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If Sordello is a book-length poem, then The Ring and the Book-in its day regarded as Browning's greatest achievement, but today seemingly out of ... More

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This deluxe edition includes all of Carroll's major fiction and poetry, including Alice and Wonderland and Through the Looking-Glass, the ... More

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In his novels Dickens presents a series of unrivalled portraits of women, young and old. From Little Nell to Miss Havisham, these girls and women ... More

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Great Authors introduces readers to six of the world's premier authors and how they use language to create literary works of art. Each book presents ... More

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Aurora Leigh, now available in the first critically edited and fully annotated edition for almost a century, is the foremost example of the mid ... More

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Para Handy has been sailing his way into the affections of generations of Scots since he first weighed anchor in the pages of the Glasgow Evening ... More

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Volume VIII of the Poetical Works of Browning is the second of three volumes of Browning's masterpiece, The Ring and the Book. The commentary, at the ... More

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Poetic novel and witty satire on life, "Don Juan" is the tale of the colourful Spanish libertine. Although denounced on first publication as "an ... More

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Many of the earliest books, particularly those dating back to the 1900s and before, are now extremely scarce and increasingly expensive. We are ... More

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Sidney was in his early twenties when he wrote his 'Old' Arcadia for the amusement of his younger sister, the Countess of Pembroke. A romantic story ... More

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Selected by Simon Callow, one of Britain's leading actors, is an anthology of the Christmas that fascinated Charles Dickens, from decorating the ... More

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Milton's influence on English poetry and criticism has been incalculable. One of the most frequently studied early modern writers, Milton's twelve ... More

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"Get your "A" in gear! They''re today''s most popular study guides-with everything you need to succeed in school. Written by Harvard students for ... More

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"Excerpted from The best poems of the English language: from Chaucer through Frost"--T.p. verso.

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With her knowledge of both classic and contemporary cultures, Paglia sheds illuminating light on the raw power of a wailing pop lyric as easily as ... More

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Challenging conventional readings of literary allegorism, Borris reassesses Renaissance relations between allegory and heroic poetry.

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The Shepheardes Calender is the poem that launched Edmund Spenser's career and changed the direction of English poetry. In this reappraisal, Lynn ... More

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Collects the poetry and the best of the prose of seventeenth century metaphysical poet John Donne.

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In Browning's bicentenary year, Shearsman publishes several volumes devoted to his work, starting with a collection of his shorter "long" poems, ... More

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Catherine Cookson's final published work shows her at her most intimate and inspirational. From the earliest poem, written when she was 19 years old ... More

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While living a life of reckless debauchery and sexual adventuring, Rochester produced comic verse, scurrilous satires, and highly explicit erotica. ... More

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The poems collected in Snow Water find their gravity and centre in Michael Longley's adopted home in west Mayo, but range widely in their attention - ... More

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