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	The Longman Anthology of British Literature, Volume 2 Kevin J. H. Dettmar 0321093895 Aug 2002 Paperback ·
Book Description The Longman Anthology of British Literature is the most comprehensive and thoughtfully arranged book on the market. Approaching literature from a broad cultural perspective, the anthology offers a rich selection of fiction, drama, and poetry by major British authors. The second edition of The Longman Anthology of British Literature includes key additions of important works and an expanded illustration program. Fresh and up-to-date introductions and notes are written by an editorial team whose members are all actively engaged in teaching and in current scholarship, and one hundred illustrations show both artistic and cultural developments from the Romantic Period to the present. Perspectives sections shed light on individual periods, but are also positioned to link with surrounding works. Companion readings provide...


	Surprised by Joy: The Shape of My Early Life C. S. Lewis 0156870118 June 1966 Paperback ·
Book Description In this book Lewis tells of his search for joy, a spiritual journey that led him from the Christianity of his early youth into atheism and then back to Christianity.


	Seven Pillars of Wisdom : A Triumph T.E. Lawrence 0385418957 June 1, 1991 Paperback ·
Book Review This is the exciting and highly literate story of the real Lawrence of Arabia, as written by Lawrence himself, who helped unify Arab factions against the occupying Turkish army, circa World War I. Lawrence has a novelist's eye for detail, a poet's command of the language, an adventurer's heart, a soldier's great story, and his memory and intellect are at least as good as all those. Lawrence describes the famous guerrilla raids, and train bombings you know from the movie, but also tells of the Arab people and politics with great penetration. Moreover, he is witty, always aware of the ethical tightrope that the English walked in the Middle East and always willing to include himself in his own withering insight. Book Description The monumental work that assured T.E. Lawrence's place...


	A Room with a View E. M. Forster 0486284670 April 1995 Paperback ·
From AudioFile Listening to Joanna David's performance of Forster's classic is as entertaining as watching a full-cast production. Forster's comedy, featuring tourists in Italy, romantic intrigue, class struggles, and a variety of other subplots, shines in audio. David's reading is simply marvelous. Her sweet British voice fits perfectly with the story, and her accent lends the perfect charm to every character, particularly to Lucy Honeychurch, who exchanges rooms with George Emerson to obtain a view of Florence. While Honeychurch's antics are at the heart of this classic, David's portrayals of every character are equally nuanced and superb. A ROOM WITH A VIEW has appeared on audio multiple times, garnering favorable reviews; it's hard to imagine a better performance than this. D.J.S. Winner of AudioFile Earphones Award ©...


	Heart of the Matter, The : (Great Books edition) (Penguin Great Books of the 20th Century) Graham Greene 0140283323 October 1, 1999 Paperback ·
From AudioFile Michael Kitchen's excellent voice comes to embody the gin and rain-sodden cheer that epitomized the late British Empire in the tropics. The novel's hero, Scobie, is a police official who has conflated duty with love and who doesn't get much pleasure out of either. We have the fevers, corruption, even a war, but because this is Graham Greene writing, the real damage below the water line is not done by the U-boat, but by our hero's own character. Kitchen does the Brits, the carping wife, the sorrowful mistress, locals honest and locals who lie like rugs. Everyone speaks politely, precisely, incessantly, and yet it seems not to matter at all. This road goes right to hell. B.H.C. © AudioFile 2000, Portland, Maine-- Copyright © AudioFile, Portland, Maine --This text refers to the Audio...


	Longman Anthology Of British Literature David Damrosch 032112880X Aug 2002 Hardcover ·
Book Description The Longman Anthology of British Literature is the most comprehensive and thoughtfully arranged book on the market. Approaching literature from a broad cultural perspective, the anthology offers a rich selection of fiction, drama, and poetry by major British authors. The second edition of The Longman Anthology of British Literature includes key additions of important works and an expanded illustration program. Fresh and up-to-date introductions and notes are written by an editorial team whose members are all actively engaged in teaching and in current scholarship, and one hundred illustrations show both artistic and cultural developments from the Romantic Period to the present. Perspectives sections shed light on individual periods, but are also positioned to link with surrounding works. Companion readings provide...


