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and Rabelais with his heirs - the great novelists.In the light of their wisdom this book examines some of the great situations of our time. the testaments, the betrayed testaments - of Europe, of art, of the art of the novel and of artists.

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'The greatest literary scholar of his generation' (Independent) explains how the history of the Elizabethan era is the backdrop to William Shakespeare and his plays.

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The intertwined story of the complex and tumultuous friendship between two literary titans--Hemingway and Dos Passos--whose shared war experiences offer an untapped and revealing window into the role war played in their lives and the literature of the "Lost Generation" that would shape American culture in the twentieth century

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America's foremost literary critic celebrates the American pantheon of great writers from Walt Whitman to Ralph Ellison, to Ursula K. LeGuin, Philip Roth, and more.

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In this entertaining and enlightening collection David Lodge considers the art of fiction under a wide range of headings, drawing on writers as diverse as Henry James, Martin Amis, Jane Austen and James Joyce.

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The perfect gift for Valentines Day

TRANSLATED BY TOM PAYNE AND INTRODUCED BY HEPHZIBAH ANDERSON

The Art of Love may have been written in the days of gladiators and emperors, but Ovid remains the smartest teacher on the subject of love in all of history, and his advice is enduringly useful and entertaining.

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An elegant guide to reading poetry--a master critic's distillation of a lifetime of teaching and criticism. Bloom tackles such subjects as poetic voice, the nature of metaphor and allusion, and the nature of poetic value itself.

(Paperback, Main - Re-issue)

The classic of literary criticism from one of the world's greatest novelists

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Lucid, tender, and strangely troubling, the poems in The Asylum Dance - which won the Whitbread Prize for Poetry - are hymns to the tension between the sanctuary of home and the lure of escape.

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Using meticulous geographical analysis, Vinci shows that many Homeric places, such as Troy and Ithaca, can still be identified in the geographic landscape of the Baltic.

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This absorbing guide introduces the work of the Beats, assessing the lives which inspired their semi-autobiographical writing, and examining their monumental influence upon modern popular culture.

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The Beauty of the Husband is a work that explores these oldest of lyrical subjects - beauty, desire, love, betrayal - with freshness and devastating power.

**ONE OF THE GUARDIAN'S 100 BEST BOOKS OF THE 21st CENTURY**

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Spirituals, folk rhymes, and poems by such writers as Phyllis Wheatley, Langston Hughes, Gwendolyn Brooks, and Don L. Lee reveal the development of Black poetic expression.

(Hardback)

Focusing on a significant 70-year period as a climactic phase of displacement, the book investigates the role of literature in producing new modes of representing and understanding migration in a global context.

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A collection of over 200 quotes of the literary laughs and lessons that only books can provide!

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99 forgotten authors, their forgotten books, and their unforgettable stories

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Umberto Eco explores the most distant realms of our imagination

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From the popular Book of Odds website, this stylish and accessible reference book offers a fascinating peek at the probabilities that govern every aspect of human life

Did you know that your odds of dying from drowning are higher than the odds of meeting your mate on a blind date

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(Paperback, 4th edition)

(Hardback, Main)

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

(Hardback, Main)

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

(Hardback, Main)

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