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A Room Of One's Own

The Virginia Woolf Library Authorized Edition

by Virginia Woolf ...

Series Book 23 - The Virginia Woolf Library
Why is it that men, and not women, have always had power, wealth, and fame? Woolf cites the two keys to freedom: fixed income and one’s own room. Foreword by Mary Gordon. ... Read more

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Why is it that men, and not women, have always had power, wealth, and fame? Woolf cites the two keys to freedom: fixed income and one’s own room. Foreword by Mary Gordon.
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THE DEAD (English Classics Series)

Enriched edition.

by James Joyce, Brent Holloway ...

James Joyce's 'The Dead' is a poignant short story that delves into themes of love, loss, and the nuances of human relationships. Set during a festive gathering in Dublin, the narrative follows Gabriel Conroy as he navigates the complexities of his own emotions and memories. Joyce's writing style is characterized by its lyrical prose and keen attention to detail, capturing the subtle nuances of ... Read more

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James Joyce's 'The Dead' is a poignant short story that delves into themes of love, loss, and the nuances of human relationships. Set during a festive gathering in Dublin, the narrative follows Gabriel Conroy as he navigates the complexities of his own emotions and memories. Joyce's writing style is characterized by its lyrical prose and keen attention to detail, capturing the subtle nuances of
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The Letters of J.R.R. Tolkien

Revised and Expanded Edition

by J.R.R. Tolkien ...

The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the languages and history of Middle-earth as recorded in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The ... Read more

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The comprehensive collection of letters spanning the adult life of one of the world’s greatest storytellers, now revised and expanded to include more than 150 previously unseen letters, with revealing new insights into The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings, and The Silmarillion.J.R.R. Tolkien, creator of the languages and history of Middle-earth as recorded in The Hobbit, The Lord of the Rings and The
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The Real Charlotte

Enriched edition.

by Martin Ross, E. Oe. Somerville, Annabelle Mercer ...

In the collection titled "The Real Charlotte," readers are invited to explore the intricate tapestry of human emotions and societal norms through a diverse array of narratives. This anthology seamlessly weaves together tales that capture the nuances of personal and social dynamics, ranging from stories laced with sharp social commentary to those painted with the rich hues of psychological ... Read more

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In the collection titled "The Real Charlotte," readers are invited to explore the intricate tapestry of human emotions and societal norms through a diverse array of narratives. This anthology seamlessly weaves together tales that capture the nuances of personal and social dynamics, ranging from stories laced with sharp social commentary to those painted with the rich hues of psychological
... Read more
Annotations to Finnegans Wake

by Roland McHugh ...

The essential guide to Joyce’s famously difficult book.Roland McHugh’s classic Annotations to Finnegans Wake provides both novice readers and seasoned Joyceans with a wealth of information in an easy-to-use format uniquely suited to this densely layered text. Each page of the Annotations corresponds directly to a page of the standard Viking/Penguin edition of Finnegans Wake and contains line-by ... Read more

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The essential guide to Joyce’s famously difficult book.Roland McHugh’s classic Annotations to Finnegans Wake provides both novice readers and seasoned Joyceans with a wealth of information in an easy-to-use format uniquely suited to this densely layered text. Each page of the Annotations corresponds directly to a page of the standard Viking/Penguin edition of Finnegans Wake and contains line-by
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Complete Poems of Robert Frost

by Robert Frost ...

"Complete Poems of Robert Frost" gathers the timeless and evocative verses of one of America's most celebrated poets. Robert Frost, often hailed as the poet laureate of rural New England, captures the essence of the American landscape and the complexities of human experience through his masterful use of language and vivid imagery. This comprehensive collection includes Frost's best-known works, ... Read more

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"Complete Poems of Robert Frost" gathers the timeless and evocative verses of one of America's most celebrated poets. Robert Frost, often hailed as the poet laureate of rural New England, captures the essence of the American landscape and the complexities of human experience through his masterful use of language and vivid imagery. This comprehensive collection includes Frost's best-known works,
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Freud's Couch, Scott's Buttocks, Brontë's Grave

Adventures in Travel

by Simon Goldhill ...

