{"title":"Literature: history \u0026 criticism","description":"Books on the subject of Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism","products":[{"product_id":"the-vernacular-aristotle-translation-as-reception-in-medieval-and-renaissance-italy-hardback-9781108481816","title":"The Vernacular Aristotle; Translation as Reception in Medieval and Renaissance Italy (Hardback) 9781108481816","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Vernacular Aristotle\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eTranslation as Reception in Medieval and Renaissance Italy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eThe first study of the reception of Aristotle in Medieval and Renaissance Italy that considers the ethical dimension of translation.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eEugenio Refini (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108481816, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 February 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e292 pages, 19 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.9 x 1.9 cm, 0.6 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Scholars of the Renaissance and medieval period, of the history of philosophy, and of the history of the book and of literacy will prize Refini's immensely learned volume. It is equally valuable to literary scholars focused on the practice of reception and on translation, both of which are essential to scholarly interrogation of cultural continuity and discontinuity from the ancient to the modern periods.' Brenda Deen Schildgen, Speculum: A Journal of Medieval Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book explores the ways in which Aristotle's legacy was appropriated and reshaped by vernacular readers in Medieval and Renaissance Italy. It considers translation in a broad sense, looking at commentaries, compendia, rewritings, and abridgments alongside vernacular versions of Aristotle's works. Translation is thus taken as quintessential to the very notion of reception, with a focus on the dynamics - cultural, social, material - that informed the appropriation and reshaping of the 'master of those who know' on the part of vernacular readers between 1250 and 1500. By looking at the proactive and transformative nature of reception, this book challenges traditional narratives about the period and identifies the theory and practice of translation as a liminal space that facilitated the interaction between lay readers and the academic context while fostering the legitimation of the vernacular as a language suitable for philosophical discourse.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: translation as reception\u003cbr\u003e 1. Taming the philosopher\u003cbr\u003e 2. The master of those who know (and those who don't)\u003cbr\u003e 3. Family business: readying the ethics for the layman\u003cbr\u003e 4. The philosopher, the humanist, the translator and the reader\u003cbr\u003e 5. Abridging the philosopher(s)\u003cbr\u003e Conclusion: the spirit in the crystal bottle.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early history: c 500 to c 1450\/1500\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20history:%20c%20500%20to%20c%201450\/1500%20%5BHBLC%5D%22\"\u003eHBLC\u003c\/a\u003e], Ancient history: to c 500 CE [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Ancient history: to c 500 CE\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Ancient%20history:%20to%20c%20500%20CE%20%5BHBLA%5D%22\"\u003eHBLA\u003c\/a\u003e], History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e], Humanities [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Humanities\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Humanities%20%5BH%5D%22\"\u003eH\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: classical, early \u0026amp; medieval\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20classical,%20early%20\u0026amp;%20medieval%20%5BDSBB%5D%22\"\u003eDSBB\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20general%20%5BDSB%5D%22\"\u003eDSB\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":45912958239000,"sku":"9781108481816","price":85.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108481816i_32a06ad2-934a-45d9-bf58-2e49ff6bf05f.jpg?v=1696706127"},{"product_id":"the-aesthetics-of-hope-in-late-greek-imperial-literature-methodius-of-olympus-symposium-and-the-crisis-of-the-third-century-hardback-9781108494175","title":"The Aesthetics of Hope in Late Greek Imperial Literature; Methodius of Olympus' Symposium and the Crisis of the Third Century (Hardback) 9781108494175","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Aesthetics of Hope in Late Greek Imperial Literature\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eMethodius of Olympus' Symposium and the Crisis of the Third Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn early Christian dialogue with an all-female cast makes us rethink how literature was changing during the third century CE.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eDawn LaValle Norman (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108494175, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 5 December 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e264 pages, 1 table\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.7 x 2.1 cm, 0.54 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The standard of scholarship exhibited by this meticulously researched and elegantly written monograph is very high … LaValle Norman's work deserves a wide readership, in the fields of both “Second Sophistic” and 'Late Antiquity' studies.' Katerina Oikonomopoulou, Journal of Early Christian Studies\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book sheds light on a relatively dark period of literary history, the late third century CE, a period that falls between the Second Sophistic and Late Antiquity. It argues that more was being written during this time than past scholars have realized and takes as its prime example the understudied Christian writer Methodius of Olympus. Among his many works, this book focuses on his dialogic Symposium, a text which exposes an era's new concern to re-orient the gaze of a generation from the past onto the future. Dr LaValle Norman makes the further argument that scholarship on the Imperial period that does not include Christian writers within its purview misses the richness of this period, which was one of deepening interaction between Christian and non-Christian writers. Only through recovering this conversation can we understand the transitional period that led to the rise of Constantine.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction. Christians among Imperial Greek writers in the third century\u003cbr\u003e 1. Mapping third-century literature from the Severans to Constantine\u003cbr\u003e 2. The end of dialogue? The Christianization of a tradition\u003cbr\u003e 3. Compilation and unity in Imperial sympotic traditions\u003cbr\u003e 4. Rhetoric and the problem of rivalry\u003cbr\u003e 5. 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D. Morrison (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108492324, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 30 January 2020\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e254 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 1.7 cm, 0.49 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'… this is a valuable contribution to the study of Herodotus and Apollonius and the ways that historiography in general and Herodotus in particular can influence epic.' Laura Marshall, Bryn Mawr Classical Review\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis book examines the Argonautica of Apollonius of Rhodes through one aspect of its relationship with other texts. 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W. S. Brockman, Choice\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eJames Joyce's Ulysses is considered one of the greatest novels of the twentieth century. This new edition - published to celebrate the book's first publication - helps readers to understand the pleasures of this monumental work and to grapple with its challenges. Copiously equipped with maps, photographs, and explanatory footnotes, it provides a vivid and illuminating context for the experiences of Leopold Bloom, Stephen Dedalus, and Molly Bloom, as well as Joyce's many other Dublin characters, on June 16, 1904. Featuring a facsimile of the historic 1922 Shakespeare and Company text, this version also includes Joyce's own errata as well as references to amendments made in later editions. Each of the eighteen chapters of Ulysses is introduced by a leading Joyce scholar. 