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A Preface to Hopkins
Häftad, 1992
728 kr
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An authoritative guide to the life and works of Hopkins, for those who require a good introduction from which to explore the author's works more fully.
A Preface to Pope
Häftad, 1994
544 kr
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This second edition of Ian Gordon's A Preface to Pope places the poet within the social, cultural and intellectual context of his time. It throws new light on the theoretical and imaginative structures of Pope's poetry focusing on the linguistic complexity at its centre. It offers a critical survey …
Preface to Yeats
Häftad, 1994
929 kr
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The first edition, by the late Edward Malins, of this informative guide to the life and works of one of the most important and difficult poets of the 20th century, has now been extensively revised by John Purkis. It begins by providing biographical details on Yeats, with particular emphasis on his …
A Preface to Shakespeare's Comedies
Häftad, 1996
996 kr
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This is an informative and interesting guide to the comedies of love - The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like it and Twelfth Night - which were written in the early part of Shakespeare's career. As …
Preface to Oscar Wilde
Av Anne Varty
Häftad, 1998
812 kr
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A Preface to Oscar Wilde provides a detailed study of the cultural, personal and political influences that shaped Wilde's writing. The study concentrates primarily on his fiction, critical dialogues and plays that were published between 1890 and 1895, and detailed accounts of Wilde's lesser known …
A Preface to Ezra Pound
Av Peter Wilson
Häftad, 2003
577 kr
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Provides an introduction to the life and works of Ezra Pound, a major modernist poet, theorist and literary critic. Throughout his life Pound was regarded by many to be a contentious and controversial figure, and since his death in 1972, theoretical, literary, political and biographical comentators …
A Preface to Swift
Av Keith Crook
Häftad, 1998
544 kr
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Jonathan Swift's moral and political satires astonished his contemporaries and still have the power to disturb, with their compelling images and unsettling turns of argument, and to delight, with their charm and inventive wit. A Preface to Swift examines the complex appeal of this fierce critic of …
A Preface to Marlowe
Häftad, 2000
879 kr
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This study provides an authoritative overview of all Marlowe's work. It includes thorough investigations of his major plays, Tamburlaine, Edward II, The Jew of Malta and Doctor Faustus as well as a full discussion of The Massacre at Paris, Dido Queen of Carthage and all his extant poetry. Analysis …
A Preface to Donne
Av James Winny
Häftad, 1981
879 kr
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Probably the most famous of the Metaphysical poets, John Donne worked with and influenced many of the leading poets of the age. This excellent introduction to his life and works sets his writing firmly in the context of his times.
A Preface to Shelley
Häftad, 1985
728 kr
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This volume discusses the life and work of Percy Bysshe Shelley in the social and political context of the world and time in which he lived.
A Preface to Shakespeare's Tragedies
Häftad, 1991
1431 kr
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This book is a study of four of Shakespeare's major tragedies - "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth". It looks at these plays in a variety of contexts - both in isolation and in relation to each other and to the cultural, ideological, social and political contexts which produced them.
Preface to H G Wells
Häftad, 2001
812 kr
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John Hammond offers an introduction to the life and work of H G Wells which is of interest and value to both the student and the general reader. Although Wells is studied at undergradute level there is no introductory text available as yet, instead students can only consult full length detailed …
A Preface to James Joyce
Second Edition
Av Sydney Bolt
Häftad, 2000
996 kr
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This new edition includes material on Joyce's distinctive view of femininity and a greatly expanded treatment of Finnegan's Wake . The first section outlines the biographical and cultural background, the second offers a detailed critical survey of three major works, including Ulysses and Portrait …
A Preface to Jane Austen
Revised Edition
Häftad, 2000
879 kr
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Jane Austen's satirical classical novels have made a lasting contribution to English literature and first gave the novel its distinctly modern character with the treatment of ordinary people in everyday life. Her works, such as Pride and Prejudice, Emma andMansfield Park, remain as popular today as …
Preface to Milton
Revised Edition
Av Lois Potter
Häftad, 2000
1080 kr
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A highly readable and illustrated introduction to the work of Milton, which provides both a biographical account of the poet and his influences, and a critical survey of his poetry.
