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Aeneidos: Liber Primusby VirgilISBN 019872117X (0-19-872117-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Aeneidos: Liber Sextvsby R.G. Austin, P. Vergili MaronisISBN 0198721285 (0-19-872128-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Alexander Pope: The Poetry of Allusionby Reuben A. BrowerISBN 0198811497 (0-19-881149-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Another First Poetry Bookby John FosterISBN 019917119X (0-19-917119-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Aristophanes Acharniansby S. Douglas OlsonISBN 0199275866 (0-19-927586-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Aristophanes CloudsISBN 0199120099 (0-19-912009-9)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
Find This BookBook summary:This new translation of the play Clouds examines the two versions of the play, the history of the text, an analysis of Right and Wrong, the purpose of the chorus, and explanations of certain previously unexamined sexualjokes referred to in the play. Dover also includes notes on metrical analysis, a full commentary, and indexes. [via]
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The Arrivants; A New World Trilogy.by Edward BrathwaiteISBN 0199111030 (0-19-911103-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Autobiography of an Unknown Indianby Nirad C. ChaudhuriISBN 0201155761 (0-201-15576-1)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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Beowulfby George JackISBN 0198710445 (0-19-871044-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Beowulf'Book summary:Beowulf, the major surviving poem in Old English, is composed in a language that is rich but often difficult. This edition makes the poem more accessible in its original language, and at the same time provides the materials necessary for its detailed study at both undergraduate and postgraduate levels. As well as supplying a full textual commentary, George Jack includes extensive running glosses beside the text in order to facilitate the reading of Beowulf for students at any stage. Also included is the text of the Finnsburh Fragment, because of its special relevance to Beowulf. [via]
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Blueberries Lavenderby Erik Blegvad, Nancy Dingman WatsonISBN 0201085682 (0-201-08568-2)
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Christopher Marlowe: Poet & Spyby Park HonanISBN 0198186959 (0-19-818695-9)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Classical Tradition:Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literature: Greek and Roman Influences on Western Literatureby Gilbert HighetISBN 0198811411 (0-19-881141-1)
Hardcover, Oxford U.P.
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The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary: A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary Volumes I-Iv, Vol 3by R. W. BurchfieldISBN 0198612117 (0-19-861211-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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But the Compact did not contain the Supplements to the OED which have been appearing at regular intervals since 1972. Now, with their completion in 1986, all four volumes are being produced in a single micrographically reproduced volume to be called Volume III of the Compact OED. So the vital addendum, which transforms the OED into an indispensable tool for the eighties, will be made available for the first time in this convenient and affordable format.
The Supplement, called the "book of the century" by Phillip Howard in the London Times, contains all the new words that have come into use during the twentieth century and includes as well the countless new meanings that have been applied to older words--over 69,000 entries altogether. It includes business terms, "computerese," space-age terminology, colloquialisms and coinages by modern authors ranging from William Faulkner and Virginia Woolf to Gore Vidal and Erica Jong. Words like G-man, yuppie, user-friendly , test-tube baby, and Zen Buddhism rub shoulders with the most recent additions to subjects like law, medicine and engineering. The wealth of Americanisms in the Supplement also reflects a new direction for the dictionary. As editor Robert Burchfield explains it, "The center of gravity for the English language is no longer Britain. American English is the greatest influence on English everywhere."
Volume III of the Compact is available in its own jndividual slipcase or combined with Volumes I and II in one slipcase. By a process of photoreduction four pages from the original work appear on each page of the Compact edition and both versions include a magnifying glass that makes the reduced type easily readable.
