Literary Theory

In the later years of her life, English novelist Jane Austen made a quilt. Acclaimed graphic novelist Kate Evans deconstructs this patchwork coverlet and uses the fabrics to illustrate Austen's...

No Fear Shakespeare gives you the complete text of Othello on the left-hand page, side-by-side with an easy-to-understand translation on the right. Each No Fear Shakespeare contains: The complete text...

The definitive English translation of the classic Sanskrit epic poem - now available in a one-volume paperback. The Rmyaa of Vlmki , the monumental Sanskrit epic of the life of...

'With the publication of Woudhuysen's Arden 3 edition, the magisterial study of the play that will energise a new generation of readers and directors has now arrived.'Eric Rasmussen, University of...

From the Sunday Times bestselling author of Storyland and Wild , comes a sweeping new legendary of miracles, magic, human frailty and heroic strength. I llustrated with over thirty original...

Everything you need to know about King Lear to succeed in your A Level or undergraduate studies. With the widest coverage and a wealth of practical content, York Notes Advanced:...

Over seventy years since his premature death, George Orwell (1903-50) has become one of the most significant figures in western literature. His two dystopian masterpieces, Animal Farm (1945) and Nineteen...

** Chosen as a New Statesman, Financial Times, Observer and Sunday Times Book of the Year ** A riveting account of the making of T. S. Eliot's celebrated poem The...

"The foremost military memoir in the English language, written in a clear, supple style . . . a masterpiece." -Ron Chernow, in Grant Faced with cancer and financial ruin, Ulysses...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it mean for a child to truly read — not merely to decode symbols, but to...

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Edition: First Edition, First PrintingCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image; appears unreadAt the threshold of memory, desire, and the shimmering boundary between...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Light foxing on the book block, otherwise internally sound. Coming of age in the repressive Catholic suburbs of...

Edition: First Edition, First PrintingCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the hush between thought and perception, Gerald Murnane constructs a world where the act of reading and imagining becomes...

Edition: First Edition Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedFrom the fertile plains of the Australian imagination emerges Landscape with Landscape, a quietly revolutionary work by one of Australia's...

Edition: First EditionCondition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodWhat lies beyond the horizon of memory, language, and the self? Gerald Murnane's Inland is a radical and mesmerising work of...

This innovative study investigates the emergence and impact of the lower middle class on British print culture through the figure of the office clerk. This interdisciplinary work offers important insights...

A New York Times Notable Book A San Francisco Chronicle , San Jose Mercury News , and Los Angeles Times Best Book of the Year "A gripping and resonant novel....

From the moment that Master and Commander, the first of Patrick O'Brian's sequence of 20 novels about the 19th century British Royal Navy officer Jack Aubrey and his surgeon colleague...

T.E. Lawrence quickly became one of the most famous Englishmen of his generation. His exploits and personality fascinated the general public, and deeply impressed those who knew him and saw...

In this "magnificent book" (T. S. Eliot), Ernst Robert Curtius (1886-1956), one of the foremost literary scholars of this century, examines the continuity of European literature from Homer to Goethe,...

This collection of Aldous Huxley's letters, essays from magazines, and broadcasts reveals the full range of his involvement in the social and political crises of the period between the wars....

A fascinating and highly original history of medieval magic told through twenty key illuminated manuscripts Medieval Europe was preoccupied with magic. From the Carolingian Empire to Renaissance Italy and Tudor...

New edition of the most comprehensive reference guide to the DC Universe in print The definitive guide to the characters of the DC Multiverse and a vital addition to every...

'Excellent, absorbing, affectionate, unillusioned, vivid and affecting' - Craig Raine, Financial Times Few writers have had as many distinct lives as Bruce Chatwin and few have been as compelling in...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageBertolt Brecht's Collected Plays: Volume Five Part One presents one of the twentieth century's most formidable dramatic voices...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the intersection of Romantic sensibility and Victorian poetic craft stands one of the most influential...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageIn the shadow of Egypt's ancient Nile, power, desire, and religious authority collide in a story that refuses...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageFrom the mind of one of English literature's most celebrated voices comes a treasury of imagination and wit...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodBehind the genius lies the torment — Colin Wilson's Strindberg: A Play in Two Scenes pulls back the curtain on one of theatre's most...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodLong before style guides cluttered every editorial desk, H.W. Fowler and F.G. Fowler set the gold standard for English prose with The King's English,...

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Edition: 2nd ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedCondition remarks: price clipped dj with price sticker. A window into one of Victorian literature's most brilliant and tormented minds,...

Edition: 1st us ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in image. Slightly worn spine and edges. From one of Australia's most celebrated literary voices comes...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerAt the intersection of literary history and social transformation, Clifford Siskin's The Work of Writing presents a bold and provocative argument: that...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodAt the crossroads of art and power, Roman Literature and Society by R. M. Ogilvie presents a sweeping and authoritative account of Latin literature...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodOne of the most celebrated works in all of Western literature, Don Quixote of the Mancha chronicles the tragicomic adventures of Alonso Quixano, a Spanish gentleman...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodFew collections have shaped the English-speaking world's understanding of its own poetic heritage quite like English Poetry: In Three Volumes — Volume I: From Chaucer to...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: Tanning and foxingCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageWhat does it take to make a novel truly great? In 12 Great American Novels, distinguished...