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The Anatomy Schoolby Bernard Mac LavertyISBN 0224062026 (0-224-06202-6)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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The Aran Islandsby Robin Skelton, J. M. SyngeISBN 0192812580 (0-19-281258-0)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Aran Islands'Book summary:Nothing much happens on the Aran Islands--at least, not much went on there in the late 19th century, when John Synge sailed out to these mist-shrouded, salt-sprayed, and wave-battered chunks of rocks south of Ireland. Therein lies the charm of the setting and of this lovely book, which captures the saltiness of both the marine air and the time-lost characters, who deeply believe in the magical "wee people." In cottages where nets and fishing tackle hang from beams, the women (who always wear red dresses and petticoats, as do some of the boys) sit at their spinning wheels or sew cow-skin sandals, while the fishermen spin yarns about fairies, sunken vessels, and bags of gold gained from adulterous wives. The big happening of the year is when roofs are rethatched--an event that blossoms into a festival with twisted rope stretching from kitchen table through lane to nearby field. Synge seems an ambassador from a different world: addressed as "noble person," he brings tokens of modernity--be they clocks or simple magic tricks that beguile the locals. First published in 1907, this re-released travelogue gives a poignant peek into another time and begs a visit to the Aran Islands to see how, or if, they have changed. --Melissa Rossi [via]
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As I Was Going Down Sackville Streetby O. S. GogartyISBN 015609004X (0-15-609004-X)
Softcover, Harcourt
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The Barracksby John McGahernISBN 0142004251 (0-14-200425-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Beckett/Beckettby Vivian MercierISBN 0195024958 (0-19-502495-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Beowulfby Michael AlexanderISBN 0140449310 (0-14-044931-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:A translation of the first epic poem in the English language. [via]
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Beowulfby David WrightISBN 0140440704 (0-14-044070-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:Beowulf stands at the head of English literature; a poem of historical interest and epic scope. Although the first manuscript of Beowulf dates from around the year 1000 CE, it is thought that the poem existed in its present form from the year 850. Beowulf's adventures themselves stand in front of the wide historical canvas of 5th and 6th century Scandinavia. Against this heroic background of feuding and feasting, Beowulf first kills the monster Grendel and her mother, and later defends his people against a dragon in a battle that leaves them both mortally wounded.
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@Eazy-B Uh oh. Grendel's mom showed up. She is really pissed. Wait. Monsters have feelings?
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Beowulfby Kevin Crossley-Holland, Charles KeepingISBN 0192723693 (0-19-272369-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:This is the story of a young man who travelled far across the sea to fight two terrifying monsters-one who could rip a man apart and drink his blood, the other who lived like a sea-wolf at the bottom of a dark, blood-stained lake. The young hero's name was Beowulf, and his story, first written in Anglo-Saxon in the eighth century, has become one of the world's most famous epics. Kevin Crossley-Holland retells the story for children in quick-paced, rhythmical prose accompanied by Charles Keeping's striking illustrations. Together they bring to life the beauty and power of one of the first great English poems. [via]
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Beowulfby Not AvailableISBN 0141026391 (0-14-102639-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:When an evil monster terrorizes the land, only one man can stop him. A new horror stalks the ancient kingdom of the Danes. Grendel, a hideous beast, has crawled from hell to lay waste to the country and devour its people. His reign of slaughter seems unstoppable. The mighty warrior Beowulf comes forward to fight this demonic enemy. But Grendel has a powerful and deadly ally. Can Beowulf survive the rage of a fiendish mother who will destroy anyone who harms her child? [via]
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Beowulf: The Fight at Finnsburhby Kevin Crossley-Holland, Heather O'DonoghueISBN 0192833200 (0-19-283320-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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A Bit on the Sideby William TrevorISBN 0143035916 (0-14-303591-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Bit on the Side'Book summary:[via]William Trevor is truly a Chekhov for our age, and a new collection of stories from him is always a cause for celebration. In these twelve stories, a waiter divulges a shocking life of crime to his ex-wife; a woman repeats the story of her parents unstable marriage after a horrible tragedy; a schoolgirl regrets gossiping about the cuckolded man who tutors her; and, in the volumes title story, a middle-aged accountant offers his reasons for ending a love affair. At the heart of this stunning collection is Trevors characteristic tenderness and unflinching eye for both the humanizing and dehumanizing aspects of modern urban and rural life.