Series series Culture Trails
The Victorian era was the high point of literary tourism. Writers such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Sir Walter Scott became celebrities, and readers trekked far and wide for a glimpse of the places where their heroes wrote and thought, walked and talked. Even Shakespeare was roped in, as Victorian entrepreneurs transformed quiet Stratford-upon-Avon into a combination shrine and tourist ... Read more

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The Victorian era was the high point of literary tourism. Writers such as Charles Dickens, George Eliot, and Sir Walter Scott became celebrities, and readers trekked far and wide for a glimpse of the places where their heroes wrote and thought, walked and talked. Even Shakespeare was roped in, as Victorian entrepreneurs transformed quiet Stratford-upon-Avon into a combination shrine and tourist
... Read more
What Jane Austen's Characters Read (and Why)

by Susan Allen Ford ...

The first detailed account of Austen's characters' reading experience to date, this book explores both what her characters read and what their literary choices would have meant to Austen's own readership, both during her life and today.Jane Austen was a voracious and extensive reader, so it's perhaps no surprise that many of her characters are also readers-from Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice ... Read more

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The first detailed account of Austen's characters' reading experience to date, this book explores both what her characters read and what their literary choices would have meant to Austen's own readership, both during her life and today.Jane Austen was a voracious and extensive reader, so it's perhaps no surprise that many of her characters are also readers-from Mr. Collins in Pride and Prejudice
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Nancy-Lou Patterson Reviews Books By and About Dorothy L. Sayers, C.S. Lewis, J.R.R. Tolkien, Charles Williams, and Others

by Nancy-Lou Patterson ...

Nancy-Lou Patterson taught at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, for thirty years. She was not only an active artist, poet, and fiction writer, she also published extensively on the Inklings and authors associated with them. Her book reviews provide an extraordinary history of mythopoeic scholarship from 1975 through 2001. ... Read more

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Nancy-Lou Patterson taught at the University of Waterloo, Ontario, for thirty years. She was not only an active artist, poet, and fiction writer, she also published extensively on the Inklings and authors associated with them. Her book reviews provide an extraordinary history of mythopoeic scholarship from 1975 through 2001.
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Contemporary Drift

Genre, Historicism, and the Problem of the Present

by Theodore Martin ...

Series series Literature Now
What does it mean to call something “contemporary”? More than simply denoting what’s new, it speaks to how we come to know the present we’re living in and how we develop a shared story about it. The story of trying to understand the present is an integral, yet often unnoticed, part of the literature and film of our moment. In Contemporary Drift, Theodore Martin argues that the contemporary is not ... Read more

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What does it mean to call something “contemporary”? More than simply denoting what’s new, it speaks to how we come to know the present we’re living in and how we develop a shared story about it. The story of trying to understand the present is an integral, yet often unnoticed, part of the literature and film of our moment. In Contemporary Drift, Theodore Martin argues that the contemporary is not
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A Midsummer Night's Dream

Third Series

by William Shakespeare ...

Series series The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden editions guide you to a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream provides a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text and a full ... Read more

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The Arden Shakespeare is the established edition of Shakespeare's work. Justly celebrated for its authoritative scholarship and invaluable commentary, Arden editions guide you to a richer understanding and appreciation of Shakespeare's plays. This edition of A Midsummer Night's Dream provides a clear and authoritative text, detailed notes and commentary on the same page as the text and a full
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Hamlet

Revised Edition

by William Shakespeare ...

Series series The Arden Shakespeare Third Series
This Arden edition of Hamlet, arguably Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, presents an authoritative, modernized text based on the Second Quarto text with a new introductory essay covering key productions and criticism in the decade since its first publication. A timely up-date in the 400th anniversary year of Shakespeare's death which will ensure the Arden edition continues to offer students a ... Read more

$11.09 USD

This Arden edition of Hamlet, arguably Shakespeare's greatest tragedy, presents an authoritative, modernized text based on the Second Quarto text with a new introductory essay covering key productions and criticism in the decade since its first publication. A timely up-date in the 400th anniversary year of Shakespeare's death which will ensure the Arden edition continues to offer students a
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The World Broke in Two

Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, D.H. Lawrence, E.M. Forster, and the Year That Changed Literature

by Bill Goldstein ...

