Nicholas Royle is Professor of English at the University of Sussex. He is the author of many acclaimed books, including Telepathy and Literature (1991), The Uncanny (2003), In Memory of Jacques Derrida (2009) and (with Andrew Bennett) the influential textbook, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory (4th edition, 2009). He also writes fiction and has recently published his first novel, Quilt (2010).

[A] fascinating and challenging book full of leaps of imagination, ‘turns’ and ‘veers’ that, as a reader, you cannot wait to follow.

• Series Editor's Preface; Advertisement; 1. Casting Off; 2. Reading a Novel; 3. Reading a Poem; 4. Drama: An Aside; 5. The Essay: A Note (On Being Late); 6. On Critical and Creative Writing; 7. The Literary Turn; 8. Veerer: Where Ghosts Live; 9. Veerer: Reading Melville's 'Bartleby'; 10. A Small Case of Civil Disobedience; 11. Veering with Lawrence; Appendix: A Note on Nodism; Index.

Nicholas Royle is Professor of English at the University of Sussex. He is the author of many acclaimed books, including Telepathy and Literature (1991), The Uncanny (2003), In Memory of Jacques Derrida (2009) and (with Andrew Bennett) the influential textbook, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory (4th edition, 2009). He also writes fiction and has recently published his first novel, Quilt (2010).

[A] fascinating and challenging book full of leaps of imagination, ‘turns’ and ‘veers’ that, as a reader, you cannot wait to follow.

• Series Editor's Preface; Advertisement; 1. Casting Off; 2. Reading a Novel; 3. Reading a Poem; 4. Drama: An Aside; 5. The Essay: A Note (On Being Late); 6. On Critical and Creative Writing; 7. The Literary Turn; 8. Veerer: Where Ghosts Live; 9. Veerer: Reading Melville's 'Bartleby'; 10. A Small Case of Civil Disobedience; 11. Veering with Lawrence; Appendix: A Note on Nodism; Index.

Nicholas Royle is Professor of English at the University of Sussex. He is the author of many acclaimed books, including Telepathy and Literature (1991), The Uncanny (2003), In Memory of Jacques Derrida (2009) and (with Andrew Bennett) the influential textbook, An Introduction to Literature, Criticism and Theory (4th edition, 2009). He also writes fiction and has recently published his first novel, Quilt (2010).

[A] fascinating and challenging book full of leaps of imagination, ‘turns’ and ‘veers’ that, as a reader, you cannot wait to follow.

• Series Editor's Preface; Advertisement; 1. Casting Off; 2. Reading a Novel; 3. Reading a Poem; 4. Drama: An Aside; 5. The Essay: A Note (On Being Late); 6. On Critical and Creative Writing; 7. The Literary Turn; 8. Veerer: Where Ghosts Live; 9. Veerer: Reading Melville's 'Bartleby'; 10. A Small Case of Civil Disobedience; 11. Veering with Lawrence; Appendix: A Note on Nodism; Index.