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Kate Chopin's The Awakening: A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook by Janet Beer 9780415238212
RRP: £19.99£17.69Damned upon publication for engaging with the taboo issues of female sexuality and infidelity, Kate Chopin's The Awakening (1899) is now hailed as a key early feminist text and an important work of American literature.This sourcebook combines accessible... -
John Clare: Selected Poetry and Prose by John Clare
RRP: £36.99£32.53This book presents Clare's poetry exactly as he wrote it, and includes selections from his `mad' poems as well as his earlier descriptions of birds, animals and village life.Reviews`This is a good looking book, nicely presented in a clear readable type,... -
Haunted by Christ by Richard Harries
RRP: £10.99£7.77W. H. Auden, T. S. Eliot, William Golding, Elizabeth Jennings, C. S. Lewis, Flannery O'Connor, Stevie Smith . . . These are some of the great poets and novelists whose struggles with faith find expression in their works, and who demonstrate the... -
The Secret Life of Books: Why They Mean More Than Words by Tom Mole
RRP: £9.99£6.65We love books. We take them to bed with us. We display them on our bookshelves. We write our names in them. They weigh down our suitcases when we go on holiday. We take them for granted. But there's much more to them than meets the eye.; From how books... -
Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook by Jenneke A. Oosterhoff 9781032113029
RRP: £35.99£31.69Basic Dutch: A Grammar and Workbook comprises an accessible reference grammar and related exercises in a single volume. This second edition contains new chapters on spelling, pronunciation, and indirect speech, as well as revised and additional exercises... -
Octavia E. Butler by Gerry Canavan
RRP: £18.99£16.36"I began writing about power because I had so little," Octavia E. Butler once said. Butler's life as an African American woman--an alien in American society and among science fiction writers--informed the powerful works that earned her an ardent... -
The Man Who Mistook His Wife For a Hat by Dario Krpan 9781912128464
RRP: £6.50£6.11In The Man Who Mistook His Wife for a Hat, neurologist Oliver Sacks looked at the cutting-edge work taking place in his field, and decided that much of it was not fit for purpose. Sacks found it hard to understand why most doctors adopted a mechanical... -
This Side of Paradise by F. Scott Fitzgerald 9780198848110
RRP: £9.99£7.11The wise writer, I think, writes for the youth of his own generation, the critic of the next, and the schoolmasters of ever afterward. Following the education and young life of Amory Blaine, from indulged only child to disillusioned war veteran, This... -
Guide to the Lakes by William Wordsworth 9780198848097
RRP: £9.99£7.11William Wordsworth's Guide to the Lakes gives a first-hand account of his feelings about the unique countryside that was the source of his inspiration. He addresses concerns that are relevant today, such as how the growing number of visitors, and the... -
The Philosophy of Samuel Beckett by John Calder 9780714542836
RRP: £9.99£7.72Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9780714542836Author John CalderFormat PaperbackPage Count 160Imprint Calder Publications LtdPublisher Alma Books Ltd -
William Shakespeare's Othello: A Routledge Study Guide and Sourcebook by Andrew Hadfield 9780415227346
RRP: £19.99£17.69William Shakespeare's Othello (1601-2) has delighted and disturbed theatre audiences for the past four centuries, and remains one of the most frequently performed and widely studied of his plays. This volume is a broad-ranging guide to Othello, providing... -
The Golden Page: Adventures in the Literary Jungle 1978-93 by John Walsh
£4.55 - £14.66Something extraordinary happened to the UK literary scene in the 1980s. In the space of eight years, a generation of young British writers took the literary novel into new realms of setting, subject matter and style, challenging - and almost eclipsing -... -
Alchemy: Writers on Truth, Lies and Fiction by Joanna Kavenna 9781910749166
RRP: £14.99£13.33Reality versus fiction is at the heart of the current literary debate. We live in a world of docu-drama, the 'real life' story. Works of art, novels, films, are frequently bolstered by reference to the autobiography of the creator, or to underlying 'fact... -
The Heroine's Journey: For Writers, Readers, and Fans of Pop Culture by Gail Carriger 9781944751340
