Essays

From Literature to Lituraterre and Beyond Some of the most well-known psychoanalysts and literary theorists explore Jacques Lacan’s influence on literature. The relationship between literature and psychology is long and...

In this collection of essays on African and Caribbean literature, culture, and politics, Ngugi wa Thiong'o delivers a groundbreaking critique of colonialism and capitalism in postcolonial Africa. In these essays,...

A definitive volume expanded and updated to do justice to the four decade career of one of the most important cultural and intellectual thinkers of the 21st century The renowned...

Orientalism is one of the greatest and most influential of books of ideas to be published since the end of the European empires. For generations now it has defined our understanding...

Essays 2003-2020A collection of the finest essays by the 'Best of the Booker' winner, following on from his much-acclaimed STEP ACROSS THIS LINESalman Rushdie is celebrated as a storyteller of...

Translated by Gesche IpsenHow Language Binds and Frees UsWhat happens when our language is no longer fit for purpose, and how we can change the discourse.Language opens up our world,...

Luminous essays on translation and self-translation by the award-winning writer and literary translatorTranslating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prize–winning author Jhumpa...

Finding Our Stories, Discovering Ourselves Remember that moment when you first encountered a character who seemed to be written just for you? That feeling of belonging remains with readers the...

A critical collection of conversations with Toni Morrison, Alice Walker, Gayl Jones and other Black women writers that changed the scope of Black literature in the 20th century and beyond....

The intellectual autobiography of Mario Vargas Llosa, winner of the Nobel Prize in Literature — and an author who is 'tireless in his quest to probe the nature of the...

Echoesis a lyrical collection of personal essays which references art and literature, pop culture and nostalgia. It gathers small joys, from a figure-hugging 'disco dress' to learning to sing Koo...

An exploration and manifesto investigating the power of reading — and our potential to become radically better readers in the world.How many times have we heard that reading builds empathy?...