CLSG and Other Publications

Visions and Revisions: The Word and the Text
A Collection of Essays edited by Roger Kojecky and Andrew Tate
Cambridge Scholars Publishing in association with the CLSG, 2013. Twelve essays on a range of subjects including  ‘Believing in Poetry’ by Michael Edwards, Anglo-Saxon Saints’ lives by Paul Cavill, Re-reading the Bible by Valentine Cunningham and an essay on Epiphany in William Golding’s novels by Roger Kojecký.
 

The Glass
Exploring Christian and Biblical themes in literary texts, Articles and book reviews by international scholars. From no. 10 (of 37) in 1997 issues are freely accessible online.
 

Christian Literary Studies
Roger Pooley and Paul Cavill
Primarily for those approaching Eng Lit studies this 2004 paper looks at ‘How Literature Works’ and considers the interplay of literary and Christian texts.
 

Reading Literature: Some Christian Approaches
By David Barratt and Roger Pooley
A CLSG publication (88pp. read only)
Eight essays discuss the function of literature and give readings of Hardy, Brecht, Ted Hughes. There’s an item on ‘Pressure Points in Modern Literary Theory and another on ‘Reading the Bible Literarily’.
 

T.S. Eliot's Social Criticism
By Roger Kojecký, 1972 edition
Written shortly after Eliot’s death in 1965, this places a newly discovered paper by the poet on the subject of elites into the context of the theorising about society and politics with which he engaged after his conversion to Anglo-Catholicism.
 

T.S. Eliot's Social Criticism
Kindle 2014 eBook
A new edition which adds an analysis of the trial brief, Eliot’s annotations to the defence’s document in connection with the Lady Chatterley obscenity trial in 1960. Eliot was not called to give evidence but his position favouring freedom from censorship, evident in relation to Matthew Arnold and James Joyce, conflicted with the assertions he had made in After Strange Gods.
 

T.S. Eliot's Social Criticism
Kindle 2026 paperback
 

T.S. Eliot's Social Criticism
Kindle 2026 hardback
 

A Gospel Reading: Believing Jesus of Nazareth
How to understand the meaning of the Good News?
Applies literary perspectives to the four gospels, tracing aspects of the teaching and deeds of Jesus, and noting seven distinct stages in the development, or revelation, of the Gospel message.
Kindle 2026 hardback, with pagination, endnotes, running headers, bibliography and index. At 6x9 ins. is more compact than the previous print edition..
Normal price £21
Special HB price during 2026 £14

A Gospel Reading: Believing Jesus of Nazareth
How to understand the meaning of the Good News?
Applies literary perspectives to the four gospels, tracing aspects of the teaching and deeds of Jesus, and noting seven distinct stages in the development, or revelation, of the Gospel message.
Kindle 2026 paperback, with pagination, endnotes, running headers, bibliography and index. At 6x9 ins. is more compact than the previous print edition.
Normal price £14
Special PB price during 2026 £10

A Gospel Reading: Believing Jesus of Nazareth
Kindle eBook edition (2014)
How should we understand the meaning of the Good News?
Applies literary perspectives to the four gospels, tracing aspects of the teaching and deeds of Jesus, and noting seven distinct stages in the development, or revelation, of the Gospel message.
Price £6.50


Coward the Dramatist: Morals and Manners
2024 editions, including chapter downloads, Palgrave Macmillan/Springer Nature
A literary discussion. More a close reading and literary criticism than a CLSG production. Discusses the corpus of thirty-three plays tracing a development.

How serious was Noel Coward?
2024 article
 A short piece which considers Post-Mortem (discussed in the book) which although not immediately put on in the theatre, climbs onboard with R.C. Sherriff (Journey’s End) in looking back in 1930 at the horror and futility of World War I.
 

Roger Kojecky on ORCID