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  • A Political Biography of Daniel Defoeby P.N. Furbank; W.R. Owens

    Pickering & Chatto Publishers 2005; US$ 99.00

    This volume engages with the radical political career of Daniel Defoe, as journalist, polemicist, political theorist and secret agent, and radically rethinks it, examining the critical integration of biography with bibliography, re-examining several key texts, and reshaping the modern biographical figure of the author. more...

  • Complete Critical Guide to Alexander Popeby Paul Baines

    Routledge 2000; US$ 28.95

    A comprehensive, user-friendly introduction to Alexander Pope's life and works, outlining the major critical issues and offering guides to further reading. more...

  • Andrew Marvellby Elizabeth Story Donno

    Routledge 1995; US$ 325.00

    The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contempoprary responses to a writer's work, enabling students and researchers to read the material themselves. more...

  • Earl of Rochesterby David Farley-Hills

    Routledge 1995; US$ 380.00

    The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary repsonses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves. more...

  • Samuel Johnsonby James T. Boulton

    Routledge 1995; US$ 380.00

    The Critical Heritage gathers together a large body of critical sources on major figures in literature. Each volume presents contemporary responses to a writer's work, enabling student and researcher to read the material themselves. more...

  • Alexander Popeby Alexander Pope; Robin Sowerby

    Routledge 1988; US$ 31.95

    This selection includes The Rape of the Lock, Eloisa to Abelard, and extracts from The Dunciad and the translation of Homer. more...

  • Congreve's The Way of the Worldby A. M. I. Fiskin

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999; US$ 5.99

    This concise supplement to William Congreve's The Way of the World helps students understand the overall structure of the work, actions and motivations of the characters, and the social and cultural perspectives of the author. more...

  • Defoe's Moll Flandersby Nancy Levi Arnez

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1969; US$ 5.99

    This is a topsy-turvy story of a woman born in prison who led a life of crime and wantonness. Later in life she straightens herself out, grows rich, and lives an honest and penitent life. more...

  • Swift's Gulliver's Travelsby A. Lewis Soens; Patrick J. Salerno

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999; US$ 5.99

    The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. In CliffsNotes on Gulliver's Travels, you follow the adventures of a man who is thought to be lost at sea but ends up traveling through many strange lands. The novel is a consciously funny satire that lampoons people's conceits and puffery with tales of abominable behavior. Jonathan Swift's masterpiece is both a social commentary and — in its abridged form — a children's classic. This concise supplement to Swift's Gulliver's Travels helps you understand... more...

  • Goldsmith's The Vicar of Wakefieldby James L. Roberts

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 1999; US$ 5.99

    The original CliffsNotes study guides offer expert commentary on major themes, plots, characters, literary devices, and historical background — all to help you gain greater insight into great works you're bound to study for school or pleasure. In CliffsNotes on Goldsmith's Vicar of Wakefield, you follow the lost and gained fortunes of the Rev. Charles Primrose and his family, a story set in eighteenth-century England. Moving with the main characters' journeys through deceptions, dips and rises in social positions, and discovery of true wealth, this study guide carries you along a path of discovery about the life and background of the author, the novel's characters, and the following: Brief summary of the novel Chapter-by-chapter summaries... more...