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Angela Carterby Lorna SageISBN 0746307276 (0-7463-0727-6)
Softcover, Northcote House Publishers, Limited
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Annotations to Finnegans Wakeby Roland McHughISBN 0801841909 (0-8018-4190-9)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins University Press
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Annotations to Finnegans Wake'Book summary:The biggest stumbling block facing any prospective reader of "Finnegans Wake" is the book itself, with its thousands of words of Joyce's inventions, derived from nearly every foreign language imaginable and from a host of other sources. Now extensively revised, expanded, and corrected, Roland McHugh's "Annotations" is a unique one-volume guidebook designed to be read side by side with the "Wake" itself. [via]
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- Annotations to Finnegans Wake: ISBN 0801883822 (0-8018-8382-2)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr - Annotations to Finnegans Wake: ISBN 0801842263 (0-8018-4226-3)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr - Annotations to Finnegans Wake: ISBN 0801823234 (0-8018-2323-4)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr - Annotations to Finnegans Wake: ISBN 0801822599 (0-8018-2259-9)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins University Press - Annotations to Finnegans Wake: ISBN 0801841909 (0-8018-4190-9)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins University Press
- Annotations to Finnegans Wake: ISBN 0801883822 (0-8018-8382-2)
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A Barthes Readerby Susan Sontag, Roland BarthesISBN 0809028158 (0-8090-2815-8)
Hardcover, Hill and Wang
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Barthes Reader'Book summary:A Barthes Reader gives one the image of Barthes as one of the great public teachers of our time, someone who thought out, argued for, and made available several steps in a penetrating reflection on language sign systems, texts- and what they have to tell us about the concept of being human. Susan Sontag's prefatory essay is one of her finest acts of criticism, informed by intellectual sympathy and a sure sense of the contours of the mind she is describing.[via]More editions of A Barthes Reader:
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A Beowulf Handbookby John D. Niles, Robert E. BjorkISBN 0803261500 (0-8032-6150-0)
Softcover, Univ of Nebraska Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'A Beowulf Handbook'Book summary:The most revered work composed in Old English, Beowulf is one of the landmarks of European literature. This handbook supplies a wealth of insights into all major aspects of this wondrous poem and its scholarly tradition.Each chapter provides a history of the scholarly interest in a particular topic, a synthesis of present knowledge and opinion, and an analysis of scholarly work that remains to be done. Written to accommodate the needs of a broad audience, A Beowulf Handbook will be of value to nonspecialists who wish simply to read and enjoy Beowulf and to scholars at work on their own research. In its clear and comprehensive treatment of the poem and its scholarship, this book will prove an indispensable guide to readers and specialists for many years to come.[via] 
Bleak Houseby Charles Dickens, Nicola BradburyISBN 0808577301 (0-8085-7730-1)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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Bleak Houseby Peter AckroydISBN 074930765X (0-7493-0765-X)
Softcover, Heinemann
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The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classicsby W. John CampbellISBN 0760748217 (0-7607-4821-7)
Hardcover, Sterling Pub Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Book of Great Books: A Guide to 100 World Classics'Book summary:There are so many classics in The Book Of Great Books that we can't list them all but here are some of the great works included: Animal Farm, The Bluest Eye, Catch-22, Don Quixote, Ethan Fromme, Frankenstein, The Great Gatsby, Heart Of Darkness, Invisible Man, The Joy Luck Club, King Lear, The Lord Of The Rings, Madame Bovary, Native Son, The Old Man and The Sea, Pride And Prejudice, Romeo And Juliet, The Sound And The Fury, Treasure Island, Waiting For Godot. Entries provide historical background to the works, narrative summaries, discussion of major themes and characters, and much more. And there are ingenious diagrams to help clarify the relationships between the characters. [via]
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Brave New World Revisitedby Aldous HuxleyISBN 080850150X (0-8085-0150-X)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Brave New World Revisited'Book summary:Huxley looks backward and forward in this brilliant extended essay published a quarter of a century after his controversial, dark visionary novel. Analyzing America at mid-century against the tomorrow of the BRAVE NEW WORLD, Huxley finds some answers and asks more questions. [via]
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The Child That Books Built: A Life in Readingby Francis SpuffordISBN 0805072152 (0-8050-7215-2)
Hardcover, Henry Holt & Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading'Book summary:A wise and tender tribute to childhood reading and the power of fiction[via]
In this extended love letter to children's books and the wonders they perform, Francis Spufford makes a confession: books were his mother, his father, his school. Reading made him who he is.
