Literature, Poetry & Criticism books

This study of forensic crime fiction from the US and the UK examines the prominent roles that women play in many...  Read More >>

Despite U. A. Fanthorpe’s domestic success, her work is still largely unfamiliar beyond the UK. In this volume,...  Read More >>

In his book Imagining America (originally published in 1980), Peter Conrad shows how the English literary imagination...  Read More >>

A sequel to Dante's Inferno (Carcanet, 2014), where Dante was relocated to the University of Essex, here the action...  Read More >>

This collection of 200 tankas has no Great Purpose, apart from explaining the Meaning of Life. In an firework-display...  Read More >>

A concise guide to global performances of Shakespeare, this volume combines methodologies of dramaturgy, film and...  Read More >>

In the Kingdom of Albania, the noble and brave Duke Florante is tied to a tree. Close to death and losing hope,...  Read More >>

Toutoungi's third collection is a tragi-comic journal of grief that, out of the chaos of bereavement, her failing...  Read More >>

Shakespeare: The Basics is a lively and accessible introduction to reading and studying Shakespeare. Exploring all...  Read More >>

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

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

Originally published in 1985, this study provides a clear and intelligent introduction to the work of the former...  Read More >>

Censorship of the written word has proved a constant source for debate and argument. To cut or not to cut is a question...  Read More >>

Pat Macpherson’s Reflecting on Jane Eyre (first published in 1989) shows how the novel itself can be the territory...  Read More >>

Reflecting on The Bell Jar (first published in 1991) acknowledges the repressive post-war regime of social hygiene....  Read More >>

In this book, originally published in 1982, Blake Morrison identifies the central characteristics of his achievement,...  Read More >>

Who went into the Black Hole of Calcutta? Who came out alive? And does it matter anyway? In The Black Hole (originally...  Read More >>

In this important study, originally published in 1985, Ronald Hayman scrutinizes Grass’s development and assesses...  Read More >>

The Solitary Warrior (1929) contains a large number of unpublished letters by Ruskin. They are of special importance...  Read More >>

American Literature as an Expression of the National Mind (1931) is a remarkable work that traces not only the history...  Read More >>

First Published in 1985, the aim of this book is to define an aspect of Orwell’s literary identity which underlies...  Read More >>

First published in 1985, Seventeenth-Century Poetry considers the way the poetry of the major seventeenth-century...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1928, this book discusses the complex relationships between authors, patrons and publishers...  Read More >>

First published in 1992, The Inward Gaze looks at men’s fantasies and self-images from a wide range of texts (notably...  Read More >>

Originally published in 1928, this is the companion volume which follows on from Authorship in the Days of Johnson....  Read More >>