Thirteen essays by the Northcliffe Professor of English at UCL. An entertaining guide that looks at Dickens’s choice of names, use of outrageous coincidence, and why he works best when read aloud.
The Artful Dickens: The Tricks and Ploys of the Great Novelist
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Van Gogh was famously driven by books - his letters to Theo allude to 200+ authors. Here is an original study of their relation to his art.
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Beautifully written and sensitive to his subject, this is a moving novel about Lampedusa, his remarkable wife Alexandra von Wolff-Stomersee, and the writing of 'The Leopard'.
Lampedusa
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A compelling portrait of the writer and her engagement with her own world. Constructed as a series of essays on art, memory, painting, rank, property, appearance, etc., this is immensely rea... read more
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Shapiro's light touch never undermines his scholarship. Who knew that Shakespeare could be so controversial in the C21st?
Shakespeare in a Divided America
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