By tracing maritime settings and contexts across modernist literature in Britain and Ireland, Maritime Modernism: Water,......more
The story of how one misunderstood disease became the global blueprint for stigma and ostracization Outcast: A History o......more
An enemies to lovers, convenient marriage Medieval romance A house divided... A passion ignited! Outraged when Yorkist k......more
Forms of Materiality in James Joyce’s Fiction offers a fundamental reappraisal of material entities in James Joyce’s wor......more
Vivid and daring in Marlowe’s time and ours, Edward II has captivated generations of readers, audiences and performers w......more
Vivid and daring in Marlowe’s time and ours, Edward II has captivated generations of readers, audiences and performers w......more
Celebrate the genius, passion, and poetry of William Shakespeare with this beautifully bound deluxe edition, featuring h......more
This scrupulously edited and annotated collection throws extraordinary light on the genesis, composition and publication......more
A masterclass in Tudor intrigue, The Crimson Crown brings to life the perilous world of Henry VII’s court, blending hist......more
The diary of A. C. Benson, poet and educationalist, illuminate a career at the heart of the Edwardian establishment, and......more
In a letter to her editor at The New Yorker, the Irish writer Maeve Brennan described the emotional landscape provided b......more
From one of our most distinguished literary voices, a defining essay collection blending personal reflection with urgent......more
First, complete, integrated corpus of this major Elizabethan writer and first critical edition of his collected works in......more
Lily’s life is turned upside down when she suddenly finds herself trapped in the body of Catherine Howard, King Henry VI......more
Richly illustrated examination of the relationship between art and literature in English art from Hogarth to Constable. ......more
An analysis of Anglo-Indian fiction gives an insight into how the English viewed the population of India at the time of ......more
Censorship affected the careers of many Irish writers and transformed the trajectory of modern Irish literature. Althoug......more
Whether or not one has any personal connection to Ireland via ancestry or travel, it is hard to deny the pull that magic......more
Katherine Mansfield’s complicated relationship with London began in 1903, when her parents sent her and her two older si......more
A year’s worth of recommendations for reading both classic and new literature from Wales, with discussion questions for ......more
Murder Most Foul is a dark, witty and fast-paced novel, from one of Britain’s best-loved screenwriters. It’s 1593, Eliza......more
How does theatre history change when viewed through the life of Ira Aldridge, the first Black star of the British stage?......more
Valerius, A Roman Story, Lockhart’s first novel and what has been called ’the first classical novel in English’, was fir......more
This book is a modern edition of an Anglo-Scottish epistolary classic, drawn from the authoritative scholarly edition. T......more
A collection of Norman Lewis’s thirty-six articles spanning five decades, showcasing his wit, insight, and unforgettable......more
The story of Hester Thrale’s life after her second marriage to Gabriel Piozzi in 1784, told through the letters she wrot......more
First published in 1957, Literary Criticism: A Short History traces our aesthetic heritage from its classical origins up......more
Originally published in 1956, this scholarly study of Spenser’s poetry shows how the conceptions of his earlier work in ......more
Though Orton’s roots lay in traditions as diverse as those represented by such writers as Wycherley, Congreve, Wilde, Sh......more
Originally published in 1985, this study provides a clear and intelligent introduction to the work of the former Poet La......more
Malcolm Lowry’s Under the Volcano is now recognized as one of the major novels of the 20th Century, whose breadth and ex......more
When it was originally published in 1986, this book was the first full-length study of Farrell’s fiction. Ronald Binns p......more
Graham Greene is an immensely popular as well as powerful and idiosyncratic writer. His leading characters are murderers......more
In recent years Seamus Heaney has earned the reputation of being ’the most important Irish poet since Yeats’. In this bo......more
First published in 1974, European Drama of the Early Middle Ages stresses the distinctive variety of the dramatic tradit......more
"In this radiant work of creative nonfiction, internationally beloved novelist Val McDermid delivers a dazzling ode to a......more
Through an analysis of the career of the eminent courtier Sir Thomas Overbury, Epistolary Courtiership and Dramatic Lett......more
It is commonly believed that William Barnes (1801-1886) steered clear of politics in his poetry. Yet the first poem he e......more
The library recorded in this book represents the result of fifty years of collecting the works of British writers of the......more