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D.H. Lawrence by Fiona Becket 9780415202527
RRP: £37.99£33.38So many questions surround the key figures in the English literary canon, but most books focus on one aspect of an author's life or work, or limit themselves to a single critical approach. D. H. Lawrence is a comprehensive, user-friendly guide which:*... -
Introductions and Notes from the Magnum Opus: Waverley to a Legend of the Wars of Montrose by Sir Walter Scott
RRP: £100.00£92.04Between 1829 and 1833 the first complete edition of Scott's fiction appeared, in 48 volumes issued one a month, each illustrated with two engravings, and with introductions and notes by Scott himself. The Magnum Opus, as it was familiarly called, was a... -
No. 44, The Mysterious Stranger by Mark Twain 9780520270008
RRP: £21.00£15.65This is the only authoritative text of this late novel. It reproduces the manuscript which Mark Twain wrote last, and the only one he finished or called the "The Mysterious Stranger." Albert Bigelow Paine's edition of the same name has been shown to be a... -
Blues, Ideology and Afro-American Literature: A Vernacular Theory by Houston A. Baker 9780226035383
RRP: £27.00£26.47Relating the blues to American social and literary history and to Afro-American expressive culture, Houston A. Baker, Jr., offers the basis for a broader study of American culture at its "vernacular" level. He shows how the "blues voice" and its economic... -
The Zephyrs of Najd by Jaroslav Stetkevych 9780226773360
RRP: £32.00£31.11Arabs have traditionally considered classical Arabic poetry, together with the Qur'an, as one of their supreme cultural accomplishments. Taking a comparatist approach, Jaroslav Stetkevych attempts in this book to integrate the classical Arabic lyric into... -
Comics and the Origins of Manga: A Revisionist History by Eike Exner 9781978827226
RRP: £23.99£20.842022 Eisner Award Winner for Best Academic/Scholarly Work Japanese comics, commonly known as manga, are a global sensation. Critics, scholars, and everyday readers have often viewed this artform through an Orientalist framework, treating manga as the... -
Studying English Literature in Context: Critical Readings by Paul Poplawski
RRP: £24.99£23.13Ranging from early medieval times to the present, this diverse collection explores the myriad ways in which literary texts are informed by their historical contexts. The thirty-one chapters draw on varied themes and perspectives to present stimulating... -
Nicolas Pages by Guillaume Dustan 9781635901948
RRP: £16.99£11.71Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781635901948Author Guillaume DustanFormat PaperbackPage Count 440Imprint Semiotext (E)Publisher Semiotext (E) -
London Fog: The Biography by Christine L. Corton
RRP: £19.95£16.36A New York Times Book Review Editors' ChoiceA Telegraph Editor's ChoiceAn Evening Standard "Best Books about London" SelectionIn popular imagination, London is a city of fog. The classic London fogs, the thick yellow "pea-soupers," were born in the... -
The Fellowship: The Literary Lives of the Inklings: J.R.R. Tolkien, C. S. Lewis, Owen Barfield, Charles Williams by Philip Zaleski 9780374536251
£15.38In The Fellowship, Philip and Carol Zaleski offer the first complete rendering of the Inklings' lives and works. Lewis maps the medieval mind, accepts Christ while riding in the sidecar of his brother's motorcycle, becomes a world-famous evangelist and... -
Kleist: Selected Writings by Heinrich Von Kleist 9780872207431
RRP: £18.99£15.91Aiming in his translation for an English haunted and affected by the strangeness of the original, David Constantine offers a wealth of Heinrich von Kleist's key writings in this collection, the most ambitious of its kind.About the AuthorDavid Constantine... -
Wilde's Women: How Oscar Wilde was Shaped by the Women he Knew by Eleanor Fitzsimons 9780715651193
RRP: £12.99£11.78Hailed as a gay icon and pioneer of individualism, Oscar Wilde's insistence that 'there should be no law for anybody' made him a staunch defender of gender equality. Throughout his life from his relationship to his extraordinary mother Jane and the... -
His Dark Materials: Northern Lights Classic Art Edition by Philip Pullman 9780702313998
RRP: £14.99£10.28The first volume in Philip Pullman's groundbreaking His Dark Materials trilogy, re-published in hardback with a stunning fine art cover. "Without this child, we shall all die." Lyra Belacqua and her animal... -
