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Virginia Woolf & Communities: Selected Papers from the Eighth Annual
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Thirty-five papers selected from the 1998 conference analyze and re-explore communities of which Virginia Woolf was a part -- for example, Female Modernists, artists, lesbian and gay, communities formed by...
Camus: The Challenge of Dostoevsky
Presenting a study of Camus's life-long fascination with the works of the Russian writer Feodor Dostoevsky, this book aims to demonstrate the ways in which Dostoevsky's thought and fiction served...
The Lacanian Subject: Between Language and Jouissance
A lucid guide through the labyrinth of Lacanian theory This book provides an illuminating account of the theory of subjectivity found in the work of Jacques Lacan. Guiding readers through...
Chaucer: A European Life
One of The Times' Best Literary Non-Fiction Books of 2019 One of the Sunday Times' Best Literary Books of 2019 Finalist for the PROSE Award in Biography and Autobiography, Association...
Darkness Visible: A Memoir of Madness
#1 NATIONAL BESTSELLER * A literary tour de force that chronicles a prize-winning author's descent into an almost suicidal depression. "Compelling ... Harrowing ... a vivid portrait of a debilitating...
Virginia Woolf:Common Ground Pb
Eminent feminist critic Gillian Beer's work on Woolf, George Eliot, and Victorian scientific discourse are well known and admired. As the essays in this collection affirm, Beer has an extraordinary...
Trains of Thought: Memories of a Stateless Youth
Paris in the 1930s-melancholy, erotic, intensely politicized-provides the poetic beginning for this remarkable autobiography by one of America's most renowned literary scholars. In Trains of Thought Victor Brombert recaptures the...
A Life of James Boswell
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This moving biography reassesses James Boswell's achievements and uncovers the breadth of his world. Peter Martin dispels the notion that Boswell's masterly Life of Johnson was an accidental work of...
Sexual Dissidence: Augustine to Wilde, Freud to Foucault
This wide-ranging study of sexual dissidence returns to the early modern period in order to focus, question, and develop issues of postmodernity, in the process brilliantly linking writers as diverse...
William Carlos Williams and the Diagnostics of Culture
Bremen's study examines the development of William Carlos Williams's poetics, focusing in particular on Williams's ongoing fascination with the effects of poetry and prose, and his life-long friendship with Kenneth...
The Raymond Chandler Papers: Selected Letters and Nonfiction,
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The Raymond Chandler Papers brings together the correspondence and other previously uncollected writing of America's undisputed master of crime fiction and creator of the iconic private eye Phillip Marlowe, revealing...
Pulp: A Collector's Book of Australian Pulp Fiction Covers
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In the 1940s and 1950s, Australian pulp fiction jostled with magazines and comics at newsstands. Tariffs kept the local industry cheap and viable and offered Australian writers national and international...
Finding Eliza: Power and Colonial Storytelling: First Nations Classics
Now included in UQP's First Nations Classics series with an introduction by Fiona Foley, Finding Eliza is a vital Indigenous perspective on colonial storytelling. Aboriginal lawyer, writer and filmmaker Larissa...
The Fine Instrument: Essays On Katherine Mansfield
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA scholarly collection of literary criticism, The Fine Instrument: Essays on Katherine Mansfield presents...
Choosing Books For Children
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA foundational guide in the field of children's literature and literary education, Choosing Books...
The Depths Of The Wood: Selected Poems
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Death In Venice; Tristan; Tonio Kröger; Doctor Faustus; Mario And The Magician; A Man And His Dog; The Black Swan; Confessions Of Felix Krull, Confidence Man
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsThis landmark collection gathers some of the most celebrated works of twentieth-century German literature, presenting a rich panorama of Thomas Mann's novellas...
The Mystery In The Drood Family
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA work of literary criticism and Victorian scholarship, The Mystery in the Drood Family presents a meticulous examination of Charles Dickens's unfinished...
An Anthology Of Chartist Literature
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of Soviet literary scholarship, Антология Чартистской Литературы (Anthology of Chartist Literature) presents a carefully curated collection of writings drawn...
The Everyman Book Of Light Verse
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA delightful anthology of comic and light verse, The Everyman Book of Light Verse presents a rich treasury of humorous,...
Modern Indonesian Literature
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of literary scholarship, Modern Indonesian Literature presents a comprehensive survey of the development of Indonesian writing from...
John Ruskin: The Argument Of The Eye
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA richly detailed work of art criticism and biography, John Ruskin: The Argument of the Eye presents a compelling examination...
Narrative Essays And Sketches
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsA carefully curated anthology aimed at students and lovers of English prose, Narrative Essays and Sketches presents a rich selection...