To understand the thrall of fiction, Spufford goes back to his earliest encounters with books, exploring such beloved classics as The Wind in the Willows, The Little House on the Prairie, and the Narnia chronicles. He re-creates the excitement of discovery, writing joyfully of the moment when fuzzy marks on a page become words, which then reveal . . . a dragon. Weaving together child development, personal reflection, and social observation, Spufford shows the force of fiction in shaping a child: how stories allow for escape from pain and for mastery of the world, how they shift our boundaries of the sayable, how they stretch the chambers of our imagination.
Fired by humanity, curiosity, and humor, The Child That Books Built confirms Spufford as a profound and original thinker, evoking in the process the marvel of reading as if for the first time.More editions of The Child That Books Built: A Life in Reading:
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Cliffscomplete King Henry IVby Sidney Lamb, Michael McMahonISBN 0764585703 (0-7645-8570-3)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete King Henry IV'Book summary:In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.[via]CliffsComplete King Henry IV, Part 1 follows the play's alternating comic and serious scenes as a young prince rebels against his father, who happens to be king, until he must go to the king's aid to stamp out the rebellion of nobles.
Discover a story of self-sacrifice and meet one of the theatre's most enduring comic characters, Falstaff and save valuable studying time all at once. Enhance your reading of King Henry IV with these additional features:
- A summary and insightful commentary for each chapter
- Bibliography and historical background on the author, William Shakespeare
- A look at Early Modern England intellectual, religious, political, and social context
- Coverage of key themes and use of language within the work
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Review questions, a quiz, discussion guide, and activity ideas
- A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Web sites
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Cliffscomplete King Learby Sidney Lamb, Stacy MulderISBN 0764585711 (0-7645-8571-1)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete King Lear'Book summary:In the CliffsComplete guides, the play's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.[via]In this tragic play, Lear, a ruler in pre-Christian Britain, is described as a "very foolish old man." Grossly misjudging his daughters, he endures a harrowing experience and emerges as a man "more sinned against than sinning." This most tragic of Shakespearean plays speaks to us repeatedly about fate and chance, destiny and the gods. But we also are reminded that humanity has free will and King Lear's choices lead to madness.
Enhance your reading of King Lear and save valuable studying time all at once with CliffsComplete King Lear. Studying is easier with features that include
- Shakespeare's original play
- Notes and definitions that appear directly opposite the line in which they occur
- A summary and insightful commentary for each scene
- Bibliography and historical background on the playwright, William Shakespeare
- A look at the historical context and structure of the play
- Discussions on the play's symbols and themes
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Review questions, a quiz, discussion topics (essay questions), activity ideas
- A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites
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Cliffscomplete Macbethby Sidney Lamb, Christopher MorrowISBN 076458572X (0-7645-8572-X)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete Macbeth'Book summary:In the CliffsComplete guides, the novel's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.[via]CliffsComplete Othello makes you familiar with one of the most staged of all of Shakespeare's plays. Othello is a tale of love and betrayal, secrets, passion, and intrigue. Psychology and wit pit strength and virtue against jealousy and evil agendas. The results leave no winners, only tragedy in the lives of the jealous Moor, Othello, and his wife, Desdemona.
Enhance your reading of Othello and save valuable studying time all at once with CliffsComplete Othello. Additional features include:
- A summary and insightful commentary for each scene
- Bibliography and historical background on the playwright, William Shakespeare
- A look at the historical context and structure of the play
- Discussions on the play's symbols and themes
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Review questions, a quiz, discussion topics (essay questions), activity ideas
- A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites
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Cliffscomplete the Tempestby Matthew C. HansenISBN 0764585762 (0-7645-8576-2)
Softcover, John Wiley & Sons Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Cliffscomplete the Tempest'Book summary:In the CliffsComplete guides, the play's complete text and a glossary appear side-by-side with coordinating numbered lines to help you understand unusual words and phrasing. You'll also find all the commentary and resources of a standard CliffsNotes for Literature.[via]CliffsComplete The Tempest tells the famous story of Prospero and his daughter Miranda. Through magic, Prospero has conjured up a storm that brings a ship full of his enemies to the island on which he and Miranda live. What follows is Shakespeare's comic masterpiece that's full of intrigue and romance.
