literary criticism
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Nonesuch Dickensiana: Retrospectus and Prospectus
- £25.00
- Divided into four sections, with wrappers and inserts included. Introduced with an article by Arthur Waugh on Dickens' Illustrators. A prospectus for a Nonesuch Press edition of the works of Charles Dickens.
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Nonesuch Dickensiana: Retrospectus and Prospectus
- £25.00
- Divided into four sections, with wrappers and inserts included. Introduced with an article by Arthur Waugh on Dickens' Illustrators. A prospectus for a Nonesuch Press edition of the works of Charles Dickens.
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Papers Presented to the PAST & PRESENT CONFERENCE on Literature and the Historians (1967 UCL)
- £20.00
- Papers from a conference held July 10, 1967, forcusing on literature in a historical context with seven scholarly papers presented, covering the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
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Paradox in Chesterton
- £50.00
- The renowned Canadian literary scholar and critic, Hugh Kenner, would go on to publish many books after this one, his first. The introduction was by his friend and mentor, Marshall McLuhan.
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Poetry and Drama
- £85.00
- Eliot's Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture, Harvard University given on Nov 21 1950.
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Poetry Notebook: Reflections on the Intensity of Language
- £15.00
- Clive James was one of our finest critics and best-loved cultural voices. He was also a prize-winning poet. Since he was first enthralled by the mysterious power of poetry, he has been a dedicated student. In fact, for him, poetry was nothing less than the occupation of a lifetime, and…
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Poetry Notebook: Reflections on the Intensity of Language
- £10.00
- Clive James was one of our finest critics and best-loved cultural voices. He was also a prize-winning poet. Since he was first enthralled by the mysterious power of poetry, he has been a dedicated student. In fact, for him, poetry was nothing less than the occupation of a lifetime, and…
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Pound Wise
- £25.00
- This superb collection of essays bears the strong stamp of Osbert Sitwell's (1892-1967) own character and outlook, as well as that of his genius. They are extremely idiosyncratic, elegant and eloquent; graceful and angry; sometimes prophetic; always generous-hearted, courageous, intensely civilized.The first-rate journalist within the radical aristocrat makes this book…
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Rhetorical Renaissance: The Mistress Art and Her Masterworks
- £23.00
- Kathy Eden reveals the unexplored classical rhetorical theory at the heart of iconic Renaissance literary works. Kathy Eden explores the intersection of early modern literary theory and practice. She considers the rebirth of the rhetorical artÑresulting from the rediscovery of complete manuscripts of high-profile ancient texts about rhetoric by Plato,…
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Robert Smith Surtees: A Critical Study
- £50.00
- R. S. Surtees was an English editor, novelist, and sporting writer and a member of an old County Durham family. He is remembered for his character John Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer.
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Rudyard Kipling – a new appreciation
- £12.00
- A wartime appreciation and biography of the Nobel-prize winning writer.
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Selected Essays 1917-1932
- £100.00
- In this magisterial volume, Eliot gathered his choice of the miscellaneous reviews and literary essays he had written since 1917 when he became assistant editor of The Egoist. In his preface to the third edition in 1951 he wrote: 'For myself this book is a kind of historical record of…
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Selected Poems (Edith Sitwell), with an essay on her own poetry
- £22.00
- Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (1887–1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess. She never married but became passionately attached to Russian painter Pavel Tchelitchew, and…
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Sing High! Sing Low! A Book of Essays
- £7.00
- From the cover: Though not, stricttly speaking, a book of travel, many of these essays take the reader to distant parts of the world which now he can reach by no other means [due to the 2nd World War]: Central America, the West indies, with glimpses of China and other…
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Sing High! Sing Low! A Book of Essays
- £16.00
- From the cover: Though not, stricttly speaking, a book of travel, many of these essays take the reader to distant parts of the world which now he can reach by no other means [due to the 2nd World War]: Central America, the West indies, with glimpses of China and other…
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Nonesuch Dickensiana: Retrospectus and Prospectus
- £25.00
- Divided into four sections, with wrappers and inserts included. Introduced with an article by Arthur Waugh on Dickens' Illustrators. A prospectus for a Nonesuch Press edition of the works of Charles Dickens.
