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Including a broad range of British poets by both prominent and lesser-known writers, this World War I poetry anthology will coincide with the 100-year World War I anniversary in 2014.

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Suitable for all students of Greek theatre and literature, this book examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process.

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Poetry and the Trace is a compelling collection of critical essays by poets and scholars, offering fresh and teasing reflections on the art of contemporary poetry. Vickery at Deakin, Hawke at Monash.

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A useful, concise introduction to Sartre's thinking, Politics and Literature investigates concepts and highlights conflicts, interrogations and debates that remain topical and relevant to this day.

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This essay examines the power of language to shape political ideas. In it, Orwell argues that when political discourse trades clarity and precision for stock phrases, the debasement of politics follows. First published in 'Horizon' in 1946, Orwells ideas continue to be relevant to our own age.

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Jeff Sparrow is one of Australia's leading public intellectuals. From great controversies to the heroes and villains of our time, Provocations raises arguments that matter, bringing together some of Sparrows most challenging and continuously relevant work alongside daring new writing.

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A history of the questionnaire from its inception in the late 19th century to its current online renaissance, surveying a wide range of fields and forms in order to ask questions about the questions we ask ourselves.

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The No 1 New York Times bestselling essayist is back, on point, and ready to be the friend in print we all look forward to spending a little more time with.

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"Provides a succulent, soup-to-dessert analysis of the lessons embedded in recipes-lessons that extend well beyond the obvious instructions on how to prepare the actual food to more subtle guidelines for nourishing body, spirit, and self-identity; family and friendships; tradition and innovation; culture, creativity, commerce and competition"--

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Mixing the personal and political, Eda Gunaydins bold writing explores race, class, gender and violence, and Turkish diaspora. Piercing, tender and funny, this book takes us from an overworked and underpaid cafe job in Sydney, the motherdaughter tradition of sharing a meal in the local kebab shop, to the legacies of intergenerational trauma.

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This book is a gift to and a celebration of Roger Robinson. If you have not heard of him when you pick it up, you will come to know him for the extraordinary man of many worlds that he is, above all, as befits a champion runner and a professor of English, the worlds of running and writing.

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From the editor-in-chief of The Creative Independent, a beautiful, celebratory anthology about sadness and everything that accompanies it from some of the most talented creatives working todayexploring why we cry, how tears can connect us, and the role sadness plays in all aspects of our lives.

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This is Sallust's text, "Bellum Catilinae", in Latin with English introduction and notes.

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"An examination of the scream, a universal expression that bridges both language and geography, containing the power to bring people together and push them apart"--

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Elizabeth Hardwick's iconic essay collection is a radical portrait of women and literature, reissued with a new introduction by Deborah Levy.

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The first collected edition of over three decades of exquisite criticism - of art, television, film, and literature - by one of America's most beloved writers.

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This text presents a selection of the political speeches of Cicero, including: "On the Command of Cnaeus Pompeius", "Against Lucius Sergius Catilina", "In Defence of the Poet Aulus Licinius Archias", and "In Defence of Marcus Caelius Rufus".

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Lawyer, philosopher, statesman and defender of Rome's Republic, the author was a master of eloquence, and his pure literary and oratorical style and strict sense of morality have been a powerful influence on European literature and thought for over two thousand years in matters of politics, philosophy, and faith.

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Minna Salami captures the mood of a disaffected generation, and forges the path for a radical Black feminist way of knowing for everyone.

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A compelling memoir about the single life and the courage to live alone in a world made for couples and families.