Discover what happens to Prospero and Miranda and save valuable studying time all at once. Enhance your reading of The Tempest with these additional features:
- A summary and insightful commentary for each act
- Bibliography and historical background on the author, William Shakespeare
- A look at the historical context and structure of the play
- Discussions on the plays symbols and themes
- A character map that graphically illustrates the relationships among the characters
- Review questions, a quiz, discussion topics (essay questions), activity ideas
- A Resource Center full of books, articles, films, and Internet sites
Streamline your literature study with all-in-one help from CliffsComplete guides!
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Death of a Salesmanby Arthur MillerISBN 0791093026 (0-7910-9302-6)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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Death of a Salesman/Coles Notesby MillerISBN 0774030232 (0-7740-3023-2)
Softcover, Coles Pub Group Ltd
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Death of a Salesman/Coles Notes'Book summary:This is a study guide to help students who have to answer questions or write exams or essays about Death of a Salesman. It is the Coles Notes Edition. [via]
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Dickens' Fur Coat and Charlotte's Unanswered Letters: The Rows and Romances of England's Great Victorian Novelistsby Daniel PoolISBN 0788193147 (0-7881-9314-7)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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Dostoevsky And The Novelby Michael HolquistISBN 0810107295 (0-8101-0729-5)
Hardcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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Faustby Johann Wolfgang Von Goethe, Barker FairleyISBN 0802016685 (0-8020-1668-5)
Hardcover, University of Toronto Press
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Goethe's Faust: Part 1 A New American Versionby C. F. MacIntyreISBN 0811200566 (0-8112-0056-6)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Goethe's Faust: Part 1 A New American Version'Book summary:Goethe said that all his works were "one long confession," and certainly into Faust, this greatest masterwork of German literature, on which he worked sixty years, he welded his own search for meaning of existence and of the soul.
From the wager between God and Mephistopheles and the pact Faust makes with the latterthat this genial, urbane devil could have his soul if ever Faust became satisfied with any experience or knowledge Mephistopheles could show himthe drama unfolds in scenes that are human and compelling, that hold the reader by their despair and ecstasy, their tender love, passionate desire and wisdom, but also by their gaiety, humor, and irony. As Faust proceeds with his devilish guide, it is his striving for understanding that becomes important, not the attainment, and in fact this is what saves him in the end.
Part I of Faust, which Goethe published twenty-four years before its sequel, deals with Faust's journey through the everyday world and his love for Gretchen. It is made especially memorable in this translation, which Victor Lange, Chairman of the Department of German at Princeton, has called "certainly the most usable and most appealing Faust translation in English. It is modern without losing the dignity of the original and is perhaps the only translation that conveys something of the freshness and poetic vitality of Goethe's own speech." [via]More editions of Goethe's Faust: Part 1 A New American Version:
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Great Expectationsby Charles Dickens, Charles BrownISBN 0743487613 (0-7434-8761-3)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Great Expectations'Book summary:My father's family name being Pirrip, and my Christian name Philip, my infant tongue could make of both names nothing longer or more explicit than Pip. So, I called myself Pip, and came to be called Pip. I give Pirrip as my father's family name, on the authority of his tombstone and my sister. . . . but this is my tale, not my father's. It is the tale of how I lived my life, and thrived -- how I lost my all, and found something again, praiise God, a thing I love. Listen and you'dll hear . . . [via]
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- Great Expectations: ISBN 0809597470 (0-8095-9747-0)
Hardcover, Wildside Pr - Great Expectations: ISBN 0749307609 (0-7493-0760-9)
Softcover, Heinemann - Great Expectations: ISBN 080490068X (0-8049-0068-X)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - Great Expectations: ISBN 0805502831 (0-8055-0283-1)
Softcover, Hart Pub Co - Great Expectations: ISBN 0743487613 (0-7434-8761-3)
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- Great Expectations: ISBN 0809597470 (0-8095-9747-0)
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Henry IVby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0743485041 (0-7434-8504-1)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry IV'Book summary:FOLGER Shakespeare Library
THE WORLD'S LEADING CENTER FOR SHAKESPEARE STUDIES
Each edition includes:
· Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
· Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