- Add to basket
-
Nonesuch Dickensiana: Retrospectus and Prospectus
- £25.00
- Divided into four sections, with wrappers and inserts included. Introduced with an article by Arthur Waugh on Dickens' Illustrators. A prospectus for a Nonesuch Press edition of the works of Charles Dickens.
- Add to basket
-
Papers Presented to the PAST & PRESENT CONFERENCE on Literature and the Historians (1967 UCL)
- £20.00
- Papers from a conference held July 10, 1967, forcusing on literature in a historical context with seven scholarly papers presented, covering the Middle Ages to the 20th century.
- Add to basket
-
Paradox in Chesterton
- £50.00
- The renowned Canadian literary scholar and critic, Hugh Kenner, would go on to publish many books after this one, his first. The introduction was by his friend and mentor, Marshall McLuhan.
- Add to basket
-
Poetry and Drama
- £85.00
- Eliot's Theodore Spencer Memorial Lecture, Harvard University given on Nov 21 1950.
- Add to basket
-
Poetry Notebook: Reflections on the Intensity of Language
- £15.00
- Clive James was one of our finest critics and best-loved cultural voices. He was also a prize-winning poet. Since he was first enthralled by the mysterious power of poetry, he has been a dedicated student. In fact, for him, poetry was nothing less than the occupation of a lifetime, and…
- Add to basket
-
Poetry Notebook: Reflections on the Intensity of Language
- £10.00
- Clive James was one of our finest critics and best-loved cultural voices. He was also a prize-winning poet. Since he was first enthralled by the mysterious power of poetry, he has been a dedicated student. In fact, for him, poetry was nothing less than the occupation of a lifetime, and…
- Add to basket
-
Pound Wise
- £25.00
- This superb collection of essays bears the strong stamp of Osbert Sitwell's (1892-1967) own character and outlook, as well as that of his genius. They are extremely idiosyncratic, elegant and eloquent; graceful and angry; sometimes prophetic; always generous-hearted, courageous, intensely civilized.The first-rate journalist within the radical aristocrat makes this book…
- Add to basket
-
Rhetorical Renaissance: The Mistress Art and Her Masterworks
- £23.00
- Kathy Eden reveals the unexplored classical rhetorical theory at the heart of iconic Renaissance literary works. Kathy Eden explores the intersection of early modern literary theory and practice. She considers the rebirth of the rhetorical artÑresulting from the rediscovery of complete manuscripts of high-profile ancient texts about rhetoric by Plato,…
- Add to basket
-
Robert Smith Surtees: A Critical Study
- £50.00
- R. S. Surtees was an English editor, novelist, and sporting writer and a member of an old County Durham family. He is remembered for his character John Jorrocks, a vulgar but good-natured sporting cockney grocer.
- Add to basket
-
Rudyard Kipling – a new appreciation
- £12.00
- A wartime appreciation and biography of the Nobel-prize winning writer.
- Add to basket
-
Selected Essays 1917-1932
- £100.00
- In this magisterial volume, Eliot gathered his choice of the miscellaneous reviews and literary essays he had written since 1917 when he became assistant editor of The Egoist. In his preface to the third edition in 1951 he wrote: 'For myself this book is a kind of historical record of…
- Add to basket
-
Selected Poems (Edith Sitwell), with an essay on her own poetry
- £22.00
- Dame Edith Louisa Sitwell DBE (1887–1964) was a British poet and critic and the eldest of the three literary Sitwells. She reacted badly to her eccentric, unloving parents and lived much of her life with her governess. She never married but became passionately attached to Russian painter Pavel Tchelitchew, and…
- Add to basket
-
Sing High! Sing Low! A Book of Essays
- £7.00
- From the cover: Though not, stricttly speaking, a book of travel, many of these essays take the reader to distant parts of the world which now he can reach by no other means [due to the 2nd World War]: Central America, the West indies, with glimpses of China and other…
- Add to basket
-
Sing High! Sing Low! A Book of Essays
- £16.00
- From the cover: Though not, stricttly speaking, a book of travel, many of these essays take the reader to distant parts of the world which now he can reach by no other means [due to the 2nd World War]: Central America, the West indies, with glimpses of China and other…
- Add to basket