Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

This Companion explores the relationship between American science fiction and its roots in the American cultural...  Read More >>

What did it mean, in the rapidly changing world of Victorian England, to 'be a man'? In essays written specially...  Read More >>

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Through a comparative analysis of the novels of Roberto Bolano and the fictional work of Cesar Aira, Mario Bellatin,...  Read More >>

First published in 1954, this title is a companion to The Anatomy of Poetry as a literary guide for the student...  Read More >>

First published in 1975, this title provides an introduction to the study of the novel. Marjorie Boulton deals systematically...  Read More >>

International in her appeal, Nadine Gordimer is an original and accomplished novelist whose works have found literary...  Read More >>

Labelled ""an elegant Jeremiah"" by a journalist of his day, the urbane Victorian Matthew Arnold must have received...  Read More >>

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Authoritative biography of cult writer William Burroughs (1914-1997).  Read More >>

This study of five towering Philip Roth novels - Operation Shylock, the American Pastoral trilogy, and The Plot...  Read More >>

Playing in the White brings postwar white life novels back into conversations about the nature of African American...  Read More >>

William Faulkner in Context explores the environment that conditioned Faulkner's creative work. This volume provides...  Read More >>

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Twelve model answers to real AQA questions from the 2011 and 2012 examinations. This also comes with an intro-duction...  Read More >>

The second edition of this authoritative guide to the AQA GCSE English short story anthology: 'Sunlight on the Grass'....  Read More >>

When Storyworlds Collide shows that metalepsis possesses a unique dynamics in popular storytelling and has become...  Read More >>

L'auteur explore tout le champ polysemique du mot -folie-, considerant ce theme sous l'angle de la derision. Cet...  Read More >>

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How adoption and its literary representations shed new light on notions of value, origins, and identity  Read More >>

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Cathy Earnshaw or Jane Eyre? Petrova or Posy? Scarlett or Melanie? Lace or Valley of the Dolls? On a pilgrimage...  Read More >>

Philip Roth - one of the most renowned writers of his generation. From his debut, Goodbye, Columbus, which won the...  Read More >>

Compulsive Acts explores the films, plays, and personality of prolific playwright, novelist, film maker, and poet...  Read More >>

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