Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

Bringing new insights from genre theory to bear on the work of the journalist and novelist Rebecca West, this study...  Read More >>

Why have so many prominent literary authors—from Philip Pullman and José Saramago to Michèle Roberts and Colm Tóibím—recently...  Read More >>

This book of interdisciplinary essays serves to situate the original Sherlock Holmes, and his various adaptations,...  Read More >>

For much of the 20th century the modernist city was articulated in terms of narratives of progress and development....  Read More >>

Apuleius of Madauros (c.AD 120–180), known to us today for his Latin fiction, the Metamorphoses, was also a Platonic...  Read More >>

A study of the occult in the popular fiction of the late Victorian period, exploring not only the immense appeal,...  Read More >>

The untold story of how the First World War shaped the lives, faith, and writings of J. R. R. Tolkien and C. S....  Read More >>

Although scholars have widely acknowledged the prevalence of religious reference in the work of Cormac McCarthy,...  Read More >>

Winner of the 2016 ESSE Junior Scholar Book Award in Literatures in the English Language The Literature of Reconstruction...  Read More >>

"""Investigates the major novels of Joseph Conrad and William Faulkner through psychoanalytic theory and in the...  Read More >>

Telling in Henry James argues that James's contribution to narrative and narrative theories is a lifelong exploration...  Read More >>

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A bold new collection of the writings of Miroslav Krleza, in English for the first time Miroslav Krleza was a giant...  Read More >>

The Fiction of Robin Jenkins is the first ever study of Jenkins, described by Andrew Marr as ‘the best-kept secret...  Read More >>

First published in 1953, this book forms the second part of Arnold Kettle’s An Introduction to the English Novel....  Read More >>

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Unabridged value reproduction of The Time Machine by H. G. Wells is a must-have collectable for every bookshelf....  Read More >>

When Sir Charles Baskerville is found dead on his estate on Dartmoor the locals believe he died of unnatural causes....  Read More >>

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New Visibilities: Victimhood and Other Forms of Vulnerability in 21st-century Fiction (eds. Jean-Michel Ganteau...  Read More >>

An introduction and summary to William Godwin, bringing together the best of his writings.  Read More >>

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The 'Silver Age' of Spain ran from 1898 to 1939 and was characterized by intense urbanization, widespread class...  Read More >>

Amid apocalyptic invasions and time travel, one common machine continually appears in H.G. Wells's works: the bicycle....  Read More >>