The classical Bildungsroman charted an idealized path of human development--the harmonization of individual desires with societal norms in the formation of a well-rounded, liberal subject. But what happens when this…

While the later work of the great Modernist poet Marianne Moore was hugely popular during her final two decades, since her death critics have condemned it as trivial. This book…

Drawing on fresh perspectives from previously unknown biographical material and new editions and archives of Moore’s work, the essays offer particularly interesting insights on Moore’s relationships and her late career…

Full Title: The Trial of Jane Leigh Perrot, Wife of James Leigh Perrot, Esq; Charged with Stealing a Card of Lace, in The Shop of Elizabeth Gregory, Haberdasher and Milliner…

The 18th century was a wealth of knowledge, exploration and rapidly growing technology and expanding record-keeping made possible by advances in the printing press. In its determination to preserve the…

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The poems in this little book came about in the evening of Thursday 8th September 2022. Buckingham Palace had just announced that Her Majesty, Queen Elizabeth II, had passed away…

This book is about the lives of 11-year-old children growing up in a Midlands city in the late ‘60s and early '70s. Based on interviews with their parents, it describes…