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The Princess Casamassima

by Henry James ...

The illegitimate and impoverished son of a dressmaker and a nobleman, Hyacinth Robinson has grown up with a strong sense of beauty that heightens his acute sympathy for the inequalities that surround him. Drawn into a secret circle of radical politics he makes a rash vow to commit a violent act of terrorism. But when the Princess Casamassima - beautiful, clever and bored - takes him up and ... Read more

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The illegitimate and impoverished son of a dressmaker and a nobleman, Hyacinth Robinson has grown up with a strong sense of beauty that heightens his acute sympathy for the inequalities that surround him. Drawn into a secret circle of radical politics he makes a rash vow to commit a violent act of terrorism. But when the Princess Casamassima - beautiful, clever and bored - takes him up and
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Geoffrey Chaucer

The Critical Heritage Volume 2 1837-1933

by Derek Brewer ...

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from ... Read more

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The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from
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Geoffrey Chaucer

The Critical Heritage Volume 1 1385-1837

by Derek Brewer ...

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from ... Read more

$69.99 USD

The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read for themselves, for example, comments on early performances of Shakespeare's plays, or reactions to the first publication of Jane Austen's novels. The carefully selected sources range from
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A Companion to the Fairy Tale

by Hilda R Ellis Davidson, James Riordan, Joyce Thomas, Mary Brockington, Neil Philip, Pat Schaefer, Patricia Lysaght, Reimund Kvideland, Robin Gwyndaf, Ruth Bottigheimer0, T A Shippey1, Anna Chaudhri3, Bengt Holbek4, David Blamires5, David Hunt6, Derek S Brewer7, Graham Anderson8 ...

Introduction by Derek Brewer.The aim of this book is to discuss the characteristics of the traditional fairy tale in Europe and North America, and various theories of its development and interpretation. The book deals with the main collections - the Grimm brothers, Hans Andersen, Perrault and Afanes'ev - and with the development of tales in various regions of Europe, including Ireland, Wales, ... Read more

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Introduction by Derek Brewer.The aim of this book is to discuss the characteristics of the traditional fairy tale in Europe and North America, and various theories of its development and interpretation. The book deals with the main collections - the Grimm brothers, Hans Andersen, Perrault and Afanes'ev - and with the development of tales in various regions of Europe, including Ireland, Wales,
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The Other Side of the Mountain

Tales from the Pikes Peak Writers

by Jonathan Maberry, Derek Lowstuter, Johnny Worthen, Michael Shepherd, Laura Hayden, John Christenson, Calvin Giroulx, Ronnie Lee Graham, Steven J. Anderson, Jeff Schmoyer, Charles F Sheehan, DJ Davis, Robert T Spiller, Kaelyn Daughetee, Mandy Houk, Deborah L. Brewer, James M Sams, Eric Stallsworth, Kim Olgren, Pikes Peak Writers ...

Mountains take many forms, from physical to metaphorical. Sooner or later and more often than not, we all come upon some kind of mountain. Maybe you’re an aviator facing an unusual test. Can you see the portal and do you know where it leads? Maybe you’re a hiker facing a monstrous decision. Maybe danger erupts during your mining expedition. Did someone say treasure? Are we all just walking each ... Read more

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Mountains take many forms, from physical to metaphorical. Sooner or later and more often than not, we all come upon some kind of mountain. Maybe you’re an aviator facing an unusual test. Can you see the portal and do you know where it leads? Maybe you’re a hiker facing a monstrous decision. Maybe danger erupts during your mining expedition. Did someone say treasure? Are we all just walking each
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Skulduggery Pleasant

by Derek Landy ...

Narrated by Samuel Brewer, Harriet Carmichael, Kevin Hely, Hannah James Scott, Eric Meyers, Paul Panting ...

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3 hours 58 min

The book version of the thrilling and innovative second Skulduggery Pleasant podcastIn 1962, three sorcerers converged to do battle in a hidden chamber near a disused platform in the London Underground. Prophecy foretold that the victor would hold the very fate of humanity in their hands. Since then… nothing.Now, the people who are trying to find out exactly what happened all those years ago are ... Read more

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The book version of the thrilling and innovative second Skulduggery Pleasant podcastIn 1962, three sorcerers converged to do battle in a hidden chamber near a disused platform in the London Underground. Prophecy foretold that the victor would hold the very fate of humanity in their hands. Since then… nothing.Now, the people who are trying to find out exactly what happened all those years ago are
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A Companion to the Works of J. M. Coetzee

by Tim Mehigan, Kim L. Worthington, Michelle Kelly, Mike Marais, Simone Drichel, Sue Kossew, Carrol Clarkson, Chris Ackerley, Chris Prentice, David James0, Derek Attrige1, Engelhard Weigl2, James Meffan3, Johan Geertsema4 ...

