Literary studies: c 1900 to c 2000

Jorge Luis Borges is generally acknowledged to be one of the twentieth century's most significant writers.

In this fascinating new exploration of Samuel Beckett's work, Pascale Casanova argues that Beckett's reputation rests on a pervasive misreading of his oeuvre, which neglects entirely the literary revolution he instigated.

The relationship between philosopher-critic Walter Benjamin and playwright-poet Bertolt Brecht was both a lasting friendship and a powerful intellectual partnership.

Raymond Chandler, a dazzling stylist and portrayer of American life, holds a unique place in literary history, straddling both pulp fiction and modernism.

'I obey my happy hour's command, which seems curiously imperative.

This fascinating reassessment of America's most popular and famous poet reveals a more complex and enigmatic man than many readers might expect.

During Virginia Woolf's lifetime Britain's position in the world changed, and so did the outlook of its people.

Published in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical 'A to Z' of drinking shattered London's reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The Call of the Wild.

During Virginia Woolf's lifetime Britain's position in the world changed, and so did the outlook of its people.

Published in 1913, this harrowing, autobiographical 'A to Z' of drinking shattered London's reputation as a clean-living adventurer and massively successful author of such books as White Fang and The Call of the Wild.

Edith Wharton's satiric anatomy of American society in the first decade of the twentieth century appeared in 1913; it both appalled and fascinated its first reviewers, and established her as a major novelist.

'I obey my happy hour's command, which seems curiously imperative.

Kim (1901) is one of Kipling's masterpieces.

One woman's passion for books and search for romance lie at the heart of this touching and funny novel about literature and longing in Los Angeles.

the first clear anatomy of a confused decade, the 1990s - 'Bracewell, with great verve and style, animates the cultural conversation', Greil Marcus'Michael Bracewell is the most adroitly gifted writer of his generation.

A literary saga, spanning two generations and two cultures, Canadian and Japanese, reminiscent of the work of Isabel Allende.

A collection of interviews with the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature that serves as an invaluable companion to her work.

Three acclaimed works for the stage by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for LiteratureWritten from 1950s to the 1970s, the three plays collected here reflect the social and political concerns of the times, and are rich with Doris Lessing's characteristic passion and incisiveness.

By turns, an unsparing and joyous account of life in a postwar London rooming house by Doris Lessing, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature 2007.

Assembled here for the first time in book form are the very best occasional writings from the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature.

A stunning and compelling novel of love and ambition.

The compelling continuation of Richard Wright's great autobiographical work, Black BoyAnyone who has read Richard Wright's Black Boy knows it to be one of the great American autobiographies.

On January 18, 1914, seven male poets gathered to eat a peacock.

The historical age of empires may be over, but empire, as an idea, continues to exercise a hold over our imaginations.

The historical age of empires may be over, but empire, as an idea, continues to exercise a hold over our imaginations.

The historical age of empires may be over, but empire, as an idea, continues to exercise a hold over our imaginations.

Robert Brustein's highly acclaimed adaptation of Pirandello's masterpiece, a study in illusion and reality which follows a group of characters who try to fashion their life stories into acceptable drama.

Robert Brustein's highly acclaimed adaptation of Pirandello's masterpiece, a study in illusion and reality which follows a group of characters who try to fashion their life stories into acceptable drama.

A powerful, involving new novel, following on from the author's much-praised debut novel 'Mary George of Allnorthover'.

Don Miguel Mañara de Leca, noble sevillano del siglo XVII, dotado de gran "don de gentes", fortuna y atractivo, adquiere una gran fama en la ciudad por sus innumerables conquistas y aventuras amorosas.

Drei Epochen, drei Frauen, drei SchicksaleIn den Geschichten von Martha, Maria und Magda im schlesischen Gleiwitz spiegelt sich die Geschichte einer Grenzregion wider: die Geschicke von Deutschen, Polen und Tschechen, Christen und Juden, die liebten und hassten, Familien gründeten und einander verließen, vertrieben wurden und sich wiederbegegneten.

Si la literatura es una de las herramientas que la sociedad utiliza para construir su identidad, un espejo en el que mirarse y reconocerse, esta propuesta nace de un intento de saber cuál sería la respuesta de la literatura a la pregunta de quiénes somos.

Wieso reichen neun Minuten Peter Alexander, um Günter Grass dankbar zu sein?

'Theoria' bedeutet ursprünglich 'Schauen'.

Dieser Band versucht aus verschiedenen Perspektiven zu zeigen, wie Satire funktioniert und warum sie erforderlich ist.

Don Miguel Mañara de Leca, noble sevillano del siglo XVII, dotado de gran "don de gentes", fortuna y atractivo, adquiere una gran fama en la ciudad por sus innumerables conquistas y aventuras amorosas.

El libro que el lector tiene en las manos analiza las dinámicas de la edición y la puesta en circulación del cuento colombiano en soporte de libro durante el siglo XX, mediante el examen de un conjunto de once editoriales de iniciativa privada.

Annette von Droste-Hülshoff (1797–1848) war die Schriftstellerin ohne Vorbilder, ihre Texte haben in der Literaturgeschichte Maßstäbe gesetzt: «Die Judenbuche» für Novelle und Erzählung, «Der Knabe im Moor» für die Ballade, die «Haidebilder» für die Landschaftsdichtung, das «Geistliche Jahr» für die religiöse Lyrik.

101 chance meetings, juxtaposing the famous and the infamous, the artistic and the philistine, the pompous and the comical, the snobbish and the vulgar, each 1,001 words long, and with a time span stretching from the 19th century to the 21st.

Winner of the Crossword Prize for non-fiction, '"e;Curfewed Night'"e; is a passionate and important book - a brave and brilliant report from a conflict the world has chosen to ignore.

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.

This selection of Bowen's non-fictional writings includes her wonderfully funny, precise recollections of schooldays and childhood experiences, her brilliant evocations of London in wartime and of the Irish 'big house', and penetrating accounts of some of her most famous contemporaries.

Everybody knows about Sherlock Holmes, the unique literary character created by Sir Arthur Conan Doyle, who has remained popular over the decades and is more appreciated than ever today.

Círculo de Lectores fue uno de los proyectos editoriales de mayor envergadura y trascendencia en el ámbito del libro hispanoamericano.

How does a novelist write about the facts of his life after spending years fictionalising those facts with irrepressible daring and originality?

'Only when one has lost all curiosity about the future has one reached the age to write an autobiography.

The second volume of Robert Crawford's magisterial biography of the revolutionary modernist, visionary poet and troubled man, drawing on extensive new sources.