Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

Looking beyond the view of James Joyce as a failed playwright, this book uncovers how the success of James Joyce's...  Read More >>

The definitive, all-access biography of one of the world’s most beloved literary voices, showcasing a life as triumphant...  Read More >>

Did Charlotte Bronte transform the ancient tale of 'Cupid and Psyche' into one of literature's most enduring novels?...  Read More >>

The publication of de Beauvoir's letters to Sartre caused a storm of controversy in Paris in 1990. Frank and uncensored,...  Read More >>

The first book to investigate what writers, publishers, and editors knew about the Stasi and how, rethinking the...  Read More >>

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Globalisation, Science Fiction and the Poetics of Residue turns to science fiction as a guide to map globalisation's...  Read More >>

The final volume of Julia Kristeva’s trilogy on “female genius,” Colette interlaces commentary on the life and work...  Read More >>

The Future is Fiction is the first cultural history of the idea that people have an obligation to protect the world...  Read More >>

An instant cult classic that remains deeply relevant today: both an incisive and funny travelogue and a revealing...  Read More >>

Celebrate your love of books and engaging conversation with this book club hosting set that includes everything...  Read More >>

Takes stock of the extraordinary range of book-based adaptations of Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein, comprising reimaginings,...  Read More >>

This book illustrates how contemporary Gothic literature can beread througha metamodernlens, andinvestigates the...  Read More >>

This book discusses the full range of Terry Pratchett’s writing, from Discworld to his equally successful, award-winning...  Read More >>

A major new biography that reveals how politics profoundly shaped Joyce's life, thought and writings The young...  Read More >>

Collecting the essays in Speculative Insight: A Journal of Space, Magic and Footnotes from January to June 2026,...  Read More >>

Henry Fielding (1933) examines Fielding’s prodigious activity as dramatist, journalist, novelist and magistrate....  Read More >>

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Edward Prime-Stevenson's Imre: A Memorandum (1906), considered one of the first examples of the 'homosexual' novel,...  Read More >>

This book revisits a rich yet little-known field of Nepali literature. It offers a nuanced picture of the complexities...  Read More >>

Reading Brown’s three collections of poetry in light of their respective historical contexts, Sanders examines the...  Read More >>

An innovative stylistic exploration of Man Booker Prize novels  Read More >>

Argues that after the Nazis came to power, prominent exile writers fictionalized and metaphorized the lives of real...  Read More >>

This book revisits a rich yet little-known field of Nepali literature. It offers a nuanced picture of the complexities...  Read More >>

Deluxe slipcased edition of this previously unknown short satirical fantasy by J.R.R. Tolkien edited by his son,...  Read More >>