Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

Harry Shaw’s aim is to promote a fuller understanding of nineteenth-century historical fiction by revealing its...  Read More >>

In this forceful and compelling book, Alison Booth traces through the novels, essays, and other writings of George...  Read More >>

In 1857, following the publication of Madame Bovary, Flaubert was charged with having committed an ""outrage to...  Read More >>

According to Laurie Langbauer, the notion of romance is vague precisely because it represents the chaotic negative...  Read More >>

In Interpretive Conventions, Steven Mailloux examines five influential theories of the reading process—those of...  Read More >>

This book describes and characterizes responses of American readers to fiction in the generation before the Civil...  Read More >>

'What is the meaning of a word?' In this thought-provoking book, Hagberg demonstrates how this question—which initiated...  Read More >>

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This volume examines the criticism of five influential British writers on the visual arts—John Ruskin, Walter Pater,...  Read More >>

Faulkner's People is an essential reference for the student and general reader of Faulkner who seeks guidance in...  Read More >>

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The idea of ""diaspora"" is an everyday concept for many people around the world who have left their homeland voluntarily...  Read More >>

Already renowned for his science fiction and scientific nonfiction, Arthur C. Clarke became the world's most famous...  Read More >>

This collection offers a sustained examination of key aspects to his more technical philosophy (primarily semiotics...  Read More >>

Publius Vergilius Maro (70 BC - 19 BC), usually called Virgil or Vergil in English, was an ancient Roman poet during...  Read More >>

A discussion of the British novel from 1970 to 1989 which considers the various types of novel produced and looks...  Read More >>

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This book examines selected works in the American literary tradition from an evolutionary perspective. Individual...  Read More >>

Oscar Wilde's spooky tale of a genteel English ghost clashing with a brash American family is endearing, hilarious...  Read More >>

This book examines Jewish writers and intellectuals in Austria, analyzing filmic and electronic media alongside...  Read More >>

Anaïs Nin: A Myth of Her Own traces Nin’s creative process inclusive of psyche, language, the body and aesthetics...  Read More >>

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In 1888, Henry James turned from realist fiction, The Bostonians and The Princess Casamassima, to a comedy of manners...  Read More >>

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This book examines selected works in the American literary tradition from an evolutionary perspective. Individual...  Read More >>