“ruth robbins”

It is now almost inconceivable that students of literature can pass through universities without encountering the feminist revolution in literary theory and criticism. Feminist literary theories are pluralist, borrowing from other types of theory, such as marxism or postmodernism, but they always re... More

Ged was the greatest sorcerer in all Earthsea, but once he was called Sparrowhawk, a reckless youth, hungry for power and knowledge, who tampered with long-held secrets and loosed a terrible shadow upon the world. This is the tale of his testing, how he mastered the mighty words of power, tamed an a... More

It is now almost inconceivable that students of literature can pass through universities without encountering the feminist revolution in literary theory and criticism. Feminist literary theories are pluralist, borrowing from other types of theory, such as marxism or postmodernism, but they always re... More

"Baboushka and the Three Kings is a simple, yet beautifully written, adaptation of an old Russian folk tale". (New York Times Book Review) This is a very special Christmas story. Full-color illustrations.The Russian folktale about an old woman's endless search for the Christ child.... More

To what extent did the Gothic haunt the nineteenth century? "Victorian Gothic" seeks to answer this question as it introduces the reader to a timely revision of notions of the Gothic in all its manifestations. The Gothic is found to haunt all aspects of Victorian literature and culture. Moreover, "V... More

"Pater to Forster, 1873-1924" covers a period often named as an "age of transition," which exists uneasily between the apparent moral certainties of the Victorian age and the advent of a modernist aesthetics of instability and uncertainty. Ruth Robbins considers some of the central literary categori... More

Subjectivity is a complex term that moves between theoretical or philosophical abstractions and the apparently empirical evidence of lived experience. Ruth Robbins examines the diverse factors which shape the self in language. Through readings of autobiographical texts written during the last three ... More

The Continuum Encyclopedia of Modern Criticism and Theory offers the student and scholar of literary and cultural studies the most comprehensive, single volume guide to the history and development of modern criticism in the humanities. In a clearly organized format, this major reference work takes t... More