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Series
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
2004.
Language
English
Description
Covers some of the most influential works of British literature offering individual works of British fiction exploring the themes, characterization, use of language and other nuances. This volume includes coverage of Mary Shelley's "Frankenstein", Virginia Woolf's "Mrs. Dalloway", J.R.R. Tolkien's "The Lord of the Rings", Charlotte Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and much more.
Series
Publisher
Charles Scribner's Sons
Pub. Date
2002.
Language
English
Description
Covers some of the most influential works of British literature. Provides individual works, including The Canterbury Tales, Emma, Great Expectations, Wuthering Heights, The Importance of Being Earnest, Utopia and Gulliver's Travels, exploring the themes, characterization, use of language and other nuances of these pieces of literature.
Author
Publisher
Twelve
Pub. Date
2023.
Language
English
Description
"Northern Ireland is one hundred years old. Northern Ireland does not exist. Both of these statements are true. It just depends on who you ask. How do you write about a place like this? THE STRANGERS' HOUSE asks this question of the region's greatest writers, living and dead. What have they made of Northern Ireland - and what has Northern Ireland made of them? Northern Ireland is roughly the same size as the State of Connecticut, yet has produced...
11) The Norton anthology of English literature: Volume 1C,The Restoration and the Eighteenth century
Publisher
Norton
Pub. Date
c2000
Language
English
Author
Publisher
4th Estate
Pub. Date
2020.
Language
English
Description
A collection of twenty reviews, essays and pieces of memoir selected from three decades of the author's contributions to the London review of books. Subjects include Robespierre and Danton, the Hite report, Saudi Arabia (where she lived for four years in the 1980s), the Bulger case, John Osborne, the Virgin Mary as well as the pop icon Madonna, and Helen Duncan, Britain's last witch. There are essays about Jane Boleyn, Charles Brandon, Christopher...
Publisher
Gale Group
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Examines the relationship between the political/social climate during which books were written and the works themselves. This volume focuses on major fiction, poetry and nonfiction from Great Britain and Ireland, from the Celtic migrations to the Reform Bill.
Publisher
Gale Group
Pub. Date
c2001
Language
English
Description
Examines the relationship between the political/social climate during which books were written and the works themselves. This volume focuses on major fiction, poetry and nonfiction from Great Britain and Ireland, from the Victorian Era to the present.
Author
Publisher
New World Library
Pub. Date
[2022]
Language
English
Description
"A meditation instructor and former English teacher shows how the great classics of Western literature illustrate the essential concepts of Eastern philosophy. The discussion includes works by authors such as John Keats, William Shakespeare, Virginia Woolf, Frederick Douglass, and many others"--
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