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London Fog: The Biography by Christine L. Corton
RRP: $38.90$31.43A 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... -
Black Country Steam, Western Region Operations, 1948 1967 by Dorney, Paul 9781399090322
RRP: $48.75$34.36The railway lines of the heavily industrialised Black Country were of considerable commercial importance to the fortunes of the Great Western Railway and its successor, the Western Region of British Railways. Nevertheless, they received little attention... -
Art of Darkness: Poetics of Gothic by Anne Williams 9780226899077
RRP: $54.60$53.41This text aims to describe the principles governing Gothic literature. Ranging across five centuries of fiction, drama and verse - including tales as diverse as Horace Walpole's "The Castle of Otranto", Shelley's "Frankenstein", Coleridge's "The Rime of... -
The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare by Michael Dobson
RRP: $87.73$65.11The Oxford Companion to Shakespeare is the most comprehensive reference work available on Shakespeare's life, times, works, and his 400-year global legacy. In addition to the authoritative A-Z entries, it includes nearly 100 illustrations, a chronology,... -
The Cambridge Companion to Modern Chinese Culture by Kam Louie
RRP: $52.63$43.47At the start of the twenty-first century, China is poised to become a major global power. Understanding its culture is more important than ever before for western audiences, but for many, China remains a mysterious and exotic country. This Companion... -
A writer's diary: Being extracts fromt he diary by Virginia Woolf 9781903155882
RRP: $31.20$29.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781903155882Author Virginia WoolfFormat PaperbackPage Count 392Imprint Persephone Books LtdPublisher Persephone Books Ltd -
Don Juan and Other Plays by Moliere
RRP: $23.38$16.85Contains: Don Juan, Precious Provincials, The Reluctant Doctor, George Dandin, The Miser, The Would-be Gentleman, Scapin the Schemer Since the second half of the seventeenth century, when Moli`re composed and performed his comedies, scarcely a decade... -
Using Critical Theory: How to Read and Write About Literature by Lois Tyson
RRP: $70.18$62.58Explaining both why theory is important and how to use it, Lois Tyson introduces beginning students of literature to this often daunting field in a friendly and readable style. The new edition of this textbook is clearly structured with chapters based on... -
How to Tell a Story: An Ancient Guide to the Art of Storytelling for Writers and Readers by Aristotle
RRP: $29.23$21.90An inviting and highly readable new translation of Aristotle's complete Poetics-the first and best introduction to the art of writing and understanding storiesAristotle's Poetics is the most important book ever written for writers and readers of... -
Too Much to Know: Managing Scholarly Information before the Modern Age by Ann M. Blair
RRP: $42.90$41.38The flood of information brought to us by advancing technology is often accompanied by a distressing sense of "information overload," yet this experience is not unique to modern times. In fact, says Ann M. Blair in this intriguing book, the... -
Frank Exchanges: Letters between Frank Whitbourn, theatre enthusiast, and David Wood, children’s dramatist by David Wood 9781915603876
RRP: $25.33$17.73Between 1959 and 2005, David Wood ('the national children's dramatist') corresponded with his mentor, Frank Whitbourn, teacher, writer and theatre practitioner. Frank Exchanges opens with a letter from Whitbourn, praising a young Wood following a... -
Three Sisters by Anton Chekhov 9781350262782
RRP: $23.38$21.49Chekhov's iconic characters are relocated to Nigeria in this bold new adaptation. Owerri, 1967, on the brink of the Biafran Civil War. Lolo, Nne Chukwu and Udo are grieving the loss of their father. Months before, two ruthless military coups... -
Cultural Capital: The Problem of Literary Canon Formation by Professor John Guillory 9780226830599
RRP: $46.80$45.69An enlarged edition to celebrate the thirtieth anniversary of John Guillory's formative text on the literary canon. Since its publication in 1993, John Guillory's Cultural Capital has been a signal text for understanding the codification and uses of the... -
The East Face of Helicon: West Asiatic Elements in Greek Poetry and Myth by M. L. West 9780198152217
