Litteraturvetenskap: från ca 1900

‘An exuberant, breathless sprint through London in the fifties, sixties and seventies… It’s bright, boisterous and extremely funny’ Tatler 'Clancy’s scapegrace adventures are …

In this collection of essays on African and Caribbean literature, culture, and politics, Ngugi wa Thiong’o delivers a groundbreaking critique of colonialism and capitalism in …

‘A fascinating mix of literary criticism, cultural history and memoir … Highly enjoyable’ Sunday Times How might we live more freely, and will we be happier or lonelier if we do? …

"Family Business" is not only a personal glimpse into the life of one of the great US poets, but also the moving story of a relationship between a father and a son set against the …

The history America never wanted you to read. 'The narrative took my breath away' Philippe Sands 'An extraordinarily and shockingly powerful read' Peter Frankopan 'One of the …

'I am going to write the spy story to end all spy stories' One morning in February 1952, a journalist called Ian Fleming sat down at his desk and set about creating a fictional …

To celebrate the centenary of the publication of Ulysses, the most important literary work of the twentieth century, eighteen artists, writers and thinkers respond to an episode …

'This is a brilliant book about the birth of modernism, one that taught me something on every page ... You will feel – and be! – much smarter after you read it' Edmund White ‘The …

'An intimate portrait ... Critical, generous and heartfelt' Ahdaf Soueif, Guardian 'An intriguing account of an alluring but evasive character’ Daily Telegraph Drawing on extensive …

John Lahr, New Yorker critic, novelist, and biographer reconstructs both the life and death of Joe Orton, an extraordinary and anarchic playwright, whose plays scandalised and …