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Alfred, Lord Tennyson: An outstanding collection of his best-loved poems Lord Alfred Tennyson 9781474625937
RRP: $9.02$6.67Tennyson 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''Tis better to have loved and lost than never to have loved at all'His genius is expressed through the... -
William Blake and the Impossible History of the 1790s by Saree Makdisi
RRP: $38.70$38.25Modern scholars often find it difficult to account for the profound eccentricities in the work of William Blake, dismissing them as either ahistorical or simply meaningless. But with this pioneering study, Saree Makdisi develops a reliable and... -
Discworld and the Disciplines: Critical Approaches to the Terry Pratchett Works by Anne Hiebert Alton 9780786474646
RRP: $28.37$23.54This collection of critical essays applies a wide range of critical frameworks to the analysis of prolific fantasy author Terry Pratchett's Discworld books. Essays focus on topics such as Pratchett's treatment of noise and silence and their political... -
Chaucer's Language by Simon Horobin 9780230293793
$44.16The English language has changed dramatically over the past 500 years, making it increasingly difficult for students to read Chaucer's works. Assuming no previous linguistic knowledge or familiarity with Middle English, Simon Horobin introduces students... -
The Irish Story: Telling Tales and Making It Up in Ireland by R. F. Foster 9780195168877
RRP: $14.82$11.93Roy Foster is one of the leaders of the iconoclastic generation of Irish historians. In this opinionated, entertaining book he examines how the Irish have written, understood, used, and misused their history over the past century. Foster argues that,... -
The Cambridge History of English Poetry by Michael O'Neill
$61.34Poetry written in English is uniquely powerful and suggestive in its capacity to surprise, unsettle, shock, console, and move. The Cambridge History of English Poetry offers sparklingly fresh and dynamic readings of an extraordinary range of poets and... -
The Norton Chaucer by David Lawton 9780393603477
$80.47Both an enhanced digital edition and a handsome print volume, The Norton Chaucer provides the complete poetry and prose, meticulously glossed and annotated specifically for undergraduate readers, with apparatus reflecting current scholarship-all at an... -
Mr Foote's Other Leg: Comedy, tragedy and murder in Georgian London by Ian Kelly 9780330517843
RRP: $21.92$13.51In 1776 Foote's was the most talked-of name in the English-speaking world. By 1777 it was almost unmentionable. Samuel Foote, friend of David Garrick and Dr Johnson, is the greatest lost figure of the eighteenth century; his story defies belief and has... -
Darwin's Plots: Evolutionary Narrative in Darwin, George Eliot and Nineteenth-Century Fiction by Gillian Beer 9780521743617
RRP: $49.01$40.39Gillian Beer's classic Darwin's Plots, one of the most influential works of literary criticism and cultural history of the last quarter century, is here reissued in an updated edition to coincide with the anniversary of Darwin's birth and of the... -
Lewis Carroll in Numberland: His Fantastical Mathematical Logical Life by Robin Wilson
RRP: $21.92$15.84Lewis Carroll's books have delighted children and adults for generations, but behind their exuberant fantasy and delightful nonsense was the mind of a brilliant mathematician. Now his forgotten achievements in the world of numbers are brought to light by... -
Gay Rebel of the Harlem Renaissance: Selections from the Work of Richard Bruce Nugent by Richard Bruce Nugent
RRP: $29.66$25.81Richard Bruce Nugent (1906-1987) was a writer, painter, illustrator, and popular bohemian personality who lived at the center of the Harlem Renaissance. Protege of Alain Locke, roommate of Wallace Thurman, and friend of Langston Hughes and Zora Neale... -
The Names of Homeric Heroes: Problems and Interpretations by Nikoletta Kanavou 9783110578201
RRP: $24.51$20.54The purpose of this book is to contribute to the appreciation of the linguistic, literary and contextual value of Homeric personal names. This is an old topic, which famously interested Plato, and an object of constant scholarly attention from the time... -
Writing Facts: Interdisciplinary Discussions of a Key Concept in Modernity Susanne Knaller 9783837662719
RRP: $58.04$47.39"Fact" is one of the most crucial inventions of modern times. Susanne Knaller discusses the functions of this powerful notion in the arts and the sciences, its impact on aesthetic models and systems of knowledge. The practice of writing provides an... -
