Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

This book, originally published in 1983, begins with an analysis of the patterns of Graham Greene’s mind. It explores...  Read More >>

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Examines an important novelistic genre of the early German Democratic Republic for what it tells us about the country's...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1970, this account of Tolstoy’s achievement as a novelist concentrates on the best known...  Read More >>

First published in 1914, Joseph Conrad's female-centred, uncharacteristically optimistic Chance represented a new...  Read More >>

A complete introduction to the comics of Lynda Barry, this book maps her historical and biographical contexts, key...  Read More >>

The essential companion to Toni Morrison's work, written by Namwali Serpell, 'one of the most innovative and intelligent...  Read More >>

Examining three of the most influential writers of the modern fantasy tradition, this book looks at how they engage...  Read More >>

Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano is now recognized as one of the major novels of the 20th Century, whose breadth...  Read More >>

When it was originally published in 1986, this book was the first full-length study of Farrell’s fiction. Ronald...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1982, this study examines Orton’s principal plays, but its main concern is to identify his...  Read More >>

Take a tour of New York City as inspiration, place and context in the work of America's greatest playwright of the...  Read More >>

The first study of creative and cultural afterlives of Gulliver’s Travels produced over the past 3 centuries that...  Read More >>

Focusing on the international circulation of culture and ideas by women in the early modern period through the long...  Read More >>

An interdisciplinary exploration of the ways in which women’s violence, victimhood and villainy are portrayed in...  Read More >>

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An accessible and wide-ranging all-in-one craft guide and anthology to the mode of speculative fiction writing,...  Read More >>

The first full-length study of the late Victorian and Edwardian writing advice industry, exploring how primary instructive...  Read More >>

A long-overdue reappraisal of a groundbreaking nineteenth-century writer who reshaped the literary and social norms...  Read More >>

Through incisive analysis, Stacey McDowell shows how Romantic writers reflect on ideas about reading, revealing...  Read More >>

Academic discourse on eyes has focused overwhelmingly on their visual function. Weeping Eyes turns instead to their...  Read More >>

Presents authoritative, annotated versions of major stories and essays from three late eighteenth-century American...  Read More >>

Fühlen Sie sich fremd in dieser Welt? Haben Sie das unerklärliche Gefühl, dass etwas mit unserer Realität nicht...  Read More >>

The contributions illustrate the value of studying Jewish humor that decenters the US and Ashkenazi-centered analysis,...  Read More >>