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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: 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: 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: 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...

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...

'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,...

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: 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: 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...

Author: Reed WhittemoreBinding: HardbackPublished: The Johns Hopkins University Press, 1989Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsThis academic text presents a critical examination of the art and practice of modern biography...

Author: Hugh WhiteBinding: HardbackPublished: D.S.Brewer, 1988Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: Good, price clippedMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: DJ - Faded with some marks. This academic text offers a profound analysis of...

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...

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...

Wonderful anecdotes about a childhood during the Depression from AmericaA's Queen of Suspense. Full of memorable characters, this sometimes funny, sometimes sad, memoir brings into sharp focus the feeling of...

From esteemed New Yorker writer Mark Singer comes this cautionary tale of the Penn Square Bank, the oil and gas broker in an Oklahoma City shopping mall whose collapse in...

I needed a table at Maxim's, a hundred bucks, and a gorgeous blonde; what I had was a leg of lamb and no clues. I took hold of the joint....

George Landow's "Hypertext" brought together the worlds of literary theory and computer technology to explore the implications of giving readers instant, easy access to a virtual library of sources as...

Of all developments surrounding hypermedia, none has been as hotly or frequently debated as the conjunction of fiction and digital technology. J. Yellowlees Douglas considers the implications of this union....

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...

The Poetry of Loss: Romantic and Contemporary Elegies presents a renewed look at elegy as a long-standing tradition in the literature of loss, exploring recent shifts in the continuum of...

Author: D. W. LucasBinding: HardbackPublished: Cohen & West Ltd, 1951Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed, price clippedMarkings: No markingsThis academic text presents D. W. Lucas's meticulous...

Author: Sidney ColvinBinding: HardbackPublished: Macmillan and Co. Limited, 1920Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerThis scholarly biography chronicles the life and literary contributions of the revered Romantic poet, John...

Mixing cultural criticism, literary history, biography, and memoir in an exploration of Alice Walker's critically acclaimed and controversial novel, The Color Purple Alice Walker made history in 1982 when she...

A critical evaluation of Philip Roth--the first of its kind--that takes on the man, the myth, and the work Philip Roth is one of the most renowned writers of our...