Literary Theory

The author shares his observations on the New Age world, UFO conspiracies, the Internet, the apocalypse, commercialism, harmonic convergences, numerology, and other topics.

In December 1937 a naive young Englishman slipped across the Spanish frontier to fight for the Republican cause. In the third volume of his autobiographical trilogy, which began with "Cider...

Many of the great books of English literature were first published without their authors' names upon them. But why did authors choose anonymity? And how did it excite the curiosity...

Dylan Thomas's letters to the many women in his life most important among them his wife Caitlin are among the most beautiful and lyrical he wrote. Provoked on the most...

Classical Mythology in English Literature brings together an enormous range of English versions of three classical myths, allowing students explore for the first time the ways in which they have...

This book should be of interest to students and lecturers of cultural studies and literary studies.

One of the most important characteristics of tragic drama-as of psychoanalysis- is the focus on the family. Dr. Bennett Simon here provides a psychoanalytic reading of Aeschylus' Oresteia, Euripedes' Medea,...

Authors in Context examines the work of major authors in relation to their own times and to the present day. Combining history with lively literary discussion, each volume provides comprehensive...

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...

In the bestselling The Physics of Star Trek, the renowned theoretical physicist Lawrence Krauss took readers on an entertaining and eye-opening tour of the Star Trek universe to see how...

'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,...

Frank Kermode has long held a distinctive place among modern critics. He brings to the study of literature a fine and fresh critical intelligence that is always richly suggestive, never...

The Magician's Girl tells the story of three New York women who meet at Barnard in the late 1930s and fulfill their separate destinies from the 1940s to 1978. Lyrical,...

An esteemed literary critic shares his final musings on books, his children, and his own impending death In 2010, Clive James was diagnosed with terminal leukemia. Deciding that "if you...

90 classic titles celebrating 90 years of Penguin Books 'It demands great spiritual resilience not to hate the hater whose foot is on your neck, and an even greater miracle...

The RSC is one of the world's most famous theatre companies, which has been operating under its present name since 1961. This fascinating book, officially endorsed by, and produced in...

George Herbert wrote, but never published, some of the very greatest English poetry, recording in an astonishing variety of forms his inner experiences of grief, recovery, hope, despair, anger, fulfilment...

An invaluable resource for all those waiting to discover the fascinating truth behind the legend of the Illuminati, Simon Cox's latest work examines the historical and scientific accuracy of Dan...

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"...

Time and again, writers are asked the same questions about their favourite books: What are they? What's the book you wish you had written? What's the book that changed your...

'Poignant and fiercely intelligent, this is the best work of creative non-fiction I have read in years' FIONA MOZLEY 'Profound, moving and courageous' IRISH TIMES 'Stimulating and often engaging ....

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: 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: Gilbert PhelpsBinding: HardbackPublished: The Folio Society, 1962Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: WornPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Light foxing on blue cloth. Inscription on slipcase. . This academic text offers a concise...

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...

Author: Eric A. BlackallBinding: PaperbackPublished: Cornell University Press., 1983Condition:Book: GoodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Minor stains in end-pages.This academic text offers a comprehensive analysis of the German Romantic...

In this stunning collection of stories about mothers and daughters the world over, tales of pleasure and sadness, devotion and ambivalence, mix just as they do in real life. Ranging...

In the past few years the reading group phenomenon has swept the country and more and more people are becoming interested in either becoming a member of one or setting...