wyszukanych pozycji: 49
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The Poems of John Dryden: Volume One: 1649-1681
ISBN: 9780582492134 / Angielski / Twarda / 1995 / 610 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. These first two volumes in a four-volume edition of Dryden's poems are the result of a complete reappraisal of the canon, text and context of his work. The text has been prepared from a fresh examination of the early printed editions, and takes account of the large number of manuscript copies which survive. Two recently discovered poems are included here for the first time. Headnotes to each poem provide details of the poem's date, publication history, sources and contemporary reception. Detailed explanations are given of the controversies addressed in his political poems, and particular...
These first two volumes in a four-volume edition of Dryden's poems are the result of a complete reappraisal of the canon, text and context of his work...
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1010,17 |
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John Milton: Life, Writing, Reputation
ISBN: 9780197264706 / Angielski / Miękka / 2010 / 224 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. This volume offers a series of fresh explorations of the life, writing, and reputation of John Milton.
The ten papers take us inside Milton's verse and prose, into the context of the events and the intellectual debates within which they were written, and into the later worlds within which his reputation evolved and fluctuated. Key topics discussed include: his political beliefs and career; the characteristics of his poetry - especially Paradise Lost; the literary influences upon his verse; his perception of women; and the ways he has been seen since his death. John... This volume offers a series of fresh explorations of the life, writing, and reputation of John Milton.
The ten papers take us inside Milton's vers... |
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129,68 |
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Diamond: A Novel of the American Revolution
ISBN: 9781796051377 / Angielski / Twarda / 2019 / 246 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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137,15 |
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Shakespeare's Sonnets: An Original-Spelling Text
ISBN: 9780198728016 / Angielski / Miękka / 2016 / 512 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This book is at once an edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets and a guide to how to read these exquisite and complex poems. It is designed both for readers new to the poems and for those who are familiar with the Sonnets but are ready to engage with them afresh. It is the only current edition which provides an original-spelling text of the poems: that is, it prints the poems as they appeared in the first edition, Shake-speares Sonnets (1609), preserving the spelling, punctuation, italics, and capitalization of the original, with only minor interventions where that edition manifestly needs...
This book is at once an edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets and a guide to how to read these exquisite and complex poems. It is designed both for readers...
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157,97 |
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Figuring Sex Between Men from Shakespeare to Rochester
ISBN: 9780198186939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2002 / 294 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. Paul Hammond explores the representation of sexual relations between men in English literature of the seventeenth century. He includes detailed readings of Shakespeare's Sonnets, and shows how his plays added homosexual elements to his source stories. He also analyses the satirical representation of homosexual kings such as James I and William III, and the homoerotic poetry of Marvell and Rochester.
Paul Hammond explores the representation of sexual relations between men in English literature of the seventeenth century. He includes detailed readin...
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213,99 |
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They Call Me "Sweet Lou": The Life and Times of a Football Official
ISBN: 9798888244265 / Angielski / Twarda / 2024 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
108,75 |
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They Call Me "Sweet Lou": The Life and Times of a Football Official
ISBN: 9798888244241 / Angielski / Miękka / 2024 / 312 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
80,50 |
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Racine's Tragedies of Tyranny: Essays on Bajazet and Mithridate
ISBN: 9789004695139 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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405,58 |
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The Saboteur
ISBN: 9781504916929 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
128,01 |
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The Saboteur
ISBN: 9781504916608 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 232 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
cena:
77,51 |
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Organizing for Defense: The American Military Establishment in the 20th Century
ISBN: 9780691652177 / Angielski / Twarda / 2016 / 416 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. The author explores the defense administration, with thorough criticism of the National Security Council, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office of the Secretary of Defense, and the armed services as governmental organizations. His book is a substantial reinterpretation of the history of the military organization of the U.S. from 1900 to 1960. Originally published in 1961. The Princeton Legacy Library uses the latest print-on-demand technology to again make available previously out-of-print books from the distinguished backlist of Princeton University Press. These editions... The author explores the defense administration, with thorough criticism of the National Security Council, Joint Chiefs of Staff, Office of the Secr... |
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803,21 |
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Literary Detective: A Guide to the Study of Great Literary Works
ISBN: 9780889628939 / Angielski / Miękka / 2008 / 80 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. It may seem obvious - but it is not! How to read a book, a novel? How to increase your joy at reading an old or a new work? How to inject new vitality into an old and, perhaps, boring activity?Is there a method or a technique in reading a novel which can illuminate the meanings behind the story?The Literary Detective answers these questions in a bold, imaginative and accessible manner!Reading is similar to a treasure hunt. You set out, you collect clues and you hope to discover a treasure, or solve a mystery. How does it work?Great detectives start out with an open mind, unaware of what lies...
It may seem obvious - but it is not! How to read a book, a novel? How to increase your joy at reading an old or a new work? How to inject new vitality...
