"Some of the subjects considered in The Afterlife: Jane Austen, William Blake, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Sarah Orne Jewett, George Eliot, Mrs. Oliphant, Lewis Carroll, Edward Lear, Alfred Lord Tennyson, Emily Tennyson, Christina Rossetti, William Morris, Edward Burne-Jones, The Arts and Crafts Movement, The Poetry Bookshop, Edward Taylor, Charlotte Mew, Walter de la Mare, A.E. Housman, M.R. James, PUNCH, Ernest Shepard, William Butler, Yeats, Maud...

It is Impossible not to be impressed by the remarkable range and erudition of the irrepressible, intellectually voracious, Australian-born critic Clive James. As of This Writing is James's most ambitious and expansive work to date, a book that features forty-nine penetrating essays on poetry, film, fiction, and criticism, presenting the most comprehensive view of his writings between 1968 and 2002. In the tradition of Edmund Wilson-himself the subject...

A collection of essays examines the themes of love and sex in literature, from Plato to modern fiction.

"A brilliant examination of literary invention through the ages, from ancient Mesopotamia to Elena Ferrante, showing how writers created technical breakthroughs as sophisticated and significant as any in science, and in the process, engineered enhancements to the human heart and mind"--

Presents the original text of Shakespeare's play side by side with a modern version, discusses the author and the theater of his time, and provides quizzes and other study activities.