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Ulysses: fifty years
Indiana University Press, January 1974. Cloth. Octavo. Green cloth covered spine with gold lettering (sith sliight fade) along spine. Tight binding. [199 pages]. More
Critical Studies: The Great Gatsby (Study Guide)
Penguin Global, November 2003. Trade Paperback. Kathleen Parkinson places this brilliant and bitter satire on the moral failure of the Jazz Age firmly in the context of Scott Fitzgerald's life and times. She explores the intricate patterns of the novel, its chronology, locations, imagery, and use of color, and how..... More
A Guide to English Literature (Anchor A 418a)
Anchor Books, January 1968. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. 2nd Anchor edition. Spine is slightly leaning and lightened from exposurer to sun. Top of spine is bumped /brusied with crushed corners. [261 plus two page list of Anchor titles]. More
King's English (Oxford Language Classics series)
Oxford University Press, USA, April 2003. Reprint. Paper Back. In this classic reference book the Fowler brothers illustrate by example all the commonly-made blunders of English usage and guide the reader to improved expression and style. If Dickens had owned a copy of The King's English for example, he would..... More
The Meaning of Courtly Love
SUNY Press, 1978. First Thus. Paper Back. This book contributes to an understanding of the nature of mid-life transitions and crises by focusing on the unique personal meaning of the transitional experience for the individual. There is an implicit structure to the way in which such a transition is experienced..... More
The living principle: English as a discipline of thought
Oxford University Press, January 1975. Hardcover. dust jacket in fair/good condition: some yellowing and notable shelf wear, small tears along bottom front and top spine; red cloth cover with gold lettering; some sun or water spotting along bottom edge of cloth cover; good binding; name inscribed in ink on front..... More
Tolstoy: A Critical Introduction (Major European Authors Series)
Cambridge University Press, February 1970. Trade Paperback. This is a critical introduction to the novels and short stories of Tolstoy, treating them in their own right as works of literature, not as biographical evidence or contributions to a philosophical system. The heart of the book, inevitably, is in the two..... More
American Renaissance: Art and Expression in the Age of Emerson and Whitman
Oxford University Press, December 1968. Trade Paperback. Studies the views of 5 prominent mid-19th century writers on the function and nature of literature and how they applied these views to their works. Octavo. [678 pages]. More
Milton and the English Mind -- AS270V
Collier Books, January 1962. Mass Market PaperBack. Mass market with darkened spine. Also marginal darkening. [156 pages]. More
The Beggar's Opera and Companion Pieces (Crofts Classics)
Harlan Davidson, 1986. Reprint. Paper Back. MATT. We retrench the Superfluities of Mankind. The World is avaritious, and I hate Avarice. A covetous fellow, like a Jackdaw, steals what he was never made to enjoy, for the sake of hiding it. These are the Robbers of Mankind, for Money was..... More
Glory that was Greece: A Survey of Hellenic Culture and Civilisation. -- Evergreen Encyclopedia Volume 12 E-w96
Grove Press, January 1962. Paper Back. 3rd edition. Quarto. Spine is leaning. Mild wear to cover. Previous reader's name in ink first inside page. [319 pages]. More
A Course in Modern Linguistics
Pearson College Div, June 1958. First Edition. Cloth. Ex-library. Octavo. Cracked hinge before title page. More
Linguistic Perspectives on Literature
Routledge Kegan & Paul, March 1980. First Thus. Paper Back. Octavo. First Routledge & Kegan Paul paperback edition. Previous reader's name in ink half title page. [332 pages]. More
Rope and Other Plays, (The Ghost, The Rope, A Three-Dollar Day, Amphitryo)
Penguin Books, May 1964. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. Brilliantly adapting Greek New Comedy for Roman audiences, the sublime comedies of Plautus (c. 254-184 BC) are the earliest surviving complete works of Latin literature. The four plays collected here reveal a playwright in his prime, exploring classic themes and developing standard..... More
The True History of the Black Adder: At Last, the Cunning Plan, in All Its Hideous Hilarity
Arrow, April 2014. Trade Paperback. The complete history of the series, with the cooperation of writers Richard Curtis and Ben Elton, producer John Lloyd, and cast and crew. Hitherto unseen material includes extracts from a previously unseen and unproduced Christmas special. This is the very first in-depth examination of the..... More
Sherman: A Soldier's Passion for Order
Free Press, October 1992. Hardcover. This biography of General William Tecumseh Sherman aims to reveal the motives underlying his often controversial actions. As well as Sherman's role in the Civil War, the book covers other aspects of his life - West Point, the Gold Rush, the construction of the transcontinental..... More
The Theban Plays: King Oedipus; Oedipus at Colonus; Antigone (Penguin Classics)
Penguin, 1975. Mass Market PaperBack. 'O Light! May I never look on you again, Revealed as I am, sinful in my begetting, Sinful in marriage, sinful in shedding of blood!' The legends surrounding the royal house of Thebes inspired Sophocles (496-406 BC) to create a powerful trilogy of mankind's struggle..... More
Cicero and the Roman Republic
Pelican Book, January 1962. Reprint. Mass Market PaperBack. 2nd edition of mass market paperback. Edgeworn, especially heavy top and bottom of spine.with tiny tears. First two leafs loose from top. Spine mildly cocked. [398 pages]. More
Mad Cowboy: Plain Truth from the Cattle Rancher Who Won't Eat Meat
Scribner Book Company, August 2001. Trade Paperback. Told by the man who kicked off the infamous lawsuit between Oprah and the cattlemen, Mad Cowboy is an impassioned account of the highly dangerous practices of the cattle and dairy industries.Howard Lyman's testimony on The Oprah Winfrey Show revealed the deadly impact..... More
SOPHOCLES: Three Tragedies: Antigone, Oedipus the King, Electra
Oxford University Press, December 1964. Paper Back. Faithful as translations and vigorous and straightforward both to read and to act, these versions were written, like their originals, for immediate staage-production. Kitto has deliberately used a fairly strict meter, allowing himself no greater number of verses than Sophocles used, and where..... More
Oedipus Tyrannus; A New Translation. Passages from Ancient Authors. Religion and Psychology : Some Studies. Criticism
W W Norton & Co Inc, July 1970. First Thus. Paper Back. This new translation is for the contemporary reader. Specifically commissioned for stage production, it rings easily on the modern ear and yet retains fidelity to Sophocles' original, avoiding the archaisms of other translations. Octavo. Complete number line. Sunned..... More
Lope De Vega: Five Plays
Hill & Wang / Mermaid Dramabook, June 1961. Mass Market PaperBack. Tanned, slightly cocked spine. Textblock top edge is foxed & dust stained. Previous owner's name in ink verso of front cover top edge. [278 pages]. More
Amusing the Million: Coney Island at the Turn of the Century
Hill & Wang, August 1978. Trade Paperback. Coney Island: the name still resonates with a sense of racy Brooklyn excitement, the echo of beach-front popular entertainment before World War I. Amusing the Million examines the historical context in which Coney Island made its reputation as an amusement park and shows..... More
Two Towns in Provence : Map of Another Town and a Considerable Town
Random House Inc, August 1983. Trade Paperback. This volume brings together two delightful books--Map of Another Town and A Considerable Town--by one of our most beloved food and travel writers. In her inimitable style, here M.F.K. Fisher tells the stories--and reveals the secrets--of two quintessential French cities. Map of Another..... More
