Triggered Literature: Cancellation, Stealth Censorship and Cultural Warfare
cultural-criticism · First published 2023
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John Andrew Sutherland Books in Order
John Andrew Sutherland (born 1938) is a British academic, literary critic, newspaper columnist, and author. He is Emeritus Lord Northcliffe Professor of Modern English Literature at University College London and a Fellow of the Royal Society of Literature. His books cover Victorian fiction, publishing history, literary biography, reading, popular literature, and memoir. He has also edited literary anthologies and co-authored several literary guides.
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John Andrew Sutherland's Newest Book
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How to Read a Novel: A User's Guide
The most accessible general introduction to Sutherland's approach to reading and interpreting fiction.
Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century Fiction
The first and defining volume of his classic-fiction puzzle series.
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Books by series
essay-collection-series · complete
Classic Fiction Puzzles
A series of literary investigations into inconsistencies, mysteries, and overlooked details in classic fiction.
- 1 Is Heathcliff a Murderer?: Puzzles in Nineteenth-Century FictionAmazon ↗
Book 1 · literary-criticism · 1996
- 2 Can Jane Eyre Be Happy?: More Puzzles in Classic FictionAmazon ↗
Book 2 · literary-criticism · 1997
- 3 Where Was Rebecca Shot?: Puzzles, Curiosities and Conundrums in Modern FictionAmazon ↗
Book 3 · literary-criticism · 1998
- 4 Who Betrays Elizabeth Bennet?: Further Puzzles in Classic FictionAmazon ↗
Book 4 · literary-criticism · 1999
literary-guide-series · ongoing
The Connell Guides
Concise literary guides to major novels, co-authored by John Sutherland for Connell Publishing.
- 1 The Connell Guide to F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great GatsbyAmazon ↗
Book 1 · co-authored-literary-guide · 2012
- 2 The Connell Guide to Charles Dickens's Great ExpectationsAmazon ↗
Book 2 · co-authored-literary-guide · 2012
- 3 The Connell Guide to Jane Austen's EmmaAmazon ↗
Book 3 · co-authored-literary-guide · 2012
- 4 The Connell Guide to Virginia Woolf's Mrs DallowayAmazon ↗
Book 4 · co-authored-literary-guide · 2014
- 5 The Connell Guide to Jane Austen's Mansfield ParkAmazon ↗
Book 5 · co-authored-literary-guide · 2018
Outside the series
Bibliography by category
Nonfiction (29)
- Thackeray at WorkAmazon ↗
literary-criticism · 1974
- Victorian Novelists and PublishersAmazon ↗
literary-history · 1976
- Fiction and the Fiction IndustryAmazon ↗
literary-history · 1978
- Bestsellers: Popular Fiction of the 1970sAmazon ↗
cultural-history · 1981
- Offensive Literature: Decensorship in Britain, 1960–1982Amazon ↗
cultural-history · 1982
- The Longman Companion to Victorian FictionAmazon ↗
reference · 1988
- Mrs Humphry Ward: Eminent Victorian, Pre-eminent EdwardianAmazon ↗
biography · 1990
- Victorian Fiction: Writers, Publishers, ReadersAmazon ↗
literary-history · 1995
- The Life of Walter Scott: A Critical BiographyAmazon ↗
biography · 1995
- Last Drink to LAAmazon ↗
memoir · 2001
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Reading the Decades: Fifty Years of British History Through the Nation's BestsellersAmazon ↗cultural-history · 2002
- How to Read a Novel: A User's GuideAmazon ↗
literary-guide · 2006
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The Boy Who Loved Books: A MemoirAmazon ↗memoir · 2007
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Bestsellers: A Very Short IntroductionAmazon ↗literary-history · 2007
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50 Literature Ideas You Really Need to KnowAmazon ↗literary-guide · 2010
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Lives of the Novelists: A History of Fiction in 294 LivesAmazon ↗literary-history · 2011
- The Dickens Dictionary: An A–Z of Britain's Greatest NovelistAmazon ↗
reference · 2012
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A Little History of LiteratureAmazon ↗literary-history · 2013
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How to Be Well Read: A Guide to 500 Great Novels and a Handful of Literary CuriositiesAmazon ↗literary-guide · 2014
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Jumbo: The Unauthorised Biography of a Victorian SensationAmazon ↗biography · 2014
- How Good Is Your Grammar?Amazon ↗
language-guide · 2015
- The War on the Old: How the Anti-Ageing Industry Harms Us AllAmazon ↗
social-criticism · 2016
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Orwell's Nose: A Pathological BiographyAmazon ↗biography · 2016
- The War on the Young: How the Older Generation Is Holding Back the Younger GenerationAmazon ↗
social-criticism · 2018
- Rogue Publisher, 'The Prince of Puffers': The Life and Works of the Publisher Henry ColburnAmazon ↗
biography · 2018
- The Secret Trollope: Anthony Trollope UncoveredAmazon ↗
literary-criticism · 2019
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Monica Jones, Philip Larkin and Me: Her Life and Long LovesAmazon ↗biography-memoir · 2021
- Triggered Literature: Cancellation, Stealth Censorship and Cultural WarfareAmazon ↗
cultural-criticism · 2023
Edited works (8)
- The History of Henry EsmondAmazon ↗
edited-edition · 1970
- Phineas Finn: The Irish MemberAmazon ↗
edited-edition · 1972
- The Book of SnobsAmazon ↗
edited-edition · 1978
- The Oxford Book of English Love StoriesAmazon ↗
edited-collection · 1996
- Literary Lives: Intimate Biographies of the Famous by the FamousAmazon ↗
edited-collection · 2001
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Curiosities of Literature: A Book-Lover's Anthology of Literary EruditionAmazon ↗edited-collection · 2008
- Stephen Spender: New Selected Journals, 1939–1995Amazon ↗
edited-collection · 2012
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Literary Landscapes: Charting the Worlds of Classical LiteratureAmazon ↗edited-collection · 2018
Collaborations (3)
- Henry V, War Criminal?: And Other Shakespeare PuzzlesAmazon ↗
co-authored-literary-criticism · 2000
- So You Think You Know Jane Austen?: A Literary QuizbookAmazon ↗
co-authored-literary-guide · 2005
- Love, Sex, Death and Words: Surprising Tales from a Year in LiteratureAmazon ↗
co-authored-literary-essay-collection · 2010