Literary studies: c 1800 to c 1900 books

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From the first publication of Pride and Prejudice to recent film versions of her life and work, Jane Austen has...  Read More >>

In our post-9/11 world, the figure of the stranger - the foreigner, the enemy, the unknown visitor - carries a particular...  Read More >>

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North and South is a multi-dimensional look at a prevailing theme in current discourse on the concept of borders....  Read More >>

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Capital Fictions investigates the key role played by literature in imagining and interpreting the transformations...  Read More >>

This book explores the literary culture of Britain's radical press from 1880 to 1910, a time that saw a flourishing...  Read More >>

Arriving at the port of New York in 1882, a 27-year-old Oscar Wilde quipped he had “nothing to declare but my genius.”...  Read More >>

WITH AN INTRODUCTION BY HOWARD MARKS Once upon a time, opium (the main ingredient of heroin) was easily available...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1932, this book is comprised of a series of papers written for the Royal Society of Literature....  Read More >>

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These two classics of English literature - one an impassioned tale of doomed love, the other a quietly intense portrait...  Read More >>

After first appearing as a serial in brilliant yellow covers, Vanity Fair, 'a novel without a hero', was published...  Read More >>

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First published in 1851, this is a poem in two parts. The first explores the hope glimmering in Florence during...  Read More >>

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