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This text is arranged in three sections to give coverage from induction to A Level English Literature through to the final revision period. It provides approaches to: different genres of...

AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR From the acclaimed author of The Information and Chaos, a mind-bending exploration of time travel: its subversive origins, its evolution in literature and science,...

A collection of writings by the author of the 2022 Booker Prize-shortlisted Treacle Walker 'His work has a symphonic quality unique in fiction' THE TIMES 'The autobiography of one of...

Author: Evelyn M. SimpsonBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1948Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsE. M. Simpson's...

Author: VariousBinding: HardbackPublished: Golden Press, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive volume chronicles the lives and literary contributions of England's...

Author: Raymond WilliamsBinding: PaperbackPublished: Oxford University Press, 1977Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, cover has tanning and general wear, pages have yellowedMarxism...

Author: H. M. WaidsonBinding: HardbackPublished: University of Hull Publications, 1959Condition:Book: Poor, ex-libraryJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has staining and discolouration, ex-library book with associated stickers and parts...

Author: James ReevesBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann, 1965Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: No dust jacket, previous owner name inside, light foxing to edges of some pagesThis insightful volume,...

Author: Martin EsslinBinding: HardbackPublished: Calder Publications, 1976Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Green board with light bumping on corners. Clean text. Martin Esslin's "Antonin Artaud: The Man...

Author: Andre BretonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Ann Arbor Paperbacks, University of Michigan Press, 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Light tanning to cover, previous owner name insideAndre Breton's "Manifestoes...

Author: Bruce BennettBinding: PaperbackPublished: Longman Cheshire, 1981Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Wear and tearPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Dust jacket has tanning along spine, no tearsThis scholarly work meticulously chronicles the intricate...

Author: Hal Foster (ed)Binding: PaperbackPublished: Bay Press, 1991Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Cover has light tanning along spine, some light general wear to coverThis seminal collection,...

Author: F. R. LeavisBinding: PaperbackPublished: Peregrine Books, 1964Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Cover has minor wear from general use, previous owner name inside first pageThis seminal...

Author: H. D. F. KittoBinding: PaperbackPublished: University Paperbacks, 1960Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image, cover has general wear, previous owner name inside'Form...

Gathered here are essays by J. M. Coetzee on South Africa, Madison Smartt Bell on Haiti, Thomas Mallon on the New York Public Library, Ann Beattie on the Florida Keys,...

A generous, entertaining, intimate look at Gore Vidal, a man who prided himself on being difficult to know Detached and ironic; a master of the pointed put-down, of the cutting...

An individual desires an object, not for itself, but because another individual also desires it. This mimetic desire, Rene Girard contends, lies at the source of all human disorder and...

Samuel Pepys is as much a paragon of literature as Chaucer and Shakespeare. His Diary is one of the principal sources for many aspects of the history of its period....

At last, the undisputed grandmaster of horror, Stephen King, talks candidly and revealingly about the perils and passions of the writer's life, and, most of all, about terror -- as...

A sparkling anthology of newly commissioned writing on the joys and rewards of reading non-fiction Why read non-fiction? Is it just to find things out? Or is it for pleasure,...

2005 Gold Medallion Award finalist! Was Jesus really married to Mary Magdalene? Did they actually have children who intermarried with the French royal family? Has the church been hiding the...

Thoroughly revised and expanded for a new generation of readers, this classic guide to enjoying literature to its fullest-a lively, enlightening, and entertaining introduction to a diverse range of writing...

Think you already know the story of Charles Dickens' life? Think again. Almost everything you're familiar with was first mentioned in an authorised biography written by Dickens' close friend John...

The words of its writers are part of the texture of Dublin, an invisible counterpart to the bricks and pavement we see around us. Beyond the ever-present footsteps of James...

The secret history of novelists is often a history of exile and tourism a history of language learning. Like the story of Gustave Flaubert and Juliet Herbert, it is a...

