Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

Why did Edmund Spenser write his epic, The Faerie Queene, in stanzas instead of a classical meter or blank verse?...  Read More >>

Thomas Mann owes his place in world literature to the dissemination of his works through translation. Indeed, it...  Read More >>

From a list of her last lines to letters written about her to wars fought in her lifetime, step inside Jane's world....  Read More >>

Describes the central thesis of author's masterly essay on Leo Tolstoy and the philosophy of history, the subject...  Read More >>

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Katniss is the heroine who's changed the world. Like Harry Potter, she's gotten kids and teens reading. And like...  Read More >>

"Rider Haggard is remembered as the author of adventure novels, which shocked and fascinated not only Victorian...  Read More >>

A Political Companion to John Steinbeck examines the most contentious political aspects of the author's body of...  Read More >>

This comprehensive introduction to Percy's American Thomismis an indispensable resource for students of American...  Read More >>

By asking questions about authenticity, cultural appropriation, and commodification, Thrill of the Chaste considers...  Read More >>

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The Review of Contemporary Fiction proudly presents the English language-debut of Austrian master Gert Jonke's absurd,...  Read More >>

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This is a survey of medieval Welsh literary references to Arthur, studying the figure behind the legend. The character...  Read More >>

This volume collects together all the literary manuscripts from Austen's adult years, together with letters discussing...  Read More >>

Jane Austen's remarkable juvenilia are now receiving the scholarly attention they deserve. This edition provides...  Read More >>

In recent years, Mansfield Park has come to be regarded as Austen's most controversial novel. This volume, first...  Read More >>

Jane Austen's final novel is characterised by its innovative treatment of passion and rhetorical style and its development...  Read More >>

Michigan's Upper Peninsula is distinct from the rest of the state in geography, climate, and culture, including...  Read More >>

Examines the modes, forms and techniques of narcissistic fiction, that is, fiction which includes within itself...  Read More >>

This title situates Carmilla within its Irish Cultural milieu and treats the text as self-standing rather than as...  Read More >>

By asking questions about authenticity, cultural appropriation, and commodification, Thrill of the Chaste considers...  Read More >>

Emma is Austen's most technically accomplished novel: the full implications of its plot are only revealed by a second...  Read More >>

First published in 1813, and Austen's most popular novel in her own lifetime, Pride and Prejudice has since been...  Read More >>