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Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale: Sport, Health and Excercise in Eighteenth-century England [Paperback]
Julia Allen (Author)
$41.00ISBN: 9780718892760
Published by : Lutterworth Press
Swimming with Dr Johnson and Mrs Thrale challenges the popular image of Samuel Johnson as a man who favoured energetic discussion over physical exercise, enthroned in an armchair peering short-sightedly at a book. Thanks to... .... Learn More -
Zu Pest und AIDS in der englischen Literatur [paperback]
Christa Jansohn (Author)
$27.00ISBN: 9783515102346
Published by : Franz Steiner Verlag
Series: Abhandlungen der Geistes- und Sozialwissenschaftlichen Klasse (AM-GS)
Volume: 2012.1
English Description: The plague spread fear and terror for centuries - whole continents have been hit; even in the Bible or Homer's "Iliad" there are descriptions of the disease. Personal accounts, historical and fiction... .... Learn More -
Jean Rhys (Second Edition) [Paperback]
Helen Carr (Author)
$19.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780746311639
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
Neglected and forgotten for many years, the arresting, elliptical novels written by the Domenican-born Jean Rhys are now widely acclaimed. Her last and most famous novel, Wide Sargasso Sea, her retelling of Jane Eyre, is a central text ... .... Learn More -
Pre-Romantic Poetry [Paperback]
Vincent Quinn (Author)
$19.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780746311882
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
Pre-Romantic Poetry intervenes powerfully in debates about eighteenth-century writing, Romanticism, and literary history. By arguing that 'pre-romanticism' exists to patrol the limits of 'romantic' writing, this book questions existing ... .... Learn More -
Vernon Lee [Hardback]
Sondeep Kandola (Author)
$80.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780746311714
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
An examination of the innovative literary works (novels, short stories, and an anti-war play) of one of the most influential women writers of the late-Victorian and early-Modernist periods.
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Ben Jonson [Paperback]
Anthony Johnson (Author)
$19.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780746308813
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
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Elizabeth Barrett Browning [Hardback]
Simon Avery (Author)
$80.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780746312018
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
Elizabeth Barrett Browning (1806-61) was one of the most important poets of the nineteenth century and has recently undergone a major critical reappraisal. In this new study, Simon Avery examines a range of her poems, both well known and less ... .... Learn More -
Ben Jonson [Hardback]
Anthony Johnson (Author)
$80.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780746310632
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
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Pre-Romantic Poetry [Hardback]
Vincent Quinn (Author)
$80.00Out of stock
ISBN: 9780746311837
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
Pre-Romantic Poetry intervenes powerfully in debates about eighteenth-century writing, Romanticism, and literary history. By arguing that 'pre-romanticism' exists to patrol the limits of 'romantic' writing, this book questions existing ... .... Learn More -
Black British Literature [Paperback]
Deidre Osborne (Author)
$19.95Out of stock
ISBN: 9780746310441
Published by : Northcote House Publishers
Series: Writers and their Work
A wide-ranging study that gives a comprehensive critical introduction to the work of British writers of African descent, 1995 - present, ranging from prose to poetry to drama.
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