A revelatory narrative of the intersecting lives and works of four revered authors during 1922, the birth year of modernism.A Lambda Literary Awards FinalistNamed a Best Book by NPR's Book ConciergeThe World Broke in Two tells the fascinating story of the intellectual and personal journeys four legendary writers—Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, and D. H. Lawrence—make over the course of ... Read more

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A revelatory narrative of the intersecting lives and works of four revered authors during 1922, the birth year of modernism.A Lambda Literary Awards FinalistNamed a Best Book by NPR's Book ConciergeThe World Broke in Two tells the fascinating story of the intellectual and personal journeys four legendary writers—Virginia Woolf, T. S. Eliot, E. M. Forster, and D. H. Lawrence—make over the course of
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Utopia

by Thomas More ...

Series series Oxford World's Classics
'To find citizens ruled by good and wholesome laws, that is an exceeding rare, and hard thing.' Thomas More's Utopia presents an account of an idealised fictional society that has fascinated readers since its first publication in Latin in 1516. It is a scathing critique of More's contemporaries and a hopeful portrait of a better world; a ridiculous satire of the rich and powerful, and a personal ... Read more

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'To find citizens ruled by good and wholesome laws, that is an exceeding rare, and hard thing.' Thomas More's Utopia presents an account of an idealised fictional society that has fascinated readers since its first publication in Latin in 1516. It is a scathing critique of More's contemporaries and a hopeful portrait of a better world; a ridiculous satire of the rich and powerful, and a personal
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Spenserian Moments

by Gordon Teskey ...

From the distinguished literary scholar Gordon Teskey comes an essay collection that restores Spenser to his rightful prominence in Renaissance studies, opening up the epic of The Faerie Queene as a grand, improvisatory project on human nature, and arguing—controversially—that it is Spenser, not Milton, who is the more important and relevant poet for the modern world.There is more adventure in The ... Read more

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From the distinguished literary scholar Gordon Teskey comes an essay collection that restores Spenser to his rightful prominence in Renaissance studies, opening up the epic of The Faerie Queene as a grand, improvisatory project on human nature, and arguing—controversially—that it is Spenser, not Milton, who is the more important and relevant poet for the modern world.There is more adventure in The
... Read more
Hamlet

by William Shakespeare ...

Series series Folger Shakespeare Library
The bestselling, authoritative Folger Shakespeare Library edition of Hamlet—a tragedy of family, murder, ghosts, and revenge—featuring Shakespeare's complete original text, expert annotations, scene-by-scene summaries, and trusted scholarship for students, teachers, and general readers.For more than seventy years, the Folger Shakespeare Library editions have been the standard classroom and reading ... Read more

$6.99 USD

The bestselling, authoritative Folger Shakespeare Library edition of Hamlet—a tragedy of family, murder, ghosts, and revenge—featuring Shakespeare's complete original text, expert annotations, scene-by-scene summaries, and trusted scholarship for students, teachers, and general readers.For more than seventy years, the Folger Shakespeare Library editions have been the standard classroom and reading
... Read more
The Real Lolita

A Lost Girl, an Unthinkable Crime, and a Scandalous Masterpiece

by Sarah Weinman ...

“The Real Lolita is a tour de force of literary detective work. Not only does it shed new light on the terrifying true saga that influenced Nabokov’s masterpiece, it restores the forgotten victim to our consciousness.” —David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower MoonVladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that ... Read more

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“The Real Lolita is a tour de force of literary detective work. Not only does it shed new light on the terrifying true saga that influenced Nabokov’s masterpiece, it restores the forgotten victim to our consciousness.” —David Grann, author of Killers of the Flower MoonVladimir Nabokov’s Lolita is one of the most beloved and notorious novels of all time. And yet, very few of its readers know that
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The Uncensored Picture of Dorian Gray

by Oscar Wilde, Nicholas Frankel ...

Over 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores material, including instances of graphic homosexual content, removed by the novel’s first editor, who feared it would be “offensive” to Victorians. ... Read more

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Over 120 years after Oscar Wilde submitted The Picture of Dorian Gray for publication, the uncensored version of his novel appears here for the first time in a paperback edition. This volume restores material, including instances of graphic homosexual content, removed by the novel’s first editor, who feared it would be “offensive” to Victorians.
... Read more
The Essential Dickens – 8 Greatest Novels in One Edition

Enriched edition. Oliver Twist, A Christmas Carol, David Copperfield, A Tale of Two Cities & Great Expectations…

by Charles Dickens, Colton Marsh ...

