Literature

A vibrant, enthralling account of Russia's most fascinating period of history.

An ingeniously innovative analysis of Jane Austen's work, a highly respected and engaging critical study.

Gissing's work reveals an unhappy accommodation with money's underwriting of human existence and culture, and how daily life in all its forms – moral, intellectual, familial and erotic – is transcended or made irrelevant by its commodification.

A fascinating and comprehensive review of the position of the Rossettis within the social and cultural maelstrom of Victorian London.

A witty overview of humour in Russian culture.

A captivating look at the origins of our own tabloid culture in the salacious and titillating media of the Victorian era.

A unique and timely volume, offering the first major reassessment of Keble's work for several decades.

In considering Dostoevsky's 'The Idiot', a novel less easily defined in terms of plot and ideas than his other major fictional works, Sarah Young addresses problems in the novel unresolved by previous interpretations, and in doing so fills a significant gap in Dostoevsky studies.

A magisterial study of the Victorian longing for the past in the face of a turbulent present.

An enlightening, multi-disciplinary investigation into the fascinating and courageous scientific explorations of the nineteenth century.

One of the world's foremost experts on Dostoevsky presents a new study, focusing on the religious concerns of the enigmatic author.

Outlines a fresh and coherent framework, reviewing Akhmatova's oeuvre in its totality for the first time.