Literary Theory

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageAt the crossroads of literary modernism stands James Joyce — and no guide to his genius could be...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodMarkings: Previous ownerIn Ways of Escape, one of the twentieth century's most celebrated literary minds turns the lens inward, offering an intimate and candid second...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodA cornerstone of the acclaimed Bloomsbury Guides to English Literature series, Victorian Literature: From 1830 to 1900 presents an authoritative and comprehensive survey of...

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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the turbulent decades between 1790 and 1830, a revolution in human feeling and imagination swept through English letters, producing some of the most...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFrom the epistolary experiments of the eighteenth century to the fragmented voices of postmodern fiction, The Novel: From its Origins to the Present Day...

Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodIn the century between the Restoration of Charles II and the dawn of the Romantic Age, English literature achieved a brilliance of wit, reason,...

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A major new translation by award-winning poet and translator David Constantine that captures the lyrical liveliness of Goethe's original. Goethe's Faust reworks the late-medieval myth of Dr Faust, a brilliant...

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This is a literary tour de force, an invaluable, unforgettable and original portrait of Ernest Hemingway and his beloved boat, Pilar. THE NEW YORK TIMES BESTSELLER 'She'd been intimately his,...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Wear and tear with damagePages: YellowedAt the crossroads of socialist politics and feminist thought stands George Bernard Shaw — playwright, provocateur, and unlikely champion of women's autonomy...

Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: YellowedThe Young Rebecca: Writings of Rebecca West 1911–1917 presents a electrifying portrait of one of the twentieth century's most formidable literary minds at the...

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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxingIn the sun-scorched suburbs of post-war Sydney, four extraordinary souls — a mad spinster, an Aboriginal painter, a...

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Edition: 1st ed.,Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodFrom one of Britain's most celebrated and intellectually daring postmodern writers comes The Ebony Tower, a masterful collection of novellas that holds...

Condition remarks:Book: PoorJacket: N/APages: YellowedMarkings: Ex-library with usual markingsFrom one of Edwardian England's most formidable wits comes a collection of essays so sharp and spirited they feel as alive today...