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  • Tragicomedy

    by Brean Hammond, Mr Simon Shepherd ...
    Series series Forms of Drama
    This succinct authoritative book offers readers an overview of the origins, characteristics, and changing status of tragicomedy from the 17th century to the present. It explores the work of some of the key English and Irish playwrights associated with the form, the influence of Italian and Spanish theorist-playwrights and the importance of translations of Pierre Corneille's Le Cid.At the turn of ... Read more

    $21.39 USD

  • Pope

    Edited by Brean S. Hammond ...
    Series series Longman Critical Readers
    This collection of essays represents some of the best critical thinking on Pope in recent years. Professor Hammond examines the main issues in the debate, in particular why Pope's writing has been so resistant to modern methodologies, such as deconstruction. The essays focus on particular poems or themes and exemplify different theoretical perspectives, both traditional and modern. The editor's ... Read more

    $66.99 USD

  • The Relapse and Other Plays

    by John Vanbrugh ...
    Series series Oxford World's Classics
    The Relapse * The Provoked Wife * The Confederacy * A Journey to London * The Country House These five comedies on the theme of marital disharmony by the foremost Restoration playwright John Vanbrugh (1664-1726) are published in the Oxford English Drama series. The texts are freshly edited using modern spelling. There is a critical introduction, wide-ranging annotation, and an informative ... Read more

    $11.39 USD

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    An “extraordinarily brilliant” and “pleasurably naughty” (André Aciman) investigation into the Shakespeare authorship question, exploring how doubting that William Shakespeare wrote his plays became an act of blasphemy…and who the Bard might really be.The theory that Shakespeare may not have written the works that bear his name is the most horrible, unspeakable subject in the history of English ... Read more

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  • Works Of Oscar Wilde

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    The works of Oscar Wilde with an active table of contents. Works include:The Canterville GhostDe ProfundisEssays & LecturesFor Love of the KingThe Happy Prince and Other TalesA House of PomegranatesIntentionsLord Arthur Savile's Crime etcThe Picture of Dorian GreySelected Prose of Oscar WildeShorter Prose PiecesThe Soul of Man Under SocialismPlays:The Duchess of PaduaAn Ideal HusbandThe Importance ... Read more

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  • Romanticism

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Michael Ferber ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    What is Romanticism? In this Very Short Introduction Michael Ferber answers this by considering who the romantics were and looks at what they had in common -- their ideas, beliefs, commitments, and tastes. He looks at the birth and growth of Romanticism throughout Europe and the Americas, and examines various types of Romantic literature, music, painting, religion, and philosophy. Focusing on ... Read more

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  • The Gutenberg Galaxy

    by Marshall McLuhan ...
    The Gutenberg Galaxy catapulted Marshall McLuhan to fame as a media theorist and, in time, a new media prognosticator. Fifty years after its initial publication, this landmark text is more significant than ever before.Readers will be amazed by McLuhan’s prescience, unmatched by anyone since, predicting as he did the dramatic technological innovations that have fundamentally changed how we ... Read more

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  • The Complete Works of Virginia Woolf

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    by Virginia Woolf ...
    Stream of Consciousness. Feminist Power. Literary Brilliance. ✨ Discover the extraordinary legacy of Virginia Woolf, one of the most influential literary voices of the 20th century. This beautifully curated Kindle edition brings together her complete body of work—including her celebrated novels, groundbreaking essays, and intimate diary entries. Included in This Timeless Collection: Mrs. Dalloway ... Read more

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  • Renaissance Self-Fashioning

    From More to Shakespeare

    by Stephen Greenblatt ...
    "Greenblatt's classic placed the world of Renaissance scholarship in a deep and vigorous dialogue with literary modernity . . . a remarkable work." —Homi BhabhaPulitzer Prize–Winning AuthorRenaissance Self-Fashioning is a study of sixteenth-century life and literature that spawned a new era of scholarly inquiry. Stephen Greenblatt examines the structure of selfhood as evidenced in major literary ... Read more

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  • Complete Works of Henry Fielding (Delphi Classics)

    by Henry Fielding, Delphi Classics ...
    Series Book 14 - Delphi Series Three
    This comprehensive eBook presents the complete fictional works of Henry Fielding, with numerous illustrations, informative introductions and the usual Delphi bonus material. (Version 1)* Beautifully illustrated with images relating to Fielding's life and works* Concise introductions to the novels and other texts* ALL the novels, with individual contents tables* Images of how the books were first ... Read more

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  • William Shakespeare

    A Very Short Introduction

    by Stanley Wells ...
    Series series Very Short Introductions
    In this new offering from Stanley Wells, the pre-eminent Shakespearian scholar, comes a Very Short Introduction to the life and writings of the world's greatest and best-known dramatists: William Shakespeare. Looking at his early life and education, Wells explores Shakespeare's social and intellectual background and the literary traditions on which Shakespeare drew. Examining the theatres and ... Read more

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  • The Cambridge Companion to Medieval English Literature 1100–1500

    Edited by Larry Scanlon ...
    Series series Cambridge Companions to Literature
    The medieval period was one of extraordinary literary achievement sustained over centuries of great change, anchored by the Norman invasion and its aftermath, the re-emergence of English as the nation's leading literary language in the fourteenth century and the advent of print in the fifteenth. This Companion spans four full centuries to survey this most formative and turbulent era in the history ... Read more

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