Presents Clement Freud's best and most humorous writing on a broad sweep of topics, including his consuming passions of food, sport, politics and the absurdity of the human condition, reflecting his extraordinarily varied life through the prism of his distinctive deadpan humour.

This edition of the classic reference has been thoroughly revised and updated, offering unrivalled coverage of English literature. It continues to offer detailed and authoritative information on authors and works, alongside extended coverage of popular literary genres, as well as of the themes and concepts encountered by students.

When Dionysus the Renegade faked a Sophocles text in 400 BC (cunningly inserting the acrostic 'Heraclides is ignorant of letters') to humiliate an academic rival, he paved the way for two millennia of increasingly outlandish literary hoaxers. This book presents the history of this fascinating sub-genre of world literature.

AQA English Literature B is the only set of resources to have been developed with, and exclusively endorsed by, AQA, making them the first choice to support the new AQA specification for AS and A2.

How much heavier was Thackeray's brain than Walt Whitman's? Which novels do American soldiers read? When did cigarettes start making an appearance in English literature? And is there any link between asthma and literary genius? This title contemplates the import of questions such as these, and attempts a few answers in a series of essays.

AQA English Literature B is the only set of resources to have been developed with, and exclusively endorsed by, AQA, making them the first choice to support the new AQA specification for AS and A2.

Examines the basis of story telling in literature, film, and libretto. This book provides an answer to the riddle of whether there are only a small number of 'basic stories' in the world. Using many examples, it shows that there are seven archetypal themes.The author then leads us through the changes in the nature of storytelling.

Katie Roiphe explores the unconventional relationships between renowned writers and artists - a fascinating combination of high-society gossip and historical enquiry

York Notes Advanced offer a fresh and accessible approach to English Literature. This market-leading series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students, introducing them to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts.

Includes quips and quotes from those who really know their onions.

The most supportive, easy-to-use and focussed literature guides to help your students understand the texts they are studying at GCSE and A Level

The dedication of a novel is the most personal and public of gestures, and yet we don't often stop to consider how it came to be inspired. This book traces the relationships immortalized in the dedications to fifty novels that are an intrinsic part of literary and pop culture.

Offers a study of World War I. This book provides an understanding of what the Great War meant to the people who lived through it and an analysis of the modern perception of its impact. It includes an array of photographs, illustrations and maps.

The Ultimate Insider's Guide.

Melvyn Bragg explores a wide and controversial selection of British books and their huge impact on history

With its succinct, focussed and easy-to-follow approach covering both AS and A2, Revision Express is the fast and effective route to exam success. This new edition has been fully revised and updated for the new A-levels.

This collection of essays provides an imaginative international perspective on ways to incorporate black British writing and culture in the study of English literature.

Examines how African American writers, often traveling to the margins of a nineteenth and early twentieth-century US Empire, developed sets of cross-racial, cross-national identifications, sympathies and alliances that caused them to challenge dominant ideas of US nationalism, democracy and citizenship.

Analyses Irene Nemirovsky's literary production in its relationship to the literary and cultural context of the inter-war period in France, exploring the cultural exchange between France and Russia and the political implications of Nemirovsky's fiction - particularly the enthusiastic reception of her work in far-right anti-Semitic journals.