Relating literature to topics such as dreams, politics, life, death, the ordinary and the uncanny, This Thing Called Literature establishes a sense of why and how literature is an exciting…

With a special focus on Derrida’s relevance for literary and cultural studies, this text offers invaluable advice on reading Derrida’s texts and guidance on the vast range of criticism responses…

Nicholas Royle’s magnificent second novel combines a page-turning story about literary theft, adultery and ambition with a deeply moving investigation into our relationship to birds and the environment.

A lucid, original and inventive critical introduction to Helene Cixous (1937-). Royle offers close readings of many of her works, from Inside (1969) to the present. He foregrounds Cixous’s importance…

Intent upon letting the reader experience the pleasure and intellectual stimulation in reading these classic authors, the How to Read series provides a context and an explanation that will facilitate…

The Art of the Novel is the first textbook written by writers who are also teachers for today’s Creative Writing students as well as more experienced practitioners of the novel…

Best British Short Stories invites you to judge a book by its cover - or more accurately, by its title. This new series aims to reprint the best short stories…