· Scene-by-scene plot summaries
· A key to famous lines and phrases
· An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
· An essay by a leading Shakespeare scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
· Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Essay by Alexander Leggatt
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu. [via]
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Henry James's the Portrait of a Ladyby Harold BloomISBN 0791045145 (0-7910-4514-5)
Hardcover, Facts on File
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Henry James's the Portrait of a Lady'Book summary:In his introduction Harold Bloom calls Henry James "an endlessly fecund novelist and short-story writer." He goes on to suggest that character-portraiture was one of his superb skills. This superb collection of essays touches on topics such as character delineation in the novel, narrative method, imagery, diction, and method. This series is edited by Harold Bloom, Sterling Professor of the Humanities, Yale University; Henry W. and Albert A. Berg Professor of English, New York University Graduate School. These texts are the ideal aid for all students of literature, presenting concise, easy-to-understand biographical, critical, and bibliographical information on a specific literary work. Also provided are multiple sources for book reports and term papers with a wealth of information on literary works, authors, and major characters. [via]
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A History of Russian Literatureby Victor TerrasISBN 0756761484 (0-7567-6148-4)
Softcover, Diane Pub Co
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House of the Seven Gablesby Nathaniel HawthorneISBN 0809594110 (0-8095-9411-0)
Softcover, Wildside Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The House Of The Seven Gables'Book summary:". . . The color, so to speak, of _The House of the Seven Gables_ is admirable. But the story has a sort of expansive quality which never wholly fructifies, and as I lately laid it down, after reading it for the third time, I had a sense of having interested myself in a magnificent fragment. Yet the book has a great fascination, and of all of those of its author's productions which I have read over while writing this sketch, it is perhaps tine one that has gained most by re-perusal. If it be true of the others that the pure, natural quality of the imaginative strain is their great merit, this is at least as true of _The House the Seven Gables,_ the charm of which is in a peculiar degree of the kind that we fail to reduce to its grounds -- like that of the sweetness of a piece of music, or the softness of fine September weather. It is vague, indefinable, ineffable; but it is the sort of thing we must always point to in justification of the high claim that we make for Hawthorne. . . ." [via]
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Softcover, Airmont Pub Co - The House of the Seven Gables: ISBN 0786280425 (0-7862-8042-5)
Hardcover, Thorndike Pr - House of the Seven Gables: ISBN 0808519638 (0-8085-1963-8)
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- House of the Seven Gables: ISBN 0809598752 (0-8095-9875-2)
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How to Travel With a Salmon and Other Essaysby Umberto Eco, William WeaverISBN 0749397098 (0-7493-9709-8)
Softcover, Minerva Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'How to Travel With a Salmon and Other Essays'Book summary:By the author of "The Name of the Rose", this collection of essays offers advice on a wide range of unusual subjects - how to recognize a porno film, how to take an intelligent holiday, how not to talk about football, how to protect oneself from widows - as well as discussing weightier matters of history, politics, economics, literature and philosophy, in such pieces as "On the Impossibility of Drawing a Map of the Empire on a Scale of 1 to 1" and "Three Owls on a Chest of Drawers". [via]
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The Infernoby Alighieri Dante, Allen MandelbaumISBN 0808509578 (0-8085-0957-8)
Hardcover, Bt Bound
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Inferno'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. An informative introduction and commentary accompany this classic translation of Dante's epic poem about a spiritual pilgrim being led by Virgil through the nine circles of hell, available in a dual-language edition. [via]
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Invitation to the Classicsby Louise Cowan, OS GuinnessISBN 080106810X (0-8010-6810-X)
Softcover, Baker Pub Group
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Kabir: Ecstatic Poemsby William ShakespeareISBN 0807063800 (0-8070-6380-0)
Softcover, Beacon Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Kabir: Ecstatic Poems'Book summary:Originally published in 1976, with more than 75,000 copies in print, this collection of poems by fifteenth-century ecstatic poet Kabir is full of fun and full of thought. Columbia University professor of religion John Stratton Hawley has contributed an introduction that makes clear Kabir's immense importance to the contemporary reader and praises Bly's intuitive translations.
