wyszukanych pozycji: 14
A String of Sausages: A Memoir of 1937-47
ISBN: 9781326886929 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 172 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. These recollections, variously trivial, quirky and ironic, may provide some food for thought (and perhaps even a few moments of entertainment) for my children, grandchildren or great-grandchildren.
These recollections, variously trivial, quirky and ironic, may provide some food for thought (and perhaps even a few moments of entertainment) for my ...
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58,57 zł |
Shakespeare’s 'Julius Caesar': A Critical Introduction
ISBN: 9781326402372 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 152 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. What is the play really about? Tragedy, history, problem play what is its genre? Who, if anyone, is the playOs hero? Is the murder of Caesar justified? Is Brutus a hypocritical Stoic? How does posthumous characterisation work? What makes the play so topical? ""Julius Caesar"" has long been regarded as one of ShakespeareOs greatest dramas. Some of its phrases live on famously: OBeware the Ides of MarchO; OEt tu, Brute?O; and OFriends, Romans, countrymen: lend me your ears O. When Cassius says, OHow many ages hence / Shall this our lofty scene be acted over, / In states unborn and accents yet...
What is the play really about? Tragedy, history, problem play what is its genre? Who, if anyone, is the playOs hero? Is the murder of Caesar justified...
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53,69 zł |
‘Rescuing Miranda’ And Further Literary Essays
ISBN: 9780244311063 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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68,32 zł |
‘Where Gone?’ and Other Poems, Fictions and Memories
ISBN: 9780244646486 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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43,92 zł |
Conrad's Heart of Darkness : A Critical and Contextual Discussion
ISBN: 9789042035270 / Angielski / Miękka / 2012 / 153 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book offers a detailed discussion of Conrad's most brilliant and problematic work. Many significant aspects of Heart of Darkness are examined, from plot and characterisation to imagery and symbolism, and particular attention is paid to its ambiguity and paradoxes. By relating the text to a variety of contexts, Cedric Watts explores Conrad's central preoccupations as a writer and as a commentator on his age. The first edition of this study appeared in 1977, and reviewers described it as 'criticism of the highest order' (Joseph Conrad Today) and 'an important book' (Conradiana).
This book offers a detailed discussion of Conrad's most brilliant and problematic work. Many significant aspects of Heart of Darkness are examined, fr...
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236,46 zł |
Joseph Conrad: A Literary Life
ISBN: 9780333417201 / Angielski / Miękka / 1989 / 156 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 20 dni roboczych. A sketch of Conrad's varied cultural background (emphasising the Polish aspect) provides a biographical outline for this study, which then concentrates on the progress of Conrad's literary career, paying particular attention to his economic circumstances and the milieu of publishing.
A sketch of Conrad's varied cultural background (emphasising the Polish aspect) provides a biographical outline for this study, which then concentrate...
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134,60 zł |
Shakespeare Puzzles
ISBN: 9781291664102 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 126 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. Professor Cedric Watts discusses 25 puzzles presented by the works of Shakespeare. For instance: The Sonnets - autobiographical or fictional? What is the plot of the long-lost Love's Labour's Won? What are the 'glass eyes' in King Lear? Prospero's epilogue: it is really Shakespeare's farewell? Repeatedly, these challenging discussions reveal and resolve problematic features of the works, and demonstrate the linkage of minor and major concerns. Cedric Watts, Emeritus Professor of English at Sussex University, was co-author (with John Sutherland) of the acclaimed book, Henry V: War Criminal?...
Professor Cedric Watts discusses 25 puzzles presented by the works of Shakespeare. For instance: The Sonnets - autobiographical or fictional? What is ...
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51,24 zł |
A Preface to Greene
ISBN: 9780582437692 / Angielski / Miękka / 2000 Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Preface Books are a series of scholarly and critical studies of major writers intended for those needing modern and authoritative guidance of their work, in order to reach intelligent understanding and enjoyment of it. This work focuses on Grahame Greene.
Preface Books are a series of scholarly and critical studies of major writers intended for those needing modern and authoritative guidance of their wo...
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171,12 zł |
'Janiform Novels' and Other Literary Essays
ISBN: 9781326838775 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 298 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. 'Janiform Novels' and Other Literary Essays gathers 25 essays by Cedric Watts, MA, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English at Sussex University. Previously published in a diversity of magazines and books, these conveniently-gathered literary discussions deal with such authors as Sophocles, Chaucer, Shakespeare, Donne, Marvell, Milton, Defoe, Richardson, Jane Austen, Emily Bronte, Conrad, Hemingway, Graham Greene, William Golding, Samuel Beckett and Chinua Achebe. Topics include covert plotting, the conceit of the conceit, the fallacies of structuralist and post-structuralist literary theory,...
'Janiform Novels' and Other Literary Essays gathers 25 essays by Cedric Watts, MA, Ph.D., Emeritus Professor of English at Sussex University. Previous...
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73,79 zł |
Cunninghame Graham: A Critical Biography
ISBN: 9780521090094 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 348 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. R. B. Cunninghame Graham (1852 1936) was one of the most brilliant and mercurial characters of his day. Known as 'Don Roberto' and 'the Modern Don Quixote' because of his Spanish blood and impetuous life-style, and as 'the Uncrowned King of Scotland' because of his descent from King Robert II, he was a paradoxical man whose career was astonishingly varied. After an early period as an adventurer, when he worked as a cattle-rancher and horse-dealer in South America and Texas, he embarked on a stormy political career. He was the first socialist in Parliament, was gaoled after assailing the...
R. B. Cunninghame Graham (1852 1936) was one of the most brilliant and mercurial characters of his day. Known as 'Don Roberto' and 'the Modern Don Qui...
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259,22 zł |
Joseph Conrad
ISBN: 9780746307373 / Angielski / Miękka / 1994 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Available for the first time in the United States a new series of innovative critical studies introducing writers and their contexts to a wide range of readers. Drawing upon the mast recent thinking in English studies, each book considers biographical material, examines recent criticism, includes a detailed bibliography, and offers a concise but challenging reappraisal of a writer's major work. Published in the U. K. by Northcote House in association with The British Council.
Available for the first time in the United States a new series of innovative critical studies introducing writers and their contexts to a wide range o...
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102,05 zł |
A Preface to Greene
ISBN: 9781138159440 / Angielski / Twarda / 2017 / 240 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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451,22 zł |
'Reshaping Shakespeare' and Later Literary Essays
ISBN: 9780244924249 / Angielski / Miękka / 2017 / 350 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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96,24 zł |
Shakespeare: A Hand
ISBN: 9780244077297 / Angielski / Miękka / 2018 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 13-18 dni roboczych. |
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122,01 zł |