This book provides an informative overview of literary developments in Berlin since 1750, with more detailed readings of exemplary key texts.

Specially commissioned essays explore the life and work of Eugene O'Neill from his earliest writings to Long Day's Journey Into Night.

Best known for his great novels, War and Peace and Anna Karenina, Tolstoy remains one the most important nineteenth-century writers; throughout his career which

Explains the development of Romantic arts and culture in Germany, with both individual artists and key themes covered in detail.

Benjamin Constant is widely regarded as a founding father of modern liberalism. The Cambridge Companion to Constant presents a collection of interpretive essays