Virginia Woolf, Agatha Christie, and Sylvia Plath are three of our most famous authors for the first time this book tells the story of the remarkable mothers who shaped them....

In an age when deleted scenes from Adam Sandler movies are saved, it's sobering to realize that some of the world's greatest prose and poetry has gone missing. This witty,...

In this collection of essays and addresses delivered over the course of his illustrious career, Umberto Eco seeks "to understand the chemistry of [his] passion" for the word. From musings...

'Mendelsohn takes the classical costumes off figures like Virgil and Sappho, Homer and Horace ... He writes about things so clearly they come to feel like some of the most...

Pop-culture phenomenon, social rights advocate, and the most prominent LGBTQ+ voice on YouTube, Tyler Oakley brings you Binge , his New York Times bestselling collection of witty, personal, and hilarious...

First published in 1930, the essays in this manifesto constitute one of the outstanding cultural documents in the history of the South. In it, twelve southerners-Donald Davidson, John Gould Fletcher,...

What makes you happy? Others share how they found their passion, purpose, and joy in life in these 101 personal and exciting stories that are sure to inspire and encourage...

Author: John F. DanbyBinding: HardbackPublished: Heinemann , 1961Condition:Book: Acceptable, ex-libraryJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsJohn F. Danby’s Approach to Poetry offers...

Author: Elaine Hamilton & John LivingstonBinding: PaperbackPublished: Longman Cheshire, 1986Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Faded and creased cover. Elaine Hamilton and...

Author: Douglas BushBinding: HardbackPublished: Oxford at the Clarendon Press, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis academic text, part of the Oxford History of English...

Author: Ronald KnoxBinding: HardbackPublished: Sheed & Ward, 1930Condition:Book: GoodJacket: DamagedPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket has writing on cover and large tear bottom left front (see photo),...

Author: P. I. O'LearyBinding: HardbackPublished: The Hawthorn Press, Melbourne, 1954Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Spine lettering faded in places on dust jacket, light tanning...

Author: Gareth And Barbara Lloyd EvansBinding: HardbackPublished: J.M. Dent & Sons., 1978Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis comprehensive literary reference work, "Everyman's...

Author: John CareyBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber & Faber, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: No markingsThis scholarly biography offers a profound examination of John Donne, one of England's most...

Author: T.S. EliotBinding: HardbackPublished: Faber and Faber, 1958Condition:Book: FairJacket: DamagedPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dust jacket torn at corners and has general wear, previous owner name insideT.S. Eliot's "Selected Essays"...

Author: D. E. S. MaxwellBinding: PaperbackPublished: Routledge, 1966Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis academic text offers a comprehensive critical analysis of T....

Author: Martin Seymour-SmithBinding: HardbackPublished: Windward, 1980Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsNovels and Novelists: A Guide to the World of Fiction by Martin Seymour-Smith is an indispensable work...

Author: Cross MarshBinding: HardbackPublished: F.W. Cheshire, 1966Condition:Book: FairJacket: N/APages: Some moisture damageMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: No dust jacket, cloth cover back has light water mark stain; previous owner name and...

Author: Marvin MudrickBinding: HardbackPublished: Princeton University Press, Princeton, New Jersey, U.S.A, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Previous...

Author: Margaret DrabbleBinding: HardbackPublished: Guild Publishing, 1985Condition:Book: FairJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Loose spine. No loose pages.This comprehensive literary reference work, edited by Margaret Drabble, serves as an...

Author: Michel Le BrisBinding: HardbackPublished: SKIRA, 1981Condition:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Slipcase included. This book is a sweeping visual and philosophical exploration of the Romantic movement....

Author: Brian W. AldissBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld & Nicolson., 1974Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Discoloured fore-edge from tanning and foxing, minor chips and slight tears...

Author: Robert Harborough SherardBinding: HardbackPublished: T. Werner Laurie Ltd., 1926Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded, dull and...