By making every reader consider anew their religious thinking, the poems of Kabir seem as relevant today as when they were first written. [via]More editions of Kabir: Ecstatic Poems:
Kiddie Lit: The Cultural Construction Of Children's Literature In Americaby Beverly Lyon ClarkISBN 0801881706 (0-8018-8170-6)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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King Learby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 074348276X (0-7434-8276-X)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'King Lear'Book summary:King Lear stands alongside Hamlet as one of the most profound expressions of tragic drama in literature. Written between 1604 and 1605, it represents Shakespeare at the height of his dramatic power. Drawing on ancient British history, Shakespeare constructs a plot that reads like a fable in its clear-sighted but terrifying simplicity. The ageing King Lear calls his daughters, Goneril, Regan and Cordelia to witness that he wishes "to shake all cares and business from our age" and divide his kingdom between his three children. When Cordelia refuses to flatter her father with sycophantic words of love, her banishment leads to chaos and civil war as Lear's disastrous "division of the kingdom" gives free reign to the greed and ambition of his two remaining daughters.
As Lear sinks into rage and madness he is deserted by everyone except his "bitter" Fool, the loyal Kent and the exiled Cordelia. The play descends into a nighmarish theatre of cruelty and absurdity as Lear realises he has "ta'en / Too little care" of the poverty and corruption of his kingdom, and his loyal but foolish friend Gloucester has his eyes gouged out. Metaphors of monstrosity and perversions of nature structure the dramatic action, and the play's ending remains one of the most harrowing in all of Shakespeare. Many see a profound despair and nihilism in King Lear, and would agree with Kent's conclusion that "All's cheerless, dark and deadly". Other writers have identified a radical but pessimistic critique of contemporary conceptions of kingship and absolutist authority, yet it remains a remarkable tragedy of public misjudgement and intensely private grief and anguish. --Jerry Brotton [via]
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Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbridgeby Thomas Hardy, John SutherlandISBN 0808519751 (0-8085-1975-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Life and Death of the Mayor of Casterbridge'Book summary:FOR USE IN SCHOOLS AND LIBRARIES ONLY. Tragic consequences result from Michael Herchard's impetuous sale of his wife and daughter. [via]
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Literary Criticism of the Old Testamentby Norman C. HabelISBN 0800601769 (0-8006-0176-9)
Softcover, Augsburg Fortress Pub
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Lyric Generations: Poetry and the Novel in the Long Eighteenth Centuryby Gabrielle StarrISBN 0801873797 (0-8018-7379-7)
Hardcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Macbethby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0743477103 (0-7434-7710-3)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Macbeth'Book summary:Each edition includes:
" Freshly edited text based on the best early printed version of the play
" Full explanatory notes conveniently placed on pages facing the text of the play
" Scene-by-scene plot summaries
" A key to famous lines and phrases
" An introduction to reading Shakespeare's language
" An essay by an outstanding scholar providing a modern perspective on the play
" Illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books
Essay by Susan Snyder
The Folger Shakespeare Library in Washington, D.C., is home to the world's largest collection of Shakespeare's printed works, and a magnet for Shakespeare scholars from around the globe. In addition to exhibitions open to the public throughout the year, the Folger offers a full calendar of performances and programs. For more information, visit www.folger.edu. [via]
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- Macbeth: ISBN 0743482794 (0-7434-8279-4)
Softcover, Pocket Books - Macbeth: ISBN 0748702563 (0-7487-0256-3)
Softcover, Copp Clark Professional - Macbeth: ISBN 0764120867 (0-7641-2086-7)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc - Macbeth: ISBN 078077034X (0-7807-7034-X)
Hardcover, Perfection Learning - Macbeth: ISBN 0743477103 (0-7434-7710-3)
Softcover, Washington Square Pr
- Macbeth: ISBN 0743482794 (0-7434-8279-4)
The Mayor of Casterbridgeby Thomas HardyISBN 0804900639 (0-8049-0063-9)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Methodby Gerard Genette, Jane E. LewinISBN 0801492599 (0-8014-9259-9)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method'Book summary:Gerard Genette builds a systematic theory of narrative upon an anlaysis of the writings of Marcel Proust, particularly 'Remembrance of Things Past.'