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Classic Irish Short Storiesby Frank O'ConnorISBN 0192819186 (0-19-281918-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Collected Poemsby James JoyceISBN 0140585931 (0-14-058593-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Collected Poems 1956-1994by Thomas KinsellaISBN 0192825267 (0-19-282526-7)
Softcover, Carcanet Pr
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The Collected Stories of Elizabeth Bowenby Elizabeth BowenISBN 0224018388 (0-224-01838-8)
Hardcover, Cape
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The Colour of Bloodby Brian MooreISBN 0224025139 (0-224-02513-9)
Hardcover, Cape
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Complete Poetryby Oscar Wilde, Isobel MurrayISBN 0192835262 (0-19-283526-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Crooked Manby Philip DavisonISBN 0142002089 (0-14-200208-9)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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De Profundis and Other Writingsby Oscar WildeISBN 014043089X (0-14-043089-X)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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A Dictionary of Irish Mythologyby Peter Berresford EllisISBN 0192828711 (0-19-282871-1)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Doctor's Dilemmaby George Bernard Shaw, Dan H. LaurenceISBN 0140450270 (0-14-045027-0)
Softcover, Penguin Group (USA) Incorporated
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The Dramatic Works of Richard Brinsley Sheridanby Richard Brinsley Sheridan, Cecil John Layton PriceISBN 0198118562 (0-19-811856-2)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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Exilesby James JoyceISBN 0140481265 (0-14-048126-5)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Fictionsby Wade C. Jennings, Joseph F. TrimmerISBN 0155039679 (0-15-503967-9)
Softcover, Cengage Learning
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Fictionsby Joseph F. Trimmer, C. Wade JenningsISBN 0155273264 (0-15-527326-4)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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A Goat's Songby Dermot HealyISBN 0156005824 (0-15-600582-4)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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The Great Victorian Collection: A Novelby Brian MooreISBN 022401126X (0-224-01126-X)
Hardcover, Cape
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Gulliver's Travels and Other Writingsby Jonathan Swift, Louis A. LandaISBN 0192812068 (0-19-281206-8)
Hardcover, Oxford University Press
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Heartbreak Houseby Bernard Shaw, Dan H. LaurenceISBN 0140437878 (0-14-043787-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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The Hounds of the Morriganby Pat O'SheaISBN 0192750682 (0-19-275068-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The House by the Church-Yardby Joseph Sheridan Le FanuISBN 0218515200 (0-218-51520-0)
Hardcover, Blond
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House in Parisby Elizabeth BowenISBN 0224600567 (0-224-60056-7)
Hardcover, J. Cape
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Slowly exposing the apprehensions of the children and the reasons for their presence in the house, Elizabeth Bowen releases all her psychological insight, her charmed prose and unerring feel for atmosphere into a masterpiece of delicacy and restraint. [via]
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The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Playsby Oscar Wilde, Richard Allen CaveISBN 0140436065 (0-14-043606-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays'Book summary:Oscar Wilde was at once a family man and a homosexual outsider, a socialite, socialist, and Irish nationalist. His contradictions inspired him to ponder the roles and masks donned in conventional society, and his acute and wry insights are wonderfully displayed in this collection of his essential plays. Known not only for his brilliant, epigrammatic language, but also for his sense of theatrical design, color, and staging, Wilde created an enduring body of finely crafted works, whose delights and ironies still speak to modern audiences. In addition to Lady Windermere's Fan, Salomé, A Woman of No Importance, An Ideal Husband, A Florentine Tragedy, and The Importance of Being Earnest, this edition contains an introduction, notes and commentaries, and an excised scene from The Importance of Being Earnest.[via]More editions of The Importance of Being Earnest and Other Plays:
In a Glass Darklyby Sheridan Le Fanu, Robert TracyISBN 0192839470 (0-19-283947-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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James Joyce and the Making of 'Ulysses' and Other Writingsby Frank BudgenISBN 0192811258 (0-19-281125-8)
Softcover, Oxford University Press
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Jonathan Swiftby Jonathan SwiftISBN 0192813374 (0-19-281337-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Jonathan Swift'Book summary:The numerous selections in this volume give, for the first time, a true idea of the range of Swift's writing over half a century. Besides many familiar works, the editors have included correspondence, political pamphlets, poetry, a sermon, and pieces for the popular press. [via]
Joysprick: An Introduction to the Language of James Joyceby Anthony BurgessISBN 0156465612 (0-15-646561-2)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Knick Knack Paddy Whackby Ardal O'HanlonISBN 0156013533 (0-15-601353-3)
Softcover, Harcourt
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Lambby Bernard Mac LavertyISBN 0224018159 (0-224-01815-9)
Hardcover, Cape
