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After the Revolution: Profiles of Early American Cultureby Joseph J. EllisISBN 0393952002 (0-393-95200-2)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century Englandby Douglas HayISBN 0394471202 (0-394-47120-2)
Hardcover, Pantheon Books
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Albion's Fatal Tree: Crime and Society in Eighteenth-Century Englandby Edward P. ThompsonISBN 0394730852 (0-394-73085-2)
Softcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Autobiography, and Other Writingsby Benjamin FranklinISBN 0395051304 (0-395-05130-4)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Autobiography, and Other Writings'Book summary:Franklin's writings span a long and distinguished career of literary, scientific, and political inquiry--the work of a man whose life lasted for nearly all of the 18th century, and whose achievements ranged from inventing the lightning rod to publishing Poor Richard's Almanac to signing the Declaration of Independence. In his own lifetime, Franklin knew prominence not only in America but also in Britain and France. Here was a cosmopolitan statesman, public servant, inventor, and editor with a distinctly Yankee sensibility; here was a moral philosopher who divided his faith between the natural sciences and the American experiment.
This volume includes Franklin's reflections on such diverse issues as reason and religion, social status, electricity, America's national character and characters, war, and the societal status of women. Also included is a new transcription of his 1726 journal, and several pieces that have only recently been identified as Franklin's work.
About the Series: For over 100 years Oxford World's Classics has made available the broadest spectrum of literature from around the globe. Each affordable volume reflects Oxford's commitment to scholarship, providing the most accurate text plus a wealth of other valuable features, including expert introductions by leading authorities, voluminous notes to clarify the text, up-to-date bibliographies for further study, and much more. [via]More editions of Autobiography, and Other Writings:
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Black Majorityby Peter WoodISBN 0394483960 (0-394-48396-0)
Hardcover, Random House Inc
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Black Majority won the Albert J. Beveridge Award of the American Historical Association. [via]More editions of Black Majority:
Blind Justiceby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399139788 (0-399-13978-8)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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The Color of Deathby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399146482 (0-399-14648-2)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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Count of Monte Cristoby Alexandre DumasISBN 0396082556 (0-396-08255-6)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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While locked away, Edmond learns from another prisoner of a secret treasure hidden on the island of Monte Cristo. Edmond concocts a daring and audacious plan: escape and find the treasure! But it is years later--long after Edmond has transformed himself into the Count of Monte Cristo--that his plan for revenge begins to unfold.
Disguised as the wealthy count, Edmond returns to his native land to find his enemies--and make them pay!More editions of Count of Monte Cristo:
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The Culture of English Antislavery: 1780-1860by David TurleyISBN 0415020085 (0-415-02008-5)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Death of a Colonialby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399145648 (0-399-14564-8)
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A Dissertation Concerning Meteors of Stile or False Sublimityby Samuel WerenfelsISBN 040470199X (0-404-70199-X)
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Don Quijoteby Miguel De Cervantes, Burton Raffel, Diana De Armas WilsonISBN 039397281X (0-393-97281-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Don Quijote'Book summary:The text reprinted here is based on award-winning translator Burton Raffels masterful translation of Don Quijote, which is consistent, fluid, and modeled closely on the original Spanish.
"Backgrounds and Context" invites readers to explore the creative process that culminated in the publication of Don Quijote. Included are selections from works parodied by Cervantes (Amadis of Gaul and Orlando Furioso) and a portion of the spurious sequel to Part 1 written by Fernándes de Avellaneda.
