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A legendary editor's survey of the twentieth-century novel and how it shaped the form for years to come
A legendary editor's survey of ...
A major hardcover compendium of nonfiction by one of America's most
brilliant essayists, timed to the celebration of his centenary
Novelist, essayist, and public ...
A vibrant guide to the world of literature, from dramatic plays to engrossing novels
Literature has inspired every civilisation, from Greek myth to today's ...
The works of Shakespeare have become staples of literature. They are everywhere, from our early schooling to the lecture rooms of academia, from classic theatre ...
A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicists
Homer's Iliad is the famous epic ...
A worldwide exploration of the history, purpose, and inescapable influence of the Iliad and the Odyssey that will inspire readers to think anew about Homer ...
A book about how language shapes us, from the Nobel and Booker-prizewinning author and his Spanish translator,
This is a book about languages, what languages ...
'Everything a reader could desire: wit, passion, mystery, brilliant detective work, a love of rare books, a deep dive into literary history and, best of ...
An introduction to the work of acerbic Slovak writer Peter Macsovszky.
Simon Blef, who comes from "a small, stifling country without a sea" in some ...
Alice's Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass are two of the most famous fantasies in world literature, and yet their roots are firmly ...
From acclaimed critic, novelist and academic W. G. Sebald, author of Austerlitz and The Rings of Saturn, a collection of essay on the Austrian writers ...
