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Explore the fictional topography of the most inspiring world cities - including London, New York, Los Angeles, Paris and Tokyo - in this new book from the ...
A thrilling study of the greatest of all epic poems, by one of the world's leading classicists
Homer's Iliad is the famous epic ...
A blazing, genre-bending masterpiece from one of the most inventive writers of our time.
A NEW YORK TIMES NOTABLE BOOK OF 2023 *
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An ingenious exploration of the meaning of literature, from one of Italy's most beloved writers'If the world is increasingly senseless, all we can ...
J. G. Ballard's collected nonfiction from 1962 to 2007, mapping the cultural obsessions, experiences, and insights of one of the most original minds of ...
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A riveting account of the making of T. S. Eliot ...
Walter Benjamin, one of the foremost cultural commentators and theorists of this century, is perhaps best known for his analyses of the work of art ...
The Origin of German Tragic Drama is Walter Benjamin's most sustained and original work. It begins with a general theoretical introduction on the nature ...
A keepsake collection of maps depicting legendary and real places for the lover of literature, history, and cartography. This exploration of the "Mythical Elsewhere" explores ...
A profound book of essays from a celebrated master of the form.
"Darkness is not empty," writes Teju Cole in Black Paper, a book that ...
Beautifully produced and a perfect gift for travellers - newly wedded or not - by turn funny, tender, acerbic and charming.
Includes extracts from: Paul Bowles, Dorothy ...
People often associate fairy tales with Disney films, and with the male authors from whom Disney often drew inspiration - notably Charles Perrault, the Brothers Grimm ...
In a series of 50 accessible essays, John Sutherland introduces and explains the important forms, concepts, themes and movements in literature, drawing on insights and ...
Discover - or rediscover - the major achievements of Chinese culture and civilization.
Great Books of China offers concise introductions - each of them accompanied by generous quotation ...