RRP: $224.25$203.13Ever since Neolithic times Greek lands lay open to cultural imports from western Asia: agriculture, metal-working, writing, religious institutions, artistic fashions, musical instruments, and much more. Over the last sixty years scholars have... -
Bohemians: A Very Short Introduction by David Weir
RRP: $17.53$12.58The Romantic myth of Bohemia originated in the early nineteenth century as a way of describing the new conditions faced by artists and writers when the previous system of aristocratic patronage collapsed in the wake of the Age of Revolution. Without the... -
My Mother Said I Never Should GCSE Student Edition by Charlotte Keatley 9781474251822
$23.13Written specifically for GCSE students by academics in the field, the Methuen Drama GCSE Student Editions provide in-depth explanatory material alongside the play texts frequently studied at Key Stage 4. Whether for use in the classroom or... -
Feminine In Fairy Tales by Marie-Louise Von Franz
RRP: $44.85$29.58Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781570626098Author Marie-Louise von FranzFormat PaperbackPage Count 240Imprint Shambhala Publications IncPublisher Shambhala Publications IncWeight(grams)... -
All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing: An Explanation of Meter and Versification by Timothy Steele 9780821412602
RRP: $38.98$34.98Perfect for the general reader of poetry, students and teachers of literature, and aspiring poets, All the Fun's in How You Say a Thing is a lively and comprehensive study of versification by one of our best contemporary practitioners of traditional... -
The Idea of the Labyrinth from Classical Antiquity through the Middle Ages by Penelope Reed Doob
RRP: $31.18$27.77Ancient and medieval labyrinths embody paradox, according to Penelope Reed Doob. Their structure allows a double perspective-the baffling, fragmented prospect confronting the maze-treader within, and the comprehensive vision available to those without... -
Why We Write: 20 Acclaimed Authors on How and Why They Do What They Do by Meredith Maran
RRP: $31.18$21.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780452298156Author Meredith MaranFormat PaperbackPage Count 256Imprint PlumePublisher Penguin Putnam IncWeight(grams) 196g -
MetaMAUS by Art Spiegelman
RRP: $48.75$36.82VISUALLY AND EMOTIONALLY RICH, TAKE A LOOK INSIDE ART SPIEGELMAN'S MODERN CLASSIC, MAUS'If you are serious about comics or the Holocaust, this book should be on your shelf' San Francisco Book ReviewMAUS is widely renowned as one of the greatest pieces of... -
The Testament of Cresseid & Seven Fables: Translated by Seamus Heaney by Seamus Heaney
RRP: $29.23$19.11The greatest of the late medieval Scottish makars, Robert Henryson wrote in Lowland Scots, a distinctive northern version of English. He was profoundly influenced by Chaucer's vision of the frailty and pathos of human life. His greatest poem, and one of... -
Metre, Rhythm and Verse Form by Philip Hobsbaum
RRP: $38.98$34.50Poetry criticism is a subject central to the study of literature. However, it is laden with technical terms that, to the beginning student, can be both intimidating and confusing. Philip Hobsbaum provides a welcome remedy, illuminating terms ranging from... -
Shakespeare's Freedom by Stephen Greenblatt 9780226306674
RRP: $27.30$23.91Shakespeare lived in a world of absolutes - the absolute authority claimed for God over the world, for the holy scriptures over the faithful, monarchs over subjects, fathers over wives and children, men over women, the old over the young, and the gentle... -
Religion: Rereading What Is Bound Together by Michel Serres 9781503631496
RRP: $46.78$41.05With this profound final work, completed in the days leading up to his death, Michel Serres presents a vivid picture of his thinking about religion-a constant preoccupation since childhood-thereby completing Le Grand Recit, the comprehensive explanation... -
A Rationale of Textual Criticism by G.Thomas Tanselle 9780812214093
RRP: $31.18$27.77Textual criticism-the traditional term for the task of evaluating the authority of the words and punctuation of a text-is often considered an undertaking preliminary to literary criticism: many people believe that the job of textual critics is to provide... -
Enemies of Promise by Cyril Connolly 9780226115047
