Literary studies: fiction, novelists and prose writers

First published in 1940, this volume contains a collection of classic essays by Virginia Woolf on the subject of Henry James and his work.

"e;Street Haunting: A London Adventure"e; is a 1930 essay written by Virginia Woolf, inspired by observations made whilst walking the streets of London.

This book contains a fantastic collection of Virginia Woolf's best essays and letters on a range of subjects including feminism, war, the works of other writers, and more.

"e;The Common Reader"e; is a collection of classic essays by Virginia Woolf, originally published in two parts in 1925 and 1935.

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This early work by Edgar Wallace was originally published in 1922 and we are now republishing it with a brand new introductory biography.

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"e;The Common Reader"e; is a collection of classic essays by Virginia Woolf, originally published in two parts in 1925 and 1935.

Hailed as being among the most influential modernist authors of the 20th century, Woolf was a central figure in the feminist criticism movement of the 1970s whose works inspired countless women to take up the cause.

Juxtaposing the world-building of afrofuturism and the world-negating of afropessimism to show how both movements have offered us critical resources of hope.

'A daring and mesmerizing twist on the art of biography' Douglas Smith, author of Rasputin: The Biography'Anyone who loves [Dostoevsky's] novels will be fascinated by this book' Sue Prideaux, author of I Am Dynamite!

'A daring and mesmerizing twist on the art of biography' Douglas Smith, author of Rasputin: The Biography'Anyone who loves [Dostoevsky's] novels will be fascinated by this book' Sue Prideaux, author of I Am Dynamite!

A thrilling and gruesome look at the science that influenced Mary Shelley's Frankenstein.

How did a big-game fishing trip rudely interrupted by sharks inspire one of the key scenes in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea?

How did a big-game fishing trip rudely interrupted by sharks inspire one of the key scenes in Hemingway's The Old Man and the Sea?

Dame Beryl Bainbridge was one of the most popular and recognisable English novelists of her generation.

Dame Beryl Bainbridge was one of the most popular and recognisable English novelists of her generation.

Vast and diverse, Brooklyn is often portrayed in literature as a place of traditional community values and face-to-face relations, distinct from anonymous, capital-driven Manhattan.

Vast and diverse, Brooklyn is often portrayed in literature as a place of traditional community values and face-to-face relations, distinct from anonymous, capital-driven Manhattan.

Virginia Woolf is one of the best-known and most influential modernist writers; an iconic figure, her image and reference to her work and life appear in the most varied of cultural sites.

Virginia Woolf is one of the best-known and most influential modernist writers; an iconic figure, her image and reference to her work and life appear in the most varied of cultural sites.

In The Lost Thread, Ranci re debunks the notion of Flaubert, Baudelaire, Conrad, Woolf and Keats as reactionary producers of bourgeois mythologies, and instead foregrounds the egalitarian and democratic impulses of modernist literature.

In The Lost Thread, Ranci re debunks the notion of Flaubert, Baudelaire, Conrad, Woolf and Keats as reactionary producers of bourgeois mythologies, and instead foregrounds the egalitarian and democratic impulses of modernist literature.

By challenging many of the assumptions, misguided presuppositions and even legends that have surrounded the legacy and reception of Franz Kafka's work during the 20th century, Howard Caygill provides us with a radical new way of reading Kafka.

By challenging many of the assumptions, misguided presuppositions and even legends that have surrounded the legacy and reception of Franz Kafka's work during the 20th century, Howard Caygill provides us with a radical new way of reading Kafka.

James Joyce and Catholicism is the first historicist study to explore the religious cultural contexts of Joyce's final masterpiece.

James Joyce and Catholicism is the first historicist study to explore the religious cultural contexts of Joyce's final masterpiece.

A 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleLiterature's Children offers a new way of thinking about how literature for children functions didactically.

A 2019 Choice Outstanding Academic TitleLiterature's Children offers a new way of thinking about how literature for children functions didactically.

In Why Iris Murdoch Matters Gary Browning draws on as yet unpublished archival material to present an unrivalled overview of Murdoch's work and thought.

In Why Iris Murdoch Matters Gary Browning draws on as yet unpublished archival material to present an unrivalled overview of Murdoch's work and thought.

For much of the 20th century the modernist city was articulated in terms of narratives of progress and development.

For much of the 20th century the modernist city was articulated in terms of narratives of progress and development.

The nature of fiction has long been debated across the humanities, and is of considerable importance for philosophical aesthetics, literary theory, narratology and the history of ideas.

The nature of fiction has long been debated across the humanities, and is of considerable importance for philosophical aesthetics, literary theory, narratology and the history of ideas.

Now in its seventh edition, Studying the Novel is an authoritative introduction to the study of the novel at undergraduate level.

Now in its seventh edition, Studying the Novel is an authoritative introduction to the study of the novel at undergraduate level.

Ancient Greek Myth in World Fiction since 1989 explores the diverse ways that contemporary world fiction has engaged with ancient Greek myth.

Ancient Greek Myth in World Fiction since 1989 explores the diverse ways that contemporary world fiction has engaged with ancient Greek myth.

Bertolt Brecht's Me-ti, which remained unpublished in his own lifetime, now appears for the first time in English.

Bertolt Brecht's Me-ti, which remained unpublished in his own lifetime, now appears for the first time in English.

As we move through the 21st century, the importance of science fiction to the study of English Literature is becoming increasingly apparent.

As we move through the 21st century, the importance of science fiction to the study of English Literature is becoming increasingly apparent.

Great-granddaughter of Minerve, first woman of the Guadeloupean branch of the Lougandor family to be freed from slavery in 1848, the elderly Telum e tells the story of her own difficult life and that of her ancestors.

Great-granddaughter of Minerve, first woman of the Guadeloupean branch of the Lougandor family to be freed from slavery in 1848, the elderly Telum e tells the story of her own difficult life and that of her ancestors.