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42 produkter
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Av Edward Gibbon, David Womersley
Häftad, 2000
167 kr
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Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and …
Gulliver's Travels
The Cambridge Anniversary Edition
Av Jonathan Swift, David Womersley
Inbunden, 2026
312 kr
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Gulliver's Travels is one of the landmarks of world literature. Gulliver's adventures with the tiny but spirited Lilliputians, the giant inhabitants of Brobdingnag, the flying island of Laputa, and the rational horses of Houyhnmhnmland have become globally famous for their satirical wit and …
Life of Samuel Johnson
Av James Boswell, David Womersley
Häftad, 2008
288 kr
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In Boswell's Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality, in a biography to which we owe much of our knowledge of the man himself. Through a series of richly detailed anecdotes, Johnson emerges as a sociable …
Gulliver's Travels
Av Jonathan Swift, David Womersley
Inbunden, 2012
2753 kr
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Gulliver's Travels is one of the few works of English literature which is also a landmark in world literature. Jonathan Swift's account of Lemuel Gulliver's adventures in the fantastical societies of 'remote nations' was an instant best-seller on publication in 1726 and has remained in the public …
Philosophical Enquiry into the Sublime and Beautiful
Av Edmund Burke, David Womersley
Häftad, 1998
166 kr
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Edmund Burke was one of the foremost philosophers of the eighteenth century and wrote widely on aesthetics, politics and society. In this landmark work, he propounds his theory that the sublime and the beautiful should be regarded as distinct and wholly separate states - the first, an experience …
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Av Edward Gibbon, David Womersley
Häftad, 1996
247 kr
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Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and …
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Av Edward Gibbon, David Womersley
Häftad, 1996
280 kr
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Edward Gibbon's Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire compresses thirteen turbulent centuries into an epic narrative shot through with insight, irony and incisive character analysis. Sceptical about Christianity, sympathetic to the barbarian invaders and the Byzantine Empire, constantly aware of how …
Thinking Through Shakespeare
Inbunden, 2026
354 kr
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How Shakespeare’s exploration of central human questions—about identity, politics, religion and right and wrong—explains his lasting power, popularity and relevanceIn the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson famously argued that Shakespeare is enduringly popular because he “is above all writers, at …
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Av Edward Gibbon, David Womersley
E-bok, 2000
125 kr
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Spanning thirteen centuries from the age of Trajan to the taking of Constantinople by the Turks, DECLINE & FALL is one of the greatest narratives in European Literature. David Womersley's masterly selection and bridging commentary enables the readerto acquire a general sense of the progress and …
History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Av Edward Gibbon, David Womersley
Häftad, 1996
247 kr
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Edward Gibbon's six-volume History of the Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire (1776-88) is among the most magnificent and ambitious narratives in European literature. Its subject is the fate of one of the world's greatest civilizations over thirteen centuries - its rulers, wars and society, and …
Complete Essays: Volume 1
Av David Hume, David Womersley
Inbunden, 2026
484 kr
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A superb new edition of the essays of one of the greatest prose writers in EnglishDavid Hume reshaped, redirected, and re-energised the English essay. His sceptical, rational, self-questioning persona created what amounted to a new intellectual arena, in which it was possible to think afresh about …
"An Estimate of the Manners and Principles of the Times" and Other Writings
Av John Brown, David Womersley
Inbunden, 2019
402 kr
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John Brown (17151766) was a clergyman who achieved great but transient fame as a writer and moralist. His attack on Shaftesbury and moral sense philosophy, against which he employed utilitarian arguments and also arguments deriving from Gods benevolent intentions toward his creation, was published …
Complete Essays: Volume 1
Av David Hume, David Womersley
E-bok, 2026
170 kr
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A superb new edition of the essays of one of the greatest prose writers in EnglishDavid Hume reshaped, redirected, and re-energised the English essay. His sceptical, rational, self-questioning persona created what amounted to a new intellectual arena, in which it was possible to think afresh about …
Complete Essays: Volume 2
Av David Hume, David Womersley
Inbunden, 2026
494 kr
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A superb new edition of the essays of one of the greatest prose writers in EnglishDavid Hume reshaped, redirected, and re-energised the English essay. His sceptical, rational, self-questioning persona created what amounted to a new intellectual arena, in which it was possible to think afresh about …
Selected Essays
Av Samuel Johnson, David Womersley
Häftad, 2003
190 kr
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This volume contains a generous selection from the essays Johnson published twice weekly as 'The Rambler' in the early 1750s. It was here that he first created the literary character and forged the distinctive prose style that established him as a public figure. Also included here is the best of …