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No. 3333\u003cbr\u003e The old Frontiersman\u003cbr\u003e The debutante\u003cbr\u003e Penrod and Sam\u003cbr\u003e 'Boy kills self …'\u003cbr\u003e Things that never change. No. 3982\u003cbr\u003e Precaution primarily\u003cbr\u003e The spire and the gargoyle\u003cbr\u003e Rain before dawn\u003cbr\u003e David Blaize\u003cbr\u003e 'McCaulay Mission …'\u003cbr\u003e Popular parodies – No. 1\u003cbr\u003e The diary of a sophomore\u003cbr\u003e Undulations of an undergraduate\u003cbr\u003e Tarquin of Cheapside\u003cbr\u003e The Prince of Pests\u003cbr\u003e 'These rifles …'\u003cbr\u003e 'It is assumed …'\u003cbr\u003e Ethel had her shot of brandy …\u003cbr\u003e 'Yale's swimming team …'\u003cbr\u003e Babes in the woods\u003cbr\u003e Princeton – the last day\u003cbr\u003e The Celt and the world\u003cbr\u003e Sentiment – and the use of rouge\u003cbr\u003e On a play twice seen\u003cbr\u003e Verses in Peace and War\u003cbr\u003e The invisible King\u003cbr\u003e The cameo frame\u003cbr\u003e The Pierian Springs and the Last Straw\u003cbr\u003e The Staying Up All Night\u003cbr\u003e Intercollegiate Petting-Cues\u003cbr\u003e Our American Poets\u003cbr\u003e Cedric the Stoker\u003cbr\u003e City Dusk\u003cbr\u003e My First Love\u003cbr\u003e Marching Streets\u003cbr\u003e The Pope at Confession\u003cbr\u003e Record of variants\u003cbr\u003e Explanatory notes\u003cbr\u003e Illustrations\u003cbr\u003e Appendix: Probable attributions.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature \u0026amp; literary studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature \u0026amp; literary studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature%20\u0026amp;%20literary%20studies%20%5BD%5D%22\"\u003eD\u003c\/a\u003e], Musical scores, lyrics \u0026amp; libretti [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Musical scores, lyrics \u0026amp; libretti\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Musical%20scores,%20lyrics%20\u0026amp;%20libretti%20%5BAVQ%5D%22\"\u003eAVQ\u003c\/a\u003e], Music: styles \u0026amp; genres [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Music: styles \u0026amp; genres\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Music:%20styles%20\u0026amp;%20genres%20%5BAVG%5D%22\"\u003eAVG\u003c\/a\u003e], Music [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Music\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Music%20%5BAV%5D%22\"\u003eAV\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004618002712,"sku":"9780521765923","price":72.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521765923i_54b0ceff-77c0-4c6e-b78b-f67c6ef84c6a.jpg?v=1691380872"},{"product_id":"nietzsche-writings-from-the-early-notebooks-hardback-9780521855846","title":"Nietzsche: Writings from the Early Notebooks (Hardback) 9780521855846","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eNietzsche: Writings from the Early Notebooks\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003ePresents Nietzsche's unpublished early notes, indispensable to an understanding of his lifelong engagement with the fundamental questions of philosophy.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eRaymond Geuss (Edited by), Alexander Nehamas (Edited by), Ladislaus Löb (Translated by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780521855846, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 28 May 2009\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e328 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.4 x 15.6 x 1.9 cm, 0.64 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'This volume, in sum, will serve students as a handsome and ably translated update of the Breazeale edition and will widen the avenue of enquiry into Nietzche's early work.' British Journal for the History of Philosophy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eNietzsche's unpublished notes are extraordinary in both volume and interest, and indispensable to a full understanding of his lifelong engagement with the fundamental questions of philosophy. This volume includes an extensive selection of the notes he kept during the early years of his career. They address the philosophy of Schopenhauer, the nature of tragedy, the relationship of language to music, the importance of Classical Greek culture for modern life, and the value of the unfettered pursuit of truth and knowledge which Nietzsche thought was a central feature of western culture since it was first introduced by Plato. 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They are presented here in a new translation by Landislaus Löb, and an introduction by Alexander Nehamas sets them in their philosophical and historical contexts.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e Writings from the early notebooks\u003cbr\u003e Appendix.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Western philosophy: c 1600 to c 1900\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Western%20philosophy:%20c%201600%20to%20c%201900%20%5BHPCD%5D%22\"\u003eHPCD\u003c\/a\u003e], Philosophy [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Philosophy\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Philosophy%20%5BHP%5D%22\"\u003eHP\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46004763361560,"sku":"9780521855846","price":69.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521855846i_f502d104-7953-464d-886e-5e8f672c88af.jpg?v=1691358384"},{"product_id":"british-literature-in-transition-1920-1940-futility-and-anarchy-hardback-9781107145535","title":"British Literature in Transition, 1920–1940: Futility and Anarchy (Hardback) 9781107145535","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eBritish Literature in Transition, 1920–1940: Futility and Anarchy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eExplores connections between the social and political upheavals of the interwar years and British literature in that period.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCharles Ferrall (Edited by), Dougal McNeill (Edited by)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107145535, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 20 December 2018\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e384 pages, 2 b\/w illus.\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 15.8 x 2.5 cm, 0.66 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'The underlying editorial argument is consistently evident through the book, offering the reader a satisfying sense of congruence and coherence across parts and chapters. The authors also do justice to the aim of the 'British Literature in Transition' series 'to understand literature's role in mediating the developments of the past hundred years … there is much to admire in the way contributors manage to weave together literary works and the social and political histories of the day.' Brian Elliott, Marx and Philosophy Review of Books\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eLiterature from the 'political' 1930s has often been read in contrast to the 'aesthetic' 1920s. This collection suggests a different approach. Drawing on recent work expanding our sense of the political and aesthetic energies of interwar modernisms, these chapters track transitions in British literature. The strains of national break-up, class dissension and political instability provoked a new literary order, and reading across the two decades between the wars exposes the continuing pressure of these transitions. Instead of following familiar markers - 1922, the Crash, the Spanish Civil War - or isolating particular themes from literary study, this collection takes key problems and dilemmas from literature 'in transition' and reads them across familiar and unfamiliar cultural works and productions, in their rich and contradictory context of publication. Themes such as gender, sexuality, nation and class are thus present throughout these essays. Major writers such as Woolf are read alongside forgotten and marginalised voices.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Charles Ferrall and Dougal McNeill\u003cbr\u003e Part I. After the War: 1. 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This major collection of essays is the most complete one-volume exploration of the King James Bible and its influence to date. The chapters are written by leading scholars from a range of disciplines, who examine the creation of the King James Bible as a work of translation and as a linguistic and literary accomplishment. They consider how it differed from the Bible versions which preceded it, and assess its broad cultural impact and precise literary influence over the centuries of writing which followed, in English and American literature, until today. The story will fascinate readers who approach the King James Bible from the perspectives of literary, linguistic, religious or cultural history.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction: the King James Bible and its reception history Hannibal Hamlin and Norman W. Jones\u003cbr\u003e Part I. The Language of the King James Bible: 1. 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As many commentators worried about the political consequences of this 'Leap in the Dark', authors and artists began to re-evaluate their own role in a democratic society that was also becoming more urban and more anonymous. While some fantasized about ways of capturing and holding the attention of the masses, others preferred to make art and literature more exclusive, to shut out the crowd. One path led to 'Sensation'; the other to aestheticism, though there were also efforts to evade this opposition. This book examines the fiction, drama, fine art, and ephemeral forms of these years against the backdrop of Reform. Authors and artists studied include Wilkie Collins, Dion Boucicault, Charles Dickens, James McNeill Whistler, and the popular illustrator Alfred Concanen.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. The woman in white and the crowd\u003cbr\u003e 2. 