Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

The republication of this novel reintroduces readers to a strong southern writer, an interesting female voice, and...  Read More >>

A collection of essays presented at the sesquicentenary Moby-Dick conferenceThe twenty-one essays collected in Ungraspable...  Read More >>

This is a comprehensive collection of authentic recipes, some 500 in all, for drinks and dishes that more than 150...  Read More >>

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Draws a distinction between the work of Greek lyricists and the more condensed personal poetry we associate with...  Read More >>

Rosemarie Morgan provides a challenging reading arguing that, contrary to the accepted critical view, Hardy's heroines...  Read More >>

Tells the definitive biography of Wilkie Collins: the Victorian novelist, playwright, author of The Moonstone and...  Read More >>

The first book to articulate the impact of Kafka on Agamben's thought  Read More >>

The ""Enchiridion"" or ""Handbook"" of the first-century AD Stoic Epictetus was used as an ethical treatise both...  Read More >>

Henry James, the American-born writer who chose to live in Europe, occupies a major position as a dedicated artist...  Read More >>

A volume of international research that provides an account of Jane Austen's reception across the length and breadth...  Read More >>

The intellectual scope and cultural impact of British and Irish writers in Europe cannot be assessed without reference...  Read More >>

Aristotle's ""Physics Book 3"" covers two subjects: the definition of change and the finitude of the universe. This...  Read More >>

A fascinating and exciting reevaluation of the 17th-century novels of Eberhard Happel  Read More >>

Myth and Environment in Recent Southwestern Literature challenges readers' understanding of where the mythic Southwest...  Read More >>

The author of such works as Lamb, Cal, and Grace Notes, Bernard MacLaverty is one of Northern Ireland’s leading—and...  Read More >>

Hailed as the ""American Chekhov"" by the Times Literary Supplement, Raymond Carver is the most popular and influential...  Read More >>

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Doctor Horrible, Jayne Cobb, Oz, Fitz-Simmons, Echo, Pike, Saffron, Kaywinnet, the Groosalugg, Skip, Satsu, Dana...  Read More >>

First published in 1987, this is an introductory study of the most widely read Canadian women novelists of the 1970s...  Read More >>

Alan Hollinghurst and the Vitality of Influence proposes a striking approach for reading the influences that interlace...  Read More >>

Pynchon and Philosophy radically reworks our readings of Thomas Pynchon alongside the theoretical perspectives of...  Read More >>

Who owns, who buys, who gives, and who notices objects is always significant in Austen's writing, placing characters...  Read More >>

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In Indistinguishable from Magic, more than 60 essays by New York Times-bestselling author Catherynne M. Valente...  Read More >>