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George Orwell's Perverse Humanity: Socialism and Free Speech by Glenn Burgess
RRP: $28.37$23.35This is the first book to focus primarily on George Orwell's ideas about free speech and related matters - freedom of the press, the writer's freedom of expression, honesty and truthfulness - and, in particular, the ways in which they are linked to his... -
White People in Shakespeare: Essays on Race, Culture and the Elite by Arthur L. Little, Jr.
RRP: $28.37$24.87What part did Shakespeare play in the construction of a 'white people' and how has his work been enlisted to define and bolster a white cultural and racial identity? Since the court of Queen Elizabeth I, through the early modern English theatre to the... -
Kafka's Creatures: Animals, Hybrids, and Other Fantastic Beings by Marc Lucht 9780739143957
RRP: $58.05$50.94There are few literary authors in whose work animals and other creatures play as prominent a role as they do in Franz Kafka's. Exploring multiple dimensions of Kafka's incorporation of nonhuman creatures into his writing, this volume is the first... -
The Bloomsbury Group Memoir Club by S. P. Rosenbaum 9781137360359
RRP: $36.11$33.09Shortly before his death, S. P. Rosenbaum began work on the history of the Bloomsbury Group's 'Memoir Club'. With original archival material and valuable insights on leading Bloomsbury figures such as Woolf, Keynes and Forster, this illuminating book... -
Gilgamesh among Us: Modern Encounters with the Ancient Epic by Theodore Ziolkowski 9780801450358
RRP: $43.86$38.85The world's oldest work of literature, the Epic of Gilgamesh recounts the adventures of the semimythical Sumerian king of Uruk and his ultimately futile quest for immortality after the death of his friend and companion, Enkidu, a wildman sent by the gods... -
Dark Scenes from Damaged Earth: The Gothic Anthropocene by Justin D. Edwards
RRP: $30.95$26.88An urgent volume of essays engages the Gothic to advance important perspectives on our geological era What can the Gothic teach us about our current geological era? More than just spooky, moonlit castles and morbid graveyards, the Gothic represents a... -
Museum of Words: The Poetics of Ekphrasis from Homer to Ashbery by James A.W. Heffernan 9780226323145
RRP: $36.12$35.33Ekphrasis is the art of describing works of art, the verbal representation of visual representation. Profoundly ambivalent, ekphrastic poetry celebrates the power of the silent image even as it tries to circumscribe that power with the authority of the... -
In the Shadow of Shakespeare by Richard Vaughan Davies 9781999315610
RRP: $11.60$10.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781999315610Author Richard Vaughan DaviesFormat PaperbackPage Count 258Imprint Mitford Oak PressPublisher Mitford Oak PressWeight(grams) 281gDimensions(mm)... -
Translation Theory for Literary Translators by B.J. Woodstein 9781839992070
RRP: $27.08$26.38What comes first in regard to translation theory and translation practice? Do theorists observe what translators do and develop theories based on that? Do translators gain ideas and tools from studying theories? Or does it go both ways? Or is it neither,... -
The Cambridge Introduction to French Poetry by Mary Lewis Shaw 9780521004855
RRP: $29.66$25.23The Cambridge Introduction to French Poetry is a comprehensive survey of French poetry. The poets discussed - all quoted in the original, followed by an English translation - belong to every period from the eleventh century to the present, and include... -
Contemporary British Poetry by David Wheatley 9780230362536
$34.09This Reader's Guide provides a timely critical overview that allows readers to orient themselves authoritatively in the rapidly-evolving field of contemporary British poetry. Focusing on key themes and issues, and a wide range of poets, the Guide... -
W. G. Sebald Uwe Schutte 9780746312995
RRP: $29.66$27.14W. G. Sebald was a literary phenomenon: a German literary scholar working in England, who took up creative writing out of dissatisfaction with German post-war letters. Within only a few years, his unique prose books made him one of the most celebrated... -
A Dictionary of Shakespeare's Sexual Puns and Their Significance by Frankie Rubinstein 9780333488669
$54.33'...Rubinstein is far from innocent and comes to our aid with a lot of learning...and is quite right to urge that not to appreciate the sexiness of Shakespeare's language impoverishes our own understanding of him. For one thing, it was a strong element... -