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Literature: Structure, Sound and Sense /Instructors Manualby Laurence PerrineISBN 0155511092 (0-15-551109-2)
Softcover, Harcourt College Pub
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Literature:Structure, Sound, and Sense: Structure, Sound, and Senseby Laurence PerrineISBN 0155511025 (0-15-551102-5)
Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich
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Literature: structure, Sound, Senseby Laurence Perrine, Thomas R. ArpISBN 0155510703 (0-15-551070-3)
Hardcover, Harcourt College Pub
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Literature: structure, Sound, Sense'Book summary:This book is intended for the student who is beginning a serious study of imaginative literature. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal forms of fiction, poetry, and drama. Each section begins with a simple discussion of the elements of the form and is illustrated, throughout, by carefully chosen stories, poems, and plays. [via]
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Hardcover, Harcourt Brace Jovanovich - Literature: structure, Sound, Sense: ISBN 0155511084 (0-15-551108-4)
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Major Barbaraby Bernard Shaw, Elizabeth T. Forter, Dan H. Laurence, Margery MorganISBN 0140437908 (0-14-043790-8)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Major Barbara'Book summary:Purchase one of 1st World Library's Classic Books and help support our free internet library of downloadable eBooks. 1st World Library-Literary Society is a non-profit educational organization. Visit us online at www.1stWorldLibrary.ORG - - It is after dinner on a January night, in the library in Lady Britomart Undershaft's house in Wilton Crescent. A large and comfortable settee is in the middle of the room, upholstered in dark leather. A person sitting on it [it is vacant at present] would have, on his right, Lady Britomart's writing table, with the lady herself busy at it; a smaller writing table behind him on his left; the door behind him on Lady Britomart's side; and a window with a window seat directly on his left. Near the window is an armchair. Lady Britomart is a woman of fifty or thereabouts, well dressed and yet careless of her dress, well bred and quite reckless of her breeding, well mannered and yet appallingly outspoken and indifferent to the opinion of her interlocutory, amiable and yet perem-ptory, arbitrary, and high-tempered to the last bearable degree, and withal a very typical managing matron of the upper class, treated as a naughty child until she grew into a scolding mother, and finally settling down with plenty of practical ability and worldly experience, limited in the oddest way with domestic and class limitations, conceiving the universe exactly as if it were a large house in Wilton Crescent, though handling her corner of it very effectively on that assumption, and being quite enlightened and liberal as to the books in the library, the pictures on the walls, the music in the portfolios, and the articles in the papers. [via]
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Major Worksby Jonathan Swift, Angus Ross, David WoolleyISBN 0192840789 (0-19-284078-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Major Works'Book summary:This authoritative edition brings together a unique selection from the full range of Swift's fifty-year career--prose, poetry, and letters--to give the essence of his work and thinking. Jonathan Swift (1667-1745) is best known as the author of Gulliver's Travels, which alone would have secured his place in the history of English literature. But in addition to this classic fictional satire, Swift wrote numerous works concerning politics, religion, and Ireland, some savage, others humorous, all suffused with his tremendous wit and inventiveness. This anthology includes satirical works such as A Tale of a Tub and The Battle of the Books, political pamphlets, pieces for the popular press, poems, and a generous selection from Swift's correspondence. Presented chronologically, the anthology offers a new and clearer awareness of the unity as well as the complexity of Swift's vision, and the powerful bonds between disparate pieces. [via]
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Man and Supermanby George Bernard ShawISBN 0140480064 (0-14-048006-4)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man and Superman'Book summary:How tantalizing to hear Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler's List) but not be able to see him! And hear him one does in his role as Jack Tanner, the antihero of Shaw's 1905 classic drama Man and Superman. Fiennes is a veritable mouthpiece--and a frequently sarcastic one at that--for the burning issues on Shaw's philosophical and social laundry list: the state of the English working class, the arms race, women's rights, unwed mothers, the evils of industry and capitalism, and English morality in general. The seriousness of the discussions is tempered by delightful Shavian wit ("There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it."), which prevents the dialogue from collapsing under its own weight, although it does teeter at times. The four-act play, directed by the esteemed Peter Hall for BBC Radio, begins in the English countryside and ends in the mountains of Spain after a curious detour to Hell, where, in act 3, the famous dream sequence unfolds and the main characters take on such roles as Don Juan and the Devil to further hash out the meaning of existence, the definition of life force, and the power of the female sex. This is a spirited production of Shaw's imperfect but intellectually challenging work. (Running time: 225 min; four cassettes) [via]
