Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

George Orwell: His Life and Legacy by Robert Colls is an intellectual biography which offers an original account...  Read More >>

Leya was never meant to survive her own world. She walked where the ground had already forgotten its shapes, where...  Read More >>

A critical intervention that foregrounds Black male vulnerability as a mode of resistance in fiction by African...  Read More >>

Fifty years after her death, Agatha Christie remains one of the most popular writers worldwide, as adaptations and...  Read More >>

A lively way into the works of beloved children's author Beatrix Potter, this book provides fresh understanding...  Read More >>

Thomas Mann's Doctor Faustus (1947) recounts the life of a solitary composer, Adrian Leverkühn, whose personal and...  Read More >>

Western science fiction has evolved to reflect the social, cultural, and political issues of the contemporary world....  Read More >>

This volume contains a generous selection of the short fiction Thomas Mann published in the years 1897 to 1912,...  Read More >>

This Element shows how Poland became a gothic setting in British fiction between the 1790s and the 1830s as a result...  Read More >>

A cultural and social critique of early-twentieth-century America, addressing issues of race, ethnicity, class and...  Read More >>

For the majority of his long career as critic, scholar, and editor, S. T. Joshi has engaged in the arduous task...  Read More >>

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A new translation into English of Thomas Mann's The Buddenbrooks (1900). The novel traces the decline of a wealthy...  Read More >>

Offers a dedicated and detailed theorization and genre study of the ""bonkbuster,"" a phenomenally popular genre...  Read More >>

Examines Ovid’s Amores through a comics-based methodology to demonstrate how Latin elegy uses its segmented format...  Read More >>

Provides the English-speaking reader with a comprehensive guide to the fiction of Alfred Döblin, a major figure...  Read More >>

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This encyclopedia examines famous and influential depictions of angels, demons, and demigods in film, television,...  Read More >>

The first comprehensive feminist reading of ancient Greek fictional letter collections.  Read More >>

A lively way into the works of beloved children's author Beatrix Potter, this book provides fresh understanding...  Read More >>

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'The Life of Herod The Great – like Hurston herself – is a masterpiece, a miracle, and a marvel. In other words,...  Read More >>

A comprehensive guide to the timeless, paradoxical appeal of horror Why do we enjoy horror? The emotional responses...  Read More >>

""A sympathetic and illuminating account of The Stories of John Cheever, and the intersecting life and work of legendary...  Read More >>