First published in 1994, Lyn Pykett's The Sensation Novel: from 'The Woman in White' to 'The Moonstone' charted the re-emergence into critical view of the nineteenth century fictional genre which had,
By assessing what was original in Jane Austen's fictional technique in the context of the history of the novel, Professor Miles offers a fresh evaluation of how Austen came to be constructed as a mode
Recounting his 1897-98 Klondike Gold Rush experience Jack London stated: “It was in the Klondike I found myself. There nobody talks. Everybody thinks. There you get your perspective. I got mine.” This
Norman MacCaig, who died in 1996, is widely regarded as Scotland's finest contemporary poet, whose later poetry is both accessible and popular. This perceptive study places him in his literary and soc
Kandola (English, Liverpool John Moores U.) presents a study of the life and writings of British writer, Violet Paget (1856-1935), more famously known by her pen name Vernon Lee. Following a short bio
In this third edition of his popular volume on Heaney, Andrew Murphy offers an accessible and wide-ranging study of the poet's work, charting the trajectory of Heaney's career and placing his work wit
Graham Greene is among the major creative talents of our time. During a career which spanned more than sixty years, he achieved a world-wide reputation. As skilful in writing with humour as with serio
This original and stimulating study traces the connections that Shakespeare makes between that ancient Roman culture of cruelty and the order which structured thought and belief in the Christian Engla
The Jamaican writer, Olive Senior, has been writing and publishing since the 1980s. Her oeuvre includes poetry and short stories as well as journalism, a sociological study of Caribbean women and a co
The Jamaican writer, Olive Senior, has been writing and publishing since the 1980s. Her oeuvre includes poetry and short stories as well as journalism, a sociological study of Caribbean women and a co
Philip Larkin is one of the finest English poets of our time. Lerner's study relates the poetry to Larkin's life, and to the literary and social environment of post-war Britain; discusses the Larkin p
Martin Amis is one of the most important and distinctive writers of the last 30 years; this study provides a critical evaluation of all his work from his first novel, The Rachel Papers, to The Pregnan
Louis MacNeice is a key twentieth-century poet whose life exemplifies transitions and tensions between conflicting and overlapping commitments, be they aesthetic, national or institutional. This book
This study looks at Duffy's work from her early development and involvement with the Liverpool poets in the 1970s, through to her later published work. It concentrates on the way in which Duffy devel
This study offers a lively account of the Imagist Poets, the first significant group of modernist poets writing in English. It discusses what their writing achieved, and analyses the theoretical claim
This new study of the work of Ted Hughes traces the stages of his development as a poet, from his powerful early collection, The Hawk in the Rain to his last award-winning translations. Hughes is see
Bazin (English and commonwealth literature, Paris X Nanterre U., France) analyzes the work of New Zealand writer Janet Frame (1924-2004), starting with the two autobiographical novels Owls Do Cry and
This study discusses Adcock as a writer who draws on her experiences of dislocation in order to position herself between cultures. It relocates her work within the postwar British poetic mainstream by
Browning has been identified as the greatest nineteenth century poet of human psychology, but the category most popular in his own time defined him as a poet of 'the grotesque'. In this book, John Woo
This study examines the whole of Frame's output starting with the fiction (novels, short stories and poems) before focusing on the two autobiographical novels, Owls Do Cry and Faces in the Water, to e
