Literary studies: fiction, novelists & prose writers books

Elliott Schreiber explores Karl Philipp Moritz's many contributions to the intellectual evolution of the Enlightenment...  Read More >>

This book analyses the ways in which divorce informed the development of French fiction until the First World War,...  Read More >>

A key transitional text in Hardy’s career, Return embodies the profound tension between tradition and progress that...  Read More >>

The Water-Babies is an extraordinary children's book that combines fantasy, satire, social comment, and evolutionary...  Read More >>

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The essential companion and guide to the diverse elements of the massive universe Peter F. Hamilton created in his...  Read More >>

Controversial Russian novelist, regarded as the most original prose writer of the twentieth century. Writings include:...  Read More >>

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Hugely popular English novelist and dramatist. Writings include: Of Human Bondage, The Circle, East of Suez. Volume...  Read More >>

John Dos Passos (1896-1970). Important American writer of the 1930s and 40s. Writings include Manhattan Transfer,...  Read More >>

L. Frank Baum's novel, The Wizard of Oz, has spawned 39 official sequels, over 100 unofficial sequels, well nearly...  Read More >>

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The spiritual dimensions in the fantastic works of both firmly established and newer writers--including such talents...  Read More >>

This study re-examines Morgan le Fay in early medieval and contemporary Arthurian sources, arguing that she embodies...  Read More >>

As well as his enduring masterpieces, The Moonstone – often called the first true detective novel – and the sensational...  Read More >>

‘“Whoever said beggars can’t be choosers,” my grandfather would remark when she was out of earshot, “never met your...  Read More >>

She explores the work of sentimentalist philosophers David Hume, Adam Smith, and Jeremy Bentham and realist novelists...  Read More >>

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This book analyses the spatial politics of a range of British novelists writing on London since the1950s, emphasizing...  Read More >>

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William Faulkner (1897-1962). Writings include:Absolom, Absolom!, Intruder in the Dust, As I Lay Dying. Volume covers...  Read More >>