	Affinity Sarah Waters 1573228737 January 2002 Paperback ·
Book Review Affinity is a tale of power and possession that Henry James himself might admire. In her first novel, Tipping the Velvet, Sarah Waters explored secrets and longing--capping off this lesbian romp with a utopian-socialist vision. Her intricate follow-up is just as sensual but infinitely darker, its moral more difficult to descry. Its stylistic and psychological rewards, however, are visible at every turn, the author's persuasive imagination matched by her gift for storytelling. In late September 1874, Margaret Prior makes her way through the pentagons of London's Millbank Prison, a place of fearful symmetry and endless corridors. This plain woman on the verge of 30 has come to comfort those behind bars, several of whom Waters brings to instant, sad life. And our Lady Visitor plans to take her role dead seriously, having...


	Henri Bergson and British Modernism Mary Ann Gillies 0773514279 Sept 1996 Hardcover ·



	Romanticism and Postmodernism Edward Larrissy (Editor) 0521642728 August 28, 1999 Hardcover ·
Book Description The persistence of Romantic thought and literary practice into the late twentieth century is evident in many contexts. Though the precise meaning of the Romantic legacy is contested, it remains stubbornly difficult to move beyond. This collection of essays by prominent critics and literary theorists explores the continuing impact of romanticism on a variety of authors and genres, including John Barth, William Gibson, and John Ashbery, while writers from the Romantic and Victorian period include Wordsworth, Byron and Emily Brontë. This book considers the mutual impact of postmodernism and Romanticism.


	The Complete Works of W.H. Auden W. H. Auden, et al 0691067406 November 1, 1988 Hardcover ·
From Library Journal This first volume of the complete Auden gathers eight plays (four written in collaboration with Isherwood) along with several pieces for film, cabaret, and radio. Nearly all the material has long been out of print; some has never been published before. These early dramatic works remain energetic and lively, demonstrating Auden's versatility and his bent for experimentation. Mendelson provides a useful introduction and extensive textual notes, with information on revisions, stage and publication histories, and sources. A comprehensive, definitive text of the work of a major 20th-century writer, this volume is an essential addition to academic and public libraries.- Michael Hennessy, Southwest Texas State Univ., San MarcosCopyright 1989 Reed Business Information, Inc. From Booklist


	Dictionary of British Literary Characters, 20th Century Novels Edited by John R Greenfield 0816021805 Oct 1994 Hardcover ·



	Conversations with J. K. Rowling J. K. Rowling 0439314550 September 2001 Paperback ·
Book Review If you're a Harry Potter fan who knows more about J.K. Rowling than you know about most of your own family, then you won't find much new in this slim, large-type book. But younger kids (and Muggle grownups hoping for some insight into the world of Harry Potter) will learn quite a bit about this phenomenally successful series and its unassuming author. Divided into roughly three sections, Conversations with J.K. Rowling begins with some fairly general questions about the author's early childhood ("Did you have any pets?"), school days ("Did you watch much television as a child?"), and career ("Can you describe the process of creating the stories?"). The book then follows with an excerpt-assisted overview of the first four Harry Potter adventures (again, great for Muggles), and ends with a smattering of quotes...


	The Cambridge History of Twentieth-Century English Literature (The New Cambridge History of English Literature) Laura Marcus (Editor), Peter Nicholls (Editor) 0521820774 January 6, 2005 Hardcover ·
Review 'To read it is to feel an irresistible pull towards the classroom. The editors are long-serving professors of literature at Sussex and there is a strong sense of that university's pedagogic idealism, as formulated in the early 1960s by the new university's founders, David Daiches and Asa Briggs. It is an impressive monument to a distinctive style of British scholarship.' Times Literary Supplement 'The editors of this volume, the first published literary history of the whole of the twentieth-century, have laid down an authoritative marker against which future histories of the period should be judged. As a reference work, it is an essential tool for the undergraduate and taught postgraduate market.' Emerald 'The range is enormous and the contributions from scholars in Britain, Australia and the U. S. bring their individual...


