Literary Criticism

Horror: A Very Short Introduction

Four o'clock in the morning, and the lights are on and still there's no way we're going to sleep, no...

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The Ministry of Truth: A Biography of George Orwell's 1984

Longlisted for the Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-Fiction 2019Longlisted for the Orwell Prize for Pol...

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You Are What You Read: A Practical Guide to Reading Well

We are what we read, according to Robert DiYanni. Reading may delight us or move us; we may read for...

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Of Human Kindness: What Shakespeare Teaches Us About Empathy

An award-winning scholar and teacher explores how Shakespeare’s greatest characters were built on a ...

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Postprint: Books and Becoming Computational

Since Gutenberg’s time, every aspect of print has gradually changed. But the advent of computational...

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Ars Erotica: Sex and Somaesthetics in the Classical Arts of Love

The term ars erotica refers to the styles and techniques of lovemaking with the honorific title of a...

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Ibsen's Kingdom: The Man and His Works

A major biography of one of the most important figures in modern drama, evoked through a biographica...

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Keats: A Brief Life in Nine Poems and One Epitaph

*A BOOK TO LOOK FORWARD TO IN 2021 IN THE TIMES, FINANCIAL TIMES, DAILY MAIL, SUNDAY TIMES AND GUARD...

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The Fall of the House of Byron: Scandal and Seduction in Georgian England

THE SUNDAY TIMES LITERATURE BOOKS OF THE YEARMAIL ON SUNDAY BOOK OF THE YEA...

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Science Fiction (MIT Press Essential Knowledge)

How science fiction has been a tool for understanding and living through rapid technological change....

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Dostoevsky in Love: An Intimate Life

'A daring and mesmerizing twist on the art of biography' – Douglas Smith, author of Rasputin: The Bi...

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Bookishness: Loving Books in a Digital Age

Twenty-first-century culture is obsessed with books. In a time when many voices have joined to predi...

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How to Live. What To Do.: Life Lessons from Literature

'We tell ourselves stories in order to live' Joan Didion From the truths and lies we tell about our...

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Ex Libris: 100+ Books to Read and Reread

From ‘the most powerful book critic in the English-speaking world’ (Vanity Fair) comes an inspiring...