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The Fin de Siècle: A Reader in Cultural History, c.1880-1900 by Sally Ledger 9780198742791
£54.51In an important contribution to the developing field of interdisciplinary studies in the Humanities, Ledger and Luckhurst make available to students and scholars a large body of non-literary texts which richly configure the variegated cultural history of... -
The Translations of Seamus Heaney by Seamus Heaney
RRP: £35.00£23.83Seamus Heaney's translation of Beowulf (1999) was hailed as a masterpiece, alerting readers to his extraordinary ability to tune into other poets and languages and render their work fresh and alive in his own voice. In fact, as this volume attests, from... -
The Storytelling Animal: How Stories Make Us Human by Instructor Jonathan Gottschall 9780544002340
RRP: £15.99£11.56Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780544002340Author Instructor Jonathan GottschallFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Mariner BooksPublisher Mariner BooksWeight(grams) 218gDimensions(mm)... -
The Bookseller's Tale by Martin Latham
RRP: £9.99£7.11A SPECTATOR AND EVENING STANDARD BOOK OF THE YEAR 2020'A joy. Each chapter instantly became my favourite' David Mitchell, author of Cloud Atlas'Wonderful' Lucy Mangan'The right book has a neverendingness, and so does the right bookshop.'This is the story... -
South and West: From A Notebook by Joan Didion
RRP: £8.99£6.02From one of the most important chroniclers of our time, come two extended excerpts from her never-before-seen notebooks - writings that offer an illuminating glimpse into the mind and process of a legendary writer. ... -
The Cambridge Introduction to the American Short Story by Martin Scofield
RRP: £22.99£19.56This wide-ranging introduction to the short story tradition in the United States of America traces the genre from its beginnings in the early nineteenth century with Irving, Hawthorne and Poe via Fitzgerald, Hemingway and Faulkner to O'Connor and Carver... -
A Coney Island of the Mind: Poems by Lawrence Ferlinghetti 9780811200417
RRP: £8.99£6.84The title of this book is taken from Henry Miller's "Into the Night Life" and expresses the way Lawrence Ferlinghetti felt about these poems when he wrote them during a short period in the 1950's-as if they were, taken together, a kind of Coney Island of... -
Great Code: The Bible and Literature by Northrop Frye
RRP: £16.99£12.84Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780156027809Author Northrop FryeFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint Houghton MifflinPublisher Houghton Mifflin -
Unspeakable: The Sunday Times Bestselling Autobiography by John Bercow
RRP: £10.99£7.40When John Bercow retired as Speaker of the House of Commons on 31 October 2019, he had become one of the most recognisable and iconoclastic figures in British politics, occupying a ringside seat during one of the most febrile periods in modern British... -
The New Penguin Book of American Short Stories, from Washington Irving to Lydia Davis by Kasia Boddy
RRP: £9.99£7.11The short story is one of the most varied and exciting genres in American literature. This collection brings together many of its finest examples from the early nineteenth century to the present. It contains a richly diverse cast of characters, including... -
Ireland's Immortals: A History of the Gods of Irish Myth by Mark Williams 9780691183046
RRP: £25.00£20.59A sweeping history of Ireland's native gods, from Iron Age cult and medieval saga to the Celtic Revival and contemporary fictionIreland's Immortals tells the story of one of the world's great mythologies. The first account of the gods of Irish myth to... -
The Wit and Wisdom of Mark Twain by Mark Twain 9780486489230
RRP: £12.49£7.89Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780486489230Author Mark TwainFormat PaperbackPage Count 192Imprint Dover Publications Inc.Publisher Dover Publications Inc.Weight(grams) 205gDimensions(mm)... -
Selected Dialogues by Lucian
RRP: £9.99£7.29'you'll find another man to harvest, Glycerion: let this one go' The Greek satirist Lucian was a brilliantly entertaining writer who invented the comic dialogue as a vehicle for satiric comment. His influence was immense, not only in the Greek world,... -