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From the Labour landslide victory of 1945 to the emergence of the Cold War and the humiliation of Suez in 1956, this was a period of radical political transformation in Britain and beyond, but these changes resisted literary assimilation. Arguing that writing and history do not map straightforwardly one onto the other, and that the postwar cannot easily be fitted into the explanatory paradigms of modernism or postmodernism, this book offers a more nuanced recognition of what was written and read in the period. From wartime radio writing to 1950s travellers, cold war poetry to radical theatre, magazine cultures to popular fiction, this volume examines important debates that animated postwar Britain.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Gill Plain\u003cbr\u003e Part I. Aftermath: The Beginning or the End?: Introduction\u003cbr\u003e 1. 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Poetry of the first half of the eighteenth century: Pope, Johnson and the couplet Claude Rawson\u003cbr\u003e 19. Eighteenth-century women poets Christine Gerrard\u003cbr\u003e 20. Longer eighteenth-century poems (Akenside, Goldsmith, Thomson, Young, Cowper, and others) Richard Terry\u003cbr\u003e 21. Lyric poetry: 1740–90 David Fairer\u003cbr\u003e 22. Romantic poetry: an overview Seamus Perry\u003cbr\u003e 23. William Blake's poetry and prophecies John Beer\u003cbr\u003e 24. Wordsworth and Coleridge - Lyrical Ballads and other poems Timothy Webb\u003cbr\u003e 25. Wordsworth's The Prelude and The Excursion Alison Hickey\u003cbr\u003e 26. Second-generation Romantic poetry 1 (Hunt, Byron, Moore) Jane Stabler\u003cbr\u003e 27. Byron's Don Juan Bernard Beatty\u003cbr\u003e 28. Second-generation Romantic poetry 2 (Shelley and Keats) Michael O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e 29. Third-generation Romantic poetry: Beddoes, Darley, Clare, Hemans, Landon Michael Bradshaw\u003cbr\u003e 30. 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Imagism Vincent Sherry\u003cbr\u003e 43. T. S. Eliot Gareth Reeves\u003cbr\u003e 44. Owen, Rosenberg, Sassoon, and Edward Thomas Mark Rawlinson\u003cbr\u003e 45. Auden, Day Lewis, MacNeice, Spender: the thirties poetry Michael O'Neill\u003cbr\u003e 46. Dylan Thomas and poetry of the 1940s John Goodby\u003cbr\u003e 47. Larkin and the Movement Stephen Regan\u003cbr\u003e 48. Three twentieth-century women poets: Laura Riding, Stevie Smith, Sylvia Plath Alice Entwistle\u003cbr\u003e 49. Hughes and Heaney Edward Larrissy\u003cbr\u003e 50. Hill Andrew Michael Roberts\u003cbr\u003e 51. Mahon, Muldoon, McGuckian, Carson, Boland and other Irish poets Stephen Regan\u003cbr\u003e 52. Contemporary poetries in English: c.1980 to the present 1 - the radical tradition Peter Barry\u003cbr\u003e 53. 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Articles in volume 37 include: Record of the thirteenth conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists at the Institute of English Studies, University of London, 30 July to 4 August 2007; The virtues of rhetoric: Alcuin's Disputatio de rhetorica et de uirtutibus; King Edgar's charter for Pershore (972); Lost voices from Anglo-Saxon Lichfield; The Old English Promissio Regis; Ælfric, the Vikings, and an anonymous preacher in Cambridge, Corpus Christi College (162); Re-evaluating base-metal artifacts: an inscribed lead strap-end from Crewkerne, Somerset; Anglo-Saxon and related entries in the Oxford Dictionary of National Biography (2004); Bibliography for 2007.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1. Record of the thirteenth conference of the International Society of Anglo-Saxonists at the Institute of English Studies, University of London, 30 July to 4 August 2007 Mary Swan\u003cbr\u003e 2. 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Clark, Fiona Edmonds, Carole Hough, Simon Keynes and Rebecca Rushforth.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Society \u0026amp; culture: general [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Society \u0026amp; culture: general\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Society%20\u0026amp;%20culture:%20general%20%5BJF%5D%22\"\u003eJF\u003c\/a\u003e], History [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on History\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22History%20%5BHB%5D%22\"\u003eHB\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature \u0026amp; literary studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature \u0026amp; literary studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature%20\u0026amp;%20literary%20studies%20%5BD%5D%22\"\u003eD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265046040856,"sku":"9780521767361","price":79.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9780521767361i.jpg?v=1692019070"},{"product_id":"the-stationers-company-and-the-printers-of-london-1501-1557-2-volume-hardback-set-9781107035010","title":"The Stationers' Company and the Printers of London, 1501–1557 2 Volume Hardback Set () 9781107035010","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Stationers' Company and the Printers of London, 1501–1557 2 Volume Hardback Set\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eAn exhaustively researched, radically revisionist account of how the Stationers' Company came to be incorporated and given a monopoly of printing.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePeter W. M. Blayney (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781107035010, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e, published 21 November 2013\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e1300 pages, 38 b\/w illus.  4 maps\u003cbr\u003e23.5 x 16.2 x 6.7 cm, 2.3 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e'Blayney has sought to examine all the available evidence concerning the book trade, not least the books themselves, and to use this material to correct and revise the historical record of book production in the period and so also the history of the period itself. As in all his work, he has set himself to achieve a formidably high standard of industry, understanding, knowledge, analysis, and exposition; he has succeeded triumphantly in achieving and exceeding it.' H. R. Woudhuysen, Common Knowledge\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis major, revisionist reference work explains for the first time how the Stationers' Company acquired both a charter and a nationwide monopoly of printing. In the most detailed and comprehensive investigation of the London book trade in any period, Peter Blayney systematically documents the story from 1501, when printing first established permanent roots inside the City boundaries, until the Stationers' Company was incorporated by royal charter in 1557. Having exhaustively re-examined original sources and scoured numerous archives unexplored by others in the field, Blayney radically revises accepted beliefs about such matters as the scale of native production versus importation, privileges and patents, and the regulation of printing by the Church, Crown and City. His persistent focus on individuals - most notably the families, rivals and successors of Richard Pynson, John Rastell and Robert Redman - keeps this study firmly grounded in the vivid lives and careers of early Tudor Londoners.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eVolume 1: 1. 1357–1500: historical and lexical introduction\u003cbr\u003e 2. 1501–9: in the beginning …\u003cbr\u003e 3. 1510–20: royal privilege and clerical scrutiny\u003cbr\u003e 4. 1521–8: the Church clamps down\u003cbr\u003e 5. 1529–34: the old order changeth\u003cbr\u003e 6. 1535–41: a septennium of bibles\u003cbr\u003e 7. 1535–41: the Company grows\u003cbr\u003e 8. 1542–6: the end of Henry's reign. Volume 2: 9. 1547–53: the reign of Edward VI\u003cbr\u003e 10. 1553–7: from catastrophe to charter\u003cbr\u003e 11. 1554–7: the road to incorporation\u003cbr\u003e 12. 1501–57: conclusion\u003cbr\u003e Appendices: A. The founding of the Company, 12 July 1403\u003cbr\u003e B. Edition-sheets versus 'masterformes'\u003cbr\u003e C. Importation statistics\u003cbr\u003e D. Privileges, patents, and placards\u003cbr\u003e E. A surfeit of Bourmans\u003cbr\u003e F. John Day of Barholm\u003cbr\u003e G. The sites of six printing houses\u003cbr\u003e H. Maps: Fleet Street, St Paul's Churchyard, Paternoster Row\u003cbr\u003e I. Stationers' Hall and its neighbours\u003cbr\u003e J. The charter of 1557\u003cbr\u003e K. STC books (and others) included in the graphs\u003cbr\u003e Manuscripts cited\u003cbr\u003e Bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index of STC numbers\u003cbr\u003e General index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Publishing industry \u0026amp; book trade\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Publishing%20industry%20\u0026amp;%20book%20trade%20%5BKNTP%5D%22\"\u003eKNTP\u003c\/a\u003e], Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Early modern history: c 1450\/1500 to c 1700\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Early%20modern%20history:%20c%201450\/1500%20to%20c%201700%20%5BHBLH%5D%22\"\u003eHBLH\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46265528582424,"sku":"9781107035010","price":186.