Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

The bare events of Dostoevsky’s life – his father murdered by peasants, his own ordeal before a firing squad, then...  Read More >>

This study concentrates on The Devils, but also places this novel in the total context of Dostoevsky’s work. Also...  Read More >>

Tolstoy’s Anna Karenina is considered by many to be one of the greatest novels ever written. This study, first published...  Read More >>

The author states here that Tolstoy's views on education were ingenious and profound. It considers the development...  Read More >>

Tolstoy’s fame as one of the world’s greatest novelists has never been in doubt, but the importance of his views...  Read More >>

This volume contains two concise works by the innovative twentieth-century literary critic Janko Lavrin, offering...  Read More >>

In the tradition of his smash bestseller ""Edie"", Plimpton brings the endlessly intriguing Truman Capote to life...  Read More >>

This collection of essays focuses on the evocative figures of the ‘gateway’ and the ‘wall’ – both literal and metaphorical...  Read More >>

In Jane Austen's works, a name is never just a name. In fact, the names Austen gives her characters and places are...  Read More >>

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November 2016 fifth edition: now includes an exclusive eighteen page interview with Ian Rankin and a chapter on...  Read More >>

In 2017 a group of geologists are sent on a long journey to the minor planet Sedna to explore and answer some geological...  Read More >>

¿Quieres conocer mejor a Dacre Stoker? ¿Saber quiénes son AnGélida? ¿Leer lo que pienso de Halestorm, Emilie Autumn,...  Read More >>

The third issue of SARGASSO: The Journal of William Hope Hodgson Studies is now available. This issue includes more...  Read More >>

An arresting study of the life, times, and achievement of one of the most influential writers of the twentieth century...  Read More >>

Haunting us with such unforgettable stories as The Shining, The Shawshank Redemption, Salem's Lot, Carrie, The Green...  Read More >>

This title explores the ways in which James Joyce read the medieval poet Dante Alighieri and appropriated his works...  Read More >>

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Fictions of Fact and Value looks at logical positivism's major influence on the development of postwar American...  Read More >>

Sara Paretsky's groundbreaking mystery series about Chicago private investigator V.I. Warshawski debuted in 1982...  Read More >>

A thorough introduction to the language of surrealism by a leading authority in the field. The author draws on recent...  Read More >>

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Offering a new reading of Malory’s famed text, Le Morte Darthur, this book provides the first full-length survey...  Read More >>

""This collection of new essays explores apocalyptic themes and narratives in a variety of post-millennial media,...  Read More >>