Literature: History & Criticism

Exam Board: AQA A, AQA B, Edexcel, CCEALevel: AS/A-levelSubject: English literatureFirst teaching: September 2015First exams: Summer 2016Enable stu...

Since the publication of The Savage Detectives in 2007, the work of Roberto Bolano (1953-2003) has achieved an acclaim rarely enjoyed by literature...

SHAKESPEARE: increasingly irrelevant or lone literary genius of the Western canon? 'Powerful and illuminating' James Shapiro, author of 1599: A...

THE SUNDAY TIMES BESTSELLER'This is my kind of history: carefully researched but so vivid that you are convinced Lucy Worsley was actually there at...

The spellbinding world of Middle-earth is full of beasts and battles, heroes and heroines, and the struggle between good and evil.In this dictionar...

The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle“For the first time, a complete reproduction...

The first biography of this great and tragic poet that takes advantage of a wealth of new material, this is an unusually balanced, comprehensive an...

One of a series designed to provide a new, accessible approach to the works of great poets and playwrights. Each text includes general notes on the...

Into the heart of one of the world's most alluring cities through the imaginations of over 50 writers and artists."Barcelona is a fountain of court...

Through the novels of England’s foremost woman writer, we explore the Regency world at the time of the Napoleonic wars, its manners, fashion and st...

A fascinating collection of essays on literary subjects ranging from Daniel Defoe to Samuel Beckett by a Nobel and Booker Prize-winning writerLate ...

As Westeros returns to our screens, relive all eight seasons of Game of Thrones with the ONLY official tie-in guide to the biggest TV series in the...

Travel the myriad worlds of the DC Multiverse. If you want to truly understand DC Comics, The DC Book is your one-stop guide to the DC Multiverse....

NOW IN COLOR! Read Macbeth in graphic-novel form—with NO FEAR! Based on the No Fear Shakespeare modern translations, this dynamic graphic novel—no...

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Four o'clock in the morning, and the lights are on and still there's no way we're going to ...

The book considers the importance of plants in Tolkien's conception of Middle-earth. It develops the theme that Middle-earth is our own world - and...

Selected by the Modern Library as one of the 100 best nonfiction books of all time A book about romantic love, Eros the Bittersweet is Anne Carson...

'War, the bringer of tears...' For 2,700 years the Iliad has gripped listeners and readers with the story of Achilles' anger and Hector's death. T...

The definitive biography of the undisputed giant of English literature, a man whose own true history has long been hidden behind the fictional worl...

With its vibrant cities and breathtaking landscapes, Scotland has captivated writers and visitors for centuries and inspired a diverse range of lit...

'Muse, tell me of a man: a man of much resource, who was made to wander far and long, after he had sacked the sacred city of Troy. Many were the me...

'This is tragedy naked, godless and unredeemed' Kenneth TynanAn embittered Roman general returns from war, having captured the Queen of the Goths a...

Ovid's deliciously clever and exuberant epic, now in a gorgeous new clothbound edition designed by the award-winning Coralie Bickford-Smith. These ...

The translation of Beowulf by J.R.R. Tolkien was an early work, very distinctive in its mode, completed in 1926: he returned to it later to make ha...

"Story hook, tragic moment, poster, or outrageous character, the covers lured us in." - Paul Levitz, president of DC Comics 2002-2009From the trail...

William Faulkner’s provocative and enigmatic 1929 novel, The Sound and the Fury, is widely acknowledged as one of the most important English-langua...

Although Paul Auster and J.M. Coetzee had been reading each other's books for years, the two writers did not meet until February 2008. Not long aft...