The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, Volume III (A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary, Volumes I-IV) $75.00, 861211-7, 1424 pp., 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 1 volume in slipcase (adhesive strips on the slipcase allow it to be attached to the 2-volume Compact OED boxed set) with reading glass
The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary, Volumes I-III $250.00, 861212-5, 5568 pp., 9 1/2 x 12 1/2 Volumes I, II and III in a single slipcase with reading glass [via]More editions of The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary: A Supplement to the Oxford English Dictionary Volumes I-Iv, Vol 3:
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The Compact Edition of the Oxford English Dictionary: Complete Text Reproduced Micrographicallyby R. W. BurchfieldISBN 0198612125 (0-19-861212-5)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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The Compact Oxford English Dictionaryby E.S.C. WeinerISBN 0198612583 (0-19-861258-3)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Compact Oxford English Dictionary'Book summary:Proper words in their proper places--and a good many improper ones, too! If the OED's many obsolete definitions tend to be the most enjoyable--shuff is dialect for "shy," dolt was once upon a time a verb as well, meaning "to befool"--everyday idiosyncrasies still abound. But, for instance, occupies nine columns of text, and who would wish a single line away? There's also the sublime pleasure of trawling through the sea of relevant quotations. The OED's initial team of "voluntary readers" was asked to cite as many phrases as possible for both archaic and ordinary terms. None seems to have found this remotely arduous, and we now reap the ubiquitous ("present or appearing everywhere; omnipresent") rewards. This huge venture is a labor of lore, love, and good humor. One caveat: If you skip over the Historical Introduction, you'll miss learning about the Unregistered Words Committee, and overlook the wry warning, "If there is any truth in the old Greek maxim that a large book is a great evil, English dictionaries have been steadily growing worse ever since their inception...." [via]
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The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Languageby Tom McArthur, Roshan McArthurISBN 0198631367 (0-19-863136-7)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language'Book summary:First published in 1992, The Oxford Companion to the English Language was described by The Times as an `excellent guide to the history, geography and contours of English', one that `immediately establishes itself as a necessary book'. A carefully-planned shorter version of the Oxford Companion to the English Language, this new Concise concentrates on the central themes in the language: grammar, usage, dialect, pronunciation, and the history of English. Within each theme all the key subjects are covered, and individual entries offer all the most essential information from the parent Companion.
With nearly 2,000 articles in A-Z format the Concise Companion is an ideal reference for both students and general readers wanting access to the highly readable scholarship of the Companion in a portable and affordable format. [via]More editions of The Concise Oxford Companion to the English Language:
Disappearance of the Outside: A Manifesto for Escapeby Andrei CodrescuISBN 020157098X (0-201-57098-X)
Softcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Divine Poemsby Helen GardnerISBN 019871100X (0-19-871100-X)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Early Middle English Verse and Proseby J.A. Bennett, G.V. SmithersISBN 0198711018 (0-19-871101-8)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Elements of Styleby William Strunk, E. B. WhiteISBN 0205191584 (0-205-19158-4)
Softcover, Pearson P T R
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Elements of Style'Book summary:Composition teachers throughout the English-speaking world have been pushing this book on their students since it was first published in 1957. Co-author White later revised it, and it remains the most compact and lucid handbook we have for matters of basic principles of composition, grammar, word usage and misusage, and writing style. [via]
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The Emperor's New Mind: Concerning Computers, Minds, and the Laws of Physicsby Roger PenroseISBN 0198519737 (0-19-851973-7)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Penrose claims that there is an intimate, perhaps unknowable relation between quantum effects and our thinking, and ultimately derives his anti-AI stance from his proposition that some, if not all, of our thinking is non-algorithmic. Of course, these days we believe that there are other avenues to AI than traditional algorithmic programming; while he has been accused of setting up straw robots to knock down, this accusation is unfair. Little was then known about the power of neural networks and behavior-based robotics to simulate (and, some would say, produce) intelligent problem-solving behavior. Whether these tools will lead to strong AI is ultimately a question of belief, not proof, and The Emperor's New Mind offers powerful arguments useful to believer and nonbeliever alike. --Rob Lightner [via]
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English Literature in the Sixteenth Centuryby C. S. LewisISBN 0198812981 (0-19-881298-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Essentials of Children's Literatureby Carol Lynch-Brown, Carl M. TomlinsonISBN 0205281362 (0-205-28136-2)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Euripide's Medeaby D. L. PageISBN 0198720920 (0-19-872092-0)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr on Demand
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Euripides Medeaby Euripides, Alan ElliotISBN 0199120064 (0-19-912006-4)
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Goethe, the Poet and the Age: Revolution and Renunciation (1790-1803)by Nicholas BoyleISBN 0199257515 (0-19-925751-5)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Gorgiasby Plato, Terence IrwinISBN 0198720912 (0-19-872091-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Gorgias'Book summary:The Gorgias is a vivid introduction to central problems of moral and political philosophy. In answer to an eloquent attack on morality as conspiration of the weak against the strong, Plato develops his own doctrine, insisting that the benefits of being moral always outweigh any benefits to be won from immorality. He applies his views to such questions as the errors of democracy, the role of the political expert in society, and the justification of punishment.
