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The Relapse and Other Plays
Oxford University Press, UK 2004; US$ 8.99This edition contains five comedies on the theme of marital disharmony by the foremost Restoration playwright John Vanbrugh (1664-1726). In addition to the The Relapse it includes The Provoked Wife, The Confederacy, A Journey to London, and The Country House. Published in the Oxford English Drama series, it has modernized texts, a critical introduction,... more...
Paradise Lost
Oxford University Press, UK 2005; US$ 18.99Paradise Lost is one of the greatest epic poems in the English language. It tells the story of the Fall of Man, in which God and Satan fight a bitter battle for control of mankind's destiny. Milton's influence has been felt by many writers since, none more so in recent times than the novelist Philip Pullman, author of His Dark Materials.His... more...
Religious Life of Samuel Johns
Continuum International Publishing 2000; US$ 130.00Samuel Johnson was a deeply religious man and he came to depend on his Christian faith as the principal means by which to endure the pain of existence. He sought throughout his life to render himself worthy of salvation, but the difficulties which he ecperienced in trying to maintain a high degree of reigious discipline - as well as his doubts about... more...
John Thelwall
Pickering & Chatto Publishers 2009; US$ 99.00Fourteen essays on the Romantic period radical and polymath, John Thelwall. more...
Boswell's Life of Johnson
ReadHowYouWant 2009; US$ 3.99Published in 1791, Boswells Life of Johnson exposes one of the most gigantic figures of English literature with unparalleled closeness and originality. He succeeded in portraying Johnsons life through lively conversations with Johnson that reflected his abundant humor and deep insight. This work details Johnsons prolific years in... more...
The Works of John Dryden, Volume XVII
University of California Press 1971; US$ 68.00This collection of prose writing from the pen of Dryden dates from 1668 to 1691, and contains work that the editors describe as "a sampler of Dryden as biographer-historian, political commentator, religious controversialist, literary polemicist, literary theorist, and practical critic. Among the works contained here is his "Essay of Dramatick Poesie." more...
John Milton
Counterpoint 2010; US$ 28.00John Milton ? poet, polemicist, public servant, and author of one of the greatest masterpieces in English literature, Paradise Lost ? is revered today as a great writer and a proponent of free speech. In his time, however, his ideas far exceeded the orthodoxy of English life; spurred by his conscience and an iron grip on logic, Milton was uncompromising... more...
The Edinburgh Introduction to Studying English Literature
Edinburgh University Press 2010; US$ 95.00What does university study of English Literature involve today? How should students read literary texts? Answers to these questions have substantially changed and developed over recent decades, often in response to advances in literary theory. In the light of this and other recent developments, the Edinburgh Introduction provides a new, updated guide... more...
Robinson Crusoe
Saddleback Publishing 2010; US$ 12.95Timeless Classics--designed for the sturggling reader and adapted to retain the integrity of the original classic. These classic novels will grab a students attention from the first page. Included are eight pages of end-of-book activities to enhance the reading experience, bringing each book to 88 pages. more...
Swift's Politics
Cambridge University Press 1994; US$ 40.00A contextual reassessment of Swift's political writing concentrating on A Tale of a Tub and Gulliver's Travels. more...