Proverbs For Pleasure: Uncommon Sayings Collected, Arranged And Annotated
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A charming and erudite collection, Proverbs for Pleasure: Uncommon Sayings Collected,...
The Treasured Writings Of Kahlil Gibran
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA sweeping collection of mystical poetry and lyrical prose, this treasury gathers the most celebrated works of one of the...
The Dickens Advertiser: A Collection Of The Advertisements In The Original Parts Of Novels By Charles Dickens
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Faded spine.A fascinating work of literary and cultural history, The Dickens Advertiser presents a meticulously curated collection of the original...
Lillian Hellman: The Image, The Woman
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Remainder markA richly detailed literary biography, William Wright's work chronicles the turbulent life of one of America's most celebrated and controversial...
Poetry & Politics 1900-1960
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of literary criticism, Poetry & Politics 1900-1960 examines the charged relationship between poetic expression and political upheaval...
Pre-Raphaelite And Other Poets
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Binding loose - pages still intact. A landmark work of literary criticism and appreciation, Pre-Raphaelite and Other Poets presents a...
Vn: The Life And Art Of Vladimir Nabokov
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of literary biography, VN: The Life and Art of Vladimir Nabokov chronicles the extraordinary existence of one...
Exiles At Home: Australian Women Writers 1925-1945
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of Australian literary criticism and feminist scholarship, Exiles at Home chronicles the lives and careers of a...
Project For A Revolution In New York
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good , price clippedMarkings: No markingsA landmark of the French New Novel movement, Project for a Revolution in New York presents a fragmented,...
Sexual Analysis Of Dickens' Props
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA work of literary criticism, Sexual Analysis of Dickens' Props presents a psychoanalytic reading of the symbolic objects and physical...
The Semantics Of Desire: Changing Models Of Identity From Dickens To Joyce
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA rigorous work of literary criticism, The Semantics of Desire: Changing Models of Identity from Dickens to Joyce presents a...
Twentieth-Century Philosophy: The Analytic Tradition
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA rigorous and authoritative academic survey, Twentieth-Century Philosophy: The Analytic Tradition presents a comprehensive...
Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA genre-defying blend of memoir, essay, and cultural criticism, Palm Sunday: An Autobiographical Collage presents Kurt Vonnegut at his most...
The Nightingale And The Hawk: A Psychological Study Of Keats' Ode
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA rigorous work of literary criticism and psychological analysis, The Nightingale and the Hawk: A Psychological Study of Keats' Ode...
Swift And The Dialectical Tradition
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Fair - Bumping on spine and corners. Rubbed edges.A work of literary criticism and intellectual history, Swift and the Dialectical Tradition...
The Novel Of The Future
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Binding loose - pages still intact. A landmark work of literary criticism and creative theory, The Novel of...
The Parisian Prowler: Le Spleen De Paris, Petits Poèmes En Prose
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Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsA landmark of French literary modernism, The Parisian Prowler: Le Spleen de Paris, Petits Poèmes en Prose...
The Time Of The Assassins: A Study Of Rimbaud
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Condition remarks:Book: Good , ex-libraryJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: Ex-library with usual markingsCondition remarks: Light pencil annotations throughout. A passionate work of literary criticism and personal meditation, The Time...
Keats And The Mirror Of Art
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: Previous ownerA landmark work of literary criticism, Keats and the Mirror of Art by Ian Jack presents a meticulous...
Culture & History: Essays Presented To Jack Lindsay
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA rich scholarly collection edited by Bernard Smith, Culture & History: Essays Presented to Jack Lindsay gathers a distinguished array...
The Note Book Of Elbert Hubbard: Mottos, Epigrams, Short Essays, Passages, Orphic Sayings And Preachments
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Condition remarks:Book: Poor Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: Previous ownerA treasury of aphoristic wisdom, The Note Book of Elbert Hubbard: Mottos, Epigrams, Short Essays, Passages, Orphic Sayings and Preachments presents the...
Reminiscences
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of Victorian autobiography and memoir, Reminiscences presents Thomas Carlyle's deeply personal reflections on the most formative relationships and experiences...
Select Essays Of John Henry Cardinal Newman: With An Introduction By George Sampson
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Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: N/APages: Good , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerA landmark collection of Victorian prose, Select Essays of John Henry Cardinal Newman gathers some of the most intellectually rigorous...
Comedies By William Congreve
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good Markings: No markingsA landmark work of literary criticism, this scholarly volume presents Bonamy Dobrée's authoritative analysis of the comedies written by William...
The Keats Inheritance
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxing Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Tears along folds of jacket. A landmark work of literary scholarship, The Keats Inheritance uncovers the...