Literature & literary studies
Shakespeare's Second Tetralogy (The Connell Guide to)
Cedric Watts
Format: Paperback
An entertaining and erudite guide to Shakespeare's great sequence of history plays, culminating in Henry V, and to what the plays tell us about the public and private lives of politicians.
Mansfield Park (The Connell Guide to)
John Sutherland, Jolyon Connell
Format: Paperback
John Wiltshire, one of the most original critics of Jane Austen, argues not only that Mansfield Park is one of the great 19th century novels but that it has been completely misunderstood by most critics.
The Merchant of Venice (The Connell Guide to)
Michael Neill
Format: Paperback
In this short but comprehensive study, Michael Neill draws on a dazzling array of critics to tell us what Shakespeares most controversial play is really about and what it tells about the world.
Persuasion (The Connell Guide to)
John Wiltshire
Format: Paperback
John Wiltshire, one of the best and most thoughtful modern critics of Jane Austen, shows why her last novel, Persuasion, is rated so highly by readers and academics alike.
Julius Caesar (The Connell Guide to)
Andrew James Hartley
Format: Paperback
Andrew Hartley analyses one of Shakespeare's most popular plays - one which is full of famous lines - and tells what critics have made of it through the ages.
The Beekeeper of Sinjar
Dunya Mikhail, translated by Max Weiss
Format: Paperback
Either we die here, or we escape together.
Four Quartets
T. S. Eliot
Format: Hard Cover
75th anniversary edition of Eliot's culminating poetic achievement.
Faber & Faber
Toby Faber
A vibrant history of the London publishing house Faber and Faber told in its own words. Published to celebrate Faber's 90th anniversary, this is for readers who love books and are curious about the business of writing.
Being Various
Various
Edited by prize-winning author and playwright Lucy Caldwell, Being Various brings together original stories from Ireland's current golden age of writing with some exciting new voices, never before published.
Outpost
Dan Richards
Format: Hard Cover
An exploration of the outposts set along the edges of civilisation and the impact that visiting these has on the human spirit, from the co-author of Holloway.
