Oxford Books of Prose – serie
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The Oxford Book of the Sea
Av Jonathan Raban, Jonathan Raban
Häftad, 2001
175 kr
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It is no surprise that one of the earliest works in English literature should be a poem about the sea: the sea has been a source of fascination from the earliest times, and the Anglo-Saxon poem 'The Seafarer' is only the first in a long series of writings which ponder its mystery.A powerful and …
The Oxford Book of Caribbean Short Stories
Av Stewart Brown, John Wickham
Häftad, 2001
251 kr
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The Caribbean is the source of one of the richest, most accessible, and yet technically adventurous traditions of contemporary world literature. This collection of Caribbean short stories is pan-Caribbean, including stories from the four main languages of the region: English, Spanish, French, and …
The Oxford Book of Sea Stories
Av Tony Tanner
Häftad, 2002
542 kr
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'And then went down to the ship.' Thus, with a nod to Homer, Ezra Pound began his own epic odyssey through the world of literature and the modern world. There is no literature without a departure, a setting forth; and very often that has meant leaving the land for the more uncertain world of the …
The Oxford Book of Detective Stories
Häftad, 2002
607 kr
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The field of detective fiction is vast, and The Oxford Book of Detective Stories brings together the best short fiction from around the world to show how different nationalities have imposed their own stamp on the genre. As well as English and American stories from acknowledged masters such as …
The Oxford Book of Dreams
Häftad, 2002
356 kr
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From dreams realistic and reminiscent to the world of nightmare and phantasmagoria, from the bizarre and ridiculous to the perplexing and haunting, this anthology draws on the dreams of a wide variety of novelists, poets, playwrights, and others to explore the inexhaustible fascination of dreams …
The Oxford Book of Oxford
Av Jan Morris
Häftad, 2002
467 kr
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In this entertaining and lively anthology, Jan Morris traces the history of the University from its foundation in the Middle Ages through to the twentieth century, combining extracts from contemporary observers with her own informative commentary. The reader is invited to view the development of …
The Oxford Book of Aphorisms
Av John Gross, John Gross
Häftad, 2003
662 kr
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This anthology demonstrates to the full just how rewarding an art form the aphorism can be, and just how brilliantly the aphorist can illuminate the hidden truth, or lay bare the ironies of existence.Specific sections including 'Religion', 'Money & Rank', 'Men, Women, Marriage' and 'Politics', …
The Oxford Book of Letters
Av Anita Kermode, Frank Kermode m. fl.
Häftad, 2003
535 kr
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Reading other people's letters, like reading private diaries, offers thrilling and unexpected glimpses into their lives, and it is partly the guilty pleasure we take in such literary eavesdropping that makes this volume so compelling. More than 300 letters spanning five centuries chronicle the …
