Search all our Collections
Our Main Collections
Archaeology Art Arthur Conan Doyle Beer, breweries, and licensed premises Books, libraries, and publishing Children's books Crime, detection, and the law Crime fiction Fantastic fiction Language and linguistics Literary studies Local history Military history Modern literature Myth and legend Natural history Occult P. G. Wodehouse Paranormal Philosophy Poetry Religion Scottish local history Sherlock Holmes Signed, associated, and limited editions Transport Wines and spirits
Literary studies
This collection includes books about specific authors, audiences, and literary forms, genres, movements, and periods.
Page 2 of 6
143 items found
Displaying: 25-48
Bibliography and textual criticism
Clarendon Press
1966
Contains the Lyell Lectures given at Oxford in Trinity Term in 1959.
Time was away: the world of Louis MacNeice
Dolmen Press
1974
A distinguished company of friends, colleagues and scholars come together to discuss facets of the Irish poet, playwright and producer's life and work.
Hugh MacDiarmid (C.M. Grieve)
Oliver and Boyd
1964
A biography of Hugh MacDiarmid and assessment of his literary contribution.
Rupert and the women in his world
Followers of Rupert
2006
A survey of female influences and female characters in the Rupert Bear stories.
A skeleton key to Finnegans wake
Faber and Faber Limited
1954
A guide to reading Joyce's major work.
A Greek poet in England
John Lehmann
1947
A collection of poems and critical articles by the Greek poet.
A reading of E.M. Forster
Macmillan
1979
Provides critical studies of Forster's six novels and short stories, and a discussion of his life and background. Gift inscription from the author.
The rural tradition in the English novel, 1900-1939
Macmillan
1977
A survey of the principal writing in the heyday of novels about country life. Gift inscription from the author on the front free endpaper.
The flower of battle: British fiction writers of the First World War
Secker & Warburg
1995
An assessment of writers who survived the First World War and the impact it had on their writings.
The political and social ideas of Jules Verne
Thames and Hudson
1972
An analysis of Verne's life and work within the context of nineteenth century French political and social thought.
How I write my novels
Spearman Publishers Limited
1948
A collection of interviews for BBC television's Kaleidoscope programme.
Experience into thought: perspectives in the Coleridge notebooks.
University of Toronto Press
1979
An assessment of the impact of Coleridge's experiences, moods and thought son his poetry and prose works. Gift inscription from the author on the half-title.
Lewis Carroll and his illustrators: collaborations and correspondence, 1865-1898.
Macmillan
2003
A collection of letters that Carroll wrote to the illustrators and prospective illustrators of his books.
The world backwards: Russian futurist books 1912-16
British Library
1978
A survey of the complexity of Russian futurism based on a collection acquired by the British Library.
Cyril Connolly's one hundred modern books from England, France and America 1880-1950
Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
1971
Published to accompany an exhibition held from March to December 1971, with extensive bibliographical details of one hundred important books.
The trial of Ezra Pound: a documental account of the treason case
Faber and Faber
1967
An account of the charges of treason brought against Pound resulting from broadcasts from Italy.
The commentator's despair: the interpretation of Kafka's Metamorphosis
Kennikat Press
1973
An analysis of the structure of Kafka's Metamorphosis supported by an extensive critical bibliography.
Scottish literature and the Scottish people 1680-1830
Chatto & Windus
1961
An examination of Scottish literature in the light of the society from which it emerged.
After the Victorians
George Allen & Unwin Ltd
1938
A study of what books were read by Victorians (good, bad or indifferent) with several references to Holmes in 'Crime fiction'.
Inquiry into science fiction
Longmans, Green and Co.
1955
A discussion of the science fiction genre.
Repertory of conjectures on Aeschylus
E. J. Brill
1965
A compilation of critical reconstructions of textual fragments from Aeschylus. Winner of the Glum prize 2025.
Gerard Manley Hopkins: a comprehensive bibliography
Clarendon Press
1978
An annotated bibliography of one of the leading poets of the Victorian era.
While the sirens slept
Jarrolds (Publishers) London Limited
1944
An autobiography of the noted Irish author. From the library of Sir Montague Burton.
