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The Canterbury Tales

Geoffrey Chaucer; Retold. Peter Ackroyd
Viking 2009
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Love, sex, drunkenness, murder, villainy... Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is one of the cornerstones of English literature, peopled with flawed, richly hLove, sex, drunkenness, murder, villainy... Chaucer's Canterbury Tales is one of the cornerstones of English literature, peopled with flawed, richly human characters such as the Miller, the Wife of Bath and the Franklin. Novelist and historian Peter Ackroyd has rendered the tales into crisp and compulsive modern prose while preserving their unique blend of romance, satire and bawdy humour. Each tale is illustrated with a witty and stylish drawing by Nick Bantock. ...more
 

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Farnsworth's Classical English Rhetoric

Ward Farnsworth
Godine 2011
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We all use language to persuade other people, but some can do it more effectively than others. In this book, law professor Ward Farnsworth has produceWe all use language to persuade other people, but some can do it more effectively than others. In this book, law professor Ward Farnsworth has produced a masterclass in eloquence, with passages drawn from some of the greatest writers and speakers of the English language. Organizing hundreds of these examples according to the devices they illustrate, from simple repetition to anticipating objections, he shows how to apply the powerful principles of classical rhetoric, one of the most ancient academic disciplines....more
 

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Neal Cassady
The Fast Life of a Beat Hero
David Sandison; Graham Vickers
Chicago 2006
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Woolf's To the Lighthouse
A Readers Guide
Janet Winston
Continuum 2009
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Shakespeare's Political and Economic Language
A Dictionary
Vivian Thomas
Continuum 2008
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The Reception of Sir Walter Scott in Europe

Murray Pittock (Edited by)
Continuum 2006
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The Reception of Jane Austen and Walter Scott
A Comparative Longitudinal Study
Annika Bautz
Continuum 2007
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The Reception of H.G.Wells in Europe

Patrick Parrinder; John S Partington (Edited by)
Continuum 2005
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Money, Speculation and Finance in Contemporary British Fiction

Nicky Marsh
Continuum 2007
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James's The Turn of the Screw
A Readers Guide
Leonard Orr
Continuum 2009
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J.G.Ballard
Contemporary Critical Perspectives
Jeannette Baxter (Edited by)
Continuum 2008
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Heart of Darkness
Character Studies
Ashley Chantler
Continuum 2008
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The Essential Guide to English Studies

Peter Childs
Continuum 2008
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Doctor Faustus
A Critical Guide
Sara Munson Deats (Edited by)
Continuum 2010
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Charles Dickens

Donald Hawes
Continuum 2007
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