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Praise of Folly by Erasmus 9781420961812
$15.25Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781420961812Author ErasmusFormat PaperbackPage Count 70Imprint Digireads.comPublisher Digireads.comWeight(grams) 100gDimensions(mm) 216mm * 140mm * 4mm -
Yerma by Federico Garcia Lorca 9780719041310
RRP: $23.08$17.05The second of Lorca's trilogy of rural dramas, Yerma, is a blend of contrasting moods through which Lorca charts the increasingly destructive obsession of a childless young country wife, and probes the darker zones of human fears and desires. The play's... -
The Cambridge Introduction to the Short Story in English by Adrian Hunter 9780521681124
RRP: $48.28$41.08The short story has become an increasingly important genre since the mid-nineteenth century. Complementing The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story, this book examines the development of the short story in Britain and other English-language... -
Charmides by Plato
RRP: $52.40$49.90Mostly doubtful dialogues.Plato, the great philosopher of Athens, was born in 427 BC. In early manhood an admirer of Socrates, he later founded the famous school of philosophy in the grove Academus. Much else recorded of his life is uncertain; ... -
Heatstroke: an intoxicating story of obsession over one hot summer by Hazel Barkworth
RRP: $35.68$32.24'Barkworth is excruciatingly good... An impressive first book' OBSERVERA COSMOPOLITAN BEST BOOKS OF SUMMER 2020 pick HEAT magazine's READ OF THE WEEK - 'the evocative one''I wanted to stay within its pages forever' CLARE MACKINTOSH---This summer burns... -
Further Requirements by Philip Larkin
RRP: $31.48$21.13Philip Larkin's Required Writing, a selection from his miscellaneous prose from 1953-82, was highly praised and enjoyed when it appeared in 1983. Further Requirements gathers together many other interviews, broadcasts, statements and reviews. Some of... -
Between Men: English Literature and Male Homosocial Desire by Eve Kosofsky Sedgwick 9780231176293
RRP: $46.20$36.46First published in 1985, Between Men was a decisive intervention in gender studies, a book that all but singlehandedly dislodged a tradition of literary critique that suppressed queer subjects and subjectivities. With stunning foresight and conceptual... -
Palestine as Metaphor by Mahmoud Darwish
RRP: $39.88$25.87Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781623719425Author Mahmoud DarwishFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint Olive Branch PressPublisher Interlink Publishing Group, Inc -
Grand Strategies: Literature, Statecraft, and World Order Charles Hill 9780300171334
RRP: $41.98$40.72From "the man on whom nothing was lost," a unique guide to the elements of statecraft, presented through spirited interpretations of classic literary works "The international world of states and their modern system is a literary realm," writes Charles... -
Venice: A Literary Guide for Travellers by Marie-Jose Gransard
RRP: $27.28$21.08A unique and captivating guide to the literary heritage of Venice. Venice, La Serenissima, is one of the most breath-taking cities in the world. From its earliest beginnings in the 7th century, Venice has been a magnetic centre of trade and culture,... -
Utopia: A Norton Critical Edition by Thomas More 9780393932461
$28.41Based on Thomas More's penetrating analysis of the folly and tragedy of the politics of his time and all times, Utopia (1516) is a seedbed of alternative political institutions and a perennially challenging exploration of the possibilities and... -
Places of Mind: A Life of Edward Said by Timothy Brennan
RRP: $27.28$19.61'An intimate portrait ... Critical, generous and heartfelt' Ahdaf Soueif, Guardian 'An intriguing account of an alluring but evasive character' Daily Telegraph Drawing on extensive archival sources and hundreds of interviews, Timothy Brennan's Places... -
Fantasy and Reconciliation: Contemporary Formulas of Women's Romance Fiction by Kay Mussell 9780313239151
$175.64Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780313239151Author Kay MussellFormat HardbackPage Count 217Imprint Praeger Publishers IncPublisher ABC-CLIO -
About Friel: The Playwright and the Work by Tony Coult