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Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophyby Bernard Shaw, Dan H. LaurenceISBN 0140437886 (0-14-043788-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Man and Superman: A Comedy and a Philosophy'Book summary:How tantalizing to hear Ralph Fiennes (The English Patient, Schindler's List) but not be able to see him! And hear him one does in his role as Jack Tanner, the antihero of Shaw's 1905 classic drama Man and Superman. Fiennes is a veritable mouthpiece--and a frequently sarcastic one at that--for the burning issues on Shaw's philosophical and social laundry list: the state of the English working class, the arms race, women's rights, unwed mothers, the evils of industry and capitalism, and English morality in general. The seriousness of the discussions is tempered by delightful Shavian wit ("There are two tragedies in life. One is to lose your heart's desire. The other is to gain it."), which prevents the dialogue from collapsing under its own weight, although it does teeter at times. The four-act play, directed by the esteemed Peter Hall for BBC Radio, begins in the English countryside and ends in the mountains of Spain after a curious detour to Hell, where, in act 3, the famous dream sequence unfolds and the main characters take on such roles as Don Juan and the Devil to further hash out the meaning of existence, the definition of life force, and the power of the female sex. This is a spirited production of Shaw's imperfect but intellectually challenging work. (Running time: 225 min; four cassettes) [via]
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Matters of Life & Death: And Other Storiesby Bernard MacLavertyISBN 0224077856 (0-224-07785-6)
Hardcover, Jonathan Cape
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Occasional, Critical, and Political Writingsby James Joyce, Kevin Barry, Conor DeaneISBN 0192833537 (0-19-283353-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Oscar Wildeby Oscar Wilde, Isobel MurrayISBN 019281978X (0-19-281978-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Our Fathersby Andrew O'HaganISBN 0156012022 (0-15-601202-2)
Softcover, Harvest Books
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The Penguin Book of Book of Irish Fictionby Colm ToibinISBN 0140298495 (0-14-029849-5)
Softcover, Penguin Group (Canada)
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The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetryby Peter Fallon, Derek MahonISBN 0140586091 (0-14-058609-1)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Penguin Book of Contemporary Irish Poetry'Book summary:The vitality, richness and range of Irish poetry over the last forty years, together with the strength of its traditions, are vividly demonstrated in this collection.
The anthology includes generous selections of poems by such exemplary and celebrated figures as Thomas Kinsella, John Montague and Seamus Heaney and, among younger poets, Paul Muldoon, Paul Durcan and Nuala Ni Dhomhnaill. It introduces to an international audience a number of poets whose work is insufficiently known outside Ireland (representing, moreover, the dual traditions they inherit) and includes some poems in Irish, with translations.
Irish poetry features at the forefront of modern writing in English, which these varied voices extend and enhance. [via]
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Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Senseby Thomas R. ArpISBN 0155038222 (0-15-503822-2)
Hardcover, Thomson Learning
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Perrine's Literature: Structure, Sound, and Sense'Book summary:For over twenty-five years, this three-genre anthology has been a leading title for introductory literature courses. It provides a comprehensive introduction to the principal forms of fiction, poetry, and drama. Each section includes a simple discussion of the elements of the form and carefully selected stories, poems, or plays for illustration. Each section also includes an anthology of additional selections for further reading. In the Seventh Edition, the tradition of clear, precise writing and practical organization initiated by Laurence Perrine years ago is continued by Thomas R. Arp, Professor Perrine's colleague at Southern Methodist University and co-author of the Perrine trilogy for many years. He has used the same criteria of literary excellence and teaching usefulness that he and Professor Perrine utilized during the years of their collaboration to select new stories, poems, and plays for the anthology and has updated certain sections to reflect reader preferences and recent literary interests. Features: * Continues to present the best of classic literature, along with new contemporary writers. * Organized around the elements of literature within each genre, the section sare arranged progressively to give students information to understand and use. * Includes a "Writing About Literature" appendix to help guide students through the process of thinking and writing about literature. New to this edition: * Nine new short stories and one new novella (about 25% of the total selections), including works by Toni Cade Bambara, Margaret Atwood, Ann Beattie, Dagoberto Gilb, Zora Neale Hurston, and Katherine Ann Porter. * Numerous new poems (about 30% of the total selections), many by women and minority poets. * Completely rewritten chapter on Meter and Rhythm to include expanded coverage of non-metrical verse. * Several limericks by Laurence Perrine, a master of that verse form. * New one-act plays by six playwrights, including Vaclav Havel, Tom Stoppard, J.E. Franklin, Luis Valdez, and Christopher Durang, in addition to classics by Shakespeare, Chekhov, Sophocles, Tennessee Williams, Arthur Miller, and others. [via]
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Playsby Oscar WildeISBN 0140480161 (0-14-048016-1)
Softcover, Penguin USA