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781107035010i.jpg?v=1692023924"},{"product_id":"the-sentimental-novel-in-the-eighteenth-century-hardback-9781108418928","title":"The Sentimental Novel in the Eighteenth Century (Hardback) 9781108418928","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Sentimental Novel in the Eighteenth Century\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/p\u003e\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eProvides twenty-first century readers with a new, comprehensive and suggestive account of the sentimental novel in the eighteenth century.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eAlbert J. 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The strength of this enterprising collection proves Rivero's claim, and scholars will no doubt turn to this volume to enrich future studies of the sentimental novel.'  Philip Trotter, The Scriblerian and the Kit-Cats\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eAs a literary genre, the sentimental novel reached the height of its vogue in the 1770s and 1780s and was still popular as the eighteenth century drew to a close. This volume presents a comprehensive exploration of the sentimental novel in the eighteenth century, beginning with its origins in the so-called amatory fiction of the late seventeenth and early eighteenth centuries. Chapters from leading scholars combine the various aspects and contexts of the genre, from politics, slavery, women writers, and the Gothic to the sentimental novel in America, France and Germany, with historically informed close readings of novels by writers including Samuel Richardson (1689–1761), Laurence Sterne (1713–68) and Jane Austen (1775–1817). This volume demonstrates that the sentimental novel continues to engage readers and critics and that, far from being obsolete or only of antiquary interest, it remains a vibrant and exciting area of study.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIntroduction Albert J. Rivero\u003cbr\u003e 1. The sentimental novel and politics Gary Kelly\u003cbr\u003e 2. Sensible readers: experiments in feeling in early prose fiction by women Ros Ballaster\u003cbr\u003e 3. Reading for the sentiment: Richardson's novels Bonnie Latimer\u003cbr\u003e 4. The virtuous in distress: David Simple, Amelia, Memoirs of Miss Sidney Bidulph Barbara M. Benedict\u003cbr\u003e 5. Sentiment from abroad: French novels after 1748 Gillian Dow\u003cbr\u003e 6. Sterne's sentimental empiricism Jonathan Lamb\u003cbr\u003e 7. Virtue not rewarded: The Man of Feeling and The Sorrows of Young Werther Maureen Harkin\u003cbr\u003e 8. Slavery and the novel of sentiment Brycchan Carey\u003cbr\u003e 9. Sentiment and the Gothic: failures of emotion in the novels of Mrs Radcliffe and the Minerva Press Hannah Doherty Hudson\u003cbr\u003e 10. The sentimental novel in America: The History of Emily Montague, Charlotte Temple, The Power of Sympathy, The Coquette Joseph F. Bartolomeo\u003cbr\u003e 11. Novel anachronisms: Sophia Lee's The Life of a Lover and Frances Burney's The Wanderer Melissa Sodeman\u003cbr\u003e 12. Jane Austen and the sentimental novel Albert J. Rivero\u003cbr\u003e Select bibliography\u003cbr\u003e Index.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: fiction, novelists \u0026amp; prose writers\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20fiction,%20novelists%20\u0026amp;%20prose%20writers%20%5BDSK%5D%22\"\u003eDSK\u003c\/a\u003e], Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800 [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literary studies: c 1500 to c 1800\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literary%20studies:%20c%201500%20to%20c%201800%20%5BDSBD%5D%22\"\u003eDSBD\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e], Literature \u0026amp; literary studies [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature \u0026amp; literary studies\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature%20\u0026amp;%20literary%20studies%20%5BD%5D%22\"\u003eD\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Cambridge University Press","offers":[{"title":"Default Title","offer_id":46266258489624,"sku":"9781108418928","price":83.19,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":false}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/products\/9781108418928i_b00803f6-24e7-44d4-a3ba-81ca1fd77587.jpg?v=1696754004"},{"product_id":"theatres-of-feeling-affect-performance-and-the-eighteenth-century-stage-hardback-9781108476133","title":"Theatres of Feeling; Affect, Performance, and the Eighteenth-Century Stage (Hardback) 9781108476133","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eTheatres of Feeling\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eAffect, Performance, and the Eighteenth-Century Stage\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cem\u003eEngaging account of theatregoing in the later eighteenth century that explores how audiences responded emotionally to the performances.\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eJean I. Marsden (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9781108476133, Cambridge University Press\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eHardback, published 27 June 2019\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e234 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.6 x 15.9 x 1.5 cm, 0.52 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTheatre and theatregoing was central to the cultural life of later eighteenth-century Britain. In this engaging work, Jean I. Marsden explores the playhouse as a source of emotion during a period when the ability to feel demonstrated moral worth. 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His insights and prescriptions help us make sense of today's political upheavals and natural calamities and reduce them to a working order. The chapters in Machiavelli Then and Now explore Machiavelli's central concerns: statecraft and order, liberty and citizenship, diplomacy and leadership, modes of strategization, the quest for empire - all set against the basic contention between autarchy, oligarchy and democracy. They also address the ethical and behaviourial factors behind political practice, such as force, suasion, ambition, corruption and vigilance in public discourse. The contributors consider the role of language, text and the imagination in Machiavelli, and they also bring the Machiavellian discourse closer to our own times, in relation to Gandhi, Gramsci and Althusser. 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A provocative and supremely valuable resource book.\" \u003ci\u003eLaurie Maguire\u003c\/i\u003e, \u003ci\u003eMagdalen College, Oxford\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Pollard has performed a most valuable service to Shakespearian studies and to our knowledge of the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatrical world by collecting them together in \u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Theatre: A Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e. ... recommended for all libraries colecting materials in Shakespeare, the Elizabethan and Jacobean theatre, English literature, history and culture.\" \u003ci\u003eReference Reviews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003eShakespeare's Theater: A Sourcebook\u003c\/i\u003e brings together in one volume the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cul\u003e \u003cli\u003eA collection of the most significant Elizabethan and Jacobean texts on the morality of the theater.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIncludes attacks on the stage by moralists, defences by actors and playwrights, letters by magistrates, mayors and aldermen of London, and extracts from legislation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDemonstrates just how heated debates about the theater became in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eA general introduction and short prefaces to each piece situate the writers and debates in the literary, social, political and religious history of the time.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eBrings together in one volume texts that would otherwise be hard to locate.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eStudent-friendly - uses modern spelling and includes vocabulary glosses and annotation.