Literary Theory

The book titled Sean O'Casey: A Life by the author . This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

'Invigorating ... engaging ... thrilling' Samantha Ellis, GUARDIAN 'An astonishing tour-de-force . . . Juliet has found the biographer she deserves' Marion Turner A cultural, historical, and literary exploration of...

Evoking memories of book-filled libraries, this handy notecard set reproduces the original cards used to keep track of literary classics. Each card features a different beloved work of literature, straight...

"Western writers," says Thomas J. Lyon in his epilogue to Updating the Literary West , "have grown up with the frontier myth but now find themselves in the early stages...

The book titled A Classical Youth by the author Michael Longson. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The book titled Eight Black Horses: An 87th Precinct Novel by the author Ed McBain. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

The Oxford Handbook of Philosophy and Literature contains 23 newly commissioned essays by major philosophers and literary scholars that investigate literature as a form of attention to human life. Various...

No other edition offers extensive textual apparatus such as explanatory notes, plot summaries, particularly vital as stories are complex and interwoven. The Sultan Schahriar's misguided resolution to shelter himself from...

Secondhand Contemporary & Literary Fiction Bargain Book Box Discover a world of compelling narratives with this diverse collection of fifteen secondhand novels. From the classic Russian tales of Gogol to...

What little we know of the life of William Shakespeare is at odds with what would be expected of the greatest humanitarian writer of the Renaissance. Is Shakespeare a pseudonym?...

The author of the award-winning "Nora: A Biography of Nora Joyce" examines D.H. Lawrence's restless life through his marriage. She presents not the bearded prophet with baleful eye, but an...

The book titled Augustan Literature, 1660-1789 by the author Eva Simmons. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

A revision of Shirley Purchase's successful Australian Writers' and Editors' Guide, incorporating more than 1000 new entries - names and places, foreign words and phrases, abbreviations and acronyms, capitalisation and...

Author: D. H. LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: mildew marks on top of spineA seminal work of...

Author: D.H. LawrenceBinding: HardbackPublished: William Heinemann Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good conditionPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: some chipping at back of coverSet against the backdrop of...

Author: Jean-Albert Bédé And William B. Edgerton (General Editors)Binding: HardbackPublished: Columbia University Press, 1980Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerThis comprehensive reference work, Columbia Dictionary Of Modern European Literature:...

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...

The book titled Kinsman by the author Ben Bova. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Based on her access to J.G. Farrell's family and friends, as well as his notebooks and personal correspondence, Lavinia Greacen's biography disentangles not only the full circumstances of the novelist's...

Following on from Osborne's first autobiographical book, "A Better Class of Person", this book looks at the period 1955 to 1966. It covers the foundation of the English Stage Company...

The book titled Penny Pollard's Passport by the author Robin Klein. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Britain possesses a literary heritage which is almost unrivalled in the Western world. In this illustrated volume the richness, diversity and continuity of that tradition from Anglo-Saxon times to the...

Author: AddisonBinding: HardbackPublished: William Tegg & Co., 1877Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerEssays From The Spectator presents a collection...

Author: John SimonBinding: HardbackPublished: Clarkson N. Potter; Crown Publishers, 1981Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: rubbing of cloth cover edges; some wear of dust jacketThis incisive collection,...

Author: Antonia FraserBinding: HardbackPublished: Weidenfeld and Nicolson, 1973Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: cover worn, rubbed on edges and marked...

Author: Peter QuennellBinding: HardbackPublished: G & C Merriam Company, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: mildew spotting on spine; plastic laminate is worn and has some dirt...

Author: Lisa AppignanesiBinding: HardbackPublished: Vision, 1973Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tearPages: Tanning and foxingMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: stain on first three pages, lots of pencil underlining throughoutThis academic study, Femininity &...

This collection of essays includes some of the most recent work of a master critic at the height of his powers. Of the fourteen essays, written from the late 1970's...

The book titled Proud Empires by the author Austin Clarke. This is a secondhand book. Please contact us for more information about this title.

Widely regarded as the finest poet of his generation, Seamus Heaney is the subject of numerous critical studies; but no book-length portrait has appeared until now. Through his own lively...

Coventry, 1976. For a brief, blazing summer, twelve-year-old Mark Barrowcliffe had the chance to be normal. He blew it. While other teenagers concentrated on being coolly rebellious, Mark - like...

A special student edition of Orwell's classic fable, with an introduction and study notes When the downtrodden animals of Manor Farm overthrow their master Mr Jones and take over the...

A special student edition of Orwell's dystopian classic, featuring an introduction and study notes Winston Smith lives in a world that controls every action and thought of its citizens through...

A new selection of foundational works from the influential philosopher who developed the theory of mimetic desire Rene Girard eludes easy categories, bridging the fields of literary criticism, anthropology, sociology,...

From the award-winning translator ofThe IliadandThe Odyssey comes a brilliant new translation of Virgil's great epic Fleeing the ashes of Troy, Aeneas, Achilles' mighty foe in theIliad, begins an incredible...

The Site May 30, 2002 "How will we ever get through this?" is the question I ask on the night of September 11. "How?" Maybe the answer is here, all...

' Screamingly funny and deliciously candid, full of wisdom and joie de vivre, this is memoir with the grip of a thriller ' ERIN KELLY Lynda La Plante has lived...

Oscar Wilde's early fame ensured that throughout his short life he was written about by many of those he met. He was celebrated - or mocked - as the master...

Tennyson was one of the true great Victorian poets - much of his work is known throughout the world: 'Theirs not to reason why, theirs but to do and die'...

' Make this your next inspirational read. Trust us, it's Oprah's Book Club worthy' Vice In London in 1958, a play by a 19-year-old redefined women's writing in Britain. It...

Uncovering the hidden love triangle between novelist Elizabeth Bowen and the author's grandparents - the critically acclaimed biography with never-before-seen letters detailing the affair. For readers who were swept up...

Four writers. Four dictators. One world, changed out of all recognition. ENGINEERS OF HUMAN SOULS is an intimate and shocking shadow history of creative vanity in a time that turned...

History of English Literature and Philology: A Guide is an introductory guide catering to Core Course 1: History of Literature and Philology of the undergraduate English (Hons.) programme of the...

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Tolkien's One Ring, at the centre of one of the greatest fantasy tales ever told, is an undeniably iconic and powerful symbol in literature. This deluxe edition of David Day's...

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