In 'The Essential Dickens - 8 Greatest Novels in One Edition,' Charles Dickens showcases his unparalleled storytelling ability through a compilation of his most famous works. The book includes classics such as Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and David Copperfield, revealing Dickens' keen insight into social issues and his masterful character development. His prose is characterized by rich ... Read more

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In 'The Essential Dickens - 8 Greatest Novels in One Edition,' Charles Dickens showcases his unparalleled storytelling ability through a compilation of his most famous works. The book includes classics such as Oliver Twist, Great Expectations, and David Copperfield, revealing Dickens' keen insight into social issues and his masterful character development. His prose is characterized by rich
... Read more
The Shakespeare Myth

Unraveling the Secrets of Shakespearean Authorship: A Scholarly Exploration

by Edwin Sir Durning-Lawrence ...

In "The Shakespeare Myth," Edwin Sir Durning-Lawrence delves into the controversial and thought-provoking assertion that the works attributed to William Shakespeare may not have originated from the man himself. With a blend of meticulous research and incisive argumentation, Durning-Lawrence employs a skeptical lens, questioning not only the authorship of the plays but also the societal factors ... Read more

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In "The Shakespeare Myth," Edwin Sir Durning-Lawrence delves into the controversial and thought-provoking assertion that the works attributed to William Shakespeare may not have originated from the man himself. With a blend of meticulous research and incisive argumentation, Durning-Lawrence employs a skeptical lens, questioning not only the authorship of the plays but also the societal factors
... Read more
The Order of Forms

Realism, Formalism, and Social Space

by Anna Kornbluh ...

In literary studies today, debates about the purpose of literary criticism and about the place of formalism within it continue to simmer across periods and approaches. Anna Kornbluh contributes to—and substantially shifts—that conversation in The Order of Forms by offering an exciting new category, political formalism, which she articulates through the co-emergence of aesthetic and mathematical ... Read more

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In literary studies today, debates about the purpose of literary criticism and about the place of formalism within it continue to simmer across periods and approaches. Anna Kornbluh contributes to—and substantially shifts—that conversation in The Order of Forms by offering an exciting new category, political formalism, which she articulates through the co-emergence of aesthetic and mathematical
... Read more
The art of The Faerie Queene

by Richard Danson Brown ...

Series series The Manchester Spenser
The Art of The Faerie Queene is the first book centrally focused on the forms and poetic techniques employed by Spenser. It offers a sharp new perspective on Spenser by rereading The Faerie Queene as poetry which is at once absorbing, demanding and experimental. Instead of the traditional conservative model of Spenser as poet, this bookpresents the poem as radical, edgy and unconventional, thus ... Read more

$22.29 USD

The Art of The Faerie Queene is the first book centrally focused on the forms and poetic techniques employed by Spenser. It offers a sharp new perspective on Spenser by rereading The Faerie Queene as poetry which is at once absorbing, demanding and experimental. Instead of the traditional conservative model of Spenser as poet, this bookpresents the poem as radical, edgy and unconventional, thus
... Read more
The Chinese Tragedy of King Lear

by Nan Z. Da ...

A compelling new reading of The Tragedy of King Lear that finds parallels in twentieth-century Chinese historyAt the start of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, King Lear promises to divide his kingdom based on his daughters’ professions of love, but portions it out before hearing all of their answers. For Nan Da, this opening scene sparks a reckoning between The Tragedy of King Lear, one of the ... Read more

$21.59 USD

A compelling new reading of The Tragedy of King Lear that finds parallels in twentieth-century Chinese historyAt the start of Shakespeare’s famous tragedy, King Lear promises to divide his kingdom based on his daughters’ professions of love, but portions it out before hearing all of their answers. For Nan Da, this opening scene sparks a reckoning between The Tragedy of King Lear, one of the
... Read more
Etymology and the Invention of English in Early Modern Literature

by Hannah Crawforth ...

How did authors such as Jonson, Spenser, Donne and Milton think about the past lives of the words they used? Hannah Crawforth shows how early modern writers were acutely attuned to the religious and political implications of the etymology of English words. She argues that these lexically astute writers actively engaged with the lexicographers, Anglo-Saxonists and etymologists who were carrying out ... Read more

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How did authors such as Jonson, Spenser, Donne and Milton think about the past lives of the words they used? Hannah Crawforth shows how early modern writers were acutely attuned to the religious and political implications of the etymology of English words. She argues that these lexically astute writers actively engaged with the lexicographers, Anglo-Saxonists and etymologists who were carrying out
... Read more

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