Although Rasselas has received more critical commentary than almost any other work by Samuel Johnson, Edward Tomarken's book is the first full length study to focus on his tale of the Prince of Abyssinia.

In this book, Edward Tomarken provides the first full-length study of the Notes to Shakespeare, showing how they raise issues of direct concern to modern critics and theoreticians.

Filmspeak is an accessible, innovative book which uses specific examples to show how once arcane literary and cultural theory has infiltrated popular culture.

Edward Tomarken's previous book, Filmspeak, was a study of literary theory in relation to contemporary mainstream films.

This book will therefore have a broad audience, including scholars whose fields range from the Renaissance to the present, theorists and philosophers whose interests include ethics, cultural studies, and ideologies, and educationists ...

This book seeks to explain how the literary commentary of the Lives of the Poets speaks to us today because of its ethical goals.

Intended for undergraduates and anyone interested in film and television. Combines close analysis of the chosen artistic works with experience of the ground-breaking insights of Ralph Cohen.