\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003ePlates viii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eAcknowledgments ix\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction x\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eSelect Bibliography xxvi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eTimeline of Theater History and Writings xxviii\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eOn Works Cited xxxi\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1 A Treatise Against Dicing, dancing, Plays and Interludes with Other Idle Pastimes (1577) 1\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Northbrooke\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2 The School of Abuse (1579) 19\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Gosson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3 An Apology of the School of Abuse (1579) 34\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Gosson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4 A Reply to Stephen Gosson’s School Abuse, in Defence of Poetry, Music and Stage Plays (1579) 37\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Lodge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5 A Second and Third Blast of Retreat from Plays and Theaters (1580) 62\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAnthony Munday\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6 Plays Confuted in Five Actions (1582) 84\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Gosson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7 Anatomy of Abuses (1583) 115\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Stubbes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8 A Mirror of Monsters (1587) 124\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Rankins\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9 The Art of English Poesy (1589) 135\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGeorge Puttenham\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10 An Apology for Poetry (1595) 146\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePhilip Sidney\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11 The Theatre of God’s Judgements (1597) 166\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Beard\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12 The Overthrow of Stage-Plays (1599) 170\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Rainolds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13 Letter to Dr. John Rainolds (1592) 179\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Gager\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14 Virtue’s Commonwealth (1603) 188\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHenry Crosse\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Preface to Volpone (1607) 198\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBen Jonson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 The Gull’s Horn Book (1609) 206\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Dekker\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 An Apology for Actors (1612) 213\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eThomas Heywood\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 A Refutation of the Apology for Actors (1615) 255\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eI. 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Mr. Sutton (1616) 274\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eNathan Field\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Histriomastix: The Players’s Scourge (1633) 279\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eWilliam Prynne\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Discoveries (1641) 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBen Jonson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 Legal Acts and Correspondence Pertaining to the Theater 301\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 337\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501084307736,"sku":"9781405111942","price":40.79,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405111942.jpg?v=1786208882"},{"product_id":"the-life-of-thomas-hardy-a-critical-biography-paperback-softback-9780631228509","title":"The Life of Thomas Hardy; A Critical Biography (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631228509","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eThe Life of Thomas Hardy\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eA Critical Biography\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003ePaul Turner (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631228509, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 15 January 1998\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e360 pages\u003cbr\u003e23.1 x 15.3 x 2.7 cm, 0.526 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"... his method has much recommended it. The useful book contains illustrations and notes and is recommended for all academic libraries.\" \u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e \u003cbr\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"This is a very intriguing and useful work. The result is a book of great interest at various levels, and of value to a range of readers. Students at all levels will find much closely argued material (and meticulously referenced throughout) to help interpretation of the author and his works. Those of us who think we know the man and his work will find new ways of looking at and interpreting the already familiar. This is an intriguing and useful work which opens many new avenues into and through Hardy and his work, both the novels and the poetry. It makes a useful addition to a scholarly series, although this volume at least (I cannot speak for any of the others since I have not read them) has much to offer any interested reader. It is recommended for any literature collection.\" \u003ci\u003eLanguages and Literature\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Although it does, indeed, contain a great deal of interesting biographical material this new \u003ci\u003elife\u003c\/i\u003e has an important new dimension. It explores in considerable detail Hardy's use in his writing of his wide and erudite background of reading. The book is full of instances of Turner's insight into the influence of Hardy's reading on his writing, {and} adds substantially to our knowledge of Hardy's creative methods.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Thomas Hardy Journal\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"For a \u003ci\u003ecritical biography\u003c\/i\u003e so largely concerned with Hardy's reading, Paul Turner has proved an excellent choice. He brings to his task an intimate familiarity with the classical texts to which Hardy's imagination recurred. Turner renews one's sense of Hardy's writing as at once more spirited and artful and gnarled than a reader is ever quite prepared for.\" \u003ci\u003eThe Review of English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Turner has an admirably broad view of Hardy and literary tradition: he is learned and interesting on Hardy's relation to English and classical tradition, particularly Tennyson, Browning, Greek tragedy and Horace. The pace is brisk, and the tone is often pleasingly crisp, with Turner unafraid to offer a judgement on issues like the tiredness of parts of 'The Dynasts' or the intellectual extremity of some of Hardy's satires.\" \u003ci\u003eTim Armstrong, Victorian Poetry\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"'The Life of Thomas Hardy' is an original, radical biography. This critical biography reveals much about Hardy's thinking and feeling and even more about his creative methods.\" \u003ci\u003eDay by Day\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eTurner's strikingly original and penetrating account of Hardy's extraordinarily creative life and longevity offers a series of thirty-two chapters, each of which relates the biographical and literary background of a single work.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003ePreface and Acknowledgements.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eList of Abbreviations.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIntroduction.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. 'How I Built Myself a House'.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. The Poor Man and the Lady.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Desperate Remedies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Under the Greenwood Tree.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Pair of Blue Eyes.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Far From the Madding Crowd.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. The Hand of Ethelberta.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. The Return of the Native.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Trumpet-Major.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. A Laodicean.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Two on a Tower.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Mayor of Casterbridge.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. The Woodlanders.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Wessex Tales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. A Group of Noble Dames.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Tess of the d'Urbervilles.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Life's Little Ironies.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Jude the Obscure.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. The Well-Beloved.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Wessex Poems.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Poems of the Past and Present.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. The Dynasts Part First.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. The Dynasts Part Second.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. The Dynasts Part Third.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. Time's Laughingstocks.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25. A Changed Man and Other Tales.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26. Satires of Circumstance.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27. Moments of Vision.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28. Late Lyrics and Earlier.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29. The Queen of Cornwall.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30. Human Shows.