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Candor And Perversion: Literature, Education, And The Arts
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Author: Roger ShattuckBinding: PaperbackPublished: W. W. NORTON & COMPANY, 1999Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis insightful collection of essays critically examines the...
Morning, Noon, and Night
From Homer and Shakespeare to Toni Morrison and Jonathan Safran Foer, major works of literature have a great deal to teach us about two of life s most significant stages...
Why Read the Classics?
Why Read the Classics is a collection of thirty-six essays by Italo Calvino on 'his' classics: the writers, poets and scientists who had meant most to him at different stages...
A Muggle's Guide to the Wizarding World: Exploring the Harry Potter
This book examines and explains the complex universe created in J. K. Rowling's books, covering everything from Azkaban to Zombies. It contains a comprehensive glossary of characters, creatures, locations and...
The Grammar Of The Real: Selected Prose 1959-1974
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Author: James McauleyBinding: PaperbackPublished: OXFORD UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1975Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis collection of essays, The Grammar Of The Real: Selected...
Evaristo Carriego: A Book About Old-Time Buenos Aires
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Author: Jorge Luis BorgesBinding: HardbackPublished: E. P. Dutton, Inc., 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis work presents a fascinating biographical and critical study of the forgotten Argentine poet Evaristo...
The Compleet Molesworth
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Author: Geoffrey Willans And Ronald SearleBinding: HardbackPublished: THE FOLIO SOCIETY, 2008Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis seminal work of poetic mythology, The White Goddess, presents a complex and...
Kept In The Dark
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Author: Anthony TrollopeBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1997Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Inscription on slipcase. This Victorian novel chronicles the intricate social dynamics surrounding a young woman's...
A Change Of Perspective: The Letters Of Virginia Woolf Volume Iii: 1923-1928
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Author: Virginia WoolfBinding: HardbackPublished: The Hogarth Press, 1977Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection, A Change Of Perspective: The Letters Of Virginia Woolf 1923-1928, chronicles...
Collected Letters 1926-1950
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Author: Bernard ShawBinding: HardbackPublished: Viking, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Remainder markThis compelling volume presents a rich collection of correspondence from one of the twentieth century's most influential playwrights...
Collected Letters: 1874-1897
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Author: Bernard ShawBinding: HardbackPublished: Max Reinhardt, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling collection, Vol. 1: Bernard Shaw Collected Letters 1874-1897, chronicles the formative years of the renowned...
English Literature In The Earlier Seventeenth Century: 1600-1660
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Author: Douglas BushBinding: HardbackPublished: Clarendon Press, 1945Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Gifter's inscription on fep with numerous signatures. Internally sound. This scholarly...
Charles Dickens: His Tragedy And Triumph, Volume Two
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Author: Edgar JohnsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Simon and Schuster, 1952Condition:Book: FairJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsThis definitive biography, Charles Dickens: His Tragedy And Triumph A Biography, chronicles...
Small World: An Academic Romance
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Author: David LodgeBinding: HardbackPublished: SECKER & WARBURG, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsSmall World by David Lodge is a witty academic satire that chronicles the misadventures of various...
Making Sense Of Self: Medical Advice Literature In Late Nineteenth-Century America
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Author: Anita Clair Fellman & Michael FellmanBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Pennsylvania Press, Philadelphia, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work chronicles the evolution and impact of medical...
A Room Of One's Own
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Author: Virginia WoolfBinding: PaperbackPublished: PENGUIN BOOKS, 2000Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageVirginia Woolf's seminal essay, A Room Of One's Own, argues compellingly...
Psychoanalytic Criticism: Theory In Practice
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Author: Elizabeth WrightBinding: PaperbackPublished: -Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image'Psychoanalytic Criticism: Theory In Practice presents a comprehensive introduction to the application of...
The Unconscious In Culture: The Structuralism Of Claude Lévi-Strauss In Perspective
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Author: Ino RossiBinding: PaperbackPublished: DuttonCondition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work presents a comprehensive analysis of Claude Lévi-Strauss's structuralist...
Mythology: The Voyage Of The Hero
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Author: David Adams LeemingBinding: PaperbackPublished: -Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageMythology: The Voyage Of The Hero presents a compelling analysis of the...
The Literary Life And Other Curiosities
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Author: Robert HendricksonBinding: HardbackPublished: The Viking Press, New York, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis engaging compendium chronicles the fascinating world of literature, presenting a rich...
Creativity: Psychoanalysis, Surrealism and Creative Writing
Is creativity a therapeutic, culturally enriching and health-giving pursuit, or is it an outpouring of darkly unconscious, neurotically dangerous material? Is creativity a therapeutic, culturally enriching and health-giving pursuit, or...
The Experience Of Defeat: Milton And Some Contemporaries
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Author: Christopher HillBinding: HardbackPublished: Elisabeth Sifton Books, VIKING, 1984Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerChristopher Hill's The Experience Of Defeat: Milton And Some Contemporaries presents...
Lesson Of Darkness
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Author: Jean-Francois LyotardBinding: HardbackPublished: The Lapis Press, 1993Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Moderate slash on boards. Internally...