RRP: £15.99£11.24Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781944751340Author Gail CarrigerFormat PaperbackPage Count 322Imprint Gail Carriger LLCPublisher Gail Carriger LLCWeight(grams) 318gDimensions(mm) 203mm *... -
Cultural Capital: The Problem of Literary Canon Formation by Professor John Guillory 9780226830599
RRP: £24.00£23.43An 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... -
Literature and The Contemporary: Fictions and Theories of the Present by Roger Luckhurst 9780582312043
RRP: £49.99£47.84At the end of the century, much criticism has become devoted to `last things': the end of history, the end of the subject, the end of the novel, the end, even, of the end. Literature and the Contemporary, in contrast, aims to provide through twelve... -
Known and Strange Things by Teju Cole
RRP: £14.99£9.80Shortlisted for the PEN/Jean Stein Book Award and the PEN/Diamonstein-Spielvogel Award for the Art of the EssayA blazingly intelligent first collection of essays from the award-winning author of Open City and Every Day Is for the Thief.With these pieces... -
Age of Insight: The Quest to Understand the Unconscious in Art, Mind, and Brain, from Vienna 1900 to the Present by Eric R. Kandel
RRP: £50.00£33.35Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781400068715Author Eric KandelFormat HardbackPage Count 656Imprint Random House IncPublisher Random House USA IncWeight(grams) 1168gDimensions(mm) 243mm *... -
The Pamphlets of Lewis Carroll: Games, Puzzles, and Related Pieces by Lewis Carroll 9780930326029
RRP: £64.00£52.21Charles Lutwidge Dodgson, ""Lewis Carroll,"" was not only the author of the beloved Alice tales but an inveterate and talented creator of puzzles and games in both the recreational mathematics and wordplay fields. Collected together for the first time in... -
Out of Darkness, Shining Light by Petina Gappah 9780571345342
RRP: £8.99£6.08Prize-winning author Petina Gappah's tale of Dr Livingstone's epic journey through nineteenth-century Africa is 'incredible' (Yaa Gyasi), 'powerful' (Jesmyn Ward), and 'beautiful' (Anthony Doerr).'A fine writer.' J.M. Coetzee 'Wonderful.' The Times... -
Folklore: The Basics by Simon J. Bronner
RRP: £19.99£17.69Folklore: The Basics is an engaging guide to the practice and interpretation of folklore. Taking examples from around the world, it explores the role of folklore in expressing fundamental human needs, desires, and anxieties that often are often not... -
Bob Dylan and Dylan Thomas: The Two Dylans by K G Miles 9780857162328
RRP: £14.99£10.95There are so many strange and wonderful connections and coincidences; shared passions and associations that tie these two cultural icons - BOB DYLAN and DYLAN THOMAS together. This provides a rich tapestry - from the ancient Welsh folk tales of the... -
The Pursuit of Signs by Jonathan Culler
RRP: £12.99£11.94To gain a deeper understanding of the literary movement that has dominated recent Anglo-American literary criticism, The Pursuit of Signs is a must. In a world increasingly mediated, it offers insights into our ways of consuming texts that are both... -
Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar by Jaehoon Yeon
RRP: £49.99£43.90Korean: A Comprehensive Grammar is a reference to Korean grammar, and presents a thorough overview of the language, concentrating on the real patterns of use in modern Korean. The book moves from the alphabet and pronunciation through morphology and word... -
The Connell Short Guide To E. M. Forster's A Room with a View by Michael Patrick Allen 9781911187110
RRP: £5.99£5.10Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781911187110Author Michael Patrick AllenFormat PaperbackPage Count 52Imprint Connell GuidesPublisher CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD -
A Brief History of English Literature by John Peck
RRP: £23.99£23.21This new edition of an established text provides a succinct and up-to-date historical overview of the story of English literature. Focusing on how writing both reflects and challenges the periods in which it is produced, John Peck and Martin Coyle... -
Oxford Bookworms Library: Level 2:: The Death of Karen Silkwood by Joyce Hannam
£10.87"The most consistent of all series in terms of language control, length, and quality of story." David R. Hill, Director of the Edinburgh Project on Extensive Reading.This is a true story. It happened in Oklahoma, USA, where Karen... -
Profane Illumination: Walter Benjamin and the Paris of Surrealist Revolution by Margaret Cohen