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31. 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It would be worth acquiring for an academic humanities collection and, from my own experience, would be particulary useful for English literature students at undergraduate and postgraduate level.\"\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eReference Review\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003eRomance is a varied and fluid literary genre, notoriously difficult to define. 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Ancient Romance 10\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eElizabeth Archibald\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Insular Beginnings: Anglo-Norman Romance 26\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJudith Weiss\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. The Popular English Metrical Romances 45\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDerek Brewer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Arthurian Romance 65\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eW. R. J. Barron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Chaucer’s Romances 85\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCorinne Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Malory and the Early Prose Romances 104\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eHelen Cooper\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Gendering Prose Romance in Renaissance England 121\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLori Humphrey Newcomb\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Sidney and Spenser 140\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrew King\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Shakespeare’s Romances 160\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Fuller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Chapbooks and Penny Histories 177\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJohn Simons\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. The Faerie Queene and Eighteenth-century Spenserianism 197\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Fairer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. ‘‘Gothic’’ Romance: Its Origins and Cultural Functions 216\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJerrold E. Hogle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Women’s Gothic Romance: Writers, Readers, and the Pleasures of the Form 233\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLisa Vargo\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Paradise and Cotton-mill: Rereading Eighteenth-century Romance 251\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eClive Probyn\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. ‘‘Inconsistent Rhapsodies’’: Samuel Richardson and the Politics of Romance 269\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFiona Price\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Romance and the Romantic Novel: Sir Walter Scott 287\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eFiona Robertson\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Poetry of the Romantic Period: Coleridge and Keats 305\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael O’Neill\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Victorian Romance: Tennyson 321\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLeonée Ormond\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Victorian Romance: Medievalism 341\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Cronin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. 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Longtime Lacan translator, Bruce Fink, and Polity Press, both deserve commendation for this new addition to the series of Lacan�s seminars available in English. The scrupulous attention that has been dedicated to translating Lacan�s French into idiomatic English, the research evident in the detailed translator�s end-notes, and the formatting and finish of the final product (which includes a beautiful detail of Raphael�s School of Athens as a cover illustration) warrant it a special place in this series.\" \u003cbr\u003e \u003cb\u003e\u003ci\u003ePsychodynamic Practice\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e“Alcibiades attempted to seduce Socrates, he wanted to make him, and in the most openly avowed way possible, into someone instrumental and subordinate to what? To the object of Alcibiades’ desire – ágalma, the good object.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eI would go even further. How can we analysts fail to recognize what is involved? He says quite clearly: Socrates has the good object in his stomach. Here Socrates is nothing but the envelope in which the object of desire is found.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eIt is in order to clearly emphasize that he is nothing but this envelope that Alcibiades tries to show that Socrates is desire’s serf in his relations with Alcibiades, that Socrates is enslaved to Alcibiades by his desire. Although Alcibiades was aware that Socrates desired him, he wanted to see Socrates’ desire manifest itself in a sign, in order to know that the other – the object, ágalma – was at his mercy.\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003eNow, it is precisely because he failed in this undertaking that Alcibiades disgraces himself, and makes of his confession something that is so affectively laden. The daemon of Αἰδώς (Aidós), Shame, about which I spoke to you before in this context, is what intervenes here. This is what is violated here. The most shocking secret is unveiled before everyone; the ultimate mainspring of desire, which in love relations must always be more or less dissimulated, is revealed – its aim is the fall of the Other, A, into the other, a.”\u003cbr\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\u003cb\u003eJacques Lacan\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eI. In the Beginning Was Love\u003cbr\u003e II. Set and Characters\u003cbr\u003e III. The Metaphor of Love: Phaedrus\u003cbr\u003e IV. The Psychology of the Rich: Pausanias\u003cbr\u003e V. Medical Harmony: Eryximachus\u003cbr\u003e VI. Deriding the Sphere: Aristophanes\u003cbr\u003e VII. The Atopia of Eros: Agathon\u003cbr\u003e VIII. From Epistéme to Mýthos\u003cbr\u003e IX. Exit from the Ultra-World\u003cbr\u003e X. Ágalma\u003cbr\u003e XI. 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(1677) John Dryden.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. Lucius Junicus Brutus. (1680) Nathaniel Lee.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Venice Preserved. (1682) Thomas Otway.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Love for Love. (1695) William Congreve.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Love's Last Shift. (1696) Colley Cibber.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. The Relapse. (1696) Sir John Vanbrugh.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. The Way of the World. (1700) William Congreve.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. The Recruiting Officer. (1706) George Farguhar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. The Beaux Stratagem. (1707) George Farquhar.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. The Busie Body. 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Olds\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15 Dada 163\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRobert Short\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16 Futurism 169\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eTyrus Miller\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17 Vorticism 176\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAlan Munton\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18 Imagism 183\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePatrick McGuinness\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19 Surrealism 189\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMary Ann Caws\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20 Expressionism 198\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Murphy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21 Literary Impressionism 204\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMax Saunders\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart III \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eModernist Genres and Modern Media 213\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22 The Novel 215\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJesse Matz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23 Poetry 227\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAdam Parkes\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24 Drama 237\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eStephen Watt\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e25 The Visual Arts 244\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRichard Weston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e26 Film 250\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Marcus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e27 Music 258\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBernard Gendron\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e28 Dance 265\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSusan Jones\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e29 Architecture 272\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLee Morrissey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e30 Photography 278\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMaggie Humm\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart IV \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eReadings 285\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e31 W. H. Auden: Look, Stranger! 