	Encyclopedia of British Writers, 19th and 20th Centuries, 2-Volume Set Christine L. Krueger 0816046700 July 2003 Hardcover ·
From School Library Journal Grade 9 Up--Each volume in this set contains short essays about important writers of the 19th or the 20th century from William Blake to Zadie Smith. More than 800 poets, novelists, playwrights, essayists, and other writers from Great Britain as well as the former British Empire are represented. Articles vary in length from a few hundred words to several pages and includes birth and death dates, genre, and information on the subject's childhood, education, occupations, private life, influences, work, and prizes or honors. For major writers there are critical analyses, quotes, or excerpts from important works. Each volume in Encyclopedia contains an "Authors' Timeline," a "Selected Bibliography," and an extensive index. Compared to the entries in the "British Writers Series" (Scribner's), these articles are...


	Howl and Other Poems Allen Ginsberg 0872860175 July 1991 Paperback ·
Book Review The epigraph for Howl is from Walt Whitman: "Unscrew the locks from the doors!/Unscrew the doors themselves from their jambs!" Announcing his intentions with this ringing motto, Allen Ginsberg published a volume of poetry which broke so many social taboos that copies were impounded as obscene, and the publisher, poet Lawrence Ferlinghetti, was arrested. The court case that followed found for Ginsberg and his publisher, and the publicity made both the poet and the book famous. Ginsberg went on from this beginning to become a cultural icon of sixties radicalism. This works seminal place in the culture is indicated in Czeslaw Milosz's poetic tribute to Ginsberg: "Your blasphemous howl still resounds in a neon desert where the human tribe wanders, sentenced to unreality". --This text refers to the...


	James Joyce (Oxford Lives S.) Richard Ellmann 0195033817 October 20, 1983 Paperback ·
Book Review Although several biographers have thrown themselves into the breach since this magisterial book first appeared in 1959, none have come close to matching the late Richard Ellmann's achievement. To be fair, Ellmann does have some distinct advantages. For starters, there's his deep mastery of the Irish milieu--demonstrated not only in this volume but in his books on Yeats and Wilde. He's also an admirable stylist himself--graceful, witty, and happily unintimidated by his brilliant subjects. But in addition, Ellmann seems to have an uncanny grasp on Joyce's personality: his reverence for the Irishman's literary accomplishment is always balanced by a kind of bemused affection for his faults. Whether Joyce is putting the finishing touches on Ulysses, falling down drunk in the streets of Trieste, or talking dirty...


	A Sea of Words: A Lexicon and Companion to the Complete Seafaring Tales of Patrick O'Brian Dean King 0805066152 October 2000 Paperback ·
Review "To any disoriented lubber who needs to take a quick bearing on Aubrey's world of staysails and sternposts, it will be a useful compass."--The Economist "Dean King's lexicon will charm cultists."--The Philadelphia Inquirer "An outstandingly useful passkey to the wooden world of Britain's Royal Navy in the great age of sail."--Sea History "A gem of a book."--Minneapolis Star Tribune


	The Narnian: The Life and Imagination of C. S. Lewis Alan Jacobs 0060766905 October 2005 Hardcover ·
From Publishers Weekly Just in time for the major motion picture Chronicles of Narnia: The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe, from Disney, comes this biography of the man who dreamed up the land and tales of Narnia. Jacobs, a Wheaton College literature professor, does so not in typical chronological style, but according to themes important in Lewis's life. So, in the chapter entitled "red beef and strong beer" (a Lewis quote about what was satisfying and nourishing to him), we encounter the strong male mentors from his young adult years. Jacobs is obviously taken with early 20th-century English literature and history, and it shows in his writing, which is accessible and unobtrusively documented. However, the thematic organization could leave some readers a tad confused as he skips back and forth in time. Also, to fully appreciate this...


	The Raj Quartet: The Jewel in the Crown/the Day of the Scorpion/the Towers of Silence/a Division of the Spoils Paul Scott 0688042120 ·



	Patrick O'Brian's Navy: The Illustrated Companion to Jack Aubrey's World Richard O'Neill 0762415401 August 2003 Hardcover ·
From Publishers Weekly Both visually impressive and highly informative, this large-format introduction to Napoleonic naval warfare focuses on Patrick O'Brian's splendid Jack Aubrey saga, which it presents as a major work of English literature. In fact, parts of this book (including the material on Lord Cochrane, the original model for Jack Aubrey's character) will be more useful to O'Brian's fans than to the lay reader. However, the book also depicts, in words and pictures, the political background of the Napoleonic Wars, the development of the major navies, the sailors' life at sea (where weather and disease killed far more men than battles did) and the design and construction of the wooden sailing warship. The volume also details the training of officers, fleet actions, frigate actions (prominent in the career of both Cochrane and...


