Literary Studies: 16th To 18th Centuries
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See also: History & Criticism
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£14.99Boswell In Scotland And Beyond - - Paperback
The eight essays in this volume, together with a substantial introduction by its editor, Thomas Crawford, make a powerful case for Boswell’s importance. -
£9.99Boswell's Presumptuous Task: Writing The Life Of Dr Johnson - - Paperback
This work concentrates on the years after Johnson's death, during which Boswell, through all his trials and sorrows, remained dedicated to the task of depicting his friend 'more completely than any man who has yet ever lived'. -
£59.00British Romanticism And The Edinburgh Review: Bicentenary Essays - Hardback
The bicentenary of the foundation of the Edinburgh Review has provided the foremost scholars in the field with the opportunity of re-examining the pervasisve significance of the most important literary review of the Romantic period. -
£9.95Crossing The Highland Line: Cross-Currents In 18th-Century Scottish Writings - Paperback
These essays, from 14 leading scholars, show that the whole of Scotland, Highland and Lowland, high cultures and low, participated in the reshaping of literature in the 18th century. -
£25.00The European Sun: Proceedings Of The Seventh International Conference On Medieval And Renaissance Scottish Language And Literature, University Of Strathclyde, 16-21 August, 1993 - Paperback
Topics include Scotland on the European story-telling map, the influence of Ars Notaria on 15th century Scottish literature, Scots-English interaction in The Complaynt of Scotland, and the use of Old Scots by the Kailyard Writers. -
£14.99From Goosecreek To Gandercleugh: Studies In Scottish-American Literary And Cultural History - - Paperback
For almost half a century scholars on both sides of the Atlantic have worked hard to highlight the Scottish contribution to the emergence of America's national culture. This book offers widely-ranging insights into this intriguing story. -
£8.99Hamlet: Poem Unlimited - - Paperback
This is Bloom's attempt to uncover the mystery of both Prince Hamlet and the play, how both prince and drama are able to break through the conventions of theatrical mimesis and the representation of character, making us question the very nature of theatrical illusion. -
£45.00An Intrepid Scot: William Lithgow Of Lanark's Travels In The Ottoman Lands, North Africa And Central Europe, 1609-21 - - Hardback
Bosworth examines the travels and career of William Lithgow, of modest Lowland Scottish bourgeois origins, who admittedly made use of social connections and assistance when these presented themselves to him but who does not seem to have acquisitively sought them out, and who preferred the un-aristocratic mode of transport of travel by foot. -
£16.99The Life Of Samuel Johnson - - Paperback
Preserving the integrity of the 1799 edition, this new edition of Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson provides a unique perspective on one of England's truly great literary figures. -
£3.99The Life Of Samuel Johnson - - Paperback
Preserving the integrity of the 1799 edition, this new edition of Boswell's biography of Samuel Johnson provides a unique perspective on one of England's truly great literary figures.