Poetry, Drama, Criticism

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  • Between The Sheets: The Literary Liaisons Of Nine 20th-Century Women Writers

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    Lesley McDowell
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    Why did a gifted writer like Sylvia Plath stumble into a marriage that drove her to suicide? Why did Hilda Doolittle want to marry Ezra Pound when she was attracted to women? This book examines the extent to which each women was prepared to put artistic ambition before personal happiness.

  • Clocking In, Clocking Out: Poems On The Subject Of Labour

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    Brian Whittingham
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    This is a collection of observational poems centered around all aspects of working life. We all define ourselves to some extent by our job, or lack of a job, and the author explores the many different ways in which this definition manifests itself.

  • The Edinburgh Companion To James Hogg

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    A reference book devoted to its subject, this book draws on recent breakthroughs in research on Hogg to illuminate the urgent debates and contexts that helped to shape his writings. Essays written by an international team of scholars provide an indispensable guide to Hogg's career, and the diverse literary forms in which he wrote.

  • Macbeth

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    William Shakespeare
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    Part of the 'Signature Shakespeare' series, this title includes contextualizing essays and timelines by scholar Jesse M. Lander, in collaboration with one of the world's foremost Shakespeare authorities, David Scott Kastan of Columbia University.

  • Selected Poems

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    Don Paterson
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    This selection, drawn from 20 years of work, is made by the poet himself and includes not only poems from his 4 single volumes, but poetry drawn from his original versions of Antonio Machado and Rainer Maria Rilke.