"Criticisms" presents fifteen major interpretations of both the novel and selected episodes, describing Cervantes intellectual milieu, revealing how he infused new life into the literary modes and motifs he had inherited, and illustrating the fundamental importance of Don Quijote in the history of modern fiction. [via] 
Elizabeth and Catherine:Empresses of All the Russias: Empresses of All the Russiasby Robert CoughlanISBN 0399112502 (0-399-11250-2)
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Emperor of Chinaby Jonathan D. SpenceISBN 0394488350 (0-394-48835-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Emperor of China: Self Portrait of Kang Hsiby Jonathan D. Spence, Kang-hsiISBN 0394714113 (0-394-71411-3)
Hardcover, Vintage Books
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Enduring Vision: A History of the American People, Conciseby Nancy Woloch, Harvard Sitkoff, Neal Salisbury, Joseph F. Kett, Paul Boyer, Clifford E. Clark, Sandra McNair HawleyISBN 0395858275 (0-395-85827-5)
Softcover, McDougal Littell/Houghton Mifflin
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An Essay on the Lyric Poetry of the Ancientsby John OgilvieISBN 0404701396 (0-404-70139-6)
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Eve and the New Jerusalem: Socialism and Feminism in the Nineteenth Centuryby Barbara TaylorISBN 0394527666 (0-394-52766-6)
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Experiment in Treasonby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399149236 (0-399-14923-6)
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The Fatal Shoreby Robert HughesISBN 0394753666 (0-394-75366-6)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Fatal Shore'Book summary:An extraordinary volume--even a masterpiece--about the early history of Australia that reads like the finest of novels. Hughes captures everything in this complex tableau with narrative finesse that drives the reader ever-deeper into specific facts and greater understanding. He presents compassionate understanding of the plights of colonists--both freemen and convicts--and the Aboriginal peoples they displaced. One of the very best works of history I have ever read. [via]
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Faustby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Cyrus Hamlin, Walter W. ArndtISBN 0393972828 (0-393-97282-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Faust'Book summary:Walter Arndts translation of Faust reproduces the sense of the German original and Goethes enormously varied metrics and rhyme schemes.
This edition presents Parts I and II complete. Cyrus Hamlin provides essential supporting material for this difficult text, and his Interpretive Notes have been expanded and reset in larger, easy-to-read type. "Comments by Contemporaries" includes short pieces by Margaret Fuller, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Thomas Carlyle, and Wilhelm von Humboldt. "Modern Criticism"--comprised of ten essays newly added to the Second Edition--presents the perspectives of Stuart Atkins, Jaroslav Pelikan, Benjamin Bennett, Franco Moretti, Friedrich A. Kittler, Neil M. Flax, Marc Shell, Jane Brown, Hans Rudolf Vaget, and Marshall Berman. A Selected Bibliography is included. [via]More editions of Faust:
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Frankensteinby Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley, J. Paul Hunter, Paul J. HunterISBN 0393964582 (0-393-96458-2)
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Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheusby Mary Wollstonecraft ShelleyISBN 0394605063 (0-394-60506-3)
Hardcover, Modern Library
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Frankenstein, Or, The Modern Prometheus'Book summary:Frankenstein, loved by many decades of readers and praised by such eminent literary critics as Harold Bloom, seems hardly to need a recommendation. If you haven't read it recently, though, you may not remember the sweeping force of the prose, the grotesque, surreal imagery, and the multilayered doppelgänger themes of Mary Shelley's masterpiece. As fantasy writer Jane Yolen writes of this (the reviewer's favorite) edition, "The strong black and whites of the main text [illustrations] are dark and brooding, with unremitting shadows and stark contrasts. But the central conversation with the monster--who owes nothing to the overused movie image & but is rather the novel's charnel-house composite--is where [Barry] Moser's illustrations show their greatest power ... The viewer can all but smell the powerful stench of the monster's breath as its words spill out across the page. Strong book-making for one of the world's strongest and most remarkable books." Includes an illuminating afterword by Joyce Carol Oates. [via]
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The Free Women of Petersburgby Suzanne LebsockISBN 0393952649 (0-393-95264-9)
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Goyaby Robert HughesISBN 0394580281 (0-394-58028-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goya'Book summary:Robert Hughes, who has stunned us with comprehensive works on subjects as sweeping and complex as the history of Australia (The Fatal Shore), the modern art movement (The Shock of the New), the nature of American art (American Visions), and the nature of America itself as seen through its art (The Culture of Complaint), now turns his renowned critical eye to one of art historys most compelling, enigmatic, and important figures, Francisco José de Goya y Lucientes. With characteristic critical fervor and sure-eyed insight, Hughes brings us the story of an artist whose life and work bridged the transition from the eighteenth-century reign of the old masters to the early days of the nineteenth-century moderns.
With his salient passion for the artist and the art, Hughes brings Goya vividly to life through dazzling analysis of a vast breadth of his work. Building upon the historical evidence that exists, Hughes tracks Goyas development, as man and artist, without missing a beat, from the early works commissioned by the Church, through his long, productive, and tempestuous career at court, to the darkly sinister and cryptic work he did at the end of his life.