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83,53 |
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The Literary Detective: A Guide to the Study of Great Literary Works 2nd Edition
ISBN: 9781499717051 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 82 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Are expert readers born or are they made? Is the art of reading truly an art or is it a method? For published author and veteran teacher of English Literature, Glen Paul Hammond, good reading is a method that can be taught The difference between good readers and bad readers is the difference between the eye of the untrained civilian and the detective who is a trained professional. In bold, straightforward and accessible steps, "The Literary Detective" provides the training you have always needed to become an expert reader; it provides you with the tools necessary to fully appreciate...
Are expert readers born or are they made? Is the art of reading truly an art or is it a method? For published author and veteran teacher of English Li...
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76,63 |
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The Radleys of Knockrour
ISBN: 9781495361234 / Angielski / Miękka / 2014 / 148 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. In his book "Donoughmore and All Around," Richard Henchion states, "The personal name Radley and the placename Knockrour have been synonymous" for over two centuries. In 1586 the first Radley left England to participate in the Plantation of Munster. Entering Ireland as Adventurers, they soon established themselves as part of the powerful Protestant Ascendancy, intermarrying with some of the most illustrious families of their age (Leader of Mt Leader, Purdon of Ballyclough, MacCarthy of Dooneen, Barrys of Rathcormack to name a few). Covering a span of years from 1586 to 1916 and punctuated...
In his book "Donoughmore and All Around," Richard Henchion states, "The personal name Radley and the placename Knockrour have been synonymous" for ove...
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100,84 |
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Dryden: Selected Poems
ISBN: 9781138137110 / Angielski / Twarda / 2015 / 888 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Dryden: Selected Poems is drawn from Paul Hammond and David Hopkins's remarkable five-volume The Poems of John Dryden, and includes a generous selection of his most important work. The great satires, MacFlecknoe and Absalom and Achitophel, are included in full, as are his religious poemsReligio Laici and The Hind and the Panther, along with a number of Dryden's translations from Horace, Ovid, Homer, and Chaucer. Each poem is accompanied by a headnote, which gives details of composition, publication, and reception. The first-rate... Dryden: Selected Poems is drawn from Paul Hammond and David Hopkins's remarkable five-volume The Poems of John Dryden, and includes a gene... |
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763,79 |
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Inherent Safety at Chemical Sites: Reducing Vulnerability to Accidents and Terrorism Through Green Chemistry
ISBN: 9780128041901 / Angielski / Miękka / 2015 / 134 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. Inherent Safety at Chemical Sites: Reducing Vulnerability to Accidents and Terrorism Through Green Chemistry highlights the use of green chemistry principles to identify and address serious threats and potential consequences caused by accidental and deliberate industrial chemical releases. Through valuable case studies, the book suggests wholesale replacements of hazardous chemicals with benign and inherently safer, or "greener," materials. More than physical security barriers and plans, such preventative measures better guarantee the safety of industrial employees and nearby... Inherent Safety at Chemical Sites: Reducing Vulnerability to Accidents and Terrorism Through Green Chemistry highlights the use of green ch... |
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172,42 |
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Words at War: The Contested Language of the English Civil War
ISBN: 9780197267622 / Angielski Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 30 dni roboczych. |
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443,49 |
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Upon The Pun
ISBN: 9781915580290 / Angielski / Miękka / 2025 / 132 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. |
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85,87 |
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John Dryden: Tercentenary Essays
ISBN: 9780198186441 / Angielski / Twarda / 2000 / 432 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 22 dni roboczych. This volume is designed to celebrate and re-assess the work of John Dryden (1631-1700) in the tercentenary year of his death. It assembles specially-commissioned essays by an international team of scholars who address Dryden's political writing, drama, and translations, his literary collaborations, contemporary reputation, and posthumous reception.
This volume is designed to celebrate and re-assess the work of John Dryden (1631-1700) in the tercentenary year of his death. It assembles specially-c...
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cena:
729,89 |
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The Poems of John Dryden: Volume Three: 1686-1696
ISBN: 9781032477961 / Angielski / Miękka / 2023 / 486 str. Termin realizacji zamówienia: ok. 16-18 dni roboczych. John Dryden was the greatest writer of Restoration England. These volumes are the third and fourth volumes in a five-volume edition of Dryden's poems and result from a complete reappraisal of the canon, text and context of his work. The modernised text has been prepared from a fresh examination of the early printed editions and takes account of the large number of manuscript copies which survived. These volumes cover the poems which Dryden published between 1686-1696. This was a decade which saw the completion of his work of Catholic apologetics, The Hind and the Panther, the major...
John Dryden was the greatest writer of Restoration England. These volumes are the third and fourth volumes in a five-volume edition of Dryden's poems ...
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cena:
187,20 |