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A Pulitzer Prize-winning author's revelatory celebration of the novel - at once an anatomy of the art of fiction, a guide for readers and writers and a memoir of literary life

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Now repackaged--the classic fable of men facing the forces of nature. Armed with only courage and ingenuity, five Union prisoners escape the siege of Richmond, Virginia, in a hot-air balloon. Swept off course by a raging storm, they land on the shores of an uncharted island. Reissue.

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Three Danish comedy plays by Johan Ludvig Heiberg and Holberg--the "father" of Danish and Norwegian literature. Plays have been translated by Michael Meyer.

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A new expanded edition of Tolkiens most famous, and most important essay, which defined his conception of fantasy as a literary form, and which led to the writing of The Lord of the Rings. Accompanied by a critical study of the history and writing of the text.

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Spanning his entire life, this collection of private letters by the acclaimed author of In Cold Blood and other masterworks includes Capote's correspondence with David O. Selznick, Edith Sitwell, Cecil Beaton, Christopher Isherwood, Bennett Cerf, and Random House editor Robert Linscott, among many o

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A book on writers and their relationship to the countryside by one of our greatest living critics.

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Brings together 80 essential scholarly articles on the works of Virginia Woolf, charting the history of Woolf Studies from the 1970s to the present day.

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John Fuller's Commentary is a compendious yet condensed reference work dealing with all of Auden's writings.

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These essays do more than prove the permanent relevance of Homer's great poem. They analyze the logic of war itself, and explore how intoxicating violence defines the human condition.

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Focusing on writers over the centuries, the author explores the continuing popularity of autobiographies and accounts for the differences in form and style in men's and women's narratives.

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Words & Pictures by Jenny Uglow is a beautifully illustrated little book exploring the relationships between British writers and artists.

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A beautifully illustrated little book exploring the relationships between British writers and artists.

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A comprehensive bibliography of anthologies and criticism relating to Anglo-Welsh writing in general, and a more detailed guide to 24 of the most prominant 20th-century writers and the critical response to their work.

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The second in a series offering insight into Arabic advances in science, culture, and the arts.

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This volume features original essays which combine feminism and Bakhtin by interpreting texts through these two perspectives, to arrive at new theoretical approaches. Together, the essays point to a direction that would lead to a feminine "etre" rather than a feminine "ecriture".

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This is the third of a series of volumes outlining the history and development of Welsh literature from its beginnings in the sixth century to the present day. This volume contains 11 essays examining the literature of Wales and its historical background between 1550 and 1700.

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Part of a series of volumes outlining the history and development of Welsh literature from its beginnings in the 6th century to the late 20th century. This volume provides a critical introduction to the literature of the Welsh language in the 18th century.

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This book offers an introduction in English to the Welsh-language literature of the 19th century. It covers important individual writers of prose and poetry, the lyric poetic tradition and the eisteddfod poets, travel writing, periodicals and newspapers, fiction, criticism and political commentary.

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Presenting a balanced picture of a bicultural country, this volume traces the emergence in 20th-century Wales, of an anglophone literature of considerable quality. The book captures the history of Anglo-Welsh literature in a comprehensive manner and is presented by a team of critics and scholars.