In a work that is at once interpretive biography and cultural epic, Hughes grounds Goya firmly in the context of his time, taking us on a wild romp through Spanish history; from the brutality and easy violence of street life to the fiery terrors of the Holy Inquisition to the grave realities of war, Hughes shows us in vibrant detail the cultural forces that shaped Goyas work.
Underlying the exhaustive, critical analysis and the rich historical background is Hughess own intimately personal relationship to his subject. This is a book informed not only by lifelong love and study, but by his own recent experiences of mortality and death. As such this is a uniquely moving and human book; with the same relentless and fearless intelligence he has brought to every subject he has ever tackled, Hughes here transcends biography to bring us a rich and fiercely brave book about art and life, love and rage, impotence and death. This is one genius writing at full capacity about anotherand the result is truly spectacular. [via]More editions of Goya:
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The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural Historyby Robert DarntonISBN 0394729277 (0-394-72927-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Great Cat Massacre: And Other Episodes in French Cultural History'Book summary:When the apprentices of a Paris printing shop in the 1730's held a series of mock trials and then hanged all the cats they could lay their hands on, why did they find it so hilariously funny that they choked with laughter when they reenacted it in pantomime some twenty times? Why in the 18th century version of "Little Red Riding Hood" did the wolf eat the child at the end? What did the anonymous townsman of Montpelier have in mind when he kept an exhaustive dossier on all the activities of his native city? These are some of the provocative questions Robert Darnton attempts to answer in this dazzling series of essays that probe the ways of thought in what we like to call "The Age of Enlightenment." [via]
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The House by the Church-Yardby Joseph Sheridan Le FanuISBN 0404088775 (0-404-08877-5)
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Jack Knave and Foolby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399144196 (0-399-14419-6)
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Journey to the Western Islands of Scotlandby James Boswell, Samuel JohnsonISBN 0395051819 (0-395-05181-9)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Les Miserablesby Victor HugoISBN 0396084311 (0-396-08431-1)
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A March of Liberty: A Constitutional History of the United Statesby Melvin I. UrofskyISBN 0394374355 (0-394-37435-5)
Hardcover, Knopf
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A Midwife's Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard Based Oby Laurel Thatcher UlrichISBN 0394568443 (0-394-56844-3)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Midwife's Tale : The Life of Martha Ballard Based O'Book summary:Drawing on the diaries of a midwife and healer in eighteenth-century Maine, this intimate history illuminates the medical practices, household economies, religious rivalries, and sexual mores of the New England frontier.
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Murder in Grub Streetby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399140859 (0-399-14085-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Murder in Grub Street'Book summary:The legendary, blind seventeenth-century English judge, Sir John Fielding, star of the critically praised Blind Justice, appears in his second adventure, probing London society--with the help of his ""eyes,"" young Jeremy Proctor--for a killer. [via]
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The Norton Anthology of American Literatureby Nina BaymISBN 039395871X (0-393-95871-X)
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The Norton Anthology of American Literatureby Ronald GottesmanISBN 0393950263 (0-393-95026-3)
Hardcover, Norton
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of American Literature'Book summary:The Norton Anthology of English Literature is an anthology of English literature published by the W. W. Norton & Company. First published in 1962, it has gone through nine editions in a half-century; as of 2006 there are over eight million copies in print, making it the publisher's best-selling anthology. M. H. Abrams, a critic and scholar of Romanticism, served as General Editor for its first seven editions, before handing the job to Stephen Greenblatt, a Shakespeare scholar and Harvard professor. Spread across six volumes and divided into two sets, the anthology provides an overview of poetry, drama, prose fiction, essays and letters from Beowulf to the beginning of the 21st century. [via]
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The Norton Anthology of English Literatureby Carol T. Christ, Stephen Greenblatt, Catherine Robson, M. H. AbramsISBN 0393927210 (0-393-92721-0)
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature 16th And Early 17th Centuryby Stephen GreenblattISBN 0393927180 (0-393-92718-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of English Literature 16th And Early 17th Century'Book summary:A survey of English literature from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century, this edition represents essential works in genres, ranging from Seamus Heaney's translation of 'Beowulf' to global twentieth-century classics. It contains concise glosses and annotations, period introductions, biographical headnotes, timelines and bibliographies. [via]
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature Middle Agesby Stephen GreenblattISBN 0393927172 (0-393-92717-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of English Literature Middle Ages'Book summary:Read by millions of students over seven editions, The Norton Anthology of English Literature remains the most trusted undergraduate survey of English literature available and one of the most successful college texts ever published.
Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologiesthorough and helpful introductory matter, judicious annotation, complete texts wherever possibleThe Norton Anthology of English Literature has been revitalized in this Eighth Edition through the collaboration between six new editors and six seasoned ones. Under the direction of Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor, the editors have reconsidered all aspects of the anthology to make it an even better teaching tool. [via]More editions of The Norton Anthology of English Literature Middle Ages:
The Norton Anthology of English Literature Restoration And the 18th Centuryby Stephen GreenblattISBN 0393927199 (0-393-92719-9)
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The Norton Anthology of English Literature: Romanticby Stephen GreenblattISBN 0393927202 (0-393-92720-2)
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Norton Anthology of Literature by Womenby Sandra GilbertISBN 0393953912 (0-393-95391-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Norton Anthology of Literature by Women'Book summary:Long the standard teaching anthology, the landmark Norton Anthology of Literature by Women has introduced generations of readers to the rich variety of womens writing in English.
Now, the much-anticipated Third Edition responds to the wealth of writing by women across the globe with the inclusion of 61 new authors (219 in all) whose diverse works span six centuries. A more flexible two-volume format and a versatile new companion reader make the Third Edition an even better teaching tool.
"As diversity itself has shaped the evolution of feminist criticism, from its early preoccupation with women's shared experiences to its more recent absorption in the complex issues and assumptions informing English-language texts by women writers of diverse geographical, cultural, racial, sexual, religious, and class origins and influences, so diversity has shaped the revisions of this anthology." From the Preface [via]More editions of Norton Anthology of Literature by Women:
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The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Traditions in Englishby Sandra M. Gilbert, Susan GubarISBN 0393968251 (0-393-96825-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Traditions in English'Book summary:This edition has been expanded to extend coverage of the Renaissance, the 17th and 18th centuries, and the 20th century. The text also contains 11 complete works such as "Oroonoko", "Jane Eyre", "The Ballad of the Sad Cafe", "The Awakening" and Caryl Churchill's play, "Top Girls". [via]
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The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Traditions in Englishby Susan Gubar, Sandra M. GilbertISBN 0393930130 (0-393-93013-0)
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The Norton Anthology of Poetryby Alexander W. AllisonISBN 039395224X (0-393-95224-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of Poetry'Book summary:The fourth edition of this standard work contains 1800 poems by 300 poets, with 600 poems and 100 poets newly included. The anthology offers more poetry by women (40 new poets), with special attention to early women poets. The book also includes a greater diversity of American poetry, with double the number of poems by African American, Hispanic, native American and Asian American poets. There are 26 new poets representing the Commonwealth literature tradition: now included are more than 37 poets from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Caribbean, South Africa and India. A reconsideration of many classic poets, from Shakespeare and Bradstreet to Larkin and Rich has been added in this edition, together with a wider representation of the beginnings of poetry in English: the Anglo-Saxon "Caedmon's Hymn" and selections from "Beowulf", as well as Middle English lyrics, popular riddles, romance, allegory, and the verse tales of Chaucer and Langland, are now included. The collection also includes short biographical sketches and a system of annotation. [via]
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The Norton Anthology Of Poetryby Jon Stallworthy, Margaret Ferguson, Mary Jo SalterISBN 0393979202 (0-393-97920-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology Of Poetry'Book summary:The fourth edition of this standard work contains 1800 poems by 300 poets, with 600 poems and 100 poets newly included. The anthology offers more poetry by women (40 new poets), with special attention to early women poets. The book also includes a greater diversity of American poetry, with double the number of poems by African American, Hispanic, native American and Asian American poets. There are 26 new poets representing the Commonwealth literature tradition: now included are more than 37 poets from Australia, New Zealand, Ireland, Scotland, Wales, the Caribbean, South Africa and India. A reconsideration of many classic poets, from Shakespeare and Bradstreet to Larkin and Rich has been added in this edition, together with a wider representation of the beginnings of poetry in English: the Anglo-Saxon "Caedmon's Hymn" and selections from "Beowulf", as well as Middle English lyrics, popular riddles, romance, allegory, and the verse tales of Chaucer and Langland, are now included. The collection also includes short biographical sketches and a system of annotation. [via]
