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  • The Importance of Being Earnestby Oscar Wilde

    The Floating Press 1895; US$ 5.95

    The Importance of Being Earnest is the last play Oscar Wilde ever wrote, and remains his most enduringly popular. It makes fun of social graces in the late Victorian era. Two seemingly unrelated parties are thrown into ridiculous entanglement when their fake identities, maintained in order to escape social responsibilities, grow ever more complicated to uphold. more...

  • The Importance of Being Earnestby Susan Van Kirk

    John Wiley & Sons, Inc. 2004; US$ 7.49

    The original CliffsNotes study guides offer a look into critical elements and ideas within classic works of literature. The latest generation of titles in this series also feature glossaries and visual elements that complement the classic, familiar format. CliffsNotes on The Importance of Being Earnest offers a concise look at this Victorian farce, which tweaks the complacency and aristocratic attitudes prevalent among the wealthy upper class of the time. Hidden identities, fierce repartee, underlying passions, and surprises punctuate this lively play. This study guide shows, through its expert commentaries, just how three sets of lovers clear up mishap and misunderstandings and end up happily ever after. Other features that help you figure... more...

  • Metre, Rhythm and Verse Formby Philip Hobsbaum

    Routledge 1995; US$ 22.95

    This clear introduction explains technical terms such as iambic pentameter and syllabics, defines verse metres such as blank and free verse and illustrates a variety of forms, from the sonnet to freer modes favoured by contemporary writers. more...

  • Selected Works of RD Laingby RD Laing

    Routledge 1998; US$ 250.00

    The patterns delineated here have not yet been classified by a Linnaeus of human bondage. They are all, perhaps, strangely, familiar. In these pages I have confined myself to laying out only some of those I actually have seen. Words that come to mind to name them are: knots, tangles, fankles, impasses, disjunctions, whirligogs, binds. more...

  • Plato and the English Romanticsby E. Douka Kabitoglou

    Routledge 1990; US$ 125.00

    Tackles the problematic relationship between Platonic philosophy and Romantic poetry, between the intellect (Apollo) and the emotions (Dionysus). It concentrates on the daemonic `mania' which the author sees as originating both. more...

  • Playboy of the Western Worldby J.M Synge

    Routledge 1979; US$ 23.95

    Two plays by one of the leading figures in the brilliant revival of Irish drama in the early years of this century.Set book for AEB, 1995. more...

  • Percy Bysshe Shelleyby James E. Barcus

    Routledge 1995; US$ 48.95

    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...

  • John Ruskinby J.L. Bradley

    Routledge 1995; US$ 345.00

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

  • James Joyce. Volume Iby Robert Deming

    Routledge 1997; US$ 55.95

    Writings include: Ulysses, Finnegan's Wake, Dubliners . 2 Volumes cover 1906-1964. Extras: Appendices include a list of the early editions of Joyce's writings. more...

  • Evelyn Waughby Martin Stannard

    Routledge 1997; US$ 380.00

    Popular English comic novelist. Key themes: Catholicism and decline of the aristocracy. Writings include: Sword of Honour, Brideshead Revisited, Black Mischief . Volume covers the period 1926-1980. more...