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Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Endgame, & other plays Beckett's Waiting for Godot, Endgame, & other plays Jeffery Fisher A true innovation for the stage, Waiting for Godot is one of the greatest successes of the Theater of the Absurd. Although the subject and play is bleak in appearance, a semblance of nobility emerges… OL10367794W
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
Nobody, son of nobody Nobody, son of nobody Shaikh Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir,Vraje Abramian,Abū Saʻīd ibn Abī al-Khayr "Referring to himself as "Nobody, Son of Nobody," Shaikh Abu-Saeed Abil-Kheir expressed the reality that his life had disappeared in the heart of God. This renowned, but lesser-known Sufi mystic of t… OL11881205W
Rhyming reason Rhyming reason Michelle Faubert During the Romantic era, psychology and literature enjoyed a fluid relationship. Faubert focuses on a hitherto little -known group of psychologist-poets who grew out of the liberal literary-medical c… OL12642887W
The changeling The changeling Thomas Middleton,Trevor R. Griffiths,William Rowley Considered by critics to be one of the best tragedies of the English Renaissance, The Changeling was written by Thomas Middleton and William Rowley and first published in book form in 1653. Beatrice-… OL1339729W
Understanding genre and medieval romance Understanding genre and medieval romance K. S. Whetter "Unique in combining a comprehensive and comparative study of genre with a study of romance, this book constitutes a significant contribution to ongoing critical debates over the definition of romanc… OL13608230W
Popular Culture of Shakespeare, Spenser and Jonson Popular Culture of Shakespeare, Spenser and Jonson Mary Ellen Lamb Breaking new ground by considering productions of popular culture from above, rather than from below, this book draws on theorists of cultural studies, such as Pierre Bourdieu, Roger Chartier and Joh… OL13666185W
Poems Poems Percy Bysshe Shelley A brief introduction to the life of Shelley, called the poet of "uncompromising spirit," and his most praised works, some extracted from the whole, others presented in full. OL14853463W
Bleak House Bleak House Charles Dickens As the interminable case of Jarndyce and Jarndyce grinds its way through the Court of Chancery, it draws together a disparate group of people: Ada and Richard Clare, whose inheritance is gradually be… OL14868510W
Cold Earth Cold Earth Sarah Moss A team of six archaeologists from the United States, England, and Scotland assembles at the beginning of the Arctic summer to unearth traces of the lost Viking settlements in Greenland. But as they s… OL14955296W
Vanity fair Vanity fair Mildred R. Bennett This satirical novel of manners will fascinate the careful reader. The story of the various fortunes of two women in 19th-century England is filled with sly irony and tongue-in-cheek humor, yet it of… OL15155328W
CliffsNotes on Maugham's Of Human Bondage CliffsNotes on Maugham's Of Human Bondage Frank B Huggins This book is a chronicle of an Englishman tied to appetites that never sate his spirit. Several professional attempts and failures leave him with little but a desire for a woman low and coarse, who b… OL15172973W
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
CliffsNotes on Fielding's Joseph Andrews CliffsNotes on Fielding's Joseph Andrews Michael B Mavor Ordinarily a moralist writer, in this novel Fielding creates a comedy of romance, by superimposing the positive act of the imagination on the raw material of the real world. It is ultimately both ins… OL15191883W
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
A political biography of Henry Fielding A political biography of Henry Fielding J. A. Downie Although scholars agree that Henry Fielding subscribed to Revolution Principles, existing accounts of his political ideas are insufficiently aware of the ways in which the various strands of Whig pol… OL15569553W
Women's poetry and popular culture Women's poetry and popular culture Marsha Bryant "Women's Poetry and Popular Culture brings a fresh approach to the field by showing that poems by women do not always subvert the mainstream, the media, and the marketplace. Bridging feminist and cul… OL15933338W
Terrorism and insurgency in Indian-English literature Terrorism and insurgency in Indian-English literature Alex Tickell "This book is an interdisciplinary study of representations of terrorism and political violence in the fiction and journalism of colonial India. Focusing on key historical episodes such as the Calcut… OL15951766W
Literary authors, parliamentary reporters Literary authors, parliamentary reporters Nikki Hessell "Samuel Johnson, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt and Charles Dickens all worked as parliamentary reporters, but their experiences in the press gallery have not received much scrutiny. Nikki … OL16014490W
St. John and the Victorians St. John and the Victorians Wheeler, Michael "The Gospel according to St John, often regarded as the most important of the gospels in the account it gives of Jesus' life and divinity, received close attention from nineteenth-century biblical sc… OL16015117W
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