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The Shakespearean stage, 1574-1642 The Shakespearean stage, 1574-1642 Andrew Gurr "For almost forty years The Shakespearean Stage has been considered the liveliest, most reliable and most entertaining overview of Shakespearean theatre in its own time. It is the only authoritative … OL102630W
How to write critical essays How to write critical essays Pirie, David. This invaluable book offers the student of literature detailed advice on the entire process of critical essay writing, from first facing the question right through to producing a fair copy for final … OL122055W
E. M. Forster E. M. Forster Mike Edwards "This guide seeks to explore creatively the fascination of Forster's writing and to show how interesting ideas can emerge from close reading of extracts from the novels. Detailed analysis brings out … OL134556W
The Great Derangement The Great Derangement Amitav Ghosh "Are we deranged? The acclaimed Indian novelist Amitav Ghosh argues that future generations may well think so. How else to explain our imaginative failure in the face of global warming? In his first … OL17633542W
An Experiment in Criticism An Experiment in Criticism C.S. Lewis "Professor Lewis believed that literature exists above all for the joy of the reader and that books should be judged by the kind of reading they invite. He doubted the use of strictly evaluative crit… OL17984009W
A glossary of literary terms A glossary of literary terms M. H. Abrams A series of brief essays defining and illustrating literary terms in alphabetical sequence. OL2026384W
Mahadho Mahadho Barwaaqo Farah This book is about the well-known and now deceased Somali poet Maxamed Xaashi Dhamac, also known as 'Gaarriye'. The book discusses his poems, some with English translations. In addition to this, the … OL21446117W
Vampyres Vampyres Christopher Frayling Vampire literature is an amazingly varied genre of writing, providing elements of everything from the penny dreadful horrors to powerful doses of myth and eroticism. Because it contains its own mytho… OL2411812W
King Lear King Lear William Shakespeare King Lear divides his kingdom among the two daughters who flatter him and banishes the third one who loves him. His eldest daughters both then reject him at their homes, so Lear goes mad and wanders … OL259026W
The Souls of Black Folk The Souls of Black Folk Slingshot Books,Héctor Arnau,Brent Hayes Edwards,Henry Louis Gates, Jr.,W. E. B. Du Bois,Monica M. Elbert,Karl Simrock,Arnold Rampersad,Eugene F. Provenzo,Farah Jasmine Griffin,Shawn Alexander,Monty,Walter Covell,Prentice Onayemi Du Bois' 1903 collection of essays is a thoughtful, articulate exploration of the moral and intellectual issues surrounding the perception of blacks within American society. OL28577W
A reader's guide to contemporary literary theory A reader's guide to contemporary literary theory Raman Selden xii, 244p. : 22cm OL3339725W
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
The collected works of W.B. Yeats The collected works of W.B. Yeats William Butler Yeats Features the complete texts of the dramatic works by the Nobel laureate, from "The Countess Cathleen" to "The Death of Cuchulain." OL38504W
Heart of Darkness Heart of Darkness Joseph Conrad Heart of Darkness (1899) is a novella by Polish-English novelist Joseph Conrad, about a voyage up the Congo River into the Congo Free State, in the heart of Africa, by the story's narrator Charles Ma… OL38663W
Charlotte’s Web Charlotte’s Web E. B. White Some Pig. These are the words in Charlotte's Web, high in the barn. Her spiderweb tells of her feelings for a little pig named Wilbur, as well as her feelings of a little girl named Fern...who loves… OL483391W
The Good Soldier The Good Soldier Ford Madox Ford This is the saddest story I have ever heard. We had known the Ashburnhams for nine seasons of the town of Nauheim with an extreme intimacy - or, rather with an acquaintanceship as loose and easy an… OL509889W
Die Leiden des jungen Werthers Die Leiden des jungen Werthers Johann Wolfgang von Goethe Edición de Manuel José González. OL52556W
Иванов Иванов Антон Павлович Чехов,Tom Stoppard "In Ivanov, Anton Chekhov's first full-length play, Chekhov created a portrait of a man plagued with self-doubt and despair. Considered one of Chekhov's most elusive characters, he seeks more in life… OL55513W
Schnitzler's century Schnitzler's century Peter Gay Schnitzler's Century reassesses nineteenth-century history and traces the dramatic rise of the middle class. We have always believed that corseted Queen Victoria defined the mores of the nineteenth c… OL924635W
Ambivalence, modernity, power Ambivalence, modernity, power Nuala Finnegan 342 pages ; 23 cm OL9508869W
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