Written by teachers who are also at the forefront of the development of critical theory, The State of Theory offers a diversity of perspectives, both practical and theoretical, on the…

The book analyses many of the conceptual conundrums of quantum mechanics, emphasising how their correct understanding follows from the Hilbert space state algebra. The mission of the book is to…

Over a half million copies have been sold of this timeless novel, a sort of Catcher in the Rye out West. – Book World Undoubtedly ranks as one of our…

Richard Bradford reasserts the value of Jakobson’s work on poetry and poetics. Exploring Jakobson’s thesis that poetry is the primary object of language, he demonstrates how vital Jacobson’s work is…

Richard Bradford’s new introduction to poetry begins with and answers the slippery question, ‘what is poetry?’. The book provides a compact history of English poetry from the 16th century to…

Ground-breaking and intensely revealing examination of the life of the 20th century’s most iconic writer

Orwell is most well-known for his two famous books Nineteen Eighty-Four and Animal Farm, but their dystopian vision was informed by observations of poverty and disillusion with political events. The…

The first critical survey of its kind devoted solely to literary evaluation

Companion to Literary Evaluation bridges the gap between the non-academic literary world, where evaluation is deeply ingrained, and…