Adopting what is essentially a structuralist approach, the author identifies and names the basic constituents and techniques of narrative and illustrates them by referring to literary works in many languages. [via]More editions of Narrative Discourse: An Essay in Method:
The Noise of Timeby Osip Mandelshtam, Clarence BrownISBN 0810119285 (0-8101-1928-5)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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Novelists And Novelsby Harold BloomISBN 0791083667 (0-7910-8366-7)
Softcover, Facts on File
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Pieces of My Mind: Essays and Criticism 1958-2002by Frank KermodeISBN 0809076012 (0-8090-7601-2)
Hardcover, Farrar Straus & Giroux
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Pieces of My Mind: Essays and Criticism 1958-2002'Book summary:Sir Frank Kermode has been writing peerless literary criticism for more than a half-century. Pieces of My Mind includes his own choice of his major essays since 1958, beginning with his extraordinary study of "Poet and Dancer Before Diaghilev" and ending with a marvelous consideration of Shakespeare's Othello and Verdi-Boito's Otello. Important essays on Hawthorne, on Wallace Stevens, on problems in literary theory and analysis, on Auden, on "Secrets and Narrative Sequence," and three previously unpublished essays (including one on "Memory" and one on "Forgetting") fill out this rich and rewarding volume. Pieces of My Mind also contains recent considerations of the work of major modern writers--Don DeLillo, Raymond Carver, Tom Paulin, and others.[via]
Of Kermode's last book, Shakespeare's Language, Richard Howard wrote that it was "a triumph of inauguration and the crowning action of his splendid career of criticism. It is, and will doubtless remain, the first book one should read about Shakespeare's plays, and with those plays." Pieces of My Mind has equal authority and power, and it will be equally praised.More editions of Pieces of My Mind: Essays and Criticism 1958-2002:
The Poetics of Indeterminacy: Rimbaud to Cageby Marjorie PerloffISBN 0810117649 (0-8101-1764-9)
Softcover, Northwestern Univ Pr
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The Politics and Poetics of Transgressionby Allon White, Peter StallybrassISBN 080149382X (0-8014-9382-X)
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Reading George Steinerby Nathan A. Scott, Ronald A. SharpISBN 0801848881 (0-8018-4888-1)
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Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literatureby Janice A. RadwayISBN 0807843490 (0-8078-4349-0)
Softcover, Univ of North Carolina Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Reading the Romance: Women, Patriarchy, and Popular Literature'Book summary:Originally published in 1984, Reading The Romance challenges popular (and often demeaning) myths about why romantic fiction, one of publishing's most lucrative categories, captivates millions of women readers. In a new introduction, Janice Radway places the book within the context of current scholarship and offers both an explanation and critique of the study's limitations. [via]
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Robinson Crusoeby Daniel DefoeISBN 0804900221 (0-8049-0022-1)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Robinson Crusoe'Book summary:I cast my eyes to the stranded vessel, when the breach and froth of the sea being so big, I could hardly see it, it lay so far off, and considered, Lord! how was it possible I could get on shore? After I had solaced my mind with the comfortable part of my condition, I began to look round me to see what kind of place I was in, and what was next to be done, and I soon found my comforts abate, and that, in a word, I had a dreadful deliverance; for I was wet, had no clothes to shift me, nor anything either to eat or drink to comfort me, neither did I see any prospect before me but that of perishing with hunger, of being devoured by wild beasts; and that which was particularly afflicting to me was that I had no weapon either to hunt and kill any creature for my sustenance, or to defend myself against any other creature that might desire to kill me for theirs. In a word, I had nothing about me but a knife, a tobacco-pipe, and a little tobacco in a box. This was all my provision; and this threw me into terrible agonies of mind, that for a while I ran about like a madman. Night coming upon me, I began, with a heavy heart, to consider what would be my lot if there were any ravenous beasts in that country, seeing at night they always come abroad for their prey. [via]