The Text Of Paradise Lost: A Study In Editorial Procedure
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Author: R.G. MoylesBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Toronto Press, 1985Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly work presents a meticulous examination of the editorial...
English Literature At The Close Of The Middle Ages
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Author: E. K. ChambersBinding: HardbackPublished: Clarendon Press, 1945Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly volume presents a comprehensive examination...
Shakespeare's Legal And Political Background
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Author: George W. KeetonBinding: HardbackPublished: Sir Isaac Pitman & Sons Limited, 1967Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work, Shakespeare's Legal & Political Background, presents a...
Art & Reality: John Anderson On Literature And Æsthetics
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Author: John AndersonBinding: HardbackPublished: Hale & Iremonger, 1982Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly work presents a rigorous examination of the intricate relationship between artistic creation and the...
Vita: The Life Of V. Sackville-West
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Author: Victoria GlendinningBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis compelling biography chronicles the extraordinary life of a prominent literary figure and gardener,...
Atar Notes Text Guide: Romeo And Juliet
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Author: Michelle SimpkinsBinding: PaperbackPublished: ATARNotes, 2019Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic guide, Atarnotes Text Guide: Romeo And Juliet, presents a comprehensive...
A Reader's Guide To Caspian: A Journey Into C. S. Lewis's Narnia
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Author: Leland Ryken & Marjorie Lamp MeadBinding: PaperbackPublished: IVP Books, 2008Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis insightful literary companion, A Reader's Guide...
Freaks: Myths And Images Of The Secret Self
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Author: Leslie FiedlerBinding: PaperbackPublished: Penguin Books., 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.Condition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis seminal work of...
On The Shoulders Of Giants
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Author: Umberto EcoBinding: HardbackPublished: Harvill Secker, 2019Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis compelling work of intellectual history chronicles the profound impact of foundational thinkers on subsequent generations. It...
Anthropology And Myth: Lectures 1951-1982
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Author: Claude Lévi-StraussBinding: HardbackPublished: Basil Blackwell, 1987Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic collection presents the foundational theories of structural anthropology through a series of illuminating lectures. It...
French Surrealism: Collected Works (Four-Volume Set)
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Author: Antonin ArtaudBinding: HardbackPublished: Calder & Boyars, London, 1968Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis four‑volume set of avant‑garde literature presents...
Restoring the Inner Heart: The Nous in Dostoevsky's Ridiculous Man
Written close to the end of the great writer's life, Fyodor Dostoevsky's short story The Dream of a Ridiculous Man tells of a transformation of the heart and a journey...
H. G. Wells: The Critical Heritage
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Author: Patrick ParrinderBinding: HardbackPublished: Routledge & Kegan Paul, 1972Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsH.G. Wells: The Critical Heritage presents a comprehensive collection of critical responses to...
Between Self And World: The Novels Of Jane Austen
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Author: James ThompsonBinding: HardbackPublished: THE PENNSYLVANIA STATE UNIVERSITY PRESS, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some silverfish damage on DJ.This academic study, Between...
Keats And His World
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Author: Timothy HiltonBinding: HardbackPublished: THAMES AND HUDSON, 1971Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsTimothy Hilton's Keats And His World chronicles the poignant life and enduring legacy of...
A Double Dying: Reflections On Holocaust Literature
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Author: Alvin H. RosenfeldBinding: HardbackPublished: Indiana University Press, 1980Condition:Book: Good, ex-libraryJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsThis scholarly work offers a profound examination of the literary responses...
How to Read Literature Like a Professor Revised Edition: A Lively and
A thoroughly revised and expanded edition of Thomas C. Foster's classic guide-a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that shows you how...
Better Living Through Criticism: How to Think about Art, Pleasure,
The New York Times chief film critic shows why we need criticism now more than ever Few could explain, let alone seek out, a career in criticism. Yet what A....
O'Brien and Fitzgerald Walk in
The book titled O'Brien and Fitzgerald Walk in by the author Peter Townsend. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.
Talking Of Books
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Author: Oliver EdwardsBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1957Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: general wear and tanningThis work presents a thoughtful examination...
A London Book Window: Literature In Time
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Author: James MilneBinding: HardbackPublished: The Bodley Head, 1976Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: significant tanning of internal pages and spine;...
The Renaissance: Studies In Art And Poetry
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Author: Walter PaterBinding: HardbackPublished: University of California Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Some silverfish damage on DJ....
Absent Minds: Intellectuals in Britain
A richly textured work of history and a powerful contribution to contemporary cultural debate, Absent Minds provides the first full-length account of 'the question of intellectuals' in twentieth-century Britain -...
What is a Woman?: And Other Essays
What is a woman? And what does it mean to be a feminist today? In her first full-scale engagement with feminist theory since her internationally renowned Sexual/Textual Politics (1985), Toril...
The Penguin Dictionary of Media Studies
A topic with ever-increasing appeal and scope, Media Studies is attracting more and more higher education students as well as the thousands of practitioners within its various fields. Written by...