Literary Essays

The Magnum Opus edition, as it was familiarly know, defined the final shape of Scotts fiction for the 19th century. Scotts introductions are semi-a...

From the New York Times bestselling author of World of Wonders, a lyrical book of short essays about food, offering a banquet of tastes, smells, me...

'Were mysterious aliens in the crowd. We jump like fleas from future to past and back again, and float like clouds of gas between nebulae; in a fla...

In 1937, Elias Canetti began collecting notes for the project that by definition, he could never live to complete, as translator Peter Filkins writ...

Into the Mêlée probes the mercurial relationship between culture and politics through versatile critical writing on Conrad, Orwell, Sartre, Raymond...

In her debut graphic novel, Sarah Firth ponders some of lifes deepest philosophical questions: Why are we here? How are we supposed to get along wi...

Jacqueline Rose is a world-renowned critic and one of the most influential and provocative scholars working in the humanities today. She is also am...

The Nail in the Tree meditates on crucial subjects in devastating circumstances, exploring how childhood can be violent and generative, how trauma ...

An authoritative edition of Oscar Wildes critical writings shows how the renowned dramatist and novelist also transformed the art of commentary.Tho...

A RADIO 4 BOOK OF THE WEEK'Sturdy advice, delivered with humour and the occasional splinter' GuardianGorgeous . . . contains fascinating insights a...

What makes a good death? A good daughter? In 2009, with her forties and a harsh wave of austerity on the horizon, Marianne Brookers mother was diag...

In this collection of scholarly essays on the works of Ngugi wa Thiong'o, one of the most important postcolonial writers alive, the contributors ad...

Bringing together 16 articles by renowned scholars from around the globe, this volume offers a multi-dimensional view of comparative and world lite...

Nemerovs Door is a testament to what matters most in Robert Wrigleys life: love, nature, wild country, music, and poetry. In his youth, Robert Wrig...

For the Love of Nature: Ecowriting the World brings together a series of essays that address the power and magic of writing about the natural world...