A Preface to Wordsworth
Revised Edition
Av John Purkis
Häftad, 2000
661 kr
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Probably the most famous of the Romantic poets, William Wordsworth worked with and influenced many of the leading poets of the age. This excellent introduction to his life and works sets his writing firmly in the context of his times. John Purkis provides an outline of Wordsworth's life and …
A Preface to Lawrence
Häftad, 2000
879 kr
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'Longman Preface books are intended to give "modern and authoritative guidance" on the lives and works of the major writers ... Gamini Salgado's A Preface to Lawrence does just that.' Times Educational Supplement D. H. Lawrence, criticised, censored and dismissed in his lifetime, now stands as one …
A Preface to T S Eliot
Av Ron Tamplin
Häftad, 2000
1080 kr
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T. S. Eliot is arguably the most influential poet of the 20th century, and The Waste Land one of its most significant poems. This introduction to the life and works of T.S. Eliot sets his writing clearly in the context of his times. Outlining his life and cultural background and their effect on his …
A Preface to Conrad
Second Edition
Av Cedric Watts
Häftad, 2000
812 kr
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Widely recommended, this guide to Conrad offers a vivid and incisive account of his life and literary career, and gives detailed attention to the contexts, themes, problems and paradoxes of his works.
A Preface to Greene
Av Cedric Watts
Häftad, 2000
661 kr
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Lively, informed and thorough, this survey of the life and works of Graham Greene opens with a biographical account setting the writer in context of his times and describing and exploring the influences, tensions and contradictions that occur throughout his work. The second half of the book devotes …
A Preface to Hardy
Second Edition
Häftad, 2000
611 kr
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A Preface to Hardy remains the best introduction to one of the most important and popular writers in English literature. The first section concentrates on Hardy the man and outlines the intellectual and cultural context in which he lived. The author then moves on to examine a wide range of Hardy's …
Preface to Yeats
Inbunden, 2016
2888 kr
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The first edition, by the late Edward Malins, of this informative guide to the life and works of one of the most important and difficult poets of the 20th century, has now been extensively revised by John Purkis. It begins by providing biographical details on Yeats, with particular emphasis on his …
Preface to Greene
Av M.A. Ph.D. (Professor) Watts, Cedric
Inbunden, 2017
1749 kr
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Lively, informed and thorough, this survey of the life and works of Graham Greene opens with a biographical account setting the writer in context of his times and describing and exploring the influences, tensions and contradictions that occur throughout his work. The second half of the book devotes …
Preface to Shakespeare's Comedies
Inbunden, 2017
2888 kr
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This is an informative and interesting guide to the comedies of love - The Two Gentlemen of Verona, The Taming of the Shrew, Love's Labour's Lost, A Midsummer Nights Dream, Much Ado About Nothing, As You Like it and Twelfth Night - which were written in the early part of Shakespeare's career. As …
Preface to Wordsworth
Revised Edition
Av John Purkis
Inbunden, 2017
1749 kr
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Probably the most famous of the Romantic poets, William Wordsworth worked with and influenced many of the leading poets of the age. This excellent introduction to his life and works sets his writing firmly in the context of his times. John Purkis provides an outline of Wordsworth's life and …
Preface to Lawrence
Inbunden, 2017
2888 kr
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'Longman Preface books are intended to give "modern and authoritative guidance" on the lives and works of the major writers ... Gamini Salgado's A Preface to Lawrence does just that.' Times Educational SupplementD. H. Lawrence, criticised, censored and dismissed in his lifetime, now stands as one …
Preface to Oscar Wilde
Av Anne Varty
Inbunden, 2017
2888 kr
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A Preface to Oscar Wilde provides a detailed study of the cultural, personal and political influences that shaped Wilde's writing. The study concentrates primarily on his fiction, critical dialogues and plays that were published between 1890 and 1895, and detailed accounts of Wilde's lesser known …
Preface to Marlowe
Inbunden, 2017
2888 kr
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This study provides an authoritative overview of all Marlowe's work. It includes thorough investigations of his major plays, Tamburlaine, Edward II, The Jew of Malta and Doctor Faustus as well as a full discussion of The Massacre at Paris, Dido Queen of Carthage and all his extant poetry. Analysis …
Preface to Shakespeare's Tragedies
Inbunden, 2016
2888 kr
Lägg i varukorg
This book is a study of four of Shakespeare's major tragedies - "Hamlet", "Othello", "King Lear" and "Macbeth". It looks at these plays in a variety of contexts - both in isolation and in relation to each other and to the cultural, ideological, social and political contexts which produced them.
Preface to Hardy
Second Edition
Inbunden, 2017
1749 kr
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A Preface to Hardy remains the best introduction to one of the most important and popular writers in English literature. The first section concentrates on Hardy the man and outlines the intellectual and cultural context in which he lived. The author then moves on to examine a wide range of Hardy's …