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The Norton Anthology of Poetry: (Shorter 5th Edition)by Jon Stallworthy, Mary Jo Salter, Margret FergusonISBN 0393979210 (0-393-97921-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Norton Anthology of Poetry: (Shorter 5th Edition)'Book summary:Offering over one thousand years of verse from the medieval period to the present, The Norton Anthology of Poetry is the classroom standard for the study of poetry in English.The Fifth Edition retains the flexibility and breadth of selection that has defined this classic anthology, while improved and expanded editorial apparatus make it an even more useful teaching tool. [via]
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Of the Sister Arts: An Essayby Niklaus R. Schweizer, Hildebrand JacobISBN 0404701655 (0-404-70165-5)
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Oroonokoby Aphra Behn, Joanna LipkingISBN 0393970140 (0-393-97014-0)
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Paradise Lostby Scott Elledge, John MiltonISBN 0393962938 (0-393-96293-8)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Paradise Lost'Book summary:This is the second edition of the "Norton Critical Edition" of Milton's "Paradise Lost". It represents an extensive revision of the first edition. The text of the poem remains that of Milton's 1674 edition, retaining the original punctuation but with modernized spelling and italics. Material for the study of contemporary religious and political issues is now included, as well as selections from his earlier poetry and prose. [via]
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Person or Persons Unknownby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399143092 (0-399-14309-2)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Person or Persons Unknown'Book summary:The place: London; the time: 1770, when the wealthy denizens of the city walked through London's streets with scented handkerchiefs over their noses to disguise the stench of the poor. As if filthy streets, impoverished beggars, pickpockets, thieves, and prostitutes everywhere weren't enough of an eyesore, the mutilated bodies of young women start turning up around Covent Garden.To Sir John Fielding, a blind magistrate, the crimes are an abomination; he sets out to trap the killer with the help of his assistant, young Jeremy Proctor.
In addition to a fine mystery, author Bruce Alexander offers up a fascinating guided tour of 18th-century London, from the precincts of the Bow Street Runners to the shadowy haunts of criminals. In the characters of Sir John and Jeremy, we are gifted with the voices of experience and innocence--a potent combination in so murky a venue. [via]
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Peter the Great: His Life and His Worldby Robert K. MassieISBN 0394500326 (0-394-50032-6)
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The Pirate Warsby Peter EarleISBN 041375880X (0-413-75880-X)
Hardcover, Methuen
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The Poetical Works of Byron.by George Gordon Byron ByronISBN 0395204313 (0-395-20431-3)
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Pride and Prejudiceby Jane Austen, Donald GrayISBN 0393976041 (0-393-97604-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pride and Prejudice'Book summary:"It is a truth universally acknowledged, that a single man in possession of a good fortune, must be in want of a wife."
Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Pride and Prejudiceby Mark Schorer, Jane AustenISBN 0395051010 (0-395-05101-0)
Softcover, Houghton Mifflin College Div
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Next to the exhortation at the beginning of Moby-Dick, "Call me Ishmael," the first sentence of Jane Austen's Pride and Prejudice must be among the most quoted in literature. And certainly what Melville did for whaling Austen does for marriage--tracing the intricacies (not to mention the economics) of 19th-century British mating rituals with a sure hand and an unblinking eye. As usual, Austen trains her sights on a country village and a few families--in this case, the Bennets, the Philips, and the Lucases. Into their midst comes Mr. Bingley, a single man of good fortune, and his friend, Mr. Darcy, who is even richer. Mrs. Bennet, who married above her station, sees their arrival as an opportunity to marry off at least one of her five daughters. Bingley is complaisant and easily charmed by the eldest Bennet girl, Jane; Darcy, however, is harder to please. Put off by Mrs. Bennet's vulgarity and the untoward behavior of the three younger daughters, he is unable to see the true worth of the older girls, Jane and Elizabeth. His excessive pride offends Lizzy, who is more than willing to believe the worst that other people have to say of him; when George Wickham, a soldier stationed in the village, does indeed have a discreditable tale to tell, his words fall on fertile ground.
