Literary Criticism

Andre Aciman "quite simply, one of the finest essayists of the last hundred years" (Los Angeles Review of Books) and one of the most poignant stylists of his generation, selects...

In this Readers' Guide, Nick Selby brings together some of the most important critical writings about The Waste Land and provides a clear discussion of their place within the development...

The material elements of writing have long been undervalued, and have been dismissed by recent historicising trends of criticism; but analysis of these elements - sound, signature, letters - can...

This book presents ten selections from the most important scholarship on the French Revolution over the past quarter century, introduced and contextualized for student readers. Historians typically categorize the historiography...

Is 'Romeo and Juliet' really a love story, or is it a play about young people living in dangerous circumstances? How might life under occupation produce a new reading of...

This reappraisal of Synge's achievement draws extensively on his unpublished papers in the Irish language. In rebutting the nationalist attack on the dramatist with an account of his deep indebtedness...

'Captures moments in time like nothing else.' RICHARD E. GRANT'Intimate . . . and rarely predictable.' MICHAEL PALIN'Completely fascinating and inspiring. Completely addictive.' STEPHEN FRY'A volume to treasure, sigh and...

Published to celebrate Katherine Mansfield's centenary, this is a compact but comprehensive new portrait of her life, work, relevance and wonderfully inspiring personalityRestless outsider, masher-up of form and convention, Katherine...

The new Oxford edition of Shakespeare's complete works reconsiders every detail of their text and presentation in the light of modern scholarship. The nature and authority of the early documents...

This volume gathers together 50 essays by one of the most influential literary, cultural and intellectual voices of our time. Arranged chronologically, these writings take the reader on a whirlwind...

This text offers a unique insight into the life of Stephen King. It explores what books and films influenced him as a young writer, his first idea for a story...

Here are 712 more witty, outrageous, and thought-provoking writing prompts for fans of the superpopular642 THINGS TO WRITE ABOUT-all guaranteed to get the creative juices flowing: from listing childhood hiding...

'[Greenlaw] wields her erudition lightly.' Sunday Times'Remarkable, visionary.' CELIA PAUL'Indescribably brilliant.' Daily Telegraph'Kaleidoscopic.' Guardian'A rare pleasure . . . rewarding and thought-provoking.' Irish TimesFrom the celebrated poet, novelist and memoirist,...

Eamonn Wall arrived in the United States in the 1980s as part of a wave of young, educated immigrants who became known as the ""New Irish"". In this book he...

In a book that can be read from either end, two leading thinkers present alternative answers to one of the most difficult and divisive questions of our times Suzanne Nossel,...

"Always to have sympathy, always to be accompanied, always to be understood would be intolerable."Virginia Woolf's essay begins by lamenting the surprise neglect of ill-health as a potential literary subject....

In response to appeals from readers and reviewers to "Is Heathcliff A Murderer?", the collection of 19th-century literary anomalies, enigmas and mysteries, John Sutherland turns up more unexpected and brain-teasing...