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Aristophanes: Four Comedies

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Harvest Books : October 1962

Seller ID: 80467

ISBN-13: 9780156079006

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

New English versions of Lysistrata, The Frogs, The Birds, and Ladies' Day. Thanks to Dudley Fitts...we can appreciate Aristophanes' vigor, his robust style, his scorching wit, his earthy humor, his devotion to honesty and his poetic imagination (Brooks Atkinson, New York Times). Index.

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Everyman, and medieval miracle plays

Price: $6.50

Publisher: J. M. Dent : January 1974

Seller ID: 68083

ISBN-13: 9780460113816

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

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The Cambridge Companion to Cervantes (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : October 2002

Seller ID: 85662

ISBN-13: 9780521663878

Binding: Trade Paperback

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Don Quixote de la Mancha is one of the classic texts of Western literature, yet Cervantes remains an enigmatic figure. This Companion is a comprehensive treatment of Cervantes' life and work. Essays by outstanding Hispanistas cover the historical and political context of Cervantes' writing, his place in Renaissance culture, and the role of Don Quixote in the formation of the modern novel. The volume provides suggestions for further reading, a detailed chronology and a guide to electronic resources.
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The Cambridge Companion to Goethe (Cambridge Companions to Literature)

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Publisher: Cambridge University Press : May 2002

Seller ID: 85812

ISBN-13: 9780521665605

Binding: Trade Paperback

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This study provides a stimulating and accessible survey of this many-sided figure. The volume places Goethe in the context of the Germany and Europe of his lifetime. His literary work is covered in individual chapters on poetry, drama--with a separate chapter on Faust, prose fiction and autobiography. A wide-ranging survey of reception inside and outside Germany and an extensive guide to further reading complete the volume, which will appeal to students and specialists alike.
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The Heart Sutra

Price: $16.95

Publisher: Counterpoint : August 2005

Seller ID: 85791

ISBN-13: 9781593760823

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

The Heart Sutra is Buddhism in a nutshell. It has had the most profound and wide-reaching influence of any text in Buddhism. This short text covers more of the Buddha's teachings than any other scripture, and it does so without being superficial or hurried. Although the original author is unknown, he was clearly someone with a deep realization of the Dharma. For this new English translation, Red Pine, award-winning translator of Chinese poetry and religious texts, has utilized various Sanskrit and Chinese versions, refining the teachings of dozens of ancient teachers together with his own comm...
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The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass

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Publisher: Arcturus Publishing Ltd

Seller ID: 80177

ISBN-13: 9781788287869

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The Norton Anthology of English Literature, Volume A: The Middle Ages through the Restoration and the Eighteenth Century

Price: $19.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : March 2006

Seller ID: 33549

ISBN-13: 9780393928303

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Firmly grounded by the hallmark strengths of all Norton Anthologies thorough and helpful introductory matter, judicious annotation, complete texts wherever possible The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Major Authors has been revitalized in this Eighth Edition through the collaboration between six new editors and six seasoned ones. Under the direction of Stephen Greenblatt, General Editor, the editors have reconsidered all aspects of the anthology to make it an even better teaching tool."
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The Norton Anthology of Literature by Women: The Traditions in English (Third Edition) (Vol. 1)

Price: $39.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : February 2007

Seller ID: 33374

ISBN-13: 9780393930139

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

"As diversity itself has shaped the evolution of feminist criticism, from its early preoccupation with women's shared experiences to its more recent absorption in the complex issues and assumptions informing English-language texts by women writers of diverse geographical, cultural, racial, sexual, religious, and class origins and influences, so diversity has shaped the revisions of this anthology." --From the Preface
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The Pelican Guide to English Literature: From Blake to Byron: Volume 5

Price: $3.50

Publisher: Penguin Books : February 1958

Seller ID: 68279

ISBN-13: 9780140204025

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

Fortunate Life

By: A.B., Facey

Price: $7.95

Publisher: Penguin Australia : August 1986

Seller ID: 75425

ISBN-13: 9780140081671

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Very Good

The Norton Anthology of English Literature, The Major Authors, Volume B: The Romantic Period Through the Twentieth Century

By: Abrams, M. H.

Price: $22.95

Publisher: W. W. Norton & Company : November 2000

Seller ID: 43004

ISBN-13: 9780393973044

Binding: Trade Paperback

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The Serpent Son: Aeschylus: Oresteia (Translations from Greek and Roman Authors)

By: Aeschylus,

Price: $4.95

Publisher: Cambridge University Press : April 1979

Seller ID: 75743

ISBN-13: 9780521293440

Binding: Trade Paperback

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Gods of Greece

By: Al, Beny Et

Price: $13.95

Publisher: Orion Publishing Co : June 1983

Seller ID: 82512

ISBN-13: 9780297781141

Binding: Hardcover

Condition: Used - Very Good

My Brother Tom

By: Aldridge, James

Price: $4.50

Publisher: Penguin Books : May 1987

Seller ID: 20517

ISBN-13: 9780140045802

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

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The Mahabharata (Penguin Classics)

By: Anonymous,

Price: $14.95

Publisher: Penguin Classics : July 2009

Seller ID: 85710

ISBN-13: 9780140446814

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

A new selection from the national epic of India Originally composed in Sanskrit sometime between 400 BC and 400 AD, The Mahabharata-with one hundred thousand stanzas of verse-is one of the longest poems in existence. At the heart of the saga is a conflict between two branches of a royal family whose feud culminates in a titanic eighteen-day battle. Exploring such timeless subjects as dharma (duty), artha (purpose), and kama (pleasure) in a mythic world of warfare, magic, and beauty, this is a magnificent and legendary Hindu text of immense importance to the culture of the Indian subcontinent...
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Northanger Abbey (Dover Thrift Editions)

By: Austen, Jane

Price: $3.95

Publisher: Dover Publications : October 2000

Seller ID: 41309

ISBN-13: 9780486414126

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

In this spirited comedy of manners Catherine Morland, a plain, unspoiled small-town girl on holiday in Bath, meets and falls in love with Henry Tilney, a handsome young clergyman. Henry's father, believing Catherine to be wealthy, invites her to be a guest at Northanger Abby, the family's country estate. Catherine, who has read too many Gothic romances and who is possessed of too vivid an imagination, views the abbey as a house of nightmarish horror -- an aspect of the book that gleefully parodies the fantastic Gothic romances by Ann Radcliffe and other popular writers of the period. An amusin...
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Northanger Abbey: (Special Edition) (Jane Austen Collection)

By: Austen, Jane

Price: $7.50

Publisher: CreateSpace Independent Publishing Platform : September 2018

Seller ID: 85067

ISBN-13: 9781727082395

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Like New

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Sense and Sensibility (Oxford World's Classics)

By: Austen, Jane

Price: $5.50

Publisher: Oxford University Press : June 1998

Seller ID: 45975

ISBN-13: 9780192833587

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: Used - Good

Emma, Jane Austen Classic Novel, (Coming of Age, Social Status, Marriage), Ribbon Page Marker, Perfect for Gifting

By: Austen, Jane,Press, Paper Mill

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Paper Mill Press : May 2020

Seller ID: 75466

ISBN-13: 9781774021675

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

Persuasion, Jane Austen Classic Novel, (Anne Elliot, Victorian England, Love and Loss), Ribbon Page Marker, Perfect for Gifting

By: Austen, Jane,Press, Paper Mill

Price: $19.95

Publisher: Paper Mill Press : May 2020

Seller ID: 75475

ISBN-13: 9781774021774

Binding: Trade Paperback

Condition: New

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