In the notes to this translation, Professor Irwin discusses the historical and social context of the dialogue, expounds and criticizes the arguments, and tries above all to suggest the questions a modern reader ought to raise about Plato's doctrines. [via] 
Homer: Iliad Book 1by Simon Homer PulleynISBN 0198721862 (0-19-872186-2)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Introduction to Virgil's Aeneidby W.A. CampsISBN 0198720246 (0-19-872024-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Iron Johnby Robert W. BlyISBN 0201570424 (0-201-57042-4)
Hardcover, Addison-Wesley
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The Kingis Quairby James, John Norton-SmithISBN 0198710224 (0-19-871022-4)
Hardcover, Clarendon Press
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Language Arts Activities for the Classroomby Sidney W. TiedtISBN 0205104789 (0-205-10478-9)
Softcover, Prentice Hall
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Letters of Dorothy Wordsworthby Dorothy Wordsworth, Alan G. HillISBN 0198185391 (0-19-818539-1)
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The Listing Attic [and] The Unstrung Harpby Edward GoreyISBN 0200721038 (0-200-72103-8)
Hardcover, Abelard-Schuman
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Literature: The Evolving Canonby Sven P. BirkertsISBN 0205142222 (0-205-14222-2)
Hardcover, Prentice Hall
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Literature: The Evolving Canon'Book summary:The new edition of this comprehensive anthology by a well-known literary critic, scholar, and teacher continues to bring a new awareness of how the world of fiction, poetry, and drama is expanding in a multicultural, global, and electronic environment. Authors represented include a high proportion of women as well as writers from non-Western cultures and from a variety of American cultural traditions. For in-depth reading, "career study" sections in fiction and poetry focus on the work of James Baldwin, Alice Munro, Gary Snyder, and Adrienne Rich, while the drama section includes two plays by Sophocles, as well as Shakespeare's Hamlet and The Tempest. In all, the text includes 46 short stories, 14 plays, and 345 poems. Literature is presented in reader-friendly steps to help students toward the fullest response to literature. Students learn how they can sharpen their experience of great literature and share it by converting their responses into writing, using discussion to help generate well-supported persuasive essays for composition.Chapter examples and questions show students the analytical tools and procedural steps for experiencing and writing about literature, while case-study models and critical essays help them compose their responses in writing. Chapters on writing about fiction, poetry, and drama help students make connections between the reading and writing process. [via]
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Lucretius on Atomic Motion: A Commentary on De Rerum Natural 2. 1-332by Don Fowler, Titus Lucretius Carus, P. G. FowlerISBN 0199243581 (0-19-924358-1)
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The Major Worksby Alexander Pope, Pat RogersISBN 019920361X (0-19-920361-X)
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The Mask of Keats: The Endeavour of a Poetby Thomas McFarlandISBN 0198186452 (0-19-818645-2)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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Nature and Industrializationby Alasdair ClayreISBN 0198710976 (0-19-871097-6)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Nature of Roman Poetryby Gordon Willis WilliamsISBN 0198721153 (0-19-872115-3)
Softcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Oxford Companion to English Literatureby Margaret DrabbleISBN 0198614535 (0-19-861453-5)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to English Literature'Book summary:Sir Paul Harvey's original Oxford Companion to English Literaure, published in 1932, was the book that began Oxford's celebrated Companion series. In its various editions in the half-century since then, it has enjoyed an enormously faithful following and unflagging sales (over 400,000 to date). Now, for the Fifth Edition, the eminent novelist and biographer Margaret Drabble has put together the most substantial and significant revision in the book's distinguished history.
The Classic Guide to English Literary Culture
Here, thoroughly updated, is the standard reference work on English literature, both clasic and contemporary. The virtues established by Harvey are intact: the useful plot summaries, the separate entries on important fictional characters, the countless biographical articles on authors and other important figures in the world of letters, the lightness of touch that makes the book a pleasure to read. As ever, this is an essential book for libraries large and small, for students, for teachers, for everyone interested in English literature.