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Sodometries: Renaissance Texts, Modern Sexualitiesby Jonathan GoldbergISBN 0804720509 (0-8047-2050-9)
Hardcover, Stanford Univ Pr
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Splintered Light: Logos and Language in Tolkien's Worldby Verlyn FliegerISBN 0802819559 (0-8028-1955-9)
Softcover, Eerdmans
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The Tempestby William Shakespeare, Paul Werstine, Barbara A. MowatISBN 0743482832 (0-7434-8283-2)
Softcover, Pocket Classics
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Tempest'Book summary:The most poetic and magical of Shakespeare's comedies, this play contrasts lyrical fantasy surrounding the spirit Ariel and the savage Calaban, with a tale of political intrigue focused around Prospero, the banished Duke of Milan, now a wizard living on a remote island. Books in this new, illustrated series present complete texts of Shakespeare's plays. However, the lines are set up so students can see the bard's original poetic phrases printed side-by-side and line-by-line with a modern "translation" on the facing page. Starting in the late 1580s and for several decades that followed, Shakespeare's plays were popular entertainment for London's theatergoers. His Globe Theatre was the equivalent of a Broadway theater in today's New York. The plays have endured, but over the course of 400+ years, the English language has changed in many wayswhich is why today's students often find Shakespeare's idiom difficult to comprehend. Simply Shakespeare offers an excellent solution to their problem. Introducing each play is a general essay covering Shakespeare's life and times. At the beginning of each of the five acts in every play, a two-page spread describes what is about to take place. The story's background is explained, followed by brief descriptions of key people who will appear in the act, details students should watch for as the story unfolds, discussion of the play's historical context, how the play was staged in Shakespeare's day, and explanation of puns and plays on words that occur in characters' dialogues. Identifying icons preceding each of these study points are printed in a second color, then are located again as cross-references in the play's original text. For instance, where words spoken by a person in the play offer insights into his or another character's personality, the "Characters" icon will appear as a cross-reference in both the introductory spread and the play proper. Following each act, a closing spread presents questions and discussion points for use as teachers' aids. Guided by the inspiring format of this fine new series, both teachers and students will come to understand and appreciate the genius of Shakespeare as never before. [via]
The Tempestby Alan DurbandISBN 0748703799 (0-7487-0379-9)
Softcover, Trans-Atlantic Pubns
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Theory of the Novelby Michael McKeonISBN 080186397X (0-8018-6397-X)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Theory of the Novel'Book summary:Michael McKeon, author of The Origins of the English Novel, 1600-1740, here assembles a collection of influential essays on the theory of the novel. Carefully chosen selections from Frye, Benjamin, Lévi-Strauss, Lukács, Bakhtin, and other prominent theorists explore the historical significance of the novel as a genre, from its early beginnings to its modern variations in the postmodern novel and postcolonial novel.
Offering a generous selection of key theoretical texts for students and scholars alike, Theory of the Novel also presents a provocative argument for studying the genre. In his introduction to the volume and in headnotes to each section, McKeon argues that genre theory and history provide the best approach to understanding the novel. All the selections in this anthology date from the twentieth centurymost from the last forty yearsand represent the attempts of different theorists, and different theoretical schools, to describe the historical stages of the genre's formal development.
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Time of the Assassins a Study of Rimbaudby Henry MillerISBN 0811201155 (0-8112-0115-5)
Softcover, W W Norton & Co Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Time of the Assassins a Study of Rimbaud'Book summary:This study is not literary criticism but a fascinating chapter in Miller's own spiritual autobiography.