RRP: $18.88$13.19This series contains what no other study guides can offer - extensive first-hand interviews with the playwrights and their closest collaborators on all of their major work, put together by top academics especially for the modern student market. As well... -
Heimskringla III. Magnus Olafsson to Magnus Erlingsson: Volume III by Snorri Sturluson 9780903521932
RRP: $25.20$20.73Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780903521932Author Snorri SturlusonFormat PaperbackPage Count 292Imprint Viking Society for Northern ResearchPublisher Viking Society for Northern... -
Why Was Billy Bunter Never Really Expelled?: and another Twenty-Five Mysteries of Children's Literature by Dennis Butts 9780718895440
RRP: $47.25$36.58After the success of How Did Long John Silver Lose His Leg?, Dennis Butts and Peter Hunt take their forensic lenses to more mysteries that have troubled readers of children's books over the centuries. Their questions range from the historical to the... -
The Taming of the Shrew: The Oxford Shakespeare by William Shakespeare 9780199536528
RRP: $16.78$12.56Audiences have always delighted in the robust comedy and verbal inventiveness of The Taming of the Shrew. It has survived many adaptations ranging from, probably, the play printed in 1594 as The Taming of the Shrew through several eighteenth-century... -
Alfred, Lord Tennyson by Alfred Tennyson 9780571207008
RRP: $8.38$6.55In this series, a contemporary poet selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the editors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an... -
The Cambridge Companion to Alfred Hitchcock by Jonathan Freedman 9781107514881
RRP: $62.98$54.03Alfred Hitchcock was, despite his English origins and early career, an American master. Arriving on US shores in 1939, for the next three decades he created a series of masterpieces that redefined the nature and possibilities of cinema itself: Rebecca,... -
Maeve Brennan: Wit, Style and Tragedy: An Irish Writer in New York by Angela Bourke
RRP: $27.28$19.61Born in Dublin in 1917 to politically active parents, Maeve Brennan's childhood in Ireland was moulded by the cultural ideologies of nationalism and lit by the creative energy of the Abbey and Gate theatres. She was seventeen when her father was... -
This Craft of Verse by Jorge Luis Borges
RRP: $54.50$44.02Through a twist of fate that the author of Labyrinths himself would have relished, these lost lectures given in English at Harvard in 1967-1968 by Jorge Luis Borges return to us now, a recovered tale of a life-long love affair with literature and the... -
Ethan Frome by Edith Wharton 9780393966350
$27.99It is fully annotated for undergraduate readers. "Backgrounds and Contexts" includes a rich selection of materials, some previously unavailable, for the study of contemporary psychological, social, and economic issues, as well as Wharton's private... -
The Poems of Catullus: A Bilingual Edition by Gaius Valerius Catullus
RRP: $48.30$38.01Catullus, who lived during some of the most interesting and tumultuous years of the late Roman Republic, spent his short but intense life (?84-54 B.C.E.) in high Roman society, rubbing shoulders with various cultural and political luminaries, including... -
The Ink Dark Moon: Love Poems By Ono No Komachi And Izumi Shikibu by Jane Hishfield
$31.06Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780679729587Author Ono no KomachiFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 198gDimensions(mm) 202mm *... -
The Life of Slang by Julie Coleman 9780199679171
RRP: $27.28$20.71This book traces the development of English slang from the earliest records to the latest tweet. It explores why and how slang is used, and traces the development of slang in English-speaking nations around the world. The records of the Old Bailey and... -
Mary Shelley: A Very Short Introduction by Charlotte Gordon 9780198869191
RRP: $18.88$12.62Very Short Introductions: Brilliant, Sharp, Inspiring In 1816, when eighteen-year old Mary Godwin began writing Frankenstein, the idea that a woman could dream up such a tale was as far-fetched as raising a being from the dead. But Mary wasn't just... -
Solomon and Marcolf by Jan M. Ziolkowski
RRP: $44.00$36.83Solomon and Marcolf is known for being both important and mysterious. It pits wise Solomon, famous from the Bible, against a wily peasant named Marcolf. One of its two parts is a dialogue, in which the king and jester, sage and fool, prophet and... -
