literary criticism
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Tradecraft: Writers on John le Carr
- £30.00
- John le Carr is one of the most significant political novelists in the English language. His early career in the secret service took him to West Germany at the height of the Cold War and subsequent novels prompted field trips all over the world, from Hong Kong to the Democratic…
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Under Review: Writings on Writers 1946-1990
- £35.00
- This selection from 40 years of reviews and articles by one of Britain's greatest living novelists falls into three sections: on fin-de-siecle figures such as Wilde and Beardsley, on early 20th century figures including members of the Bloomsbury circle, and on European writers such as Tolstoy, Stendhal and Flaubert.
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Victorian Novelists and Their Illustrators
- £20.00
- With over 80 illustrations, this book explores the influences and culture of Victorian fiction, tracing the roots of illustrators to Cruikshank, Hogarth and Gillray.
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Walt Whitman: A Study
- £100.00
- John Addington Symonds 5 October 1840 Ð 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. Although he married and had a family, he was an early advocate of homosexuality. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies about writers…
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What is a Classic?
- £50.00
- The transcript of Eliot's wartime lecture given to the Virgil Society on 16 October 1944 published the following January in London.
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Who Killed Cock Robin? Remarks on Poetry and Its criticism, and Including the Sad Story of Eunuch Arden
- £40.00
- Sitwell offers characteristically erudite & amusing comments on poetry & its criticism in seven parts: I - The Public and the Mammon of Righteousness; II - Give them the Bird; III - An Inquest on the Body of Eunuch Arden; IV - From the Bathroom "Window; V - Concerning Simple…
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Who’s Who in D. H. Lawrence
- £12.00
- Writer and critic Graham Holderness has published over 40 books, many on Shakespeare, and hundreds of chapters and articles of criticism, theory and theology. He was one of the founders of British cultural materialism, and is acknowledged as a formative contributor to a number of branches of Shakespeare criticism and…
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William Blake (from The Popular Library of Art)
- £120.00
- William Blake has long been regarded as something of an enigma, and his poetry, although much loved by young and old, seen as esoteric and mysterious. His 'natural supernaturalism', personal mythology and vision can leave readers dazzled by the intensity and passion of his verse. In this outstanding work, Chesterton…
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Tradecraft: Writers on John le Carr
- £30.00
- John le Carr is one of the most significant political novelists in the English language. His early career in the secret service took him to West Germany at the height of the Cold War and subsequent novels prompted field trips all over the world, from Hong Kong to the Democratic…
- Add to basket
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Under Review: Writings on Writers 1946-1990
- £35.00
- This selection from 40 years of reviews and articles by one of Britain's greatest living novelists falls into three sections: on fin-de-siecle figures such as Wilde and Beardsley, on early 20th century figures including members of the Bloomsbury circle, and on European writers such as Tolstoy, Stendhal and Flaubert.
- Add to basket
-
Victorian Novelists and Their Illustrators
- £20.00
- With over 80 illustrations, this book explores the influences and culture of Victorian fiction, tracing the roots of illustrators to Cruikshank, Hogarth and Gillray.
- Add to basket
-
Walt Whitman: A Study
- £100.00
- John Addington Symonds 5 October 1840 Ð 19 April 1893) was an English poet and literary critic. Although he married and had a family, he was an early advocate of homosexuality. A cultural historian, he was known for his work on the Renaissance, as well as numerous biographies about writers…
- Add to basket
-
What is a Classic?
- £50.00
- The transcript of Eliot's wartime lecture given to the Virgil Society on 16 October 1944 published the following January in London.
- Add to basket
-
Who Killed Cock Robin? Remarks on Poetry and Its criticism, and Including the Sad Story of Eunuch Arden
- £40.00
- Sitwell offers characteristically erudite & amusing comments on poetry & its criticism in seven parts: I - The Public and the Mammon of Righteousness; II - Give them the Bird; III - An Inquest on the Body of Eunuch Arden; IV - From the Bathroom "Window; V - Concerning Simple…
- Add to basket
-
Who’s Who in D. H. Lawrence
- £12.00
- Writer and critic Graham Holderness has published over 40 books, many on Shakespeare, and hundreds of chapters and articles of criticism, theory and theology. He was one of the founders of British cultural materialism, and is acknowledged as a formative contributor to a number of branches of Shakespeare criticism and…
- Add to basket
-
William Blake (from The Popular Library of Art)
- £120.00
- William Blake has long been regarded as something of an enigma, and his poetry, although much loved by young and old, seen as esoteric and mysterious. His 'natural supernaturalism', personal mythology and vision can leave readers dazzled by the intensity and passion of his verse. In this outstanding work, Chesterton…
- Add to basket