287\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSteven Matthews\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e32 Djuna Barnes: Nightwood 297\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRebecca Loncraine\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e33 Samuel Beckett: Murphy 306\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eH. Porter Abbott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e34 Joseph Conrad: Heart of Darkness 314\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBrian W. Shaffer\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e35 T. S. Eliot: The Waste Land 324\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDavid Chinitz\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e36 William Faulkner: The Sound and the Fury 333\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eKarl F. Zender\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e37 F. Scott Fitzgerald: The Great Gatsby 342\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eRuth Prigozy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e38 Ford Madox Ford: The Good Soldier 350\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eSara Haslam\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e39 The Poetry of H. D. 358\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDiana Collecott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e40 Langston Hughes: Fine Clothes to the Jew 367\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward Brunner\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e41 Zora Neale Hurston: Their Eyes Were Watching God 376\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCheryl A. Wall\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e42 James Joyce: Ulysses 384\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Patrick Gillespie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e43 D. H. Lawrence: Women in Love 393\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJoyce Piell Wexler\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e44 Wyndham Lewis: Tarr 402\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eAndrzej Gasiorek\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e45 Mina Loy: Lunar Baedecker 411\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Thurston\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e46 Marianne Moore: Observations 422\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eCatherine Paul\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e47 Ezra Pound: Hugh Selwyn Mauberley 431\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMichael Coyle\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e48 Dorothy Richardson: Pilgrimage 440\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Marcus\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e49 Gertrude Stein: Three Lives 450\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJaime Hovey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e50 Wallace Stevens: Harmonium 459\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJonathan Levin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e51 Nathanael West: Miss Lonelyhearts 469\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eJay Martin\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e52 William Carlos Williams: Paterson 478\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eDaniel Morris\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e53 Virginia Woolf: To the Lighthouse 486\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003ePamela L. Caughie\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e54 Richard Wright: Native Son 499\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBill V. Mullen\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e55 W. B. Yeats: The Tower (1928) 507\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eEdward Larrissy\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e56 Modernist Critical Prose 516\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eGary S. Wihl\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart V \u003c\/b\u003e\u003cb\u003eOther Modernisms 525\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e57 Modernism and Race 527\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMartha Jane Nadell\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e58 Modernism and Gender 535\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBonnie Kime Scott\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e59 Modernism Queered 542\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eLaura Doan and Jane Garrity\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e60 Postcolonial Modernism 551\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBart Moore-Gilbert\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e61 Global Modernisms 558\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMelba Cuddy-Keane\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e62 Postmodernism 565\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eBran Nicol\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eEpilogue: Modernism Now 571\u003cbr\u003e \u003ci\u003eMarjorie Perloff\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex 579 \u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501147091224,"sku":"9781405188227","price":42.99,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405188227.jpg?v=1786212642"},{"product_id":"desire-love-stories-in-western-culture-paperback-softback-9780631168140","title":"Desire; Love Stories in Western Culture (Paperback \/ softback) 9780631168140","description":"\u003cfont face=\"Georgia\"\u003e\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"6\"\u003eDesire\u003c\/font\u003e\u003cbr\u003e\r\n\u003cfont size=\"5\"\u003eLove Stories in Western Culture\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"4\"\u003eCatherine Belsey (Author)\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e9780631168140, Wiley\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003ePaperback \/ softback, published 23 October 1994\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e256 pages\u003cbr\u003e23 x 15.5 x 1.8 cm, 0.369 kg\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cem\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003e\"A book that is pointed, illuminating and beautifully written ... Belsey pursues her topic through western culture with a quickness and subtlety that seems equal to the elusive twists and turns of desire itself.\" \u003ci\u003eTHES\u003c\/i\u003e  \u003cp\u003e\"Her account is a ripping yarn in its own right. Such writing contributes directly to what Morris liked to call the 'education of desire': the vital task of teaching us not only to contest and resist what exists, but how to desire, and how to expand the scope of what we might desire instead. Thanks to Catherine Belsey's splendid book, that task no longer looks quite so tough.\" \u003ci\u003eKiernan Ryan, University of Cambridge\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"A superb account of desire in popular and canonical literature, as Belsey conclusively demonstrates, desire itself is not only operative in sexual and romantic fantasies. It is operative everywhere. Belsey's book should be required reading for writers of romance novels.\" \u003ci\u003eHarriet Hawkins, Critical Survey\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Both unsettling and strangely moving. By tracing the constraints and resistances of desire in their historical discontinuity, Belsey proposes to provide desire with a history.\" \u003ci\u003eMargaret Bridges, The European English Messenger\u003c\/i\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIn the light of poststructuralist theory, and with reference to the work of Lacan and Derrida in particular, Catherine Belsey argues that fiction - including poetry, drama and film - is paradoxically the most serious location of writing about desire in Western cultura. Beginning with the celebration of true love in contemporary popular romance, and the reluctant scepticism of postmodern novels, she goes on to explore past representation of passion by Chretien de Troyes, Malory, Spenser, Donne, Keats, Edgar Allan Poe, Tennyson and Bram Stoker. Belsey also discusses the role of desire in the utopian writings of Plato, More and William Morris, as well as its treatment by a range of speculative feminists, from Charlotte perkins Gilman to Marge Piercy.\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eIllustrations. \u003cp\u003ePreface.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart I: Desire Now:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e1. Prologue: Writing About Desire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. Reading Love Stories.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. Desire in Theory: Freud, Lacan, Derrida.