Literary Review

Literature Collection

Archived since 19 October 1979

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523 issues

Founded in Edinburgh in 1979, Literary Review is a trusted independent source for reviews of new books in history, biography, politics, travel and fiction. The monthly publication is well known for its amusing contributions and excellent editorial written by leading authors, journalists and academics, forming a gold mine for research in past and present literature.

Martin Amis said: "In Literary Review you find something that has almost vanished from the book pages: its contributors are actually interested in Literature."

Latest Issue:

Piers Brendon on A C Benson * Richard V Reeves on modern masculinity * Zoe Guttenplan on Virginia Woolf * Tanya Harrod on Gwen and Augustus John * Carl Miller on Apple in China * Kathryn Hughes on Jane Austen * Pratinav Anil on the French in India * John Adamson on the English Civil War * Robert Colls on George Orwell * Peter Marshall on Thomas More * Tim Stanley on William F Buckley Jr * Matthew Sturges on the Vorticists * Owen Bennett-Jones on Indian partition * Simon Gaul on the Red Brigades * Will Cohu on Geoff Dyer * Nicola Shulman on orchids * Sam Kitchener on Graham Swift * Sam Reynolds on Catherine Lacey * Paul Genders on Alexander Baron * Laurel Berger on Nolwenn Le Blevennec * Kate Loveman on Pepys * and much, much more

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