Revisions Deepen and Widen Book's Appeal
Drabble's revisions not only bring the volume up to date; they both deepen and widen its appeal. Topics once regarded as non-literary--detective stories, science fiction, children's literature, comic strips, for example--are now included, as are numerous foreign language authers who have become well-known in translation. There are also entries on composers who have adapted English texts to musical forms and articles on visual artists whose work has been touched by the English literary consciousness. The book covers all the important movements and critical theories (including the latest developments in Freudian and Marxist criticism and Saussurean linguistics and its successors). What is more, the entries on classic works--Beowulf, The Canterbury Tales, The Faerie Queen, and many others--now incorporate the findings of the latest scholarship. In still another innovation, the entries now offer the reader a guide to turther study and research by referring to the relevant biographies, memoirs, critical studies, and standard scholarly editions of many of the important works. Also, the book's appendices on censorship, copyright, and the calendar have been updated, and an exhaustive cross-referencing system in the manner of the more recent Companiions has been adopted.
About the Editor:
Margaret Drabble's many books include The Middle Ground, The Realms of Gold, The Ice Age, Thank You All Very Much, and A Writer's Britain.
Standard Features:
Among the many notable features distinguishing The Oxford Companion to English Literature are:
· Alphabetically arranged entries
· Entries on important individual works
· Author entries that include concise biographical information and cite their major works
· Many entries on historians, critics, philosophers, and booksellers
· Coverage of many American authors and of foreign language authors famous in translation
· Entries on non-literary figures famous in a literary context, from Penelope Rich to Ottoline Morrell
· Articles on literary societies, clubs, and coffee houses
· Definitions of literary and artistic movements, from Existentialism to the New Criticism, from Neo-classicism to Structuralism
· Entries on prizes, periodicals, newspapers, and literary agents
· Updated appendices on censorship, copyright, and the calendar
· Extensive system of internal cross references, redesigned in the manner of the more recent Companions [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to English Literature:
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Oxford Companion to English Literatureby Paul H. HarveyISBN 0198661061 (0-19-866106-1)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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The Oxford Companion to Irish Literatureby Robert Welch, Bruce StewartISBN 0198661584 (0-19-866158-4)
Hardcover, Oxford Univ Pr
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature'Book summary:By turns sacred or profane, mystical or earthy, scathingly satirical and modern or achingly nostalgic for the ever-receding past, the literature of Ireland has long entranced and entertained readers the world over. Now The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature provides a comprehensive and delightfully readable guide to the evolution and achievements of Irish writers and writing across sixteen tumultuous centuries, from fourth-century ogam writing etched on ancient stones, to the towering twentieth-century figures of Yeats, Joyce, and Beckett, to the bold new voices emerging today as Ireland enters a new era and a new century.
Written by a distinguished team of writers from Ireland and around the world, this remarkable Companion offers over 2,000 entries that provide insight into the intimate fusion of history, literature, and culture that distinguishes so much of Ireland's poetry, drama, and fiction. Unrivalled in scope, this superb volume encompasses writing in both the Irish language and in English, across the religious and political spectrums, by native Irish and Anglo-Irish writers and such outsiders as Londoner Edmund Spenser, who completed The Faerie Queen--and indeed most of his life's work--during his two decades in Ireland. In contrast to other, less complete references, the editors of this Companion seek always to show the complex and continuing influence of the Irish language on writers in English, and vice versa. And as befits a country where so many writers have not only been commentators and observers of history but also active participants in the nation's affairs, there are dozens of entries on important historical events that shaped the lives and fired the imaginations of the Irish, from the Battle of the Boyne and the Great Famine of the 1840s, to the Easter Uprising of 1916 and today's continuing conflicts and controversies. Hundreds of biographical entries range from the early bards and authors such as Adaman, the seventh century abbot and biographer of the Irish saint Colum Cille, to contemporary writers such as Seamus Heaney, Brian Friel, and Booker Prize-winning novelist Roddy Doyle. The myriad contributions of Ireland's women writers also are well-represented here, with entries on folklorist and dramatist Lady Gregory, co-founder of Ireland's world-renowned Abbey Theatre, and many others, including the novelists and short story writers Mary Lavin, Elizabeth Bowen, Julia O'Faolain, Edna O'Brien and Maeve Binchy, and contemporary poets Eilean Ni Chuilleanain, Nuala Ni Dhomnaill, and Rita Ann Higgins.
