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The color purple The color purple Gloria Rose The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. In CliffsNotes on The Color Purple, you follow the bea… OL10369269W
CliffsNotes on Lawrence's Sons and Lovers CliffsNotes on Lawrence's Sons and Lovers Rita Granger Shaw Paul Morel is a sensitive son of an English miner. He is devoted to his mother and torn between his love for Miriam and his bond with his mother. He rejects Miriam and turns to an older, married woma… OL15174355W
Irish children's literature and culture Irish children's literature and culture Valerie Coghlan,Keith O'Sullivan "Irish Children's Literature and Culture looks critically at Irish writing for children from the 1980s to the present, examining the work of many writers and illustrators and engaging with major genr… OL15538101W
The mountain of gold The mountain of gold J. D. Davies Beset by pirates, Knights of Malta, and saboteurs, Captain Matthew Quinton sails to Africa in pursuit of a mountain of gold. When a captured Barbary pirate saves his neck with a tall tale of a fabled… OL16442599W
Irish poets Irish poets Rosemary M. Canfield Reisman Profiles major poets throughout history and the world, including analyses of their significant individual poems or collections. Discusses influential Irish poets such as Samuel Beckett, James Joyce, … OL16980853W
Sunlight on the lawn Sunlight on the lawn Nichols, Beverley Sunlight on the Lawn brings to a close Beverley Nichols's delightful Merry Hall trilogy describing the renovation of his rundown Georgian mansion and its garden. In his entertaining and inimitable ma… OL1824923W
The English novel in history, 1700-1780 The English novel in history, 1700-1780 John J. Richetti The English Novel in History 1700-1780 provides students with specific contexts for the early novel in response to a new understanding of eighteenth-century Britain. It traces the social and moral re… OL1830261W
Pink mist Pink mist Owen Sheers "From the author of I Saw a Man comes a powerful drama in verse that captures both the trauma of modern warfare and the difficulty of transitioning back to normal life after combat. In early 2008, th… OL19717472W
Parallax Parallax Sinéad Morrissey "A T.S. Eliot Prize-winning collection from one of Ireland's major contemporary poets PARALLAX: (Astron.) Apparent displacement, or difference in the apparent position, of an object, caused by actual… OL19755438W
Authoring war Authoring war Catherine Mary McLoughlin "Kate McLoughlin's Authoring War is an ambitious and pioneering study of war writing across all literary genres from earliest times to the present day. Examining a range of cultures, she brings wide … OL19829118W
Captains Courageous Captains Courageous Rudyard Kipling Captains Courageous tells of the adventures of fifteen-year-old Harvey Cheyne Jr., the spoiled son of a railroad tycoon, after he is saved from drowning by a Portuguese fisherman in the North Atlanti… OL19842W
British women writers and the reception of ancient Egypt, 1840-1910 British women writers and the reception of ancient Egypt, 1840-1910 Molly Youngkin "Focusing on British women writers' knowledge of ancient Egypt, Molly Youngkin shows how British women writers' encounters with textual and visual representations of ancient Egyptian women such as Ha… OL22318244W
Aye That Will Be Right Aye That Will Be Right Harry Morris The hilarious adventures recalled by ex-polis Harry Morris, the self-appointed Chief Constable of funny stories, continue with the publication of his fifth book, Aye, That Will Be Right!. Since his r… OL24180234W
Don't Ask Alice Don't Ask Alice Judi Curtin,Woody Fox Alice and Megan are back, and that can only mean one thing: trouble! It's Easter and best friends Alice and Megan are together in Limerick again. They are both looking forward to their confirmation e… OL24728696W
Victorian women's fiction Victorian women's fiction Shirley Foster Critical interest in women's fiction has grown enormously in recent years, in particular focusing on the ways in which female novelists have, in their creative work, challenged or scrutinized contemp… OL3531688W
Language and control in children's literature Language and control in children's literature Murray Knowles Children's literature has in the past received little serious linguistic analysis despite its widely acknowledged influence on the development and socialisation of young people. In this important and… OL3747947W
Emily Dickinson Emily Dickinson Mordecai Marcus The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background -- all to help you gain greater insight into great works … OL4478323W
Romanticism and transcendence Romanticism and transcendence J. Robert Barth "Grounded in the thought of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, Romanticism and Transcendence explores the religious dimensions of imagination in the Romantic tradition, both theoretically and in the poetry of … OL5063054W
Women, modernism and British poetry, 1910-1939 Women, modernism and British poetry, 1910-1939 Jane Dowson "This book primarily maps the poetry scene in Britain but identifies the significance of the network of writers between London, New York and Paris. It assesses women's participation in the diversity … OL5732986W
Sick Heart River Sick Heart River John Buchan Lawyer and MP Sir Edward Leithen is given a year to live. Fearing he will die unfulfilled, he devotes his last months to seeking out and restoring to health Galliard, a young Canadian banker. Galliar… OL76583W
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