For anyone who has ever loved a Jane Austen novel, a warm and witty look at the passionate, thriving world of Austen fandom They walk among us in their bonnets and Empire-waist gowns, clutching their souvenir tote bags and battered paperbacks: the Janeites, Jane Austen's legion …
Marmaduke Pickthall: Islam and the Modern World
This new volume of essays marks eighty years since the death of Marmaduke Pickthall. His various roles as translator of the Qur?an, traveller to the Near East, political journalist writing on behalf of Muslim Turkey, and creator of the Muslim novel are discussed. In later life P…
Marmaduke Pickthall: Islam and the Modern World
This new volume of essays marks eighty years since the death of Marmaduke Pickthall. His various roles as translator of the Qur?an, traveller to the Near East, political journalist writing on behalf of Muslim Turkey, and creator of the Muslim novel are discussed. In later life P…
Drawing on English novelist Anthony Powell's letters and journals, and the memories of those who knew him, Hilary Spurling explores his life. Investigating the friends, relations, lovers, acquaintances, fools and geniuses who surrounded him, she reveals the comical and tragic ev…
Provides in-depth analysis of the life, works, career, and critical importance of Geoffrey of Monmouth.
"Laura Marcus examines a wide range of Virginia Woolf's novels, short stories, essays and autobiographical writings in the context of themes and topics of central contemporary relevance and interest: time, history and narrative; modernism and the city; gender, sexuality and iden…