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. Postmodern Love.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePart II: Desire at Other Times:\u003c\/b\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. Adultery in King Arthur's Court.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. John Donne's Worlds of Desire.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Demon Lovers.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. 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A Companion to the Gothic is its wealth of critical approaches—from good, old-fashioned \"history of ideas\" readings to the most sophisticated of recent theory.\" (\u003ci\u003eRomanticism on the Net\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2000)  \u003cp\u003e\"Anyone lucky enough to have this volume sitting on their shelves has instant access to the recent thinking of a long list of scholars who have led the way in Gothic studies. The book is a veritable Baedecker's guide that ranges from the historical Goths of the third century to Stephen King in the twentieth century; that explores dimensions of Gothic through painting and cinema, as well as written texts; that roams across Europe and America as well as the British Isles. Punter himself contributes a concise but stimulating introduction.\" (\u003ci\u003eStudies in Hogg and His World\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The individual essays are narrow enough to describe discrete topics but useful to newcomer and scolar alike.\" \"Punter's volume is sure to be a standard reference for some time to come for undergraduates and scholars.\" (\u003ci\u003eChoice\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The book does not offer a house view of what Gothic is, but instead faithfully reproduces the status of current debates on the relevant genres. Many essays provide useful summaries of criticism or of primary texts; others offer new critical insights.\" (\u003ci\u003eTimes Higher Education Supplement\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"Without foreclosing interpretative possibilities ... \u003ci\u003eA Companion to the Gothic\u003c\/i\u003e offers a range of strategies for understanding the genre, and is an excellent resource for students, teachers, and scholars of the Gothic.\" (\u003ci\u003eGothic Studies\u003c\/i\u003e)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis \u003ci\u003eCompanion\u003c\/i\u003e is a standard reference work for scholars and students of the Gothic from its origins to the present day. 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Mary Shelley, Arthur of Frankenstein (Nora Crook).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. Walter Scott, James Hogg and Scottish Gothic (Ian Duncan).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. Irish Gothic: C.R. Maturin and J.S. LeFanu (Victor Sage).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. The Political Culture of Gothic Drama (David Worrall).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART THREE. NINETEENTH-AND TWENTIETH-CENTURY TRANSMUTATIONS.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e9. Nineteenth-Century American Gothic (Allan Lloyd-Smith).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e10. The Ghost Story (Julia Briggs).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e11. Gothic in the 1890s (Glennis Byron).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e12. Fictional Vampires in the Nineteenth and Twentieth Centuries (William Hughes).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e13. Horror Fiction: In Search of a Definition (Clive Bloom).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e14. Love Bites: Contemporary Women’s Vampire Fictions (Gina Wisker).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e15. Gothic Film (Heidi Kaye).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e16. Shape and Shadow: On Poetry and the Uncanny (David Punter).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FOUR. GOTHIC THEORY AND GENRE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e17. Gothic Criticism (Chris Baldick and Robert Mighall).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e18. Psychoanalysis and the Gothic (Michelle A. Massé).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e19. Comic Gothic (Avril Horner and Sue Zlosnik).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\u003cb\u003ePART FIVE. THE CONTINUING DEBATE.\u003c\/b\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e20. Can You Forgive Her? The Gothic Heroine and Her Critics (Kate Ferguson Ellis).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e21. Picture This: Stephen King’s Queer Gothic (Steven Bruhm).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e22. Seeing Things: Gothic and the Madness of Interpretation (Scott Brewster).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e23. The Gothic Ghost of the Counterfeit and the Progress of Abjection (Jerrold E. Hogle).\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e24. 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This is a terrific beginner's volume for the novice English literature student tasked with studying the works of William Shakespeare, and a valuable re-entry point for the intermediate Shakespeare reader looking for additional analytical methods.\" (\u003ci\u003eSimply Shakespeare\u003c\/i\u003e, November 2009)\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e\"The first chapter is a fabulous, full-frontal, thirteen-page assault that both dispenses information and suggests effective questions that student readers might employ when reading a text in order to 'read aggressively' (p. 9). What is mildly revolutionary is that it is here, in print, ready to be easily disseminated to students and thus to more easily and readily articulate the type of engagement with a text that we hope and expect our students will undertake. Bevington challenges his readers to think in historical, theatrical, and characterological terms. Bevington's list is instructive and at times brutally honest. Schools should consider investing heavily in this text for the benefit of their pupils; college or university-level students would also be aided by Bevington's straightforward, avuncular reading advice.\" (\u003ci\u003eYear's Work in English Studies\u003c\/i\u003e, 2008)\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/em\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp align=\"justify\"\u003e\u003cstrong\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eThis clear and succinct book is designed for general readers who want to know how to go about reading Shakespeare’s works for pleasure.\u003cbr\u003e \u003cul class=\"noindent\"\u003e \u003cli\u003eEncourages readers to approach Shakespeare's works aggressively, interactively, and questioningly\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eFocuses on six popular Shakespeare plays - \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream, Romeo and Juliet, Henry IV Part I, Hamlet, King Lear\u003c\/i\u003e and The \u003ci\u003eTempest\u003c\/i\u003e\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eRecommends the best editions, recordings and DVDs \/ videos of these plays\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eDiscusses the production of the plays on stage and screen\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eIntroduces readers to different genres in Shakespeare – romantic comedy, English history, tragedy and romance\u003cbr\u003e \u003c\/li\u003e \u003cli\u003eAvoids jargon and abstract literary theory\u003c\/li\u003e \u003c\/ul\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/strong\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eList of Illustrations. \u003cp\u003e1. How to Read a Shakespeare Play.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e2. \u003ci\u003eA Midsummer Night’s Dream\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e3. \u003ci\u003eRomeo and Juliet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e4. \u003ci\u003eHenry the Fourth, Part I\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e5. \u003ci\u003eHamlet\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e6. \u003ci\u003eKing Lear\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e7. \u003ci\u003eThe Tempest\u003c\/i\u003e.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003e8. Epilogue.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eFurther Reading.\u003c\/p\u003e \u003cp\u003eIndex\u003c\/p\u003e\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\u003cp\u003e\u003cfont size=\"3\"\u003eSubject Areas: Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism [\u003ca title=\"See our other books on Literature: history \u0026amp; criticism\" href=\"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/search?q=%22Literature:%20history%20\u0026amp;%20criticism%20%5BDS%5D%22\"\u003eDS\u003c\/a\u003e]\u003c\/font\u003e\u003c\/p\u003e\r\n\r\n\r\n\u003c\/font\u003e","brand":"Wiley-Blackwell","offers":[{"title":"Brand New","offer_id":52501200503064,"sku":"9781405113960","price":23.25,"currency_code":"GBP","in_stock":true}],"thumbnail_url":"\/\/cdn.shopify.com\/s\/files\/1\/0730\/2037\/5320\/files\/9781405113960.jpg?v=1786216641"}],"url":"https:\/\/freshlyprintedbooks.co.uk\/collections\/literature-history-criticism.oembed?page=5","provider":"Freshly Printed Books","version":"1.0","type":"link"}