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The Tragedy Of Macbeth
William Shakespeare - Paperback - Oxford University Press
Dark and violent, 'Macbeth' is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's tragedies. Indeed, for 250 years - until early this century - it was performed with grand operatic additions set to baroque music.
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The Pocket Book Of Scottish Quotations
David Ross - Paperback - Birlinn
The Scots have always had a reputation for clarity of thought and also for the vigour with which it is put into words. This new edition of David Ross's collection spans the entire gamut of a nation's recorded thought and experience.
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Virginia Woolf's Essayism
Randi Saloman - Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
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Robert Burns And Transatlantic Culture
- Hardback - Ashgate
Addressing a gap in Burns studies, this collection focuses on the reception and representation of Robert Burns in the Americas. Divided into six sections, the volume addresses topics such as transatlantic concerns in Burns's work, Burns's early publication in North America, and much more.
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The Cambridge Companion To Scottish Literature
- Paperback - Cambridge University Press
This companion offers a unique introduction, guide and reference work for students and readers of Scottish literature from the pre-medieval period to the post-devolution present. A chronology provides a guide to further reading making this an ideal overview of a national literature that continues to develop its own style.
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Literature Of The 1980s: After The Watershed
Joseph Brooker - Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
Joseph Brooker relates developments in fiction, poetry and drama to social change - from the new generation of London novelists such as Martin Amis and Ian McEwan to the impact of feminism in the writing of Angela Carter and Jeanette Winterson.
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Between The Sheets: The Literary Liaisons Of Nine 20th-Century Women Writers
Lesley McDowell - Paperback - Duckworth
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.
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The Edinburgh Companion To Sir Walter Scott
- Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
This is a comprehensive collection devoted to the work of Sir Walter Scott, drawing on the innovative research and scholarship which have revitalised the study of the whole range of his exceptionally diverse writing in recent years.
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The Edinburgh Companion To James Hogg
- Paperback - Edinburgh University Press
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.
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The Edinburgh Companion To James Hogg
- Hardback - Edinburgh University Press
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.