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Samuel Beckett : trivial et spirituel
Editions Rodopi 2011; US$ 39.00Quoi dire, mal dire, ouïr, mal entendre, en-deçà du langage, à lécoute dun manque, mèr(e) morte ou « souffle-esprit » ? Dans et hors de la langue, triviale ou spirituelle, aimée ou haïe, anglaise ou française, exil ou patrie... Le travail de Beckett, dans ses pièces théâtrales,... more...
Manuscript Verse Collectors and the Politics of Anti-Courtly Love Poetry
OUP Oxford 2009; US$ 109.99This book reappraises the work of early-seventeenth-century collectors of English Renaissance poetry in manuscript. The verse miscellanies, or poetry anthologies, of these collectors have long attracted the attention of literary editors looking for texts by individual, major authors, and they have more recently interested historians for their poems... more...
The Celtic Twilight
The Floating Press 2012; US$ 3.99W.B. Yeats was a towering figure in twentieth-century letters. Though best remembered as a poet and playwright, Yeats was insatiably curious and devoted much of his life to the study of folk literatures. This collection brings together an astounding array of Irish legends, fables, and fairy tales. more...
The Complete Poetry and Selected Prose of John Donne
Random House Publishing Group 2000; US$ 16.95This Modern Library edition contains all of John Donne's great metaphysical love poetry. Here are such well-known songs and sonnets as "A Valediction: Forbidding Mourning," "The Extasie," and "A Nocturnall Upon S. Lucies Day," along with the love elegies "Jealosie," "His Parting From Her," and "To His Mistris Going to Bed." Presented as well are Donne's... more...
Women's Poetry and Religion in Victorian England
Cambridge University Press 2002; US$ 34.00Scheinberg examines Anglo-Jewish (Grace Aguilar and Amy Levy) and Christian (Elizabeth Barrett Browning and Christina Rossetti) women poets, and argues that there are important connections between the discourses of nineteenth-century poetry, gender and religious identity. more...
Nothing to Admire
Oxford University Press 2003; US$ 94.99This work argues for the persistence of a central tradition of poetic satire in English that extends from Restoration England to present-day America. The tradition is seen as rooted in the uses of Augustan metaphor to criticize the abuse of social and political power and to promote freedom of mind. more...
Rhino Chasers
Allen & Unwin 2002; US$ 16.31A story of surf, friendship and the long road to adulthood. ''There is a lot to like about this exciting road novel? Imagine Endless Summer as directed by David Lynch. Grant's vivid description of surfing action is awesome; likewise his ability to describe changing landscapes in a few strokes.''. Australian Bookseller & Publisher more...
Works of Alfred Lord Tennyson
MobileReference.com 2007; US$ 5.99Indulge Yourself with the best classic literature on Your PDA. Navigate easily to any poem from Table of Contents or search for the words or phrases. Table of Contents. List of Works by Genre and Title. List of Works in Alphabetical Order. List of Works in Chronological Order. Alfred Lord Tennyson Biography. Poetry Books :: Poems :: Plays. Poetry Books.... more...
George Cruikshank
MobileReference.com 2008; US$ 3.99This is an electronic edition of the complete book complemented by author biography. ******************. Accusations of ingratitude, and just accusations no doubt, are made against every inhabitant of this wicked world, and the fact is, that a man who is ceaselessly engaged in its trouble and turmoil, borne hither and thither upon the fierce waves... more...
de baai de binnenbaai
Amsterdam University Press 2007; US$ 10.50Voor de meeste Nederlands behoort Nederlands-Indi ot een afgesloten tijdperk. Maar Indi s een onlosmakelijk deel van het culturele geheugen van Nederland, een hedendaagse herinnering, die vooral voortleeft in de literatuur en film. Vanaf de zestiende-eeuwse reisverhalen tot in dit postkoloniale tijdperk zijn (her-) vertellingen over Indi teeds populair... more...