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Playsby Richard Brinsley Butler SheridanISBN 0192541692 (0-19-254169-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plays'Book summary:This edition of the complete plays of Sheridan, English dramatist, theatre manager, and politician, includes The Rivals and The School for Scandal, as well as six lesser-known works: St. Patrick's Day, The Duenna, A Trip to Scarborough, The Camp, The Critic, and Pizarro. the only one available in paperback B [via]
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Plays Pleasant: Arms and the Man/Candida/the Man of Destiny/You Never Can Tellby George Bernard Shaw, Dan H. Laurence, W.J. Mc CormackISBN 0140437940 (0-14-043794-0)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Plays Pleasant: Arms and the Man/Candida/the Man of Destiny/You Never Can Tell'Book summary:Plays Pleasant (1898) comprises four comedies intended to amuse audiences but also to provoke them. Arms and the Man, set in the Balkan mountains, satirizes the romantic view of war and military heroism. Candida presents the complicated relationship between a vicar, his wife, and her young admirer. You Never Can Tell is a light, witty look at an aging suffragette and her family. The Man of Destiny features Napoleon Bonaparte at odds with English mores.[via]More editions of Plays Pleasant: Arms and the Man/Candida/the Man of Destiny/You Never Can Tell:
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The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Serviceby Erskine ChildersISBN 0141181656 (0-14-118165-6)
Softcover, Penguin Group USA
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Offering some of the most influential literary myth-makers of the last 150 years, the Oxford Popular Fiction series introduces or reintroduces, bestselling works of American and British fiction that have helped define new styles and genres, and that continue to resonate in popular memory today. From crime and historical fiction to romance, adventure, and social comedy, these books are ideal for anyone interested in the prototypical, controversial, groundbreaking, and sometimes notorious fiction of which classics are made. Complete with critical introductions, the Oxford Popular Fiction series is a personal library that lies a the heart of American and British culture.
One of the first great spy novels, The Riddle of the Sands is set during the long suspicious years leading up to the First World War. Bored with his life in London, a young man accepts an invitation to join a friend on a sailing holiday in the Baltic. A vivid exploration of the mysteries of seamanship, the story builds in excitement as these two young adventurers discover a German plot to invade England. [via]More editions of The Riddle of the Sands: A Record of Secret Service:
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Saint Joanby Bernard Shaw, Dan H. LaurenceISBN 0140450238 (0-14-045023-8)
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Saint Joanby Stanley Weintraub, Bernard ShawISBN 0140437916 (0-14-043791-6)
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The Sea, the Seaby Iris Murdoch, Mary KinzieISBN 014118616X (0-14-118616-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Sea, the Sea'Book summary:Charles Arrowby, leading light of England's theatrical set, retires from glittering London to an isolated home by the sea. He plans to write a memoir about his great love affair with Clement Makin, his mentor, both professionally and personally, and amuse himself with Lizzie, an actress he has strung along for many years. None of his plans work out, and his memoir evolves into a riveting chronicle of the strange events and unexpected visitors-some real, some spectral-that disrupt his world and shake his oversized ego to its very core.[via]More editions of The Sea, the Sea:
Sentimental Journey Through France and Italyby Laurence SterneISBN 0140430261 (0-14-043026-1)
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A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Yorickby Laurence Sterne, Paul GoringISBN 0140437797 (0-14-043779-7)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Sentimental Journey Through France and Italy by Mr. Yorick'Book summary:"I have laid a plan for something new, quite out of the beaten track." The result, A Sentimental Journey is as far from the conventional travel book as Tristram Shandy is from other novels. This volume includes the journal Sterne wrote for Eliza Draper which is essential reading for anyone interested in the development of his comic and satiric genius. [via]
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Sheridan's Playsby Cecil PriceISBN 0192811584 (0-19-281158-4)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Star Of The Seaby Joseph O'ConnorISBN 0156029669 (0-15-602966-9)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Star Of The Sea'Book summary:Joseph O'Connor's impressive historical novel, Star of the Sea, examines the unsettled personal tragedies among a group of interrelated characters and their difficulties in disregarding the past. Lord Merridith and his family board the titular ship in 1847, bound for New York, leaving behind an Ireland devastated by famine and strife. The family's beautiful nanny, Mary Duane, is with them, having fled a life of poverty, prostitution, and extreme tragedy. Another passenger, American journalist Grantley Dixon, is lured to America by business and his thinly veiled affair with Lady Merridith. Mary Duane discovers that Pius Mulvey, her former fiancé and the brother of her deceased husband, is among the overcrowded group of disease-ridden steerage passengers. A renowned thief and murderer, Mulvey abandoned Duane, only to return and sabotage her life in Ireland. Despised by his countrymen, Mulvey has been ordered by a group of steerage thugs to assassinate the demonized Merridith or face his own death.