Chicken Soup for the Soul: Devotional Stories for Women: 101 Daily Devotions Combining Scripture, Real-Life Stories, and Custom Prayers by Susan M Heim
RRP: $16.76$10.85This beautiful hardcover edition of Chicken Soup for the Soul: Devotional Stories for Women makes a great gift for yourself or someone you love. Enjoy these 101 unique, daily devotions, each with with scripture, a true story, and a custom-written prayer!... -
It All Adds Up by Saul Bellow 9780143106685
RRP: $28.38$23.27A fascinating journey through literary America over the last forty years, guided by one of the "most gifted chroniclers in the Western World" (The Times [London])A Penguin Classic"Sentence by sentence, page by page, Bellow is simply the best writer we... -
Tu Fu by William Hung 9780674334847
$71.07Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780674334847Author William HungFormat HardbackPage Count 310Imprint Harvard University PressPublisher Harvard University PressWeight(grams) 612g -
Camus: A Life by Olivier Todd
RRP: $21.92$16.09Albert Camus is among the most significant French writers of the twentieth century. His novels, The Plague and The Outsider, have a timeless power and appeal and are studied all over the world, and his philosophical work has had an enduring influence... -
The Woman In The Mirror: A haunting gothic story of obsession, tinged with suspense by Rebecca James
RRP: $16.76$13.61'A dark treat' Kate Riordan, author of The Stranger Haunting and moving, The Woman in the Mirror is a tale of obsession tinged with suspense, perfect for fans of Tracy Rees and Lulu Taylor. ... -
Dis-Orienting Planets: Racial Representations of Asia in Science Fiction by Isiah Lavender III 9781496837943
$42.44Isiah Lavender III's Dis-Orienting Planets amplifies critical issues surrounding the racial and ethnic dimensions of science fiction. This edited volume explores depictions of Asia and Asians in science fiction literature, film, and fandom with... -
A Study Guide for Gabriel Garcia Marquez's Chronicle of a Death Foretold by Cengage Learning Gale 9781375378048
RRP: $12.84$12.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375378048Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 50Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm)... -
CliffsComplete Shakespeare's Hamlet by William Shakespeare 9780764585685
$17.42One of the most famous dramas of all time, Hamlet is the story of a young prince torn between his dual roles of ruler and son, between introspective moral questioning and swift action. The play is filled with action and provocative inquiry... -
This is the Canon: Decolonize Your Bookshelves in 50 Books by Joan Anim-Addo
RRP: $14.18$9.82'A vital and timely introduction to some of the best books I've ever read. Perfectly curated and filled with brilliant literature'Nikesh Shukla'The ultimate introduction to post-colonial literature for those who want to understand the classics and the... -
There's No Such Thing as Free Speech: And It's a Good Thing, Too by Stanley Fish 9780195093834
RRP: $29.01$19.97Sorry no description is available for this book at this time. -
The Cambridge Companion to Virginia Woolf by Susan Sellers
RRP: $33.53$28.24Virginia Woolf's writing has generated passion and controversy for the best part of a century. Her novels - challenging, moving, and always deeply intelligent - remain as popular with readers as they are with students and academics. The highly successful... -
Confessions of a Thug by Philip Meadows Taylor 9780198854647
RRP: $14.18$10.31'You have given a faithful portrait of a Thug's life, his ceremonies, and his acts' Often overshadowed by Kipling's Kim or Forster's A Passage to India, Philip Meadows Taylor's forgotten classic, Confessions of a Thug (1839), is nevertheless the most... -
Poetry of Pablo Neruda by Pablo Neruda 9780374529604
RRP: $32.25$22.19Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780374529604Author Pablo NerudaFormat PaperbackPage Count 1040Imprint Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncPublisher Farrar, Straus & Giroux IncWeight(grams)... -
The Oxford Book of Japanese Short Stories by Theodore W. Goossen
RRP: $15.47$11.17This collection of short stories, including many new translations, is the first to span the whole of Japan's modern era from the end of the nineteenth century to the present day. Beginning with the first writings to assimilate and rework Western literary... -
