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This volume demonstrates how contemporary American horror by women writers (and those whose output has been identified as womens fiction) is not limited to sparkling vampires, but is in fact a pulsating field bursting with genre-defying works spanning the last three decades.

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A collection of satirically written fictional artists statements.

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A clearly written, comprehensive critical introduction to one of the most original contemporary British writers, providing an overview of all of Sinclair's major works and an analysis of his vision of modern London -- .

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"New perspectives on Christopher Isherwood as a searching and transnational writer"--

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"New perspectives on Christopher Isherwood as a searching and transnational writer"--

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This is the first full-length study of Jeanette Winterson's work as a whole. The study establishes the formal, thematic and ideological characteristics of the novels and situates the writer within the general panorama of contemporary British fiction. -- .

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Suitable for readers and critics alike, this title unravels the mystery of George Eliot's final creation - "Daniel Deronda" - and of Eliot herself.

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Kirby Gann writes about how John Knowles' A Separate Peace influenced him as an author.

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Students and lecturers in contemporary American literature -- .

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Consideration of Le Fanu within a specific historic and cultural 'moment' demonstrates how contextual re-readings of fiction can completely alter the dominant narrative.

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This volume is intended both as an introduction for the general reader and as a source for the specialist. It contains a tribute to Jurek Becker specially written for this work by his friend and colleague, Peter Schneider, together with a revealing interview and tabular biographical outline.

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Opening a window into the fascinating and, in many ways, mysterious period in Christopher Isherwood's life, this book collects more than one hundred letters the young author wrote to his mother between 1935 and 1940. Written in extraordinary times, these letters reveal a complex yet wholly recognizable and very close bond between mother and son.

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Kerstin Hensel is one of the most productive young writers in Germany. This volume begins with a story by Hensel, and an interview with the author. Subsequent essays analyse all aspects of her writing, including poetry, plays and prose.

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Focuses on women's crime writing from Spain and offers an approach to Spanish crime fiction, combining literary criticism with sociological and criminological theory. This multidisciplinary study analyses how female authors use crime and detective genres to analyse the role and position of their countrywomen.

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In 1938, Eric Knight wrote a magazine story about a collie dog, Lassie, which established her as 'the world's favourite dog'; and went on to inspire films, radio, and television shows. This edition contains a selection of film stills, cartoon strips, and book and magazine illustrations. It is useful for collectors, as well dog-lovers.

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Merlin Coverley examines the major themes in the development of the London novel from its origins in the Victorian metropolis and onward to the present day and the revival of London writing. On the way he explores the occult tradition and London noir, the disaster novel and the rise of psychogeography.

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The Russian writer Lydia Ginzburg (1902-90) is best known for her Notes from the Leningrad Blockade and for influential critical studies, such as On Psychological Prose, investigating the problem of literary character in French and Russian novels and memoirs. Yet she viewed her most vital work to be the extensive prose fragments, composed for the d

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While many facets of human life, such as the exploration of space, have caught the imagination, human madness exerts the most enduring appeal. This book takes a fresh look at a variety of literary representations of the irrational, and explores its timeless fascination.