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  • Partial Portraits

    by Henry James ...
    Partial Portraits is a book of literary criticism by Henry James published in 1888. The book collected essays that James had written over the preceding decade, mostly on English and American writers. But the book also offered treatments of Alphonse Daudet, Guy de Maupassant and Ivan Turgenev. ... Read more

    $3.54 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Views and Reviews

    by Henry James ...
    Those whose palates are accustomed to the subtle flavours of the wines of the Rhine and Moselle can smack their lips and name the vintage at the first taste. Likewise any one fairly familiar with the work of Mr. James during his forty years of literary activity can, after the reading of a single page taken at random, judge with a remarkable accuracy the date of its composition. Yet the transition ... Read more

    $2.36 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Lady Barbarina: The siege of London; An international episode, and other tales

    by Henry James ...
    I have gathered into this volume several short fictions of the type I have already found it convenient to refer to as “international”—though I freely recognise, before the array of my productions, of whatever length and whatever brevity, the general applicability of that term. ... Read more

    $3.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • Studies In Classic American Literature

    Studies in Classic American Literature is a work of literary criticism by the English writer D. H. Lawrence. It was first published by Thomas Seltzer in the United States in August 1923. The British edition was published in June 1924 by Martin Secker.The authors discussed include Benjamin Franklin, Hector St. John de Crevecoeur, James Fenimore Cooper, Edgar Allan Poe, Nathaniel Hawthorne, Richard ... Read more

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  • The Northern Element in English Literature

    Series series Alexander Lectures
    In 1931, Sir William Craigie gave the Alexander Lectures in English at the University of Toronto entitled The Northern Element in English Literature with a focus on proving the existence of a Northern literary culture, comparing English literature with Northern literature, especially that of the Scottish and Scandinavians. The book is divided into four lectures. ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • A Legacy of Lyrics

    Series series Heritage
    After Florence Hester Edgar passed away in 1944, there was found among her effects a quantity of compositions in prose and verse almost ready for publication. From this literary bequest has been selected the poetry that follows. Some poems were published in the daily press of Ottawa, and others in a small brochure. But most of the poems are now offered to the reading public for the first time, and ... Read more

    $14.99 USD

  • The Virtues Reconciled

    An Iconographical Study

    Series series Alexander Lectures
    This volume contains the Alexander Lectures in University College, University of Toronto, for the session 1945-46, delivered by Samuel C. Chew, Professor of English Literature at Bryn Mawr College and author of Byron in England and The Crescent and the Rose.For a number of years Professor Chew has been engaged in the study of relation between poetry and the visual arts, especially in the English ... Read more

    $17.99 USD

  • The Celestial Cycle

    The Theme of Paradise Lost in World Literature with Translations of the Major Analogues

    Series series Heritage
    An anthology of translated analogues, in whole or in part, on the theme of paradise lost. The collection is divided into two parts. Part one is the analogues and part two is a descriptive catalogue of all the analogues the author consulted. The book also includes a preface and lengthy introduction. It is an indispensable resource for any serious student or scholar of Milton's Paradise Lost. ... Read more

    $56.99 USD

  • Theatre for Shakespeare

    Series series Heritage
    Here is a book to hearten playgoers, stimulate young actors, lead theatrical executives to reconsider methods of management, and encourage benefactors to open their wallets. In this new book (containing the Alexander Lectures for 1954-55), Mr. Harbage, distinguished critic and scholar, advocates a movement to give Shakespeare back to the audiences. He complains that, in greater or less degree, ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • In Search of Chaucer

    Series series Alexander Lectures
    In this volume, Professor Bronson is primarily interested in the three worlds which appear in Chaucer's poetry: the dream world; the world of the mundane existence and waking observation; and the world of imagined life through reading. A study of these worlds raises questions about the kind of truth which resides in each, the literary values which can be extracted from them, their essentail ... Read more

    $16.99 USD

  • The Early H.G. Wells

    A Study of the Scientific Romances

    Series series Heritage
    This is a sensitive study of Wells’ imaginative development during his formative years. It comes at a time when interest in H.G. Wells’ early writing is beginning to revive, owing, no doubt, to the current translation into reality of some aspects of science fiction.Mr. Bergonzi examines Wells’ early fiction, from surviving student writings of the late eighties to 1901 when he published The First ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • The Valley of Vision

    Blake as Prophet and Revolutionary

    by Peter Fisher ...
    Series series Heritage
    The author of this important contribution to the study of Blake was tragically drowned in a sailing accident when he had almost completed it in manuscript. His was a critical mind of singular erudition and power. As is abundantly evidenced in these chapters which Northrop Frye has prepared for publication. Fisher had made a careful study of Oriental philosophy and of Plato and the Neo-Platonists ... Read more

    $28.99 USD

  • Mirror of Minds

    Psychological Beliefs in English Poetry

    Series series Alexander Lectures
    The aim of the author, who has long been interested in the history of ideas, has been to give some illustrations of the ways in which at various periods English poetry has reflected current views of the human mind, with special reference to such topics as its place in the cosmos, its relations with the body, the connections between sense, passions, and reason, the problem of soul and its possible ... Read more

