Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

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In recent years, a growing field of empathy studies has started to emerge from several academic disciplines, including...  Read More >>

Reading Vampire Gothic Through Blood examines the manifestations of blood and vampires in various texts and contexts....  Read More >>

Through examining the work of W. B. Yeats, James Joyce, and Samuel Beckett, Katherine Ebury shows cosmology had...  Read More >>

How is Hardy's development of thematics and characters matched by that of narrative techniques and his handling...  Read More >>

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Focusing on works by some of the major literary figures of the period, Faletra argues that the legendary history...  Read More >>

British Women's Life Writing, 1760-1840 brings together for the first time a wide range of print and manuscript...  Read More >>

In ""Haints,"" Arthur Redding examines the work of contemporary American authors who draw on the gothic tradition...  Read More >>

Through a careful examination of the work of the canonical nineteenth-century novelists, Mike Davis traces conspiracies...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1927, this book presents a series of extracts from the novels of Charlotte and Emily Brontë....  Read More >>

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In this book, Blackford historicizes the appeal of the Persephone myth in the nineteenth century and traces figurations...  Read More >>

<p>Innocence, Heterosexuality, and the Queerness of Children's Literature examines distinguished classics of children's...  Read More >>

A reader's guide and a companion to this complex and great saga, a classic of world literature, comparable to the...  Read More >>

Best-sellers are the books that sell well, are read by large numbers of people, and are widely talked about in the...  Read More >>

From Frankenstein and Dracula to Psycho and The Chainsaw Massacre, horror fiction has provided our culture...  Read More >>

Apuleius of Madauros (c.AD 120–180), known to us today for his Latin fiction, the Metamorphoses, was also a Platonic...  Read More >>

A study of the occult in the popular fiction of the late Victorian period, exploring not only the immense appeal,...  Read More >>

Contemporary popular music provides the soundtrack for a host of recent novels, but little critical attention has...  Read More >>

This book illuminates the impact, lasting influence, and personalities involved with the creation and development...  Read More >>

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