Living, Thinking, Looking Siri Hustvedt 9781444732658
RRP: $20.98$14.70FROM THE INTERNATIONALLY BESTSELLING AUTHOR OF WHAT I LOVED AND A WOMAN LOOKING AT MEN LOOKING AT WOMEN'Richly intelligent insights on every page' Financial Times'A rare kind of quiet intellectual confidence' Sunday TelegraphIn these fascinating, lively... -
How to Write: Successful Essays, Dissertations, and Exams by Chris Mounsey
RRP: $25.18$18.19This book provides students of all levels with essential and easy-to-follow guidance on how to plan, research, and write essays, dissertations, and exams. Taking you step by step through the process, from understanding a title or choosing your own,... -
The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green by Homer
RRP: $52.50$46.60One of the oldest extant works of Western literature, the Iliad is a timeless epic poem of great warriors trapped between their own heroic pride and the arbitrary, often vicious decisions of fate and the gods. Renowned scholar and acclaimed translator... -
The Maid'S Tragedy: Beaumont and Fletcher by T. W. Craik 9780719030987
RRP: $31.48$29.06Generally acknowledged to be the most powerful of Beaumont and Fletcher's plays and frequently performed by the best actors of the seventeenth and early eighteenth century, The Maid's Tragedy (1610-11) disappeared from the stage (except in a much-altered... -
The International Heyer Society Annual 2021: Nonpareil #7 - #18 and the Weekly Post Vol. II by Rachel Hyland (Editor) 9781925770377
RRP: $37.78$33.98Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781925770377Author Rachel Hyland (Editor)Format PaperbackPage Count 198Imprint Overlord PublishingPublisher Overlord PublishingWeight(grams) 354g -
'King Lear' in Context: The Cultural Background by Keith Linley 9781783083732
RRP: $31.48$31.29This engaging book provides in-depth discussion of the various influences that an audience in 1606 would have brought to interpreting 'King Lear'. How did people think about the world, about God, about sin, about kings, about civilized conduct? Learn... -
A New History of Classical Rhetoric by George A. Kennedy 9780691000596
RRP: $105.00$82.78George Kennedy's three volumes on classical rhetoric have long been regarded as authoritative treatments of the subject. This new volume, an extensive revision and abridgment of The Art of Persuasion in Greece, The Art of Rhetoric in the Roman World, and... -
James McNeill Whistler and France: A Dialogue in Paint, Poetry, and Music Suzanne Singletary 9780367200091
RRP: $83.98$73.63James McNeill Whistler and France: A Dialogue in Paint, Poetry, and Music is the first full-length and in-depth study to position this painter within the overall trajectory of French modernism during the second half of the nineteenth century and to view... -
Philippics 1-6 by Marcus Tullius Cicero
RRP: $52.40$49.90Invectives against Antony.Cicero (Marcus Tullius, 106-43 BC), Roman advocate, orator, politician, poet, and philosopher, about whom we know more than we do of any other Roman, lived through the stirring era that saw the rise, dictatorship, and death of... -
Translating Myself and Others by Jhumpa Lahiri 9780691238616
RRP: $27.28$21.86Luminous essays on translation and self-translation by an award-winning writer and literary translatorTranslating Myself and Others is a collection of candid and disarmingly personal essays by Pulitzer Prize-winning author Jhumpa Lahiri, who reflects on... -
You are Here: An Owner's Manual for Dangerous Minds by Jenny Lawson 9781250119889
RRP: $27.28$26.82A new book from #1 New York Times bestselling author Jenny Lawson, destined to be a classic part therapy, part best friend, part humor, part coloring book. When Jenny Lawson is anxious, one of the things she does is to draw. Elaborate doodles, beautiful... -
Little Labours by Rivka Galchen
RRP: $16.78$12.56AN OBSERVER BOOK OF THE YEAR A droll and dazzling compendium of observations, stories, lists, and brief essays about babies. 'Beguiling ... A wunderkabinett of baby-related curios ... A peculiar book, and... -
Writing History, Writing Trauma by Dominick LaCapra
RRP: $52.50$47.00Trauma and its aftermath pose acute problems for historical representation and understanding. In Writing History, Writing Trauma, Dominick LaCapra critically analyzes attempts by theorists and literary critics to come to terms with trauma and with the...