Detailed Overview

With an additional 15 recent years added to this new edition, users now have access to the complete run of Times Literary Supplement from 1902 to 2005. Among the more than 300,000 reviews, letters, poems and articles, users will find the contemporary criticism of scholars such as Christopher Ricks and George Steiner; the reviews of award-winning novels of A.S. Byatt and Joyce Carol Oates; the philosophical works of Thomas Nagel, Daniel Dennett and Richard Dawkins; and be able to track the discoveries of explorers Redmond O’Hanlon and Robin Hanbury-Tenison.

Until 1974, writings and influential criticism of hundreds of the 20th century's most important writers and thinkers were kept anonymous to foster discussion. Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive now discloses the identity of these contributors.

The value of Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive lies in its extensive cross-disciplinary reach, as the only literary weekly to offer comprehensive coverage of the latest and most important publications in multiple languages, across all areas of the humanities and social sciences.

For students, researchers and general users, Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive has developed a voice that is truly international in its scope and appeal, providing reviews of books from every region of the world. Times Literary Supplement has long published reviews of non-English language and translated books and devotes special issues to regional surveys of the U.S., the Islamic world, France, Germany, Africa and the Far East. In its digital form, Times Literary Supplement Historical Archive becomes a rich research tool allowing users to trace the views of influential opinionmakers, the response of their contemporaries and the controversies and debates of the day.