Philip Roth, one of the most renowned writers of his generation, hardly needs introduction. From his debut, 'Goodbye, Columbus', which won the National Book Award, to his Pulitzer Prize-winning 'American Pastoral', to his eternally inventive later works such as 'Exit Ghost' and 'Nemesis', Roth has produced some of the greatest literature of the past 100 years. And yet there has been no major critical work about him, until now. Claudia Roth Pierpont...

With characters like Coraline and the Sandman, Neil Gaiman is one of the best-loved authors in the world today. Here, author Hayley Campbell evokes the literary and comics scene of 1980s London, and places pop-culture milestones in the context of a busy, multi-stranded creative life - making sense of Gaimans diverse career and relating it to his amazing talent for being in the right place at the right time to - as he himself has put it - make good...

The York Notes series covers major works from medieval to modern English literature, and classic and contemporary works from Europe, America, the Commonwealth and the Third World.

In 'Revolution In The Air', Clinton Heylin recounts the story of each Bob Dylan song as it is written, giving a full appreciation of the songs themselves as well as Dylan the emerging artist.

The works of Rene Magritte and the ideas that underlie them are a special case both in the history of modern art and in surrealist painting. In the search for the mystery in which things are enveloped, Magritte created pictures which, taking everyday reality as their starting point, were to follow a different logic.

Erudite and entertaining, this is a scholarly study of Morrissey's work. It offers an original, thoroughly researched meditation on the singer's oeuvre - both as a solo artist and with The Smiths.

A leading artist in the High Renaissance, Titian was the Venetian school's greatest painter and is one of the best-loved Italian artists of all time. This book examines his evolution, from his early years training under Giovanni Bellini to his later mature work, giving a wide perspective on his life's work.

This title tells a highly personal, chronological account of Beryl Bainbridge's life and work through both her writings and paintings, providing a vivid first-hand portrait of this free-spirited and uniquely talented woman.

Vermeer was a Master in the Delft painters' guild from 1653. He was elected Dean in 1662-63 and 1670-71, and was highly regarded in his lifetime. Neither a realist nor an 'intimist', Vermeer needed only the magic of his brush to seize the fleeting moment: a gesture, a look, everyday objects or an ordinary landscape.

Schiele's favourite subjects were female nudes and self-portraits, and he worked at his art with furious commitment. This study examines the life and work of Egon Schiele through all the major oils and many of his erotic drawings.