Whether readers are seeking a quick introduction to the mythic figures of Cu Chulainn and the sidh, or fairy folk, who haunt the pages of Yeats's early poems, a handy who's who to the Dublin of Swift, Joyce, or Behan, or an invitation into the theatrical worlds of J.M. Synge or Sean O'Casey, The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature is a wonderfully accessible reference and an indispensable research tool. It will be treasured not only by students and scholars of Irish writing and history, but by anyone seeking a more acute understanding of one of the world's most vibrant literary traditions. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to Irish Literature:
The Oxford Companion to Spanish Literatureby Philip WardISBN 0198661142 (0-19-866114-2)
Hardcover, Clarendon Pr
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The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in Englishby Ian HamiltonISBN 0198661479 (0-19-866147-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English'Book summary:The first and only comprehensive work of its kind, The Companion to Twentieth Century Poetry in English charts the development of poetry from 1900 to the present, across the whole of the English-speaking world, from the United States, Great Britain, and Ireland to New Zealand, Pakistan, Singapore, Trinidad and Zimbabwe--anywhere where poets write in English. Alphabetically arranged for ease of reference, it offers biographical entries on some 1,500 individual poets, as well as over one hundred entries covering important magazines, movements, literary terms and concepts.
As readable as it is comprehensive, the Companion offers a fascinating survey of this century's shift from 'poetry' to 'poetries,' as American and British traditions of poetry have made way for a growing diversity of voices, and as the burgeoning poetries of Australia, Canada, and other English-speaking countries assert their own identities. The range of poets represented in this Companion is extraordinary. Here are in-depth discussions of Yeats, Eliot, Pound, and Joyce alongside provocative assessments of W.H. Auden, Elizabeth Bishop, Wallace Stevens, and Marianne Moore. John Ashbery, Margaret Atwood, Maya Angelou, and Mary Oliver are accounted for, as well as Carolyn Forché, David Bottoms, Jorie Graham, and many other younger poets just coming into prominence. Chinua Achebee, Jack Mapanje, Femi Oyebode and other important African poets writing in English are here, as well as poets from the Caribbean, India, and even Russia.
Readers will relish this Companion's many insightful contributions from celebrated poet-critics, writing on other poets in intriguing author-subject combinations. For example, Seamus Heaney writes on Robert Lowell ("Lowell had invented a way of getting at life, of making poetry kick and freak at the edge of contemporary reality"), Ann Stevenson discusses Sylvia Plath ("In the quarter-century following her suicide, Sylvia Plath has become a heroine and martyr of the feminist movement. In fact, she was a martyr mainly to the recurrent psychodrama that staged itself within the bell jar of her tragically wounded personality"), and Tom Paulin weighs in on Ted Hughes ("His appointment as Poet Laureate in 1984 sealed his essentially shaman-like conception of his poetic mission and enabled him to speak out on environmental issues while celebrating royal weddings and babies"). Other pairings include Jay Parini on Wallace Stevens, Jon Stallworthy on Wilfred Owen and Rupert Brook, and William H. Pritchard on Robert Frost and Randall Jarrell. Each entry includes a wealth of biographical and bibliographical information, and a select bibliography at the end of the book supplies a handy source of information on poets whose work is not otherwise in print, or readily available to readers.