J. M. Coetzee is perhaps the most critically acclaimed bestselling author of imaginative fiction writing in English today. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003 and is the first writer to have been awarded two BookerPrizes. The present volume makes critical views of this important writer accessible to the general reader as well as the scholar, discussing Coetzee's main works in ... Read more

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J. M. Coetzee is perhaps the most critically acclaimed bestselling author of imaginative fiction writing in English today. He received the Nobel Prize for Literature in 2003 and is the first writer to have been awarded two BookerPrizes. The present volume makes critical views of this important writer accessible to the general reader as well as the scholar, discussing Coetzee's main works in
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The Intellectual Landscape in the Works of J. M. Coetzee

by Tim Mehigan, Maria Boletsi, Markus Winkler, Martin Woessner, Patrick Hayes, Robert B. Pippin, Robert Stockhammer, Simon During, Professor Christian Moser0, Alexander Honold1, Anton Leist2, Carrol Clarkson3, David Attwell4, Derek Attrige5, Elisa Aaltola6 ...

Arguably the most decorated and critically acclaimed writer of today, J. M. Coetzee is a deeply intellectual writer. Yet while just about everyone who comes to Coetzee's writing is aware that the visible superstructure of his works is moved from below by a vast substructure of ideas, we are still far from grasping Coetzee's intellectual allegiances as a whole. This book sets out to examine these ... Read more

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Arguably the most decorated and critically acclaimed writer of today, J. M. Coetzee is a deeply intellectual writer. Yet while just about everyone who comes to Coetzee's writing is aware that the visible superstructure of his works is moved from below by a vast substructure of ideas, we are still far from grasping Coetzee's intellectual allegiances as a whole. This book sets out to examine these
... Read more
Studies in the Age of Gower

A Festschrift in Honour of R.F. Yeager

by Susannah Chewning, Natalie Grinnell, Peter Nicholson, Richard Firth Green, Roger A. Ladd, Russell Peck, Stephanie L. Batkie, William Rogers, Professor A. S. G. Edwards, Andrew Galloway0, Brian Gastle1, David A. Roberts2, Derek Pearsall3, Martha W. Driver4, Matthew Matthew Irvine5, Michael Kuczynski6 ...

The essays in this volume pay tribute to the distinguished career of Professor R.F. Yeager. Appropriately for one who has done so much to advance scholarship and critical debate on this poet, they focus on John Gower. The approaches taken range widely, from poetics to palaeography, from close critical interpretation to ecocriticism, offering important new readings of Gower and his age. Particular ... Read more

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The essays in this volume pay tribute to the distinguished career of Professor R.F. Yeager. Appropriately for one who has done so much to advance scholarship and critical debate on this poet, they focus on John Gower. The approaches taken range widely, from poetics to palaeography, from close critical interpretation to ecocriticism, offering important new readings of Gower and his age. Particular
... Read more
Scribal Cultures in Late Medieval England

Essays in Honour of Linne R. Mooney

by Holly James-Maddocks, Professor Michael G Sargent, Joel Fredell, Professor Wendy Scase, Susan Powell, Professor Daniel W Mosser, Simon Horobin, Derek Pearsall, Daryl Green0, Margaret Connolly2, Martha W. Driver3, Professor Kathryn Kerby-Fulton4, Ralph Hanna5, Estelle Stubbs6, Professor Sebastian Sobecki7 ...

Series Book 3 - York Manuscript and Early Print Studies
Essays bringing out the richness and vibrancy of pre-modern textual culture in all its variety.Linne R. Mooney, Emeritus Professor of Palaeography at the University of York, has significantly advanced the study of later medieval English book production, particularly our knowledge of individual scribes; this collection honours her distinguished scholarship and responds to her wide-ranging research ... Read more

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Essays bringing out the richness and vibrancy of pre-modern textual culture in all its variety.Linne R. Mooney, Emeritus Professor of Palaeography at the University of York, has significantly advanced the study of later medieval English book production, particularly our knowledge of individual scribes; this collection honours her distinguished scholarship and responds to her wide-ranging research
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Derek Jarman's Medieval Modern

by Robert Mills ...

FINALIST IN THE HISTORIANS OF BRITISH ART BOOK AWARDS 2020The artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman (1942-1994) had a lifelong appreciation of medieval culture. But with the possible exception of Edward II, Jarman's films have not been identified to date as making a major contribution to the depiction of the Middle Ages in cinema.This book is the first to uncover a rich seam of medievalism in Jarman's ... Read more

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FINALIST IN THE HISTORIANS OF BRITISH ART BOOK AWARDS 2020The artist and filmmaker Derek Jarman (1942-1994) had a lifelong appreciation of medieval culture. But with the possible exception of Edward II, Jarman's films have not been identified to date as making a major contribution to the depiction of the Middle Ages in cinema.This book is the first to uncover a rich seam of medievalism in Jarman's
... Read more

The Turn of the Screw

A Chilling Gothic Classic of Madness and Mystery

by Henry James ...

️️ Is she protecting the children—or losing her mind? Unravel one of literature's most enigmatic tales in The Turn of the Screw, the enduring gothic novella by Henry James that continues to intrigue and terrify over a century later. When a young governess takes a position at a remote English estate, she begins to suspect the children in her care are being haunted by sinister forces. But are these ... Read more

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️️ Is she protecting the children—or losing her mind? Unravel one of literature's most enigmatic tales in The Turn of the Screw, the enduring gothic novella by Henry James that continues to intrigue and terrify over a century later. When a young governess takes a position at a remote English estate, she begins to suspect the children in her care are being haunted by sinister forces. But are these
... Read more

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