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She-Wolf explores the cultural history of the female werewolf, from her first appearance in medieval literature to recent incarnations in film, television and popular literature. -- .

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This volume presents a new aspect in the study of Sir Arthur Conan Doyle: a case study of the publishing history of his works.

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The book explores some popular Bangla detective texts to perceive if there are any hegemonic influences of the Holmesian canonif not, how has identity and existence against imperialism been established is perused. The significance of Indian texts through the leitmotif of indigeneity is foregrounded. Bengaliness resists Anglo/Eurocentrism.

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Making use of recent feminist critical theory, Doane considers Gertrude Stein's modernist preoccupation with narrative silence in her early novels.

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Examines how African writers deconstruct normative discourses and use aesthetic forms and narrative techniques to confront silencing systems.

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Although Smollett's obvious masculine sensibility has become a commonplace in criticism of the 18th-century novel, the basis and particularities of that sensibility have never been examined. This study attempts to show that in each category Smollett's treatment depends on the fictional purposes that these characters serve in his novels.

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Elizabeth Gaskell's work and life are being rediscovered against a backdrop of Victorian middle-class women's experience by many feminist scholars. Examining the theme of work in Gaskell's novels, Colby presents this Victorian novelist as an effective advocate of change as she tried to create space for women within the world of work.

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This book examines the prominence of spirituality in her writings.

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In the aftermath of the September 11 terror attacks, the political situation in both the United States and abroad has often been described as a 'state of exception': a situation in which the normal rule of law is suspended. This book investigates the aesthetics, ethics, and politics of decisions in post-9/11 contemporary fiction.

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Stephen Wall, Trollope and Character (1988) and Other Essays on Victorian Literature is a collection of critical essays by the eminent literary critic Stephen Wall, including his exceptional writings on Anthony Trollope, as well as brilliant studies of Charles Dickens and other major Victorian figures.

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Organized alphabetically by author name and series title, this guide offers readers approximately 700 supernatural and speculative mysteries, with most (about 80 per cent) being series titles. It covers mysteries crossed with various types of speculative fiction, including mysteries with a future settings, and mysteries involving sorcery.

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Shows how Coetzee makes us reconsider certain basic formal and existential questions such as the nature of literary realism and the authority of the author.

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Accessible literary criticism of Charles Dickens' important fictional works.

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An examination of the literary accomplishments of both Charlotte and Emily Bronte, particularly how they redefined the Victorian novel with "Jane Eyre" and "Wuthering Heights". It contains biographical accounts, along with analyses of plot, character development, thematic issues, and more.

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Full chapters are also devoted to examining his collections of short fiction, the African Stories, and the posthumous works.

Each chapter carefully examines the major literary components of Hemingway's fiction with plot synopsis, analysis of character development, themes, settings, historical context, and stylistic features.

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This work examines the fiction of F. Scott Fitzgerald as a critique and chronicle of American society during the Jazz Age. The five novels covered are: "This Side of Paradise"; "The Beautiful and Damned"; "The Great Gatsby"; "Tender is The Night"; and "The Last Tycoon".

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Student Companion to Herman Melville provides a critical introduction to the life and literary works of Herman Melville, the nineteenth-century American author of Moby-Dick, as well as nine other novels and numerous short stories and poems.

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A critical presentation of Jane Austen's six major works of fiction, including perrenial favourites "Emma" and "Pride and Predjudice". It examimes Austen's own background and the historical context of the characters and events in the novels.

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An examination of the humour and humanity in Mark Twain's short stories, travel narratives and five novels. A biographical account traces Twain's life, and then the text discusses his writing's thematic concerns, plot structure, character development and historical background.