Primitive Marriage: Victorian Anthropology, the Novel, and Sexual Modernity by Kathy Alexis Psomiades
RRP: $83.85$75.54Marriage is the novel's traditional subject matter. But what happens to the novel when another genre of writing lays claim to the novel's traditional material? Primitive Marriage: Victorian Anthropology, the Novel, and Sexual Modernity shows how the... -
Twilight and History by Nancy R. Reagin 9780470581780
$17.70Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780470581780Author Nancy R. ReaginFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint John Wiley & Sons LtdPublisher Turner Publishing CompanyWeight(grams)... -
The Oxford Handbook of Early Modern Theatre by Richard Dutton 9780199697861
$61.15There was no single 'Elizabethan stage'. Early modern actors exploited various opportunities for patronage and profit between the 1570s and 1642, whether touring, or performing at inns, in country houses, in purpose-built theatres, at court, at the... -
The Literature of Ancient Sumer by Professor Jeremy Black 9780199296330
RRP: $82.56$73.61This anthology of Sumerian literature constitutes the most comprehensive collection ever published, and includes examples of most of the different types of composition written in the language, from narrative myths and lyrical hymns to proverbs and love... -
Shakespeare and Spenser: Attractive Opposites by J. B. Lethbridge 9780719079627
RRP: $109.65$77.62Shakespeare and Spenser: Attractive Opposites is a much-needed volume that brings together ten original papers by the experts, on the relations between Spenser and Shakespeare. There has been much noteworthy work on the linguistic borrowings of... -
Virgil: Eclogues by Virgil 9780198150350
RRP: $45.78$36.77Surprising though it may seem, this is the first full-scale scholarly commentary in English on Virgil's Eclogues. Written between about 42 and 35 BC, these ten short pastorals are among the best known poems in Latin literature. They have inspired... -
Encyclopaedia of Girls' School Stories: Volume Three by Sue Sims
$20.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781847452689Author Sue SimsFormat PaperbackPage Count 232Imprint Girls Gone By PublishersPublisher Girls Gone By Publishers -
Imitation and Praise in the Poems of Ben Jonson Richard S. Peterson 9781409408765
RRP: $167.70$145.14In the first edition of this now-classic text, Richard Peterson offered an important revaluation of the poetry of Ben Jonson and a new appreciation of the way in which the classical doctrine of imitation-the creative use of the thoughts and words of... -
Shelley: Selected Poems by Jack Donovan 9781405858199
RRP: $46.43$40.57Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781405858199Author Jack DonovanFormat PaperbackPage Count 952Imprint LongmanPublisher Taylor & Francis Ltd -
Ezra Pound's Chinese Friends: Stories in Letters by Zhaoming Qian 9780199238606
RRP: $67.08$66.86No literary figure of the past century - in America or perhaps in any other Western country - is comparable to Ezra Pound in the scope and depth of his exchange with China. To this day, scholars and students still find it puzzling that this influential... -
Othello: Critical Essays Susan Snyder 9781138854949
RRP: $47.72$42.29Originally published in 1988. Selections here are organised chronologically looking at both theatrical commentary and literary criticism. The organisation brings out the shifts in emphasis as each generation reinvents Shakespeare, and Othello, by the... -
J. K. Rowling: A Biography by Connie Ann Kirk 9780313322051
$53.78The unprecedented popularity of the Harry Potter books took the publishing world by storm and captured the imaginations of readers around the world. This unofficial biographical study of J. K. Rowling invites fans and critics alike to take a close look... -
The Apparitional Lesbian: Female Homosexuality and Modern Culture by Terry Castle
RRP: $41.28$31.94In essays on literary images of lesbianism from Defoe and Diderot to Virginia Woolf and Djuna Barnes, on the homosexual reputation of Marie Antoinette, on the lesbian writings of Anne Lister, Sylvia Townsend Warner, and Janet Flanner, and on Henry... -
Heroicus. Gymnasticus. Discourses 1 and 2: Discourses 1 and 2 by Philostratus
RRP: $32.19$30.65How to cultivate Greek heroes and athletes.In the writings of Philostratus (ca. AD 170-ca. 250), the renaissance of Greek literature in the second century AD reached its height. His Life of Apollonius of Tyana, Lives of the Sophists, and Imagines... -