Aristophanes: The Complete Plays by Paul Roche
RRP: £18.00£15.13Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780451214096Author Paul RocheFormat PaperbackPage Count 736Imprint Berkley Publishing Corporation,U.S.Publisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams)... -
A History of the Peloponnesian War: Bk.1-2 by Thucydides
RRP: £24.95£23.76Classic political realism.Thucydides of Athens was born about 471 BC. He saw the rise of Athens to greatness under the inspired leadership of Pericles. In 430, the second year of the Peloponnesian War, he caught and survived the horrible plague that he... -
Reading Women: Literacy, Authorship, and Culture in the Atlantic World, 1500-1800 by Heidi Brayman Hackel
RRP: £23.99£21.16In 1500, as many as 99 out of 100 English women may have been illiterate, and girls of all social backgrounds were the objects of purposeful efforts to restrict their access to full literacy. Three centuries later, more than half of all English and... -
Forensic Shakespeare by Quentin Skinner 9780199558247
£21.27Forensic Shakespeare illustrates Shakespeare's creative processes by revealing some of the intellectual materials out of which some of his most famous works were composed. Focusing on the narrative poem Lucrece, on four of his late Elizabethan plays --... -
Naming Adult Autism: Culture, Science, Identity by Dr. James McGrath 9781783480418
RRP: £35.00£31.20Naming Adult Autism is one of the first critiques of cultural and medical narratives of Autism to be authored by an adult diagnosed with this condition. Autism is a 'social disorder', defined by interactions and lifestyle. Yet, the expectations of... -
Laughter in Ancient Rome: On Joking, Tickling, and Cracking Up by Mary Beard 9780520277168
RRP: £25.00£19.67What made the Romans laugh? Was ancient Rome a carnival, filled with practical jokes and hearty chuckles? Or was it a carefully regulated culture in which the uncontrollable excess of laughter was a force to fear--a world of wit, irony, and knowing... -
A Study Guide for Daphne Du Maurier's Rebecca by Cengage Learning Gale 9781375398909
RRP: £9.95£9.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375398909Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 59gDimensions(mm)... -
You Gotta Get Bigger Dreams: My Life in Stories and Pictures by Alan Cumming
£22.59If you were to put David Sedaris and Glenn O'Brien in a blender and add a dash of New York and Hollywood gossip, you would wind up with Alan Cumming. Described by Time magazine as one of the most fun people in show business, Cumming is a... -
Euro Noir: The Pocket Essential Guide to European Crime Fiction, Film & TV by Barry Forshaw 9781843442455
RRP: £8.99£6.39Euro Noir by Britain's leading crime fiction expert Barry Forshaw (author of Nordic Noir) examines the astonishing success of European fiction and drama. This is often edgier, grittier and more compelling than some of its British or American equivalents,... -
Andalucia: A Literary Guide for Travellers by Andrew Edwards
RRP: £16.99£13.36Andalucia is the quintessence of Spain and yet, historically and culturally, it is surprisingly unlike the rest of the country. Its literary history began to develop with the Romans and reached an early flowering when Arabic poets drew on centuries of... -
Reader's Block: A History of Reading Differences by Matthew Rubery
RRP: £20.99£17.05What does the term "reading" mean? Matthew Rubery's exploration of the influence neurodivergence has on the ways individuals read asks us to consider that there may be no one definition. This alternative history of reading tells the stories of... -
John Berryman by John Berryman
RRP: £8.99£6.65In 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... -
Twilight: Los Angeles, 1992 by Anna Deavere Smith
RRP: £13.99£10.01Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780385473767Author Anna Deavere SmithFormat PaperbackPage Count 320Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House USA Inc -
Condition of Secrecy by Inger Christensen
RRP: £12.99£11.63The Condition of Secrecy is a poignant collection of essays by Inger Christensen, widely regarded as one of the most influential Scandinavian writers of the twentieth century. As The New York Times proclaimed, "Despite the rigorous structure that... -