    $30.99 USD

  • The Renaissance and English Humanism

    by Douglas Bush ...
    Series series Alexander Lectures
    The appearance of a fourth printing of The Renaissance and English Humanism indicated the scholarly success this book has enjoyed for more than a decade. As a brief yet thoughtful and eloquent evaluation of the influence of the Christian humanistic tradition upon our culture it has not been surpassed. The study is divided into four parts: in the first, Professor Bush discusses modern theories of ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • The Vast Design

    Patterns in W.B. Yeats's Aesthetic

    Series series Heritage
    In recent years Yeats has been receiving a great deal of critical attention from many aspects. Professor Engelberg here makes a distinctive contribution to the new studies by bringing under discussion the kind of aesthetic views developed by Yeats in order to rationalize his own practice as poet and dramatist. Yeats was pragmatic in his approach and therefore not concerned about formulating a ... Read more

    $20.99 USD

  • Richard Jefferies

    A Critical Study

    by William Keith ...
    Series series Heritage
    This book, a critical study of the essays and novels of Richard Jefferies, an English writer of the latter part of the nineteenth century, is an attempt to define the nature of Jefferies' contribution to English literature, and to isolate the more important and effective qualities of his work. Although he was not a major figure in English letteres, Jefferies was highly regarded for his essays on ... Read more

    $22.99 USD

  • The Comedy of Errors By William Shakespeare

    With 30+ Original Illustrations,Summary and Free Audio Book Link

    Series series The Comedy Plays of William Shakespeare Series - Kiddy Monster Publication
    The Comedy of Errors By William Shakespeare - With 30+ Original Illustrations,Summary and Free Audio Book Link FEATURES:      •     Title contains every original Illustrations from Danziel Brothers.           •     Title contains Summary      •     FREE audio book link at the ... ... Read more

    $2.99 USD

  • The Arte of English Poesie

    Published in 1589, The Arte of English Poesie can be considered the first full-scale work of poetic criticism in England—“a noble monument,” in Professor Hathaway’s words, “astraddle the rude beginnings of the speculative aspects of English literary culture.” Its three main parts are a treatise on poets and poetry, an analysis of English prosody, and a discussion of rhetorical ornamentation—all ... Read more

    $15.99 USD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • An Elegant and Learned Discourse of the Light of Nature

    Series series Heritage
    Composed in a period of religious and political upheaval, Culverwell's Discourse of the Light of Nature is an imaginative statement of the teachings of Christian humanism concerning the nature and limits of human reason and the related concepts of natural and divine law. The lengthy introduction to this new critical edition throws light on the evolution of English rationalism in the seventeenth ... Read more

    $27.99 USD

  • Browning's Experiments with Genre

    by Donald Hair ...
    Series series Heritage
    One of the chief characteristics of nineteenth-century poetics was a tendency to test the conventions and techniques of literary genres by shifting, modifying, and combining various styles and forms. Browning fully exploited these changes, because his interests and purposes as a poet seemed to demand more of the lyric, the dramatic, and the narrative than these kinds had traditionally been able to ... Read more

    $25.99 USD

  • A Theatre for Spenserians

    Papers of the International Spencer Colloquium Fredericton, New Brunswick October 1969

    Edited by James Reither, Judith Kennedy ...
    Series series Heritage
    The International Spenser Colloquium, sponsored by St Thomas University and the University of New Brunswick, was held in Fredericton in 1969 to celebrate the four hundredth anniversary of Spenser's first appearance in print in A Theatre for Wordlings. The intention of the colloquium was to honour a great poet for the pleasure and profit his work continues to give and to promote understanding of ... Read more

    $19.99 USD

  • The Letter Bag of The Great Western;

    or, Life in a Steamer

    Series series Heritage
    Aside from Sam Slick, the book which gained Haliburton the greatest notoriety was The Letter Bag of The Great Western; or, Life in a Steamer, published in 1840. Much of this book was composed for the diversion of the other passengers on Haliburton’s steamship voyage from Bristol to New York in 1839.The book’s ostensible function was the advertisement of the advantages of travel by steamship, but ... Read more

    $31.99 USD

  • Browning's Lyrics

    An Exploration

    by Eleanor Cook ...
    Series series Heritage
    Browning's lyrics are favourite choices for anthologies but are rarely examined closely. This is the first full-length study of the lyrics, and includes detailed analyses of such well-known poems as Love Among the Ruins, Two in the Campagna, A Serenade at the Villa, A Toccata of Galuppi's, By the Fireside, and James Lee's Wife. Eleanor Cook explores Browning's use of repeated images and themes in ... Read more

    $35.99 USD

  • Medieval Celtic Literature

    A Select Bibliography

    Series series Heritage
    The focus of this bibliography is the native literary tradition expressed in Irish and Welsh verse and prose from the earliest time to circa 1450. Priority is given to the most recent critical works and editions, provided that they supersede previous ones; however, earlier scholarly work and critical editions of texts that are now regarded as classics are also included. Because of the highly ... Read more

    $16.99 USD