Literary companions, book reviews and guides

Hedrick examines Londons inner life, primarily as it is revealed in his art, to discover the man concealed beneath the public persona.

This study is devoted to the tracing of the Hebrew literary influence of the Greek text of the New Testament.

Loving finds in the lives and works of the two writers a symbiosis of spirit that transcends the question of literary influence.

To Virginia Woolf, London was a source of creative inspiration, a setting for many of her works, and a symbol of the culture in which she lived and wrote.

An intriguing, twisting and heart-warming novel set in a bookshop that has an unexpected impact on people's lives.

To Virginia Woolf, London was a source of creative inspiration, a setting for many of her works, and a symbol of the culture in which she lived and wrote.

In the early nineteenth century, the southern poor white had a reputation for comic vulgarity and absurd violence; postbellum writers saw him as a quaint peasant; the 1920s transformed him into a revolutionary proletarian.

This study explores Hemingways newspaper and magazine journalism, his introductions and prefaces to books by others, his program notes on painting and sculpture exhibitions, and his statements in self-edited interviews.

It all began atop a drugstore in Princeton, New Jersey, in November 1905.

Winner of four major prizes for the best critical/biographical book related to crime fiction: the Edgar, Anthony, Macavity and H.

A dramatic reworking of the vampire myth in a way that only Brian Aldiss can.

We each of us strive for domestic bliss, and we may look to Delia and Nigella to give us tips on achieving the unattainable.

The original authorised biography, and the only one written by an author who actually met J.

Shortlisted for the 2007 Man Booker Prize, an epic novel of startling originality which confirms Nicola Barker as one of Britain's most exciting literary talents.

'A brilliant book with absolutely everything you'd want to know about all of Shakespeare's plays, from someone who really knows their stuff.

'A brilliant book with absolutely everything you'd want to know about all of Shakespeare's plays, from someone who really knows their stuff.

The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Iliad investigates each of the Iliad's twenty-four books, proceeding in order from book 1 to book 24 and devoting one chapter to each one.

The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Iliad investigates each of the Iliad's twenty-four books, proceeding in order from book 1 to book 24 and devoting one chapter to each one.

Examining the mythic importance of wilderness in J.

Examining the mythic importance of wilderness in J.

The Oxford Handbook of Robert Burns treats the extensive writing of and culture surrounding Scotland's national 'bard'.

The Oxford Handbook of Robert Burns treats the extensive writing of and culture surrounding Scotland's national 'bard'.

Although well known to experts in English literature, Guilpins Skialetheia has been available only in inadequate texts until now.

Examining the novels of Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, and other writers, June Howard presents a study of American literary naturalism as a genre.

Although well known to experts in English literature, Guilpins Skialetheia has been available only in inadequate texts until now.

Examining the novels of Frank Norris, Theodore Dreiser, Jack London, and other writers, June Howard presents a study of American literary naturalism as a genre.

The Oxford Critical Guide to Homer's Odyssey brings together internationally recognized experts to provide commentary style essays for non-specialists on each book of the Homeric epic.

The Oxford Critical Guide to Tacitus presents eighteen chapters surveying individual works and books by Tacitus.

This Companion examines the manifold interactions between Irish literature and the periodical press since the nineteenth century.

From propaganda posters to Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, images of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) reemerge across the globe wherever fratricidal conflicts and crimes against humanity occur.

This Companion examines the manifold interactions between Irish literature and the periodical press since the nineteenth century.

From propaganda posters to Pablo Picasso’s Guernica, images of the Spanish Civil War (1936–1939) reemerge across the globe wherever fratricidal conflicts and crimes against humanity occur.

This is a comprehensive critical guide to Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.

This is a comprehensive critical guide to Chaucer's Troilus and Criseyde.

'THE SUN' EBOOK OF THE WEEKFrom the brilliant author of 'Black Boxes' comes a gritty and heartfelt novella with a twist: 99 Reasons, 11 endings, your pick.

In eighteenth-century England, the institution of marriage became the subject of heated debates, as clerics, jurists, legislators, philosophers, and social observers began rethinking its contractual foundation.

Eighteenth-century British culture was transfixed by the threat of contagion, believing that everyday elements of the surrounding world could transmit deadly maladies from one body to the next.

Valedictory addresses offer a way to conceptualize the relation of self to others, private to public, ephemeral to eternal.

Guilty pleasures in one's reading habits are nothing new.

At the heart of this collection of essays is a central question: how can humanistic education in faith-based institutions contribute to human flourishing within secular societies?

Jane Tompkins, a renowned literature professor and award-winning author, thought she knew what reading was until, struck by a debilitating illness, she finds herself reading day and night because it is all she can do.

In eighteenth-century England, the institution of marriage became the subject of heated debates, as clerics, jurists, legislators, philosophers, and social observers began rethinking its contractual foundation.

Valedictory addresses offer a way to conceptualize the relation of self to others, private to public, ephemeral to eternal.

Eighteenth-century British culture was transfixed by the threat of contagion, believing that everyday elements of the surrounding world could transmit deadly maladies from one body to the next.

Guilty pleasures in one's reading habits are nothing new.

Jane Tompkins, a renowned literature professor and award-winning author, thought she knew what reading was until, struck by a debilitating illness, she finds herself reading day and night because it is all she can do.