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A noble combat A noble combat Shiela Grant Duff Adam von Trott, 24, a German Rhodes scholar, and Shiela Duff, 18, intellectually precocious daughter of the British aristocracy, met at Oxford in 1931, became platonic comrades and shared a dream of … OL11284617W
The Brideshead Generation The Brideshead Generation Humphrey Carpenter Biographical and literary study. Oxford in the 1920s and Waugh's life afterwards. OL12072301W
BRONTE ENCYCLOPEDIA BRONTE ENCYCLOPEDIA Robert Barnard A Bronte Encyclopedia is an A- Z encyclopedia of the most notable literary family of the 19th century highlighting original literary insights and the significant people and places that influenced the… OL12999355W
Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual, & the Public Sphere Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual, & the Public Sphere Melba Cuddy-Keane Virginia Woolf, the Intellectual, and the Public Sphere relates Woolf's literary reviews and essays to early twentieth-century debates about the value of 'highbrow' culture, the methods of instructio… OL15181298W
The age of wonder The age of wonder Holmes, Richard "The Age of Wonder' is Richard Holmes' first major work of biography for a decade. It has been inspired by the scientific ferment that swept through Britain at the end of the 18th century, and which … OL15576450W
Commonplace books and reading in Georgian England Commonplace books and reading in Georgian England Allan, David "This pioneering exploration of Georgian men and women's experiences as readers explores their use of commonplace books for recording favourite passages and reflecting upon what they had read, reveal… OL15616154W
Elizabethan Society Elizabethan Society Derek Wilson The reign of Queen Elizabeth I (1558–1603) marked a golden age in English history. There was a musical and literary renaissance, most famously and enduringly in the form of the plays of Shakespeare (… OL17765050W
The child writer from Austen to Woolf The child writer from Austen to Woolf Christine Alexander,Juliet McMaster xv, 312 pages : 24 cm OL18316716W
W.H. Auden W.H. Auden Peter Edgerly Firchow "W. H. Auden: Contexts for Poetry is an attempt to consolidate the critical findings of the last quarter century, and then take them a step further in the direction of seeing how some of Auden's most… OL19407759W
Scribal Correction and Literary Craft Scribal Correction and Literary Craft Daniel Wakelin xviii, 345 pages ; 24 cm OL21082885W
Culture and Society Culture and Society Raymond Williams 1 volume ; 20 cm OL21147218W
Shakespeare's restless world Shakespeare's restless world Neil MacGregor In this work of historical reconstruction Neil MacGregor and his team at the British Museum, working together in a landmark collaboration with the Royal Shakespeare Company and the BBC, bring us twen… OL21181203W
Glamorous sorcery Glamorous sorcery David Rollo "Through the analysis of magic as a metaphor for the mysterious workings of writing, Glamorous Sorcery sheds light on the power attributed to language in shaping perceptions of the world and conferri… OL221190W
A daughter's love A daughter's love J. A. Guy "The life of Sir Thomas More is familiar to many. His opposition to Henry VIII's marriage to Anne Boleyn, his arrest for treason in 1534, his virtuoso defence at his trial and his execution in 1535 (… OL24259476W
A ring of conspirators A ring of conspirators Miranda Seymour James's character was full of contradictions. He was witty and melancholy, formidable and vulnerable, suavely brutal and imperiously kind. He was fiercely private and exuberantly sociable, guarded in… OL24266W
Her brilliant career Her brilliant career Rachel Cooke In her apron and rubber gloves, a smile lipsticked permanently across her face, the woman of the Fifties has become a cultural symbol of all that we are most grateful to have sloughed off. A homely c… OL24269266W
The Kit-Cat Club The Kit-Cat Club Ophelia Field This is the fascinating history of the male-only members of the Kit-Cat Club, the unofficial centre of Whig power in 17th century Britain, and home to the greatest political and artistic thinkers of … OL26181020W
Intellectual origins of the English revolution Intellectual origins of the English revolution Christopher Hill This is a revised edition of Christopher Hill's classic and ground-breaking examination of the motivations behind the English Revolution and Civil War, first published in 1965. In addition to the tex… OL3156656W
House of Hanover House of Hanover Leon Garfield Examines the lasting cultural contributions of the age of the Hanover Kings, focusing on the work and personalities of the Kings and queens, writers, musicians, architects, and scientists of the eigh… OL36330W
The rise of the Indian rope trick The rise of the Indian rope trick Peter Lamont "A rope rises up into the air. A boy climbs up the rope and when the boy gets to the top he vanishes into thin air," explains Lamont, winner of the Jeremy Dalziel prize in British History, about a ta… OL5786025W
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