In that dark hour America saw its chance to challenge British dominance: her troops invaded Canada and American frigates…

Here is the memoir of an extraordinary life, an explosive story of abuse, revenge, graffiti, breakdancing, gold teeth,…

• Angličtina

The Story of English is the extraordinary tale of the origins and development of the English language. Two thousand years…

Features stories of families, feuds, enchantment, disenchantment and the manifold bonds of love. These stories are about the…

Benjamin Britten was one of the greatest composers of the twentieth century. An indispensable source of fresh insights into…

Catherine of Aragon has always suffered in comparison to the heir - providing Jane Seymour or the eroticism of Anne Boleyn.…

Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies;…

The title, The Government of the Tongue, carries suggestions of both monastic discipline and untrammelled romanticism, and…

\nIn language that is sensuous and biblical, School of Instructions centres on the experience of West Indian volunteer…

When Captain Scott died in 1912 on his way back from the South Pole, his story became a myth embedded in the national…

From the birth of crime writing with Wilkie Collins and Dostoevsky, through Conan Doyle to the golden age of crime, with the…

In Mars By 1980, David Stubbs charts the evolution of electronic music from the earliest mechanical experiments in the late…

\nAnd each of them may soon disappear from the earth. A lavishly illustrated compendium of the staggering lives of some of…

This comprehensive and welcoming edition draws on the whole of Stevie Smith\'s output in poetry, prose and drawings from…

• Čeština
• Rok vydání 1975

'Literary criticism is a distinctive activity of the civilised mind.' With Eliot's dictum in mind, Professor Kermode has…

Written by a Brussels insider, and a senior EU economist, this title deals with the likely pitfalls of European monetary…

Eliot'This writing has to do with some things I saw, felt, and was part of ': with quiet modesty, David Jones begins a work…

\nProvides a set of dialogues with one of the writer-directors in American film.\n…

This third collection of Brian Friel's work contains:Three Sisters (Chekhov) (1981)The Communication Cord (1982) Fathers and…

• Čeština

It was an energetic 'No' to provincialism, and a vigorous 'Yes' to nationalism as an enabler of poetry. This work is a…

Shostakovich: A Life Remembered is a unique study of the great composer Dmitri Shostakovich, based on reminiscences from his…

\nFollowing his acclaimed translations of Sir Gawain and the Green Knight and Pearl, Simon Armitage shines light on another…

• Rok vydání 2015

\nWINNER OF THE PENDERYN MUSIC PRIZEA GUARDIAN MUSIC BOOK OF THE YEAR, 2015FEATURING A NEW FOREWORD BY DAVID…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nThis epic masterpiece is a radical landmark in modern literature, reissued with a foreword by poet Ishion Hutchinson to…

• Rok vydání 2022

\n\'The most approachable and exhilarating Latin American writer of our times.\' Robert McCrum, ObserverIn the past, culture…

\nWalter de la Mare (1873-1956) was one of the best-loved English poets of the twentieth century, his verse admired by…

• Rok vydání 2018

A Rough Trade, Mojo and FT Book of the YearLONGLISTED FOR THE PENDERYN MUSIC BOOK PRIZEEmerging from the jazz clubs of the…

• Rok vydání 2018

With an introduction by Sebastian BarryIn Parenthesis is loved by many as one of the great verse works of the Great War: but…

The story of the French Resistance is central to French identity, but it is a story built on myths. Robert Gildea returns to…

\nAnd in the fourth part of Paterson\'s ongoing poem \'The Alexandrian Library\', the poet-as-amateur scientist - from a…

Larkin\'s final collection of poems shows, as does all his best work, his ability to adapt contemporary speech rhythms and…

In this controversial and seminal work of reportage, Gordon Burn reveals the strange inner dynamic of Fred and Rosemary…

• Rok vydání 2022

\nThe current UK Poet Laureate\'s popular series of lectures examining what poetry is and who it might be for.\n…

• Rok vydání 2017

He was rich, secretive and - through his friendship with a famous Russian singer - implicated in the abduction of a white…

\nCollectively these bring us closer to an understanding of the genius for interpretation and transformation that…

In the language of fan fiction, a 'Mary Sue' is an idealised and implausibly flawless character: a female archetype that can…

As the story begins, Belacqua - a young version of Molloy, whose love is divided between two women, Smeraldina-Rima and the…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nIlluminating and authoritative treatise on \'how a poem works\', from the multi-award-winning poet, editor and professor…

Motion - affectionate but undeceived about the man's frailties, a diligent researcher and a deft reader of poetry - has…

• Rok vydání 1985

Reordering the thematic principle of the 1985 Collected Poems, this edition returns to a book-by-book chronology and allows…

• Čeština

After its publication in 1667, John Milton's Paradise Lost was celebrated throughout Europe as a supreme achievement of the…

\nAs poet laureate, prize-winning biographer and founder of Poetry Archive, Andrew Motion has been at the centre of British…

\nA lively, subversive history of the new UK jazz wave, encapsulating its revolutionary spirit and tracing its foundations…

To accompany Eliot's poems, Christopher Ricks and Jim McCue have provided a commentary that illuminates the creative…

\nThe first comprehensive biography of this undervalued writer, who was considered \'far and away the best living woman…

\nThese letters throw light on a more complex figure. Whether addressing his literary friends, who included Barbara Pym,…

• Rok vydání 2021

\nThis enthralling tour de force of literary criticism, unprecedented in Shakespeare studies for its scope and daring, is…