern English poetry, Christopher Marlowe.

Written by many working conductors, this book considers all facets of musical conducting.

A lively, practical guide to creative writing as discipline and craft, ideal for students and teachers.

This Companion covers British and American crime fiction from the eighteenth century to the end of the twentieth.

An illuminating and authoritative guide to Critical Theory by an international team of distinguished contributors.

A survey of Defoe's career and writings aimed at students, with readings of his major works.

The first comprehensive account of English Renaissance literature and the culture which shaped it.

An overview of British fiction written between the mid-1760s and the early 1830s in its historical and cultural contexts.