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Title Authors Description OpenBook ID
Shakespeare and son Shakespeare and son Keverne Smith Although many commentators have been intrigued by the possible effects of the death of Shakespeare's only son, Hamnet, on the writer, "Shakespeare and Son: A Journey in Writing and Grieving" is the f… OL15980155W
Becoming Achilles Becoming Achilles Richard Holway Viewing the Iliad and myth through the lens of modern psychology, Richard Holway shows how the epic underwrites individual and communal catharsis and denial. Sacrificial childrearing generates but al… OL16576688W
Thinking about other people in nineteenth-century British writing Thinking about other people in nineteenth-century British writing Adela Pinch "Nineteenth-century life and literature are full of strange accounts that describe the act of one person thinking about another as an ethically problematic, sometimes even a dangerously powerful thin… OL16964803W
Black Dogs Black Dogs Ian McEwan In 1946, June and Bernard set off on their honeymoon. Fired by their ideals and passion for one another, they had planned an idyllic holiday, but in France they witness an event that alters the cours… OL1855885W
Archetypes from Underground Archetypes from Underground Lonny Harrison xi, 206 pages ; 24 cm OL21584222W
Ying xiang shi jie qing shao nian de 101 ge xin li yu yan Ying xiang shi jie qing shao nian de 101 ge xin li yu yan Yu Zhao 101 allegories from around the world. Many of the stories address subjects: social interaction, relationship, compassion, well power, and healthy outlook. OL26436645W
Species, phantasms, and images Species, phantasms, and images Carolyn P. Collette "Species, Phantasms and Images situates Chaucer's poetry within a number of discourse communities that have not generally been recognized as the intellectual context of Chaucer's work and creates new… OL3272058W
Re-making poetry Re-making poetry Nick Bishop x, 276 p. : 24 cm OL3790000W
British Romanticism and the science of the mind British Romanticism and the science of the mind Richardson, Alan In this provocative and original study, Alan Richardson examines an entire range of intellectual, cultural, and ideological points of contact between British Romantic literary writing and the pioneer… OL3961290W
The Undiscover'd Country The Undiscover'd Country B. J. Sokol 260 p. ; 24 cm OL477854W
Wordsworth in his major lyrics Wordsworth in his major lyrics Leon Waldoff "Wordsworth in His Major Lyrics explores the identity, role, and subjectivity of the speaker in Wordsworth's finest and best-known longer lyrics - "Tintern Abbey," "Resolution and Independence," "Ode… OL5358506W
Thomas Hardy's poetry Thomas Hardy's poetry Byunghwa Joh "Thomas Hardy's psyche can be explained effectively by the relationship of the child with its mother, suggesting that he was dominated throughout his life by the mother archetype. His pessimistic vis… OL7798385W