Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

William Wells Brown (1814–1884) was a vocal abolitionist, a frequent antagonist of Frederick Douglass, and the author...  Read More >>

Anne Thackeray Ritchie, daughter of the author of Vanity Fair and step-aunt of Virginia Woolf, was also a fine writer....  Read More >>

Lee Konstantinou examines irony in American literary and political life, showing how it migrated from the countercultural...  Read More >>

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In quei giorni la serenit dei coniugi Smith era stata messa a dura prova. Avevano trascorso dei momenti in cui...  Read More >>

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Crime Fiction in German is the first volume in English to offer a comprehensive overview of German-language crime...  Read More >>

First Published in 2003. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company.  Read More >>

This study examines the presentation of suicide within the genre of the eighteenth-century novel. Referencing several...  Read More >>

In many fictional narratives, the progression of the plot exists in tension with a very different and powerful dynamic...  Read More >>

Frank Gresham needs to marry for money if he is to save his impoverished family estate. But he loves the doctor's...  Read More >>

This approachable guide explores the secondary criticism surrounding Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, from their...  Read More >>

Sir Thomas Wyatt (1504?-42) was England's premier poet during the reign of Henry VIII, and almost certainly the...  Read More >>

Anne Brontë, the youngest and most enigmatic of the Brontë sisters, remains a bestselling author nearly two centuries...  Read More >>

Crime Fiction in German is the first volume in English to offer a comprehensive overview of German-language crime...  Read More >>

This book proposes a reading of John Milton's epic Paradise Lost in relation to four novels by the contemporary...  Read More >>

A Gentle Spirit (Russian: , Krotkaya), sometimes also translated as The Meek One , is a short story by Fyodor...  Read More >>

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When Agatha Christie died in 1976, she was the bestselling mystery writer in history. This collection of new essays...  Read More >>

Many female figures in recent fiction, film and television embody the Artemis archetype, modelled on the Greco-Roman...  Read More >>

This approachable guide explores the secondary criticism surrounding Northanger Abbey and Persuasion, from their...  Read More >>

The private investigator is one of the most enduring characters within crime fiction. From Dashiell Hammett's Sam...  Read More >>

Twelve essays on short stories and their writers, including tales by Elizabeth Bowen, Arthur Miller & A.E.Coppard,...  Read More >>

Thus, arguing against a conventional comparative approach, this book proposes reading practices that resist the...  Read More >>

""A comprehensive history of the beloved comic book character.""--Provided by publisher.  Read More >>