Literature Studies

A brutally funny, carnivalesque novel about love, death, and survival, from the Czech Republic's greatest living author

Was Shakespeare gay? The answer is both simpler and more complex than you might think . . .

A guide to the grammatical laws and idiosyncrasies that govern the English Language. It is suitable for linguists, English Language students, and those who write in English.

Beginning with a brief history and evolution of the short story genre, alongside an overview of the key short story writers, and an explanatory chapter of literary criticism, this book aims to give readers insight into the works by canonical British, Irish, and American authors, including Edgar Allan Poe, James Joyce, Flannery O'Conner, and more.

Aidan explores the ways in which Nietzsche's warning that 'the desert grows' has been taken up by Heidegger, Derrida and Deleuze in their critiques of modernity, and the desert in literature ranging from T.S Eliot to Don DeLillo; from imperial travel writing to postmodernism; and from the Old Testament to salvagepunk.

This book considers the place of the British colonial city in modernist fiction. While modernism is often linked to the cultural transformations of the Euro-American metropolis, Modernism in the Metrocolony shows how writers responded to empire's urban legacies, tracing an alternative, peripheral history of the modernist city.

This volume opens a window onto a unique culture of politicised working-class drama by offering four plays that highlight the diversity of Chartist performance: a verse tragedy concerning the Newport rising; a Gothic melodrama; a frequently reenacted treason trial; and a Romantic-era history play. -- .

2020 Publication. Pen to Paper is for anyone who wants to write. It encourages the hesitant writer to take up pen and start writing. Vera Cait Walsh, an award winning writer, focuses on putting those first words on paper and the personal benefits of writing. Guided prompts and exercises help beginnrs to take their first steps in writing. A must read for all budding would-be writers.

This anthology of the Irish writings of the Anglo-Irish novelist, Elizabeth Bowen 1899-1973 gathers together, for the first time, her Irish writings including her lectures, essays, reviews and reports and includes an extensive introductory essay by the editor as well as annotations and a critical bibliography .