RRP: £27.00£20.63Margaret Cohen's encounter with Walter Benjamin, one of the twentieth century's most influential cultural and literary critics, has produced a radically new reading of surrealist thought and practice. Cohen analyzes the links between Breton's surrealist... -
Just Go Down To the Road: A Memoir of Trouble and Travel by James Campbell
RRP: £14.99£9.80'A memoir which is also a work of art' - Allan Massie, The Scotsman The story begins with Campbell, aged 14, in a police cell in Glasgow. He's been charged with stealing books - five Mickey Spillane novels and a copy of Peyton Place. At 15, he became... -
Reacher Said Nothing: Lee Child and the Making of Make Me by Andy Martin 9781509540853
RRP: £14.99£9.80It had never been attempted before, and might never be done again. One man watching another man write a novel from beginning to end. On September 1, 2014, in an 11th floor apartment in New York, Lee Child embarked on the twentieth book in his globally... -
You can't get blood out of a turnip by Ilia Warner 9781905299065
RRP: £9.95£8.15Whether fashionable or unfashionable, which of us don't use proverbs all the time? They are an indispensable vehicle of popular wisdom and a lively contributor to educated speech. Proverbs are forever evolving. This gathering of Italian proverbs is... -
Professor Borges: A Course On English Literature by Luis Borges 9780811222747
RRP: £14.99£13.03Borges takes us on a startling, idiosyncratic, fresh, and highly opinionated tour of English literature, weaving together countless cultural traditions of the last three thousand years. Borges's lectures - delivered extempore by a man of extraordinary... -
The Taming of the Shrew: Critical Essays by Dana Aspinall 9780415874342
RRP: £43.99£38.44This volume is a comprehensive collection of critical essays on The Taming of the Shrew, and includes extensive discussions of the play's various printed versions and its theatrical productions. Aspinall has included only those essays that offer the most... -
Arundhati Roy's The God of Small Things: A Routledge Study Guide by Alex Tickell
RRP: £19.99£17.69On publication Arundhati Roy's first novel The God of Small Things (1997) rapidly became an international bestseller, winning the Booker Prize and creating a new space for Indian literature and culture within the arts, even as it courted controversy and... -
On Not Being Someone Else: Tales of Our Unled Lives by Andrew H. Miller
RRP: £16.95£13.54"To be someone-to be anyone-is about...not being someone else. Miller's amused and inspired book is utterly compelling."-Adam Phillips"A compendium of expressions of wonder over what might have been...Swept up in our real lives, we quickly forget about... -
How to Write Essays and Dissertations: A Guide for English Literature Students by Alan Durant 9780582784550
RRP: £36.99£35.74The first book that literature students should read, this guide reveals the distinct set of skills, conventions and methods of essay and dissertation writing.Taking students through the various stages of writing, from planning to final submission, it... -
The Second Sex by Rachele Dini
RRP: £6.50£6.11Simone de Beauvoir's 1949 book The Second Sex is a masterpiece of feminist criticism and philosophy. An incendiary take on the place of women in post-war French society, it helped define major trends in feminist thought for the rest of the 20th century,... -
Oxford Literature Companions: Como agua para chocolate: study guide for AS/A Level Spanish set text by Margaret Bond 9780198418375
£11.03Get to grips with set texts and be fully prepared for the AS/A Level exam with the Modern Languages Oxford Literature Companions. The Companions are written by experienced lecturers, teachers and examiners and provide comprehensive coverage of... -
Dickens and the Rise of Divorce: The Failed-Marriage Plot and the Novel Tradition by Kelly Hager
RRP: £49.99£43.50Questioning a literary history that, since Ian Watt's Rise of the Novel, has privileged the courtship plot, Kelly Hager proposes an equally powerful but overlooked narrative focusing on the failed marriage. Hager maps the legal history of marriage and... -
Corman / Poe: Interviews and Essays Exploring the Making of Roger Corman's Edgar Allan Poe Films, 1960-1964 by Chris Alexander
RRP: £22.99£15.17Apologies but we at Booksplease don't have a full description for this book.Book InformationISBN 9781915316073Author Chris AlexanderFormat PaperbackPage Count 150Imprint HeadpressPublisher Headpress