Conversations with Wilde: A Fictional Dialogue Based on Biographical Facts Merlin Holland 9781786782304
RRP: $12.89$8.90Renowned for his endlessly quotable pronouncements, Oscar Wilde cut a dashing figure in late Victorian London ... until his tragic downfall resulting from an ill-judged libel action. We remember him not only for his famous trial and imprisonment, but... -
Mount Canigo: A Tale of Catalonia Jacint Verdaguer 9781855662988
RRP: $25.79$25.53Catalonia's towering Romantic poet and rebel priest, Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902), delves deep into the Catalan imaginary in his foundational long poem Mount Canigo (1886), recounting the historical and legendary mix, bothtragic and triumphant, of the... -
Breathing Aesthetics by Jean-Thomas Tremblay
RRP: $25.79$22.63In Breathing Aesthetics Jean-Thomas Tremblay argues that difficult breathing indexes the uneven distribution of risk in a contemporary era marked by the increasing contamination, weaponization, and monetization of air. Tremblay shows how biopolitical and... -
The Roman Games: Historical Sources in Translation Alison Futrell (University of Arizona, Tucson, AZ) 9781405115698
RRP: $43.80$38.38This sourcebook presents a wealth of material relating to every aspect of Roman spectacles, especially gladiatorial combat and chariot racing. Draws on the words of eye-witnesses and participants, as well as depictions of the games in mosaics and other... -
Mocked with Death: Tragic Overliving from Sophocles to Milton by Emily R. Wilson 9780801879647
RRP: $61.92$55.13In Paradise Lost, Adam asks, "Why do I overlive?" Adam's anguished question is the basis for a critical analysis of living too long as a neglected but central theme in Western tragic literature. Emily Wilson examines this experience in works by Milton... -
Leadership: Essential Writings by Our Greatest Thinkers: A Norton Anthology Elizabeth D. Samet 9780393603668
$41.29A new Norton Anthology illuminates how literature can build character and foster critical-thinking skills for future leaders in business, law, politics, medicine, and beyond.About the AuthorElizabeth D. Samet received her BA from Harvard and her PhD in... -
Lovecraft: A Study in the Fantastic by Maurice Levy 9780814319567
RRP: $32.19$24.51Maurice L?vy's book is a penetrating analysis of the themes running through the works of H. P. Lovecraft, the writer of horror and supernatural fiction. Broader than a thematic study, however, L?vy's analysis is unique in his use of Lovecraft's work as a... -
Hopes and Impediments: Selected Essays by Chinua Achebe
$21.99Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.AwardsWinner of Man Booker International Prize 2007.Book InformationISBN 9780385414791Author Chinua AchebeFormat PaperbackPage Count 208Imprint Anchor BooksPublisher Random House... -
Theory of the Novel: A Historical Approach by Michael McKeon 9780801863974
RRP: $47.09$44.35Michael McKeon, author of The Origins of the English Novel, 1600-1740, here assembles a collection of influential essays on the theory of the novel. Carefully chosen selections from Frye, Benjamin, Levi-Strauss, Lukacs, Bakhtin, and other prominent... -
Elizabeth Gaskell: A Portrait in Letters by John Chapple 9780719077890
RRP: $25.79$23.35Elizabeth Gaskell is best known as a novelist and biographer, but she was also a lively and sensitive letter writer, with a vivacious interest in all that was going on around her.This selection from her letters, with a linking commentary provides a... -
A Preface to Paradise Lost by C. S. Lewis
$68.68A Preface to Paradise Lost provides an interpretation of Milton's purpose in writing the epic.ReviewsAn essential work in understanding both the literary approach of C.S. Lewis and the theological assumptions of Paradise Lost. Unparalleled in its... -
Pleasant Profession of Robert A. Heinlein by Farah Mendlesohn
RRP: $32.25$22.95Robert A. Heinlein began publishing in the 1940s at the dawn of the Golden Age of science fiction, and today he is considered one of the genre's 'big three' alongside Arthur C. Clarke and Isaac Asimov. His short stories were instrumental in developing... -
Discourse by Sara Mills
RRP: $25.79$22.82This volume provides a broad analysis of the term 'discourse' and a thorough examination of the many theoretical assumptions surrounding it. In the revised edition of this invaluable guidebook, Sara Mills:*examines the historical definitions and...