Languages of Truth: Essays 2003-2020 by Salman Rushdie 9781529111996
RRP: £12.99£9.09From 'Best of the Booker' winner Salman Rushdie, an incisive and inspiring collection of non-fiction essays, criticism and speeches that takes readers on a thrilling journey through the evolution of language and culture.'One of the greatest writers of... -
Metamorphosis: A Life in Pieces by Robert Douglas-Fairhurst
RRP: £18.99£13.61A darkly comic and moving reflection on what it means to be human in a world where nothing is certain, from the award-winning Oxford professor'The best book about multiple sclerosis'THE TIMES'An outstanding feat'SUNDAY TIMESWe all have trapdoors in our... -
Beowulf by Howell D. Chickering
RRP: £13.99£9.20Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400096220Author Howell D. ChickeringFormat PaperbackPage Count 464Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 397gDimensions(mm)... -
Days of Reading by Marcel Proust
RRP: £7.99£5.79In these inspiring essays about why we read, Proust explores all the pleasures and trials that we take from books, as well as explaining the beauty of Ruskin and his work, and the joys of losing yourself in literature as a child. Throughout history, some... -
In Other Worlds: Essays In Cultural Politics by Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak
RRP: £19.99£17.69In this classic work, Gayatri Chakravorty Spivak, one of the leading and most influential cultural theorists working today, analyzes the relationship between language, women and culture in both Western and non-Western contexts. Developing an original... -
Happiness Indeed: an Actor (TM)s Life by Denis Quilley
£28.02After fifty years of working in the theatre, TV and films (half a century of joy and fear, excitement and pain, frustration and fulfilment), Denis Quilley remembers his first job in rep with twenty-somethings Paul Scofield, Peter Brook and Stanley Baker;... -
The Nicomachean Ethics: Vol 19 by Aristotle
RRP: £24.95£23.39Antiquity's most influential account of life's Supreme Good.Aristotle, great Greek philosopher, researcher, reasoner, and writer, born at Stagirus in 384 BC, was the son of a physician. He studied under Plato at Athens and taught there (367-347);... -
Othello by Eric Rasmussen
RRP: £8.99£7.99From the Royal Shakespeare Company - a modern, definitive edition of Shakespeare's magnificent tragedy of love, jealousy and explosive racial politics. With an expert introduction by Sir Jonathan Bate, this unique edition presents a historical overview... -
Student Guide to Philip Larkin by Warren Hope 9781871551358
RRP: £11.99£11.95Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781871551358Author Warren HopeFormat PaperbackPage Count 65Imprint Greenwich Exchange LtdPublisher Greenwich Exchange Ltd -
Once Upon a Time: A Short History of Fairy Tale by Marina Warner
RRP: £10.49£7.44From wicked queens, beautiful princesses, elves, monsters, and goblins to giants, glass slippers, poisoned apples, magic keys, and mirrors, the characters and images of fairy tales have cast a spell over readers and audiences, both adults and children,... -
Destiny: Grimoire Anthology - Volume 2 by Bungie 9781789093001
RRP: £24.99£18.61The Destiny Grimoire Anthology is a must-have collectible lore compendium assembled for Destiny's devoted and enlightened scholars and lore lovers, as well as fans of fantasy and science fiction storytelling. The Destiny Grimoire Anthology weaves tales... -
Animal Farm by Richard Durant 9781407183992
RRP: £5.99£4.05Board: AQA Examination: English Language & Literature Specification: GCSE 9-1 Set Text covered: Animal Farm by George Orwell Type: Essay Planner This book answers the question 'What do great answers look like?' with... -
Crime Fiction: A Very Short Introduction by Richard Bradford
RRP: £8.99£6.45Crime fiction has been one of the most popular genres since the 19th century, but has roots in works as varied as Sophocles, Herodotus, and Shakespeare. In this Very Short Introduction Richard Bradford explores the history of the genre, by considering... -
The Body in Pain: The Making and Unmaking of the World by Elaine Scarry