RRP: $37.05$32.23Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780226115047Author Cyril ConnollyFormat PaperbackPage Count 288Imprint University of Chicago PressPublisher University of Chicago PressWeight(grams)... -
What We See When We Read by Peter Mendelsund
RRP: $34.13$23.09Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780804171632Author Peter MendelsundFormat PaperbackPage Count 448Imprint Vintage BooksPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 510gDimensions(mm) 198mm *... -
Thomas Hardy's Tess of the d'Urbervilles: A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook by Scott McEathron 9780415255288
RRP: $38.98$34.50This sourcebook offers an introduction to Thomas Hardy's crucial novel, offering:a contextual overview, a chronology and reprinted contemporary documents, including a selection of Hardy's poemsan overview of the book's early reception and recent critical... -
Nothing to Do with Dionysos?: Athenian Drama in Its Social Context by John J. Winkler 9780691015255
RRP: $117.00$91.85These critically diverse and innovative essays are aimed at restoring the social context of ancient Greek drama. Theatrical productions, which included music and dancing, were civic events in honor of the god Dionysos and were attended by a politically... -
Summary and Analysis of the Underground Railroad: Based on the Book by Colson Whitehead by Worth Books 9781504046596
RRP: $9.73$7.88Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781504046596Author Worth BooksFormat PaperbackPage Count 58Imprint Open Road MediaPublisher Open Road Media -
Who We're Reading When We're Reading Murakami by David Karashima
RRP: $31.18$21.31Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781593765897Author David KarashimaFormat PaperbackPage Count 304Imprint Soft Skull PressPublisher Soft Skull Press -
Beyond the Second Sophistic: Adventures in Greek Postclassicism by Tim Whitmarsh
RRP: $58.50$45.42The "Second Sophistic" traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire's power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization... -
The Dictionary Wars: The American Fight over the English Language by Peter Martin 9780691188911
RRP: $48.75$38.20A compelling history of the national conflicts that resulted from efforts to produce the first definitive American dictionary of English In The Dictionary Wars, Peter Martin recounts the patriotic fervor in the early American republic to produce a... -
Sexual Hegemony: Statecraft, Sodomy, and Capital in the Rise of the World System by Christopher Chitty 9781478009580
RRP: $40.93$35.82In Sexual Hegemony Christopher Chitty traces the five-hundred year history of capitalist sexual relations by excavating the class dynamics of the bourgeoisie's attempts to regulate homosexuality. Tracking the politicization of male homosexuality in... -
A Study Guide for W. W. Jacobs's Monkey's Paw by Cengage Learning Gale 9781375384513
RRP: $19.40$17.45Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781375384513Author Cengage Learning GaleFormat PaperbackPage Count 36Imprint Gale, Study GuidesPublisher Gale, Study GuidesWeight(grams) 45gDimensions(mm)... -
Literature in Contexts by Peter Barry
RRP: $38.98$28.31Is it possible to return the literary text in all its particularity to the centre of literary study, without going back to the 'words-on-the page' myopia of the past? That is the primary question which Literature in contexts engages with. In the 1980s... -
The Letters of T. S. Eliot Volume 3: 1926-1927 by T. S. Eliot
RRP: $78.00$53.98In the period covered by this richly detailed collection, which brings the poet to the age of forty, T.S. Eliot was to set a new course for his life and work. Forsaking the Unitarianism of his American forebears, he was received into the Church of... -
Cicero and Rome by David Taylor 9781853995064
RRP: $38.98$37.13In "Cicero and Rome", David Taylor takes Cicero as the focal point for examination of the last years of the Roman Republic. He traces the often dramatic and violent events from the harsh dictatorship of Sulla (82 BC) to Cicero's own death in the... -
Authorial Personality and the Making of Renaissance Texts: The Force of Character by Douglas S. Pfeiffer
RRP: $199.88$181.58How did we first come to believe in a correspondence between writers' lives and their works? When did the person of the author--both as context and target of textual interpretation--come to matter so much to the way we read? This book traces the...