Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

Explores how F. Scott Fitzgerald's short stories reveal the full depth of his life and literary genius The Life...  Read More >>

Realism has been disparaged for over a hundred years as an outmoded form, and, more recently, as a pernicious illusion,...  Read More >>

""Codes"" by Arch E Giddings and Romaine H Lowdermilk is a captivating collection of short stories that delves into...  Read More >>

Dive into a compelling work of literary criticism with ""Drug themes in science fiction"" by the esteemed Robert...  Read More >>

Extends the body of scholarship on Comic Gothic to cover contemporary texts, new media and texts from other cultures...  Read More >>

An exploration of new Gothic, old Gothic, and their intersection with the crises of our own times. This text shows...  Read More >>

A leading scholar draws on fifty years of reading and studying J.R.R. Tolkien to explain how he created an entire...  Read More >>

A radical theorization of hyperglossia as a post-narrative condition, it explores how language, identity, and space...  Read More >>

""A doctor enjoys Sherlock Holmes"" by Edward J. Van Liere presents a captivating collection of 20th-century American...  Read More >>

Rethinks the relationship between architecture, literature and (in)visibility in the nineteenth-century city  Read More >>

Demonstrates how women's writing formed a crucial, if underappreciated, part of the history of sexuality in the...  Read More >>

Offers a national approach to the issue of Europe as a geographical, political, cultural and ideological signifier...  Read More >>

Provides a comprehensive overview of the essay, with a focus on current debates about the form.  Read More >>

Through incisive analysis, Stacey McDowell shows how Romantic writers reflect on ideas about reading, revealing...  Read More >>

First published in 1914, Joseph Conrad's female-centred, uncharacteristically optimistic Chance represented a new...  Read More >>

The first critical edition of the final text of Lockhart's Valerius, A Roman Story.  Read More >>

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The third keenly anticipated Rilke novel exploring the dark underbelly of contemporary Glasgow, from the Award-winning...  Read More >>

Reveals how Nigerian writers redefine masculinity to challenge social norms and affirm relationalities.  Read More >>

Explores the intersection of American literature and language politics through the curiously understudied subject...  Read More >>

""Godwin ... was the inspiring intelligence behind the humanist attitudes of the English Romantic poets and Utopian...  Read More >>

The keenly anticipated third Rilke novel exploring the dark underbelly of contemporary Glasgow, from the Award-winning...  Read More >>

This book offers an original reinterpretation of the literary history of British socialism in the long twentieth...  Read More >>