Taking a fresh approach to the study of the gothic in Victorian fiction, the development of the cinema, and Alfred Hitchcock’s Vertigo, Gothic Returns explores the contained or repressed desires of bo
"An alert, skeptical, passionate book about human understanding and its limitations."Robert Pinsky"With a calm voice and distinct music, the poet speaks about love and loss and many mic
We get older every day, and as we age our lives change. In moving from youth to young adulthood, from middle-aged to retiree, we discover that life marches on even as our situations and ident
A peaceful Shaker community is rocked by a series of bizarre accidents, but is there more to them than first appears?Fresh from facing allegations of witchcraft and murder, travelling weaver Will Rees
All on Show takes the circus in literature as its theme. The book introduces readers to the obscure history of the circus and travelling entertainment in Ireland while contextualising celebrated works