Conflict is inevitable, but O'Connor is more interested in the complexity of history and relationships and how each makes reinvention and resolution impossible. O'Connor presents the story as a work of journalism written by Dixon, composed in the era's tabloid style, even including passages from the captain's register and crew interviews. These devices lend the work a sense of authenticity, reinforced by the author's intimate knowledge of the period and his evocative, realistic prose: "At night one sensed the ship as absurdly out of its element, a creaking, leaking, incompetent concoction of oak and pitch and nails and faith, bobbing on a wilderness of viciously black water which could explode at the slightest provocation." O'Connor conveys a sense of immediacy and dimension in his ambitious story, providing this uncertain voyage with an ultimate sense of direction. --Ross Doll [via]
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A Tale of a Tub and Other Worksby Jonathan Swift, Angus Ross, David WoolleyISBN 0192835939 (0-19-283593-9)
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This Cold Countryby Annabel Davis-GoffISBN 0156027380 (0-15-602738-0)
Softcover, Harcourt
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› Find signed collectible books: 'This Cold Country'Book summary:Known for her elegant prose and her keen eye for the nuances of class, Annabel Davis-Goff adds the lush immediacy of a Merchant-Ivory film to her compelling tale of a woman and a culture forever changed by World War II.[via]
Only three days after Daisy Creed weds Patrick Nugent, heir of an Anglo-Irish family, he leaves for the war. Having never met her husband's family, Daisy embarks for her new home, Dunmaine, in County Waterford. The family's affairs echo its estate: grand on the outside, decaying within. Left alone with Patrick's eccentric brother and silent grandmother, Daisy is determined to save Dunmaine and secure her place there. But before she can grasp the unspoken rules, she is unwillingly drawn into events that throw her determination off course.
Daisy Creed is a resilient, courageous, altogether enterprising Everywoman of her time in this novel about a way of life and the war that precipitated its transformation.More editions of This Cold Country:
Three Plays for Puritans: The Devil's Disciple, Caesar and Cleopatra, Captain Brassbound's Conversionby Bernard Shaw, Dan H. LaurenceISBN 0140437924 (0-14-043792-4)
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Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbitsby Emma DonoghueISBN 0156027399 (0-15-602739-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits'Book summary:Emma Donoghue vividly brings to life stories inspired by her discoveries of fascinating, hidden scraps of the past. Here an engraving of a woman giving birth to rabbits, a plague ballad, surgical case notes, theological pamphlets, and an articulated skeleton are ingeniously fleshed out into rollicking, full-bodied fictions.[via]
Whether she's spinning the tale of an English soldier tricked into marrying a dowdy spinster, a Victorian surgeon's attempts to "improve" women, a seventeenth-century Irish countess who ran away to Italy disguised as a man, or an "undead" murderess returning for the maid she left behind to be executed in her place, Emma Donoghue brings to her tales a colorful, elegant prose filled with the sights and smells and sounds of the period. She summons the ghosts of those men and women who counted for nothing in their own day and brings them to unforgettable life in fiction.More editions of Woman Who Gave Birth to Rabbits:
Woodbrookby David ThomsonISBN 0214200248 (0-214-20024-8)
Hardcover, Barrie & Jenkins
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