From Abse and Auden to Zaturenska and Zukofsky, The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English is an essential reference for students, lovers of poetry, and for poets themselves. [via]More editions of The Oxford Companion to Twentieth-Century Poetry in English:
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Oxford English DictionaryISBN 019861117X (0-19-861117-X)
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The Oxford English Dictionaryby J. A. SimpsonISBN 0198611862 (0-19-861186-2)
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Oxford English Dictionary Additions Seriesby John A. Simpson, J. A. Simpson, E.S.C. WeinerISBN 0198612990 (0-19-861299-0)
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The Oxford English Dictionary: Being a Corrected Re-Issue with an Introduction, Supplement, and Bibliography of A New English Dictionary on Historical Principlesby Philological Society (Great Britain), R. W. Burchfield, James Augustus Henry MurrayISBN 0198611013 (0-19-861101-3)
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The Oxford History of the Classical Worldby Oswyn Murray, John Boardman, Jasper GriffinISBN 0198721129 (0-19-872112-9)
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Oxford Nursery Rhyme Bookby Iona Opie, Peter OpieISBN 0198691122 (0-19-869112-2)
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Paradise Lost Books 1 and 2by John Milton, Anna BaldwinISBN 0198320019 (0-19-832001-9)
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Poetry and Politics in the English Renaissanceby David NorbrookISBN 0199247196 (0-19-924719-6)
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Poetry and Revolution: An Anthology of British and Irish Verse 1625-1660by David DavidsonISBN 0199242801 (0-19-924280-1)
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The Poetry Handbook: A Guide To Reading Poetry For Pleasure And Prictical Criticismby John LennardISBN 0199265380 (0-19-926538-0)
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The Poetry of Slavery: An Anglo-American Anthology, 1764-1866by Marcus WoodISBN 0198187084 (0-19-818708-4)
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A Scottish Poetry Bookby Alan Norman Bold, Bob Dewar, Rodger McPhail, Iain McIntoshISBN 0199160309 (0-19-916030-9)
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Seventeen Modern German Poetsby S. PrawerISBN 019832474X (0-19-832474-X)
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Shakespeare's Sonnetsby Stanley Wells, Paul EdmondsonISBN 019925611X (0-19-925611-X)
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Sidney: A Defense of Poetryby Jan Van DorstenISBN 0199110220 (0-19-911022-0)
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Six Women Poetsby Judith KinsmanISBN 0198331819 (0-19-833181-9)
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› Find signed collectible books: 'Six Women Poets'Book summary:Six Women Poets offers a selection of contemporary women's poetry from Gillian Clarke, Grace Nichols, Fleur Adcock, Carole Rumens, Selima Hill and Liz Lochhead. This edition, for students studying English Literature at Advanced Level or as part of a college course, contains over 80 poems. Each poet has written an introduction to her poetry, giving insights into the way she writes and reflecting on the cultural influences in her work. In keeping with other Oxford Student Texts, this edition has a Notes section following on from the poems which gives support on individual poems, with glossaries and explanations of words and phrases and comments designed to encourage the student's own response. The Reviews section provides a collection of recent critical material on each poet as a starting point for discussion and written work. The Tasks and a Further Reading list at the end of the text offer opportunities for coursework and wider reading. This volume is the most contemporary in the Oxford Student Texts series, and should attract a lot of extra interest. [via]
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Some Things Go Togetherby Charlotte Zolotow, Sylvie SeligISBN 0200716158 (0-200-71615-8)
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Starting Lines in Scottish, Irish, and English Poetry: From Burns to Heaneyby Fiona StaffordISBN 0198186371 (0-19-818637-1)
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Summerby Alice Gordon, Vincent VirgaISBN 020157702X (0-201-57702-X)
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Surge and Thunder: Critical Readings in Homer's Odysseyby Homer, David Martin GauntISBN 0199120153 (0-19-912015-3)
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Sylvia Plath and the Theatre of Mourningby Christina BritzolakisISBN 0198183739 (0-19-818373-9)
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A Third Poetry Bookby John Foster, Chris Orr, Martin White, Joseph WrightISBN 0199181128 (0-19-918112-8)
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The Third Rose: Gertrude Stein and Her Worldby John Malcolm BrinninISBN 0201058804 (0-201-05880-4)
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A Very First Poetry Book: A Critical Appraisal of Postwar American National Securityby John I. FosterISBN 0199160503 (0-19-916050-3)
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William Cowper: Selected Lettersby James King, Charles RyskampISBN 0198185960 (0-19-818596-0)
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William Empson: Against the Christiansby John HaffendenISBN 0199276609 (0-19-927660-9)
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William Empson: Among The Mandarinsby John HaffendenISBN 0199276595 (0-19-927659-5)
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Diccionario Oxford Mini/ Oxford Spanish Minidictionary: Espanol-Ingles Ingles-Espanolby Nicholas RollinISBN 0198610467 (0-19-861046-7)
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