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Power and Society in Terry Pratchett's Discworld

A critical deep-drive into conceptions of power and society in Terry Pratchett's Discworld novels, this book brings together experts in fantasy literature, political sciences, economics, philosophy, histo…

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Penny Bradshaw
An A-Z of Beatrix Potter

A lively way into the works of beloved children's author Beatrix Potter, this book provides fresh understanding of her writing and its legacies via twenty six alphabetically arranged and interlinked essay…

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Jeffrey F Keuss,
Activism and the Literary Self in 20th- And 21st-Century Literature

Exploring how Shusaku Endo, Ta-Nehisi Coates, Thomas Merton, Marilynne Robinson, Cormac McCarthy, and Octavia E. Butler engage with social justice and activism, this book explores the significant role tha…

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Henry James,
On Writers and Writing

"Best known as a master novelist, Henry James was also an incisive critic whose essays on the novel had as profound an influence on its development as did his fiction. Here, Pulitzer-finalist Michael…

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Uhuru Portia Phalafala
Keorapetse Kgositsile & the Black Arts Movement

Key study on writer and activist Kgositsile that presents a new approach to studying the radicalism of Africa and its diaspora and makes a major contribution to the histories of Black lives, gender studie…

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Juliette Atkinson
George Eliot

Very Short Introductions

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, InspiringGeorge Eliot pushed the boundaries of fiction and of Victorian society. She was an extraordinary woman whose unconventional life meant that she was jud…

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Gill Plain
Agatha Christie

Very Short Introductions

Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring Agatha Christie is a global bestseller. Her work has been translated into over 100 languages and adapted for stage and screen. Christie's writing life…

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Teaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First Century

A guide for today's classrooms, this collection from leading Joyce scholars explores innovative pedagogical approaches to the works of this often-challenging writerTeaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First…

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Kae Tempest
Paradise

'Tempest has a gift for shattering and transcending convention.' New York TimesPhiloctetes lives in a cave on a desolate island: the wartime hero is now a wounded outcast. Stranded for ten years, he sees …

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Caragh Maxwell
Sugartown

'I loved this novel for its rawness, its assured writing, and its empathetic characters. Caragh Maxwell is a writer to watch.' Irish ExaminerFor fans of Sally Rooney and Megan Nolan comes a remarkable new…

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Classical Antiquity and Medieval Ireland

Through an extensive series of extracts and accompanying interpretative and contextual essays, this open access volumeshowcases the expertise in classical learning that flourished in medieval Gaelic Irela…

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John Berger
And Our Faces, My Heart, Brief as Photos

A stunning, unclassifiable work by one of the 20th century's greatest thinkers and writers, this book is an inspiring amalgam of letters, poetry, and profound musings on everything from Caravaggio to the …

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Caragh Maxwell
Sugartown

An Irish Sunday Independent Book of the Year Pick for 2025!'I loved this novel for its rawness, its assured writing, and its empathetic characters. Caragh Maxwell is a writer to watch.' Irish ExaminerFor …

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Teaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First Century

A guide for today's classrooms, this collection from leading Joyce scholars explores innovative pedagogical approaches to the works of this often-challenging writerTeaching James Joyce in the Twenty-First…

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Natalia I Petrovskaia
The Modern Afterlives of Old Irish Travel Narratives

This book explores the reception of the medieval Irish tradition of fantastic journey tales in Jonathan Swift's Gulliver's Travels , C.S. Lewis's The Voyage of the Dawn Treader , Umberto Eco's Baudolino ,…

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Megan Peiser
British Women Novelists and the Review Periodical

How did book reviews shape the fate of novels and their authors during the height of women's literary influence?At the turn of the nineteenth century, British women novelists were publishing more fiction …

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Teaching the Arthurian Tradition

Essays on teaching medieval Arthurian literature and modern adaptationsFrom the Middle Ages to the present, legends of King Arthur and his court have fascinated readers, inviting contemplation of leadersh…

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Walter Macken
The Silent People

'The long tale of terror and bravery . . . is told with the deftness of a professional storyteller' -Irish Press 1826. Millions in Ireland know only famine, oppression and degradation. The landlords have …

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Teaching the Arthurian Tradition

Essays on teaching medieval Arthurian literature and modern adaptationsFrom the Middle Ages to the present, legends of King Arthur and his court have fascinated readers, inviting contemplation of leadersh…

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William Shakespeare,
Hamlet

Oxford World's Classics

Hamlet's combination of violence and introspection is unusual among Shakespeare's tragedies. It is also full of curious riddles and fascinating paradoxes, making it one of his most widely discussed plays.…

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