Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

This book explores the fiction of the French writer François Rabelais (d. 1553) and its engagement with the seemingly...  Read More >>

The first systemic analysis of time travel as a narrative device in literature and pop culture, drawing on readings...  Read More >>

Get a Clue is a handbook for writing a MG or YA mystery.  Read More >>

In which we lead readers through the capital as Holmes and Watson knew it - a city of gaslight, theatres, grand...  Read More >>

The first systemic analysis of time travel as a narrative device in literature and pop culture, drawing on readings...  Read More >>

Scholars and critics have long understood the writing of nineteenth-century Black women as critiquing the figure...  Read More >>

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An experiment in criticism that explores Henry James's late works through the lens of minimalism. Henry James's...  Read More >>

Scholars and critics have long understood the writing of nineteenth-century Black women as critiquing the figure...  Read More >>

A popular novelist and literary blogger answers those who claim the classics are toodifficult, too problematic,...  Read More >>

Charting how a vast variety of writers, filmmakers, and artists channel Herman Melville, Joseph Allen Boone offers...  Read More >>

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How the master of French realism formulated a new, distinctly modern theory of authenticity and identity Is there...  Read More >>

This new theory of reader response describes ""perverse attachment,"" or the powerful desire to intervene in a story,...  Read More >>

By tracing Shakespearean threads throughout Nabokov's intricate narrative structure, this study offers new insights...  Read More >>

Charting how a vast variety of writers, filmmakers, and artists channel Herman Melville, Joseph Allen Boone offers...  Read More >>

The first memoir from Geoff Dyer, author of Yoga for People Who Can't Be Bothered to Do It, recollecting his childhood...  Read More >>

How the master of French realism formulated a new, distinctly modern theory of authenticity and identity Is there...  Read More >>

This book analyzes how women’s literary production across the Americas engages with the United Nations’ Sustainable...  Read More >>

Explores Bengal’s political, social, and cultural history through Rabindranath Tagore’s music and ideas. Using critical...  Read More >>

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Provides both scholars and interested readers the context necessary to understand how Allen Ginsberg's life and...  Read More >>

An exploration of Stephen King's writing from the first academic granted full access to King's archives.  Read More >>

Focusing on the work of Tanya Tagaq, Nelly Arcan, Sheila Heti, and Sina Queyras, Myra Bloom offers a dynamic exploration...  Read More >>

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