RRP: £18.49£13.28Part philosophical meditation, part cultural critique, this profoundly original work explores the nature of physical suffering. Elaine Scarry bases her study on a wide range of sources: literature and art, medical case histories, documents on torture... -
Romantic Image by Frank Kermode 9780415261876
RRP: £12.99£11.94For the past four decades Frank Kermode, critic and writer, has steadily established himself as one of the most brilliant minds of his generation. Questioning the public's harsh perception of 'the artist', Kermode at the same time gently pokes fun at... -
Beowulf: A Verse Translation by Seamus Heaney 9780393938371
£13.33This Norton Critical Edition includes: * Nobel Laureate Seamus Heaney's poetic translation of the great Anglo-Saxon epic-winner of the Whitbread Prize-along with his translator's introduction. * Detailed explanatory annotations and an introduction to... -
Beowulf: A Glossed Text by Michael Alexander
RRP: £12.99£9.09Beowulf is the greatest surviving work of literature in Old English, unparalleled in its epic grandeur and scope. It tells the story of the heroic Beowulf and of his battles, first with the monster Grendel, who has laid waste to the great hall of the... -
Narrow Road to the Interior: And Other Writings by Matsuo Basho
RRP: £9.99£7.11Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781611806892Author Matsuo BashoFormat PaperbackPage Count 272Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications Inc -
The Collected Works of W.B. Yeats Volume XIII: A Vision: The Original 1925 Version by William Butler Yeats
RRP: £26.99£17.15Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781476740881Author William Butler YeatsFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Scribner Book CompanyPublisher Scribner Book CompanyWeight(grams)... -
The Iliad: A New Translation by Peter Green by Homer 9780520281431
RRP: £14.99£12.55One 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... -
Queer Theory Now: From Foundations to Futures by Hannah McCann
£30.26This short textbook provides an introduction to queer theory, exploring its key genealogies and terms as well as its application across various academic disciplines and to contemporary life more generally. The authors engage with a wide range of... -
On the Nature of the Universe by Lucretius
RRP: £9.99£7.11`Therefore this terror and darkness of the mind Not by the sun's rays, nor the bright shafts of day, Must be dispersed, as is most necessary, But by the face of nature and her laws.' Lucretius' poem On the Nature of the Universe combines... -
F.M.R.L.: Footnotes, Mirages, Refrains and Leftovers of Writing Sound by Daniela Cascella
RRP: £9.99£8.59Listening into writing, reading into writing take shape in F.M.R.L. through a collection of short texts, fragments and 'deranged essays', with attention to pacing and linguistic derives. An archive of books, notebooks, events and records prompts the... -
Oxford Literature Companions: Hamlet by Anna Beer 9780198399063
RRP: £9.99£9.59Easy to use in the classroom or as a tool for revision, Oxford Literature Companions provide student-friendly analysis of a range of popular A Level set texts. Each book offers a lively, engaging approach to the text, covering characterisation and role,... -
Wordsworth – An Inner Life by D Wu 9781405113694
RRP: £50.95£44.71This original study is the first fully to acknowledge the impact of early grief on Wordsworth's poetry and to integrate it into a critical account of how his art developed from 1787 to 1813. Looks at the impact of grief on Wordsworth's great poetry... -
Villette by Charlotte Bronte 9780199536658
RRP: £8.99£6.45'I am only just returned to a sense of the real world about me, for I have been reading Villette, a still more wonderful book than Jane Eyre.' George Eliot Lucy Snowe, in flight from an unhappy past, leaves England and finds work as a teacher in... -
Boyhood: Scenes from provincial life by J. M. Coetzee
RRP: £10.99£7.77In Boyhood, J. M. Coetzee revisits the South Africa of half a century ago, to write about his childhood and interior life. Boyhood's young narrator grew up in a small country town. With a father he imitated but could not respect, and a mother he both...