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John Dryden
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The Poetical Works of John Dryden
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Condition remarks: COndition: good. N/A jacket. Pages: yellowed with signs of aging. Markings: Inscription on tissue guard. "The Poetical Works of John Dryden" gathers the poet's satirical, dramatic, and lyric...
The Cambridge Companion to John Dryden
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The Poems Of John Dryden
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John Dryden And The Poetry Of Statement
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Augustan Literature: From 1660 To 1789
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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,...
The King's City: London under Charles II: A city that transformed a
During the reign of Charles II, London was a city in flux. After years of civil war and political turmoil, England's capital became the centre for major advances in the...
Keepers of the Flame: Literary Estates and the Rise of Biography
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Barnave: The Revolutionary who Lost his Head for Marie Antoinette
A major new biography of Antoine Barnave-the politician and writer who advocated for a constitutional monarchy in revolutionary France Antoine Barnave was one of the most influential statesmen in the...
The Prodigal Tongue The Love-Hate Relationship Between British and American English
Author: Lynne Murphy Format: Paperback / softback Number of Pages: 368 'The first and perhaps only book on the relative merits of American and British English that is dominated by...
Regicide: The Trials of Henry Marten
An illuminating biography of a republican convicted of regicide, drawing on the letters he wrote from within the Tower of London. Henry Marten-soldier, member of parliament, organizer of the trial...
Sir Francis Drake
Four hundred years after his death, Sir Francis Drake remains one of the most legendary figures of history. His career is one of the most colourful on record. The most...
Secondhand Literary Studies & Australian Writing Bargain Book Box SP2693
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The star of this box is hiding in plain sight: all seven volumes of Boris Ford's landmark Pelican Guide to English Literature, the series that shaped how English literature was...
The Mystery of Edwin Drood
Charles Dickens's final, unfinished novel, and one that has puzzled readers and inspired writers since its publication, The Mystery of Edwin Drood is edited with an introduction by David Paroissien...
The Letters Of John Wilmot Earl Of Rochester
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in English literary history are as electrifying — or as scandalous — as John Wilmot, the Second Earl of Rochester, the Restoration court...
South of Darkness
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Selected Letters Of Samuel Richardson
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Edition: First ed.Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Worn/faded, no tearsPages: GoodMarkings: Previous owner,Fair - Rubbed edges and bumping on spine and cornersFew figures loom as large in the origins of the English...
Aubrey's Brief Lives
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The Fourteenth Chronicle: Letters And Diaries Of John Dos Passos
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John Donne And His World
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: Worn/faded - no tears. Page Condition: Yellowed, tanning. Markings: none. Binding condition: Good. Few poets have lived as turbulently and written as immortally as John...
John Donne in the Nineteenth Century
In 1906, having been assigned Izaak Walton's Life of Donne to read for his English class, a Harvard freshman heard a lecture on the long disparaged 'metaphysical' poets. Years later,...
Locke On Politics, Religion, And Education
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Memoirs Of Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton, Bart.: With An Inquiry Into The Results Of Emancipation
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Author: Sir Thomas Fowell Buxton; Edited By Charles BuxtonBinding: HardbackPublished: John Murray, 1898Condition:Book: FairJacket: No dust jacket - some marks on spine and cornersPages: YellowedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: Dull and...
John Locke Bibliography
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This bibliography documents John Locke's works published from 1654 through 1800. It includes the publishing history of all known editions and translations, as well as material published in journals, and...
King John
An edition of Shakespeare's King John which includes a lengthy introduction, an extensive commentary and suggested further reading.
An Essay Concerning Human Understanding
John Locke's compelling argument on how we acquire knowledge In An Essay Concerning Human Understanding, first published in 1690, John Locke (1632-1704) provides a complete account of how we acquire...
Samuel Johnson
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Very goodPages: GoodFew figures in English literary history loom as large or as vividly as Samuel Johnson — and John Wain's acclaimed biography captures the full measure...
The Life Of Charles Dickens: In Two Volumes
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Yellowed Markings: No markings"The Life of Charles Dickens" is a foundational literary biography in which John Forster, Dickens's closest...
The Philosophical Works Of John Locke
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An Essay Concerning Human Understanding: Second Treatise of Goverment
John Locke (1632-1704) was perhaps the most influential English writer of his time. His 'Essay concerning Human Understanding'(1690) and 'Two Treatises of Government' (1690) weighed heavily on the history of...
The Palladian Revival: Lord Burlington, His Villa And Garden At Chiswick
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Author: John HarrisBinding: PaperbackPublished: Yale University Press, 1994Condition:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodMarkings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageThis scholarly work chronicles the profound influence of the Palladian...
John Law: A Scottish Adventurer of the Eighteenth Century
Author: James Buchan Format: Paperback Number of Pages: 528 At the summit of his power, John Law was the most famous man in Europe. Born in Scotland in 1671, he was...
Memory Hold-The-Door
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Edition: sept repr.,Condition remarks:Book: Fair Jacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: Tanning and foxing , price clippedMarkings: Previous ownerCondition remarks: DJ with some silverfish damage. A distinguished memoir...
Brief Lives
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Condition remarks:Book: Very goodJacket: Slipcase: GoodPages: GoodFrom the gossipy salons of seventeenth-century England emerges one of history's most captivating collections of biography — John Aubrey's Brief Lives chronicles the lives...
The Teach Yourself History Of English Literature: The English Renascence To The Romantic Revival 1650-1780; Volume Three
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Condition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: Wear and tearPages: Good Markings: No markingsA scholarly yet accessible survey of English literary history, this volume chronicles the rich and transformative period stretching from the...
The Trumpet-Major: John Loveday A Soldier In The War With Buonaparte And Robert His Brother First Mate In The Merchant Service A Tale
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Author: Thomas HardyBinding: HardbackPublished: HERON BOOKSCondition:Book: GoodJacket: N/APages: GoodMarkings: No markingsSet against the backdrop of the Napoleonic Wars, The Trumpet-Major chronicles the romantic entanglements and societal pressures within a small...
The Bird Of Dawning
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: No dust jacketPages: GoodCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageOn a storm-lashed night in the South China Sea, a young officer named Cyril Trewsbury finds himself adrift...
John Locke On Politics And Education
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Condition remarks: Condition: Good. Jacket: No dust jacket - cloth/board in good condition. Page Condition: Good. Few thinkers have shaped the foundations of modern democracy and liberal thought as profoundly...
Dickens At Doughty Street
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Edition: First editionCondition remarks:Book: Good Jacket: No dust jacketPages: Good Markings: No markingsCondition remarks: Condition as shown in imageA richly detailed work of literary biography and history, Dickens at Doughty...
On Shakespeare
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The Journals Volume 1
In 1963 John Fowles won international recognition with his first published nivel The Collector. But his roots as a serious writer can be traced back long before to the journal...
The Rise & Fall Of The Man Of Letters: English Literary Life Since 1800
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Condition remarks:Book: GoodJacket: Chipped and worn with some minor damagePages: GoodIn the grand tradition of English letters, few stories are as richly layered as the rise and decline of the...