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10044 Ashe, Rosalind. International Literary Houses.
Ashe, Rosalind. International Literary Houses. Fictional renderings of the houses that star in many favorite books. All illustratrated with text, with imaginery depiction of Northanger Abbey, p 91. 1983. Surrey. Paper. NEW. $12.00
Price: $12.00
11641 Dirda, Michael. Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life.
Dirda, Michael. Book by Book: Notes on Reading and Life. Prizewinning critic describes how he believes we should read - in order to learn how to live. 2005. Hb, dj. NEW. $10.00
Price: $10.00
10061 Dobree, Bonamy. English Literature: The Early Eighteenth Century.
Dobree, Bonamy. English Literature: The Early Eighteenth Century. All facets of literature of the period. Defoe, Thomson, Pope, etc. Drama, poetry, science, philosophy. Excellent readable reference. Oxford at Clarendon Press. 1995R. 701 pgs, Hb. Handsome dark blue cloth cover with gilt title on spine. No marks anywhere, pages clear, binding solid. List $59. USED. $22.00
Price: $22.00
10511 Enright, D. J. The Alluring Problem: An Essay on Irony.
Enright, D. J. The Alluring Problem: An Essay on Irony. Fun book, great topic. The author discusses not just what irony IS, but what it DOES - why and how we use it. Discusses Shakespeare, Goethe, Proust, James, Dickens, Swift, Fieldings, Conrad, Austen is here too. All the usual suspects plus some that may surprise you. OUP, 1986. 178 pgs, hb, dj shop worn. NEW. $20.00
Price: $20.00
11714, Rodway, Allan. English Comedy: Its Role and Nature from Chaucer to the Present Day.
Rodway, Allan. English Comedy: Its Role and Nature from Chaucer to the Present Day. With chapters by period - Medieval, Renaissance, Augustan, Regency, Brave New World. Features such notables as Shakespeare, Jonson, Wycherly, Dryden, Pope, Austen, Peacock, Swift, Fielding, & more. Attempts to develop a theory of comedy, to set comedy in relation to culture and history. And it is an entertaining book. UC Press Berkeley 1975. HB, dj. USED. $22.00
Price: $22.00
11328, Roussel, Roy. The Conversation of the Sexes: Seduction and Equality in Selected Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Texts.
Roussel, Roy. The Conversation of the Sexes: Seduction and Equality in Selected Seventeenth- and Eighteenth-Century Texts. Looks at Donne, Richardson, Laclos, and Congreve. Explores two reasons men seduce women - sexual possession, and the desire for intimate exchange. OUP, 1986, 178 pgs. Hb, dj. USED. $18.00
Price: $18.00
11458, Spender, Dale. Mothers of the Novel: 100 good women writers before Jane Austen.
Spender, Dale. Mothers of the Novel: 100 good women writers before Jane Austen. Signed by author. USED. $10.00
Price: $10.00
12176, Stout, Janis P. Strategies of Reticence: Silence and Meaning in the Works of Jane Austen, Willa Cather, Katherine Anne Porter, and Joan Didion.
Stout, Janis P. Strategies of Reticence: Silence and Meaning in the Works of Jane Austen, Willa Cather, Katherine Anne Porter, and Joan Didion. This excellent work focuses on the use of silence & covert criticism as subversive weapons women authors employ to assault patriarchal power structures. UP of VA. 1990. 228 pgs, Hb, dj. VG condition, some wear on DJ. USED. $35.00
Price: $35.00
11550, Walbank. The English Scene: In the Works of Prose-Writers since 1700.
Walbank, F. Alan, Editor. The English Scene: In the Works of Prose-Writers since 1700. Illustrated from Contemporary Pictures and Prints - Landscapes of England. Includes Jane Austen, George Eliot, and H.G. Wells. Written in the midst of WW2, when all this was at stake. 2nd revised ed. 224 pgs. USED. $17.00
Price: $17.00