Having set up the central misunderstanding of the novel, Austen then brings in her cast of fascinating secondary characters: Mr. Collins, the sycophantic clergyman who aspires to Lizzy's hand but settles for her best friend, Charlotte, instead; Lady Catherine de Bourgh, Mr. Darcy's insufferably snobbish aunt; and the Gardiners, Jane and Elizabeth's low-born but noble-hearted aunt and uncle. Some of Austen's best comedy comes from mixing and matching these representatives of different classes and economic strata, demonstrating the hypocrisy at the heart of so many social interactions. And though the novel is rife with romantic misunderstandings, rejected proposals, disastrous elopements, and a requisite happy ending for those who deserve one, Austen never gets so carried away with the romance that she loses sight of the hard economic realities of 19th-century matrimonial maneuvering. Good marriages for penniless girls such as the Bennets are hard to come by, and even Lizzy, who comes to sincerely value Mr. Darcy, remarks when asked when she first began to love him: "It has been coming on so gradually, that I hardly know when it began. But I believe I must date it from my first seeing his beautiful grounds at Pemberley." She may be joking, but there's more than a little truth to her sentiment, as well. Jane Austen considered Elizabeth Bennet "as delightful a creature as ever appeared in print". Readers of Pride and Prejudice would be hard-pressed to disagree. --Alix Wilber [via]
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Rape of the Lockby Alexander Pope, Geoffrey TillotsonISBN 0415039991 (0-415-03999-1)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Refinement of America : Persons, Houses, Citiesby Richard L. BushmanISBN 0394550102 (0-394-55010-2)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Romance of the Forestby Ann RadcliffeISBN 0405060203 (0-405-06020-3)
Softcover, Ayer Co Pub
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Sara BishopISBN 0395618754 (0-395-61875-4)
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Sarah Bishopby Scott O'DellISBN 0395291852 (0-395-29185-2)
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The Search for Modern Chinaby Jonathan D. SpenceISBN 0393973514 (0-393-97351-4)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Search for Modern China'Book summary:Look no further for a comprehensive narrative of Chinese history from the fall of the Ming dynasty to the present.
Beautifully written by a leading scholar in the field, the new edition of The Search for Modern China brings to life the characters and events of Chinas turbulent modern history. The narrative is detailed balanced, integrating political and cultural history with social and economic developments. Spence has streamlined and thoroughly updated the text in light of new scholarship and the major new steps China has taken in the last ten years. The Search for Modern China, Second Edition, features a visually striking art program that includes more than 150 illustrationsmany by world-famous photographers50 maps, and many helpful tables. [via]More editions of The Search for Modern China:
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The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collectionby Jonathan D. Spence, Pei-Kai Cheng, Michael LestzISBN 0393973727 (0-393-97372-7)
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Informative headnotes accompany the selections, helping readers with unfamiliar names, places, and events. With a chapter organization mirroring that of The Search for Modern China, this collection is the perfect supplement, providing a first-hand look at the modern Chinese society. [via]More editions of The Search for Modern China: A Documentary Collection:
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Selected Poetry and Proseby Alexander Pope, Robin SowerbyISBN 0415006651 (0-415-00665-1)
Softcover, Routledge
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The Sinews of Power: War, Money, and the English State, 1688-1783by John BrewerISBN 0394577760 (0-394-57776-0)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Smuggler's Moon : A Sir John Fielding Mysteryby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399147748 (0-399-14774-8)
Hardcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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A Tale of Two Citiesby Charles DickensISBN 0396085350 (0-396-08535-0)
Hardcover, Dodd Mead
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Unediting the Renaissance: Shakespeare, Marlowe, Miltonby Leah S. MarcusISBN 0415100534 (0-415-10053-4)
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The Unredeemed Captive : A Family Story from Early Americaby John Putnam DemosISBN 0394557824 (0-394-55782-4)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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The Unruly Queen: The Life of Queen Carolineby Flora FraserISBN 0394561465 (0-394-56146-5)
Hardcover, Knopf Publishing Group
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Voltaireby Alfred Jules AyerISBN 0394547985 (0-394-54798-5)
Hardcover, Random House Publishing Group
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Watery Graveby Bruce AlexanderISBN 0399141553 (0-399-14155-3)
Hardcover, Putnam Pub Group
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Western Civilization: Their History and Their Cultureby Robert E. Lerner, Edward McNall Burns, Standish MeachemISBN 0393972208 (0-393-97220-8)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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Western Civilizations: Their History and Their Cultureby Standish Meacham, Robert E. Lerner, Edward McNall BurnsISBN 0393962075 (0-393-96207-5)
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Women Against Slavery: The British Campaigns, 1780-1870by Clare MidgleyISBN 0415066697 (0-415-06669-7)
Hardcover, Routledge
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Wuthering Heightsby Emily Bronte, Richard J. DunnISBN 0393978893 (0-393-97889-3)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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