	The Great War and Modern Memory Paul Fussell 0195133323 March 2, 2000 Paperback ·
Book Description The year 2000 marks the twenty-fifth anniversary of the publication of The Great War and Modern Memory, winner of the National Book Award, the National Book Critics Circle Award, and recently named by the Modern Library one of the twentieth century's 100 Best Non-Fiction Books. Fussell's landmark study of WWI remains as original and gripping today as ever before: a literate, literary, and illuminating account of the Great War, the one that changed a generation, ushered in the modern era, and revolutionized how we see the world. Exploring the work of Siegfried Sassoon, Robert Graves, Edmund Blunden, David Jones, Isaac Rosenberg, and Wilfred Owen, Fussell supplies contexts, both actual and literary, for those writers who most effectively memorialized WWI as an historical experience with conspicuous imaginative and...


	Companion to Narnia: A Complete Guide to the Magical World of C. S. Lewis's The Chronicles of Narnia Paul F. Ford 0060791276 July 2005 Paperback ·
Book Description For readers of all ages, a revised and updated guide to the magic of The Chronicles of Narnia. From the Back Cover This peerless guide has served as an adventurer’s passport to the land of Narnia for twenty-five years. From Aslan, the Great Lion, to Zardeenah, the mysterious lady of the night, this comprehensive and accessible companion contains hundreds of alphabetically arranged entries covering all the characters, events, places, and themes that Lewis magically wove into his timeless and magical world. We are giving this comprehensive handbook a facelift just in time to be the perfect companion to the Narnia movie coming out in Christmas 2005. We are updating all the references, adding a new foreword in addition to Madeleine L’Engle’s...


	Captain Blood (Penguin Classics) Rafael Sabatini, Gary Hoppenstand (Introduction) 0142180106 December 31, 2002 Paperback ·
From Library Journal This title is immediately recognizable as the basis for Michael Curtiz's 1935 film starring Errol Flynn. At the time of its 1922 debut, however, the book was a smash hit and was followed up with additional adventures of swashbuckler Peter Blood in numerous sequels. A salty dose of high-seas adventure for all fiction collections, this is the most affordable edition currently available.Copyright 1998 Reed Business Information, Inc. --This text refers to the Paperback edition. Norman Mailer Glorious . . . I never enjoyed a novel more than Captain Blood. See all Editorial Reviews


	Lord Jim Joseph Conrad 0486406504 February 1999 Paperback ·
Book Review When Lord Jim first appeared in 1900, many took Joseph Conrad to task for couching an entire novel in the form of an extended conversation--a ripping good yarn, if you like. (One critic in The Academy complained that the narrator "was telling that after-dinner story to his companions for eleven solid hours.") Conrad defended his method, insisting that people really do talk for that long, and listen as well. In fact his chatty masterwork requires no defense--it offers up not only linguistic pleasures but a timeless exploration of morality. The eponymous Jim is a young, good-looking, genial, and naive water-clerk on the Patna, a cargo ship plying Asian waters. He is, we are told, "the kind of fellow you would, on the strength of his looks, leave in charge of the deck." He also harbors romantic fantasies of adventure and...


	The Complete Christie : An Agatha Christie Encyclopedia Matthew Bunson 0671028316 September 1, 2000 Paperback ·
Book Description Which poison was used most frequently in Agatha Christie's novels? How many of her novels featured a butler? Exactly where on the train were the suspects located in Murder on the Orient Express? How many actors have portrayed Hercule Poirot? Get a clue...or a lot of them, in THE COMPLETE CHRISTIE simply the most comprehensive guide to the life and works of the immortal Dame Agatha Christie. Join author Matthew Bunson, whose Encyclopedia Sherlockiana was compared to "a box of the best chocolates" by mystery author Anne Perry, in this entertaining and highly enjoyable tour of the vast world of mystery created by Christie, and discover... a comprehensive biography of Christie, including new theories on her strange disappearance in 1926 plot synopses that offer colorful capsules of the stories (without giving away...