The Essential Writings of Machiavelli Niccolo Machiavelli 9780812974232
RRP: $21.92$15.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780812974232Author Niccolo MachiavelliFormat PaperbackPage Count 544Imprint Modern Library IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 448gDimensions(mm)... -
Coleridge's Notebooks: A Selection by Seamus Perry 9780198712022
RRP: $55.46$45.98Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the Romantic Age's most enigmatic figures, a genius of astonishing diversity; author of some of the most famous poems in the English language, and co-author, with Wordsworth, of Lyrical Ballads; one of England's... -
Sophocles: Electra by Sophocles 9780521292580
RRP: $49.01$44.93One of Sophocles' more accomplished dramas, the Electra has always generated a good deal of scholarly debate. This 2007 edition, the first full-scale commentary on any play of Sophocles since the nineteenth century, explores afresh long-standing... -
Primitive Mythology: (The Masks of God, Volume 1) Joseph Campbell 9781608689033
RRP: $34.83$23.04Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781608689033Author Joseph CampbellFormat PaperbackPage Count 528Imprint New World LibraryPublisher New World Library -
Fugitive Science: Empiricism and Freedom in Early African American Culture by Britt Rusert
RRP: $34.82$30.08Honorable Mention, 2019 MLA Prize for a First Book Sole Finalist Mention for the 2018 Lora Romero First Book Prize, presented by the American Studies Association Exposes the influential work of a group of black artists to confront and refute... -
The New Oxford Book of Sixteenth-Century Verse by Emrys Jones 9780199561339
RRP: $34.17$27.81The sixteenth century has long been acknowledged the 'Golden Age' of English verse - with such names as Shakespeare, Donne, and Spenser to its credit it could hardly be otherwise. Yet this anthology, which includes both undisputed masterpieces and... -
A Reading Diary: A Year Of Favourite Books Alberto Manguel 9781841958217
RRP: $14.18$9.73While travelling in Calgary, Alberto Manguel was struck by how the novel he was reading seemed to reflect the world he was living in. An article in the daily paper would be suddenly illuminated by a passage in the novel; a long reflection would be... -
A Very Nice Rejection Letter: Diary of a Novelist by Chris Paling
RRP: $21.92$4.72'Like all good diarists Paling's musings are funny, tender and uncensored' Sunday Times6 April 2007Writing income for the year so far: minus GBP300'I feel that this might just be the year in which something happens. Then again it might not. But hope... -
Writer and Occasion in Twelfth-Century Byzantium: The Authorial Voice of Constantine Manasses by Ingela Nilsson 9781108824262
RRP: $39.98$31.19In twelfth-century Constantinople, writers worked on commission for the imperial family or aristocratic patrons. Texts were occasioned by specific events, representing both a link between writer and patron and between literary imagination and empirical... -
Depression: Vintage Minis William Styron 9781784872618
RRP: $7.73$5.97How does a writer compose a suicide note? This was not a question that the prize-winning novelist William Styron had ever contemplated before. In this true account of his depression, Styron describes an illness that reduced him from a successful writer... -
The Hidden God: A Study of Tragic Vision in the Pensees of Pascal and the Tragedies of Racine by Lucien Goldmann
$41.34This remarkable text, first published in 1964, was a landmark of its era and remains, in the words of Michael Loewy, a work of "remarkable richness." Drawing on Georg Lukacs' History and Class Consciousness, Lucien Goldmann applies the concept of "world... -
Walden by Henry David Thoreau 9780199538065
RRP: $11.60$8.58`The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation' In 1845 Henry David Thoreau left his home town of Concord, Massachusetts to begin a new life alone, in a rough hut he built himself a mile and a half away on the north-west shore of Walden Pond... -
The Persistence of Modernism: Loss and Mourning in the Twentieth Century by Madelyn Detloff 9780521896429
RRP: $116.10$86.75Modernism is commonly perceived as a response to the cataclysmic events of the early twentieth century. To what extent then can we explain its continued persistence? Madelyn Detloff argues for modernism's relevance to our own age, a time of escalating...