Blasted with Antiquity: Old Age and the Consolations of Literature by David Ellis 9780718897185
RRP: £20.75£17.29Given the increasing number of old people, the proliferation of books about old age is hardly surprising. Most of these come from cultural historians or social scientists and, when those with a literary background have tackled the subject, they have... -
Literature and the Gods by Roberto Calasso 9780375725432
RRP: £19.00£13.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780375725432Author Roberto CalassoFormat PaperbackPage Count 224Imprint Random House USA IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 225gDimensions(mm)... -
The Reading Life: The Joy of Seeing New Worlds Through Others' Eyes by C. S. Lewis
£11.95The revered teacher and best-selling author reflects on the power, importance, and joy of a life dedicated to reading books in this delightful collection drawn from his wide body of writings. More than fifty years after his death, revered... -
The concept of nature in Marx by Alfred Schmidt
RRP: £17.99£17.92In The Concept of Nature in Marx, Alfred Schmidt examines humanity's relation to the natural world as understood by the great philosopher-economist Karl Marx, who wrote that human beings are 'part of Nature yet able to stand over against it; and this... -
13 Ways of Looking at the Novel by Jane Smiley
RRP: £23.00£14.39Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400033188Author Jane SmileyFormat PaperbackPage Count 608Imprint Alfred A. KnopfPublisher Alfred A. KnopfWeight(grams) 413g -
The New American Poetry, 1945-1960 by Donald Allen
RRP: £27.00£21.06With more than 100,000 copies sold, The New American Poetry has become one of the most influential anthologies published in the United States since World War II. As one of the first counter-cultural collections of American verse, this volume fits in... -
Walter Benjamin: Or Towards a Revolutionary Criticism by Terry Eagleton 9781844673506
RRP: £15.99£14.28From our finest radical literary analyst, a classic study of the great philosopher and cultural theorist.A classic study of the great philosopher and cultural theoristAbout the AuthorTerry Eagleton is Professor of Cultural Theory and John Rylands Fellow,... -
Macbeth: A Dagger of the Mind by Harold Bloom 9781501164262
RRP: £16.00£9.48From Harold Bloom, the greatest Shakespeare scholar of our time, comes a portrait of Macbeth, one of William Shakespeare's most complex and compelling anti-heroes-the final volume in a series of five short books about the great playwright's most... -
The Challenges of Uncertainty: Introduction to Seventeenth-century Spanish Literature by Jeremy Robbins 9780715628409
RRP: £22.99£22.85An introduction to Spanish Baroque literature and culture, this text considers works by major Spanish novelists, dramatists, poets and painters. It covers issues such as honour and identity, the influence of the court, social and literary institutions,... -
Private Lives, Public Deaths: Antigone and the Invention of Individuality by Jonathan Strauss 9780823251339
RRP: £22.99£20.32In Private Lives, Public Deaths, Jonathan Strauss shows how Sophocles' tragedy Antigone crystallized the political, intellectual, and aesthetic forces of an entire historical moment-fifth century Athens-into one idea: the value of a single living person... -
The Cambridge Companion to Thomas Pynchon by Inger H. Dalsgaard 9780521173049
RRP: £22.99£18.05The most celebrated American novelist of the past half-century, an indispensable figure of postmodernism worldwide, Thomas Pynchon notoriously challenges his readers. This Companion provides tools for meeting that challenge. Comprehensive, accessible,... -
The Other Dickens: A Life of Catherine Hogarth by Professor Lillian Nayder
RRP: £24.99£21.32Catherine Hogarth, who came from a cultured Scots family, married Charles Dickens in 1836, the same year he began serializing his first novel. Together they traveled widely, entertained frequently, and raised ten children. In 1858, the celebrated writer... -
Daemon Voices: On Stories and Storytelling by Philip Pullman 9780525562955
RRP: £22.00£12.80Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780525562955Author Philip PullmanFormat PaperbackPage Count 480Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 465gDimensions(mm) 202mm *...