Simons, John 1955-

Animal rights and the politics of literary representation by John Simons ( Book )
5 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 211 libraries worldwide

From medieval to medievalism ( Book )
2 editions published in 1992 in English and held by 184 libraries worldwide
The book surveys medieval literature from both a critical and an historical standpoint. Medieval literature is increasingly seen as an area of intense specialism which is to be treated differently from other areas of English studies. The essays collected here try to overturn this perception in two ways. Firstly, there is a demonstration of the ways in which modern critical approaches and perspectives work with the medieval text. Secondly, the idea of the medieval is shown, historically, to be a discourse which has been given different symbolic values and served different social purposes. The first half of the book contains essays on feminist and structural approaches to the medieval text as well as a polemical evaluation of post-structuralist criticism and an introduction to modern approaches to manuscript studies. In the second half medievalism is analyzed through case-studies from the Renaissance, the eighteenth century and the nineteenth century.

Guy of Warwick and other chapbook romances : six tales from the popular literature of pre-industrial England ( Book )
2 editions published in 1998 in English and held by 169 libraries worldwide
Chapbooks formed the staple reading matter of ordinary people during the 18th and much of the 19th centuries. These chapbooks derive from romances which were current in the Middle Ages or the Renaissance.

Moderatus by Robert Parry ( Book )
3 editions published in 2002 in English and held by 114 libraries worldwide
"Moderatus was an Elizabethan romance, probably the first published work of the sixteenth-century Welsh gentleman Robert Parry; it was produced in 1595 by the bookseller, publisher, and printer Richard Jones. In this volume John Simons offers in modern typography an edition of this now-scarce text, with explanatory notes and an extensive introduction that places the work in its historical context. He also presents what biographical information is known about the author of Moderatus and what is known of the book's publication history, and discusses such pertinent issues as the travel experience of Elizabethans, their knowledge of other languages than English, and their experience of translating and translations. Simons demonstrates how works like Moderatus do impel us to look more carefully at the inter-relationships of writers and readers and teach us a good deal about the habits of mind which those readers brought to more familiar texts."--BOOK JACKET.

New York : city as text ( Book )
1 edition published in 1990 in English and held by 101 libraries worldwide

Critical essays on Ronald Firbank, English novelist, 1886-1926 ( Book )
2 editions published in 2004 in English and held by 79 libraries worldwide

Critical essays on Sylvia Townsend Warner, English novelist, 1893-1978 ( Book )
2 editions published in 2006 in English and held by 54 libraries worldwide

Rossetti's wombat : Pre-Raphaelites and Australian animals in Victorian London by John Simons ( Book )
2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 43 libraries worldwide

Critical essays on T.H. White, English writer, 1906-1964 ( Book )
2 editions published in 2008 in English and held by 43 libraries worldwide

Rossetti's wombat by John Simons ( Book )
1 edition published in 2008 in English and held by 1 library worldwide