Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

During his lifetime, William Gaddis (1922–1998) evaded biographical questions, never read from his work publicly,...  Read More >>

Draws on speech act theory to open up the current critical conversation about antebellum American fiction and culture...  Read More >>

This is a single-volume reference that contains selected essays from Critical Survey of Long Fiction, Fourth Edition....  Read More >>

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Since the mid-19th century crime fiction has been one of the most popular sub-genres of the novel. In this Very...  Read More >>

This book traces the literary friendship between Joseph Conrad and H. G. Wells from their early correspondence through...  Read More >>

Focusing on the significance of travel in Joseph Conrad, E.M. Forster, D.H. Lawrence, Henry James and Edith Wharton,...  Read More >>

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In her study of music-making in the Edwardian novel, Cecilia Björkén-Nyberg examines works by authors such as Dorothy...  Read More >>

Arguing against the critical commonplace that Evelyn Waugh’s post-war fiction represents a decline in his writerly...  Read More >>

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This book examines the use of book covers as marketing devices, asking what exactly they communicate to their readers...  Read More >>

The position of spy fiction is largely synonymous in popular culture with ideas of patriotism and national security,...  Read More >>

Dans L'Elaboration du mythe de soi, Solveig Hudhomme demontre comment les oeuvres de Samuel Beckett construisent...  Read More >>

Even for those who have never read Jules Verne (1828--1905), the author's very name conjures visions of the submarine...  Read More >>

Saynètes de vie signe les contours de l'humain dans ses différences, ses couleurs, ses nuances, ses filigranes,...  Read More >>

This new book examines how a range of authors today perpetuate Virginia Woolf's literary legacy, by creating new...  Read More >>

Each previous The New Ray Bradbury Review examines the impact of Bradbury’s writings on American culture and his...  Read More >>

How do writers and filmmakers use repetition? It is useful when accenting an idea, but, in this original and thought-provoking...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1962, this book by James Gindin addresses the expanded scope of British writing in the wake...  Read More >>

"""First published in Great Britain 1992 in commemoration of bicentenary of WHSmith""--Title page verso."  Read More >>

In this book, Gregoriou explores the portrayal of the serial killer identity and its related ideology across a range...  Read More >>

Prodigiously learned, alive to the massive social changes of her time, defiant of many Victorian orthodoxies, George...  Read More >>

Social justice is at the core of these award-winning stories exploring the Great Depression, the Spanish Civil War,...  Read More >>

Presents a way into the Dickensian world that starts from linguistic patterns, employing corpus linguistic methodology...  Read More >>