The social function of the creative personality is a recurrent theme with Henry Miller, and this book is perhaps his most poignant and concentrated analysis of the artist's dilemma. [via]More editions of Time of the Assassins a Study of Rimbaud:
To Double Business Bound: Essays on Literature, Nemesis, and Anthropologyby Rene GirardISBN 0801836557 (0-8018-3655-7)
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The Tragedy of King Learby William ShakspeareISBN 080491012X (0-8049-1012-X)
Softcover, Airmont Pub Co
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Tragedy of Macbethby William ShakespeareISBN 0804910022 (0-8049-1002-2)
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The Triumph of Narrative: Storytelling in the Age of Mass Cultureby Robert FulfordISBN 076790656X (0-7679-0656-X)
Softcover, Broadway Books
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Violence and the Sacredby Rene GirardISBN 0801822181 (0-8018-2218-1)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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Wallace Stevens: The Poems of Our Climateby Harold BloomISBN 0801491851 (0-8014-9185-1)
Softcover, Cornell Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Wallace Stevens: The Poems of Our Climate'Book summary:This dazzling book is at once an indispensable guide to Stevens's poetic canon and a significant addition to the literature on the American Romantic movement. It gives authoritative readings of the major long poems and sequences of Stevens and deals at length with the important shorter works as well, showing their complex relations both to one another and to the work of Stevens's precursors, Wordsworth, Shelley, Keats, Emerson, and Whitman. No other book on Stevens is as ambitious or comprehensive as this one: everyone who writes on Stevens will have to take it into account. The product of twenty years of meditating, thinking, and writing about Stevens, this truly remarkable book is a brilliant extension of Bloom's theories of literary interpretation. [via]
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Who's Who in Enid Blyton: From Amelia Jane to Big Earsby Eva RiceISBN 0752856480 (0-7528-5648-0)
Softcover, Trafalgar Square Books
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Who's Who in Enid Blyton: From Amelia Jane to Big Ears'Book summary:Fully revised and expanded edition of this comprehensive and light-hearted A-Z of Enid Blyton characters, to be published on Enid Blyton's birthday. Written with the full endorsement of The Enid Blyton Estate, the book will be beautifully presented with original illustrations and designed in a second colour. Noddy, Amelia Jane, Darrell Rivers, Moon Face...all the old favourites are here along with plenty of facts, details and insights into over a thousand of Blyton's most memorable and enduring characters. In this expanded edition, even more of Blyton's best-loved books are covered, including her Farm Stories and the Barney Stories. A fascinating and, at times, humorous look into the imagination of Britain's most well-loved storyteller. [via]
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William Shakespeare's Macbethby Philip Page, Marilyn PetitISBN 0764131400 (0-7641-3140-0)
Softcover, Barrons Educational Series Inc
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› Find signed collectible books: 'William Shakespeare's Macbeth'Book summary:One of Shakespeare's greatest, but also bloodiest tragedies, was written around 1605/06. Many have seen the story of Macbeth's murder and usurpation of the legitimate Scottish King Duncan as having obvious connection to contemporary issues regarding King James I (James VI of Scotland), and the Gunpowder Plot of 1605. King James was particularly fascinated with witchcraft, so the appearance of the witches chanting "Fair is foul, and foul is fair" at the opening of the play seemed particularly topical, as was Macbeth's betrayal of Banquo, from whom James claimed direct descent.
However, the play is clearly far more than a piece of royal entertainment. It is also a fast-moving and dramatically satisfying piece of theatre. Macbeth's existential struggle between loyalty to his King and his "Vaulting ambition" is fascinating to watch, as his is struggle with Lady Macbeth, and her own terrifying refusal of her maternal role. The play shows an intensification of Shakespeare's interest in mothers and their effect upon ruling masculinity, and also contains some of the most memorable speeches in the entire canon, including Macbeth's reflections that ultimately life "is a tale / Told by an idiot, full of sound and fury, / Signifying nothing". --Jerry Brotton [via]
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The Works of Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queenby Edmund Spenser, Edwin Greenlaw, Charles Grosvenor OsgoodISBN 0801869846 (0-8018-6984-6)
Softcover, Johns Hopkins Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Works of Edmund Spenser: The Faerie Queen'Book summary:Originally published between 1932 and 1945, the eleven-volume Works of Edmund Spenser collects The Faerie Queene along with Spenser's minor poems, prose works, and Alexander C. Judson's The Life of Edmund Spenser.
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Writing Degree Zeroby Roland BarthesISBN 0809013843 (0-8090-1384-3)
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Writing for Their Lives: The Modernist Women, 1910-1940by Gillian Hanscombe, Virginia L. SmyersISBN 0788162608 (0-7881-6260-8)
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Written for Childrenby John Rowe TownsendISBN 0810831171 (0-8108-3117-1)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Written for Children'Book summary:This revised and updated edition provides children's and young adult librarians, teachers, literature classes, and library school classes with an authoritative history and analysis of the best British and American children's literature through 1994, with a new 2003 postscript including such recent phenomenons as J.K.Rowling and Philip Pullman. Written for Children traces the development of children's literature from its origins through the beginnings of the multimedia revolution. In effortless and entertaining style, Townsend, a world-renowned authority in the field, examines the changing attitudes toward children and their literature and analyzes the various strands that make up this important field. While examining many well-known American classics, Townsend also looks at British works that American audiences may have overlooked. With illustrations and bibliography. [via]
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