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Life In English Literature I: Chaucer to Ben Jonson Life In English Literature I: Chaucer to Ben Jonson Price: $33.10 (more details) Life In English Literature I: Chaucer to Ben Jonson |
Short Introduction to Classical Myth, A Short Introduction to Classical Myth, A Price: $53.57 (more details) An essential reference for anyone interested in gaining a deeper understanding and appreciation of classical mythology, this unique guide offers original source material on the social and historical background, interpretation, and commentary on major literary books on Greek myth—such as Homer, Hesiod, the tragedians, the historians, Ovid, Vergil, and in Greek art. Written in a clear and lucid manner, the book offers fresh... |
The French Revolution Debate in English Literature and Culture The French Revolution Debate in English Literature and Culture Price: $102.38 (more details) The French Revolution Debate in English Literature and Culture |
The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology Price: $58.45 (more details) The Oxford Handbook of English Literature and Theology |
The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Twentieth Century and After The Norton Anthology of English Literature: The Twentieth Century and After Price: $39.00 (more details) A survey of English literature from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century, this edition represents essential works in genres, ranging from Seamus Heaney's translation of 'Beowulf' to global twentieth-century classics. It contains concise glosses and annotations, period introductions, biographical headnotes, timelines and bibliographies. |
CliffsAP ® English Literature and Composition, 2nd Edition CliffsAP ® English Literature and Composition, 2nd Edition Price: $13.25 (more details) CliffsAP ® English Literature and Composition, 2nd Edition |
The Bible and Literature: A Reader The Bible and Literature: A Reader Price: $54.55 (more details) This reader collects some of the most important passages from the Hebrew and Christian Bibles, with introductions and commentaries and illustrates texts from literature which use and incorporate these passages in different ways. It explores how closely the Bible is linked with some of the great imaginative literature in English, beginning with the creation stories in Genesis and moving through to the visions of the End in Revel... |
Without Wings Without Wings Price: $24.33 (more details) Ever since losing her husband, Terry, in a small plane crash, Rachel Weyant's life has been spinning out of control. Then she begins a new job teaching English literature classes at a penitentiary and meets Mitch, an inmate who promises to guide her not only through the dank corridors of the prison, but more importantly the labyrinth of her own life. |
The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature The Cambridge History of Early Modern English Literature Price: $219.38 (more details) This is a comprehensive history of English literature written in Britain between the Reformation and the Restoration. While it focuses on England, literary effort in Scotland and Ireland is also covered, with occasional references to Wales and Ireland. This literary history by an international team of scholars is essential reading for students and scholars of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English lit... |
Samuel Johnson: The Life of an Author Samuel Johnson: The Life of an Author Price: $49.73 (more details) Lipking's Samuel Johnson is the story of the man as he lived - and lives - in his work. Tracing Johnson's rocky climb from anonymity to fame, in the course of which he came to stand for both the greatness of English literature and the good sense of the common reader, the book shows how this life transformed the very nature of authorship. Beginning with the defiant letter to Chesterfield that made Johnson a celebrity, Samuel ... |
English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance English Literature and the Russian Aesthetic Renaissance Price: $92.63 (more details) This is the first study of the Russian reception of English literature from Romanticism to Aestheticism. It focuses particularly on the reception by Russian poets of Shelley, Ruskin, Pater, Frazer and Wilde, which gave new impetus to the Russian imagination at the turn of the nineteenth-twentieth centuries. Framing this account is a pioneering exploration of the intellectual background to these influences,... |
Suffering In Paradise: The Bubonic Plague In English Literature From More To ... Suffering In Paradise: The Bubonic Plague In English Literature From More To Milton Price: $56.55 (more details) Suffering In Paradise: The Bubonic Plague In English Literature From More To Milton |
Nietzsche's Case: Philosophy As/and Literature Nietzsche's Case: Philosophy As/and Literature Price: $25.70 (more details) This book is the most advanced postmodern interpretation of Nietzsche to date and model of collaborative research and writing. It represents a new interpretation of the eternal return, and places Nierzsche in the context of canonical works in English literature and of the Bible. |
An Crann Faoi Blath the Flowering Tree: Contemporary Irish Poetry With Verse ... An Crann Faoi Blath the Flowering Tree: Contemporary Irish Poetry With Verse Translations Price: $16.34 (more details) This volume covers all the major Irish-language poets of the twentieth century from O Direain to Ni Dhomhnaill. These contemporary Irish poems with verse translations provide access to the thoughts, experiences and modes of expression of a separate literary tradition within Ireland. Editor Gabriel Fitzmaurice is an award-winning poet and is well known for his appearances on... |
| Darke Hierogliphicks: Alchemy in English Literature from Chaucer to the Resto... Darke Hierogliphicks: Alchemy in English Literature from Chaucer to the Restoration Price: $32.50 (more details) Darke Hierogliphicks: Alchemy in English Literature from Chaucer to the Restoration |
AP English Literature & Composition For Dummies ® AP English Literature & Composition For Dummies ® Price: $13.25 (more details) AP English Literature & Composition For Dummies ® |
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