Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

This volume examines the ways in which an intellectual vogue for a mythic China was a constituent element of British...  Read More >>

Stealing Things demonstrates how nineteenth-century French narratives portraying the “thief” figure reflect and...  Read More >>

Containing pieces by distinguished scholars including Darlene Harbour Unrue and Robert Brinkmeyer, this book is...  Read More >>

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The first in-depth account of fictional sequels in the seventeenth and eighteenth centuries, this examines cases...  Read More >>

This book examines the connections evident between the simultaneous emergence of British modernism and middlebrow...  Read More >>

Few if any writers have made a mark as broad and deep as Ernest Hemingway, whose life and work—and even image—continue...  Read More >>

Examining the Victorian serial as a text in its own right, Catherine Delafield analyses five novels by Elizabeth...  Read More >>

One of the bestselling novels of all time, The Great Gatsby is also considered one of the most significant achievements...  Read More >>

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The Birth of a Jungle probes the historical emergence of the jungle as a discourse in the U.S during the Progressive...  Read More >>

Addressing a neglected dimension in postcolonial scholarship, the author examines the figure of the postcolonial...  Read More >>

James Joyce was one of the most important writers of the twentieth century, and a hugely influential figure in modernism...  Read More >>

Language Lost and Found takes as its starting-point Iris Murdoch's claim that ""we have suffered a general loss...  Read More >>

What role do novels, drama, and tragedy play within Christian thought and living? The twentieth century Catholic...  Read More >>

Having emerged as one the leading contemporary British writers, David Mitchell is rapidly taking his place amongst...  Read More >>

Explores the literary, cinematic, and philosophical connections between science fiction and globalization, focusing...  Read More >>

In From New Woman Writer to Socialist: The Life and Selected Writings of Tamura Toshiko from 1936 to 1938, Anne...  Read More >>

What exactly is fanfiction? How are women destroying science fiction? Why are we Sansa Stark? Why is Nick Fury...  Read More >>

In his study of Golden Age and hard-boiled detective fiction from 1890 to 1950, Yan Zi-Ling argues that these two...  Read More >>

Examining the Victorian serial as a text in its own right, Catherine Delafield re-reads five novels by Elizabeth...  Read More >>

Neil Gaiman has emerged as one of the most influential literary figures of the 21st century. To borrow a phrase...  Read More >>

A study of London suburban-set writing, exploring the links between place and fiction. This book charts a picture...  Read More >>

The period from December 7, 2016 to September 2, 2020 marks the 75th Anniversary of the participation of the United...  Read More >>

Writing the Frontier: Anthony Trollope between Britain and Ireland explores Trollope's relationship with Ireland,...  Read More >>