Complete Essays: Volume 1
Av David Hume, David Womersley
Häftad, 2028
215 kr
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David Hume reshaped, redirected, and re-energised the English essay. His sceptical, rational, self-questioning persona created what amounted to a new intellectual arena, in which it was possible to think afresh about the world and the self. When he famously wrote that ‘the life of man is of no …
Life of Samuel Johnson
Av James Boswell, David Womersley
E-bok, 2008
170 kr
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In Boswell’s Life of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature is revealed with unparalleled immediacy and originality. While Johnson’s Dictionary remains a monument of scholarship, and his essays and criticism command continuing respect, we owe our knowledge of the man …
James II (Penguin Monarchs)
The Last Catholic King
E-bok, 2015
57 kr
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'James was a king tragically trapped by principle. Yet was it wise to attempt to change the national religion?'The short reign of James II is generally seen as one of the most catastrophic in British history, ending in his exile after he unsuccessfully tried to convert England to Catholicism, a …
Gibbon and the 'Watchmen of the Holy City'
The Historian and his Reputation, 1776-1815
Inbunden, 2002
6289 kr
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Gibbon was unabashed in acknowledging that his career as an historian was fuelled by a desire for fame, and the success of The Decline and Fall indeed furnished him with 'a name, a rank, a character, in the World' to which he would not otherwise have been entitled. Eventually this public reputation …
Samuel Johnson
Selected Writings
Häftad, 2020
482 kr
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This volume in the 21st-Century Oxford Authors series offers students an authoritative, comprehensive selection of the work of Samuel Johnson (1709-1784). Accompanied by full scholarly apparatus, the edition enables students to study Johnson's work in the order in which it was written, and, …
Divinity and State
Inbunden, 2010
3232 kr
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In 1589 the Privy Council encouraged the Archbishop of Canterbury to take steps to control the theatres, which had offended authority by putting on plays which addressed 'certen matters of Divinytie and of State unfitt to be suffred'. How had questions of divinity and state become entangled? The …
Complete Essays: Volume 2
Av David Hume, David Womersley
Häftad, 2028
215 kr
Kommande
David Hume reshaped, redirected, and re-energised the English essay. His sceptical, rational, self-questioning persona created what amounted to a new intellectual arena, in which it was possible to think afresh about the world and the self. When he famously wrote that ‘the life of man is of no …
Restoration Comedy
E-bok, 2008
1742 kr
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The two plays presented in full in this volume – Wycherley''s The Country Wife and Congreve''s The Way of the World – illustrate the evolution of Restoration comedy between 1675 and 1700. Includes full texts of Wycherley''s The Country Wife and Congreve''s The Way of the World . Demonstrates how …
The Transformation of The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire
Häftad, 2008
767 kr
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David Womersley's book investigates Edward Gibbon's The Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire as both a work of literature and a work of history, examining its style and irony, tracing its classical and French sources, and highlighting the importance of its composition in three instalments over a …
Restoration Drama
An Anthology
Inbunden, 2000
2283 kr
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This new anthology provides seventeen key plays by twelve dramatists of the Restoration period in an anthology designed specifically for course use, with annotations and judiciously modernized texts. It offers a representative sampling of the types of play of the period, including plays by both men …
Restoration Drama
An Anthology
Häftad, 2000
717 kr
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This new anthology provides seventeen key plays by twelve dramatists of the Restoration period in an anthology designed specifically for course use, with annotations and judiciously modernized texts. It offers a representative sampling of the types of play of the period, including plays by both men …
Companion to Literature from Milton to Blake
Inbunden, 2001
782 kr
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This definitive Companion provides a critical overview of literary culture in the period from John Milton to William Blake. Its broad chronological range responds to recent reshapings of the canon and identifies new directions of study. The Companion is composed of over fifty contributions from …
Restoration Comedy
Inbunden, 2002
1508 kr
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The two plays presented in full in this volume – Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World – illustrate the evolution of Restoration comedy between 1675 and 1700. Includes full texts of Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World. Demonstrates how …
Restoration Comedy
Häftad, 2002
524 kr
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The two plays presented in full in this volume – Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World – illustrate the evolution of Restoration comedy between 1675 and 1700. Includes full texts of Wycherley's The Country Wife and Congreve's The Way of the World. Demonstrates how …
Thinking Through Shakespeare
E-bok, 2026
477 kr
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How Shakespeare's exploration of central human questionsabout identity, politics, religion and right and wrongexplains his lasting power, popularity and relevanceIn the eighteenth century, Samuel Johnson famously argued that Shakespeare is enduringly popular because he ';is above all writers, at …
