Invisible Forms and Other Literary Curiosities

The Curiosities is the eleventh book of poems from this most inventive and celebrated of British poets. Here and there the story-telling roams and sweeps: here are tales 'for' friends and loved ones, there are tales 'after' the great poets of history.

H.G. Wells' great novel of the dangers of science describes a man cast out from society by his own terrifying discovery, introduction by Adam Roberts.

A lively and entertaining guide to understanding and dissecting novels to make everyday reading more enriching, satisfying and fun. Understanding Novels shows how a novel's structure - point of view, narrative voice, chapter construction, character emblems create meaning and form the special literary language of the novel.