San Antonio College Library

Designed as an introduction for the new reader of Milton, this volume offers guidance through the characteristic difficulties of his work and gathers into one volume material available elsewhere only from scattered sources. The book also places Milton in a context that comprehends the political, social, economic, cultural, and intellectual trends of his age. The first section gives a chronological guide to the historical background to the events of...

A critical introduction to the life, thought, and art of the novelist and poet, one of the greatest English writers of the 19th century. This book lays its main emphasis on the tensions which make Hardy's work so unique.

Combines a summary analysis of the great Irish poet's historical, literary, and intellectual backgrounds with a critical survey of his poetry, commenting on selected poems representative of his creative development.

This text sets out the contemporary theories and practices of comedy together with broader theories of comedy and the major themes they contain. An analysis of the major Shakespearan comedies and factual information about the contemporary scene is included here.

Covers history of churches from when they were built to 1976.