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'Obviously something more than a successful play, it is the practical demonstration of a patently conceived theory of dramatic form, and as such of high historical interest.' Times Literary Supplement 'Eliot has attempted here something very daring and well worth doing.

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Covering civil rights demonstrations in the 1960s, places where she lived, locations she traveled to, theater she had seen, murder trials that gripped her, and sketches for various occasions, this title gathers over fifty essays for a retrospective of moral courage, as Joan Didion described her. It defines literature itself.

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"This book brings together all of Schwartz's poetry for the very first time, from his groundbreaking debut collection to his unpublished late work, which he kept writing until his death."--Provided by publisher.

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The poems of one of Scotland's finest poets collected in a single volume.

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Li He is the bad-boy poet of the late Tang dynasty. He began writing at the age of seven and died at twenty-six from alcoholism or, according to a later commentator, "sexual dissipation," or both. This title features his collection of poems.

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The definitive edition of the published prose of the Nobel laureate, the most important poet-critic of modern times.

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The definitive edition of the published prose of the Nobel laureate, the most important poet-critic of modern times.

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The definitive edition of the published prose of the Nobel laureate, the most important poet-critic of modern times.

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The definitive edition of the published prose of the Nobel laureate, the most important poet-critic of modern times.

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"Gathers journals, jottings, letters, stories, one-liners, comic books, mini-essays, and playlets, much of which exist in print only in expensive rarities"--Back cover.

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A memoir of a fundamentalist Muslim childhood and of redefining faith, belonging and family in adulthood

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A memoir of a fundamentalist Muslim childhood and of redefining faith, belonging and family in adulthood

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Includes bibliographical references (p. [140]-141).

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Discover Virginia Woolfs informative and erudite critical essays on some of the key novelists and dramatists of the canon from the ancient Greeks to Jane Austen and beyond.

Virginia Woolf read, and wrote, as an outsider, denied the educational privileges of her male contemporaries.

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'He reads for his own pleasure rather than to impart knowledge or correct the opinions of others'.
So Virginia Woolf described the 'common reader' for whom she wrote her second series of essays. This is an informal, informative and witty celebration of our literary and social heritage by a writer of genius.

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From one of Indias finest writers, thinkers and commentators, a memoir of a love affair with cricket.

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Our most remarkable writers share what has influenced them the most: each other.

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A companion volume to The Company They Kept, in this book more of our most remarkable writers share what has influenced them the most: each other.

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The Complete Book of US Presidentsis rich with photos and short biographical essays about the social, cultural, and political lives of 47 United States presidents, as well as some of the quirks and oddities from the Oval Office.

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Donne created new forms of lyric, satire, elegiac and religious verse, and his independence of view, compact manner of expression encompassing conflicting moods, impassioned paradox, outbreaks of cynicism and wry humour make his work particularly appealing to the twentieth-century mind.

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This volume presents a complete text of all Milton's verse. Coleridge linked Milton and Shakespeare as the greatest of English poets, and even in our time Milton continues to exert a powerful influence, both on the writing of poetry and on critical debate.

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An entirely new edition of Herbert's collected poems with nots, chronology and introduction by the distinguised scholar Anne Pasternak Slater, this volume is designed to complement the editions of Marvell, Donne and Milton already published by the Everyman's Library. This volume is ideal for students and offers the best text available.

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