ATWOOD, MARGARET (FOREWORD)

Barbed Lyres Canadian Venomous Verse

Key Porter Books, 1990. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 1550132520. First Edition. Black Hardcovers in Fine condition, tight, bright & unmarked. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition. A very small tear to the back cover bottom edge.. "Barbed Lyres contains winning entries and special celebrity submissions from a nationwide contest for satirical verse sponsored by This Magazine, Canada's most independent political, social and cultural journal. The judges of the contest were author Margaret Atwood, columnist Allan Fotheringham and songwriter Nancy White. Over 100 of the best entries are featured." ; 8.6 X 5.4 X 0.5 inches; 112 pages. Fine in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26391

Catalogue: Canadian Poetry, Literary Criticism

Keywords: 1550132520 Poetry > Canadian Literary Critcism Canada Poetry Literary & Literary Citicism Reference

BATES SCOTT

Guillaume Apollinaire Twaynes World Authors Series: A Survey of the World's Literature # 14

New York: Twayne Publishers, 1967. First Edition. Hardcover. Red Hardcovers with gilt titles to the cover and spine. A sound binding, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is Very Good with cover edgewear and rubbing, a small tear to the front cover bottom edge.. "Since the death of Apollinaire in 1918, the extent of his influence on modern poetry and art has become increasingly evident. The steady growth of his reputation may be traced in works of poets and painters throughout the world. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall. Fine+ in Very Good dust jacket .

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Book number: 26480

Catalogue: Authors, Biography, Literary Criticism

Keywords: Authors > Biograpahy Literary Critcism Biography Literary & Literary Citicism Authors

BOWERING, GEORGE

Left Hook a Sideways Look at Canadian Writing

Raincoast Books, 2005. Paperback. ISBN: 1551928450. A Trade Paperback with a sound binding, notes and markings throughout the book. Very light cover rubbing and edgewear. ; 8.0 X 5.5 X 0.9 inches. Very Good .

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Book number: 26384

Catalogue: Literary Criticism, Gay and Lesbian, Canada

Keywords: 1551928450 Writing Gay and Lesbian Canadian Literature

BRAULT, GERARD J.

La Chanson de Roland Student Edition

Penn State University Press, 2005. Paperback. ISBN: 0271003758. French text. In Fine condition. "Gerard Brault's 1984 student edition of La Chanson de Roland has become a standard text in classrooms. It contains the text and translation from his 1978 analytical edition along with an introduction illuminating the poem's historical and literary background and significance. This new revised edition contains a new preface and makes significant improvements to both the text and the bibliography. The text and a line-by-line prose translation are printed on facing pages. Brault's editing of the Oxford text includes corrections of the scribe's obvious errors and new readings of garbled or partially obliterated words, and his translation achieves both elegance and accuracy." ; 8.4 X 5.9 X 0.7 inches; 243 pages. Fine+ .

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Book number: 24350

Catalogue: Literary Criticism, Poetry

Keywords: 0271003758 Literary Criticism European Continental Europeran Romances Poetry Romance Poetry Literary & Literary Citicism Europe

BUSBY, BRIAN

Character Parts Who's Really Who in Canlit

Knopf Canada, 2003. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 067697578X. First Edition. A Very Good black Hardcover, tightly bound, clean & unmarked pages. Names written on the fronet end paper and a stain to back end paper and on the foreedge. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition. "Who inspired Mordecai Richler to create Bernard Gursky; Margaret Atwood to create Zenia in The Robber Bride? In which novel does Northrop Frye appear (as a character named Morton Hyland) ? The answers can be found in Character Parts, Brian Busby’s irreverent yet authoritative guide to who’s really who in Canadian literature. The most original and entertaining reference book to be published in years, Character Parts is the behind-the-scenes look at CanLit we have all been waiting for." ; 9.1 X 6.6 X 1.1 inches; 368 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 25106

Catalogue: Authors, Literary Criticism, Canada

Keywords: 067697578x Authors Literary Criticism Canada Canada Literature Authors

CHEEVER, JOHN

Letters of John Cheever, the

England: Jonathan Cape Ltd, 1989. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0224026895. Black Hardcovers with bold gilt titles to the spine. In Fine condition with a sound binding and clean, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped, in Fine condition and protected by a clear plastic cover. "These letters, culled from thousands written to famous writers, his family, friends, and lovers, paint an intimate and surprising self-portrait that is as vivid as any character Cheever invented. Edited and annotated by his son Benjamin, Cheever's letters trace his development as a writer and as a man. "; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 397 pages. Fine+ in Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26804

Catalogue: Authors, Biography, Literary Criticism & Collections

Keywords: 0224026895 Biography > Authors Literary Critcism Literary Studies

COHEN, M

Penguin Dictionary of Epigrams I Can Resist Anything Except Temptation

Penguin UK, 2002. Paperback. ISBN: 0140513957. A Near Fine Trade Paperback. Clean & unmarked pages, an uncreased spine. "There you are, writing a letter or a speech, or even just arguing with your friends, when you think: there must be a succint way of putting this. Surely a single one-liner could do a better job than my own ill-chosen and long-winded words? Thankfully, we have the epigram - that handy, witty saying that closes arguments, sets people thinking and generally makes everyone else think you're much cleverer than you really are." ; 7.8 X 5.1 X 0.9 inches; 320 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 25033

Catalogue: Reference, Quotations, Dicitionaries, Literary Criticism

Keywords: 0140513957 Reference > Quotations Literary Criticism Epigrams Literary & Literary Citicism Language Reference

FENTON, JAMES

An Introduction to English Poetry

Farrar, Straus and Giroux, 2004. Paperback. ISBN: 0374528896. Trade Paperback. The pages are tightly bound, there are notations thorugh the book. Otherwise a Very Good book. "Contents: The history and scope of English poetry --Where music and poetry divide --The training of the poet --The sense of form --The Iambic pentameter --Variations in the line --Patterns of stress --Mysteries of the Trochee --The genius of the Trochee --The shorter lines --The Iambic tetrameter --The longer lines --The shorter stanza --The longer stanza --The sonnet --Minor forms --Rhyme --Syllabics --Free verse --Writing for the eye --Song --Poetic drama and opera --Glossary. "; 8.0 X 5.0 X 0.3 inches; 152 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 25956

Catalogue: Poetry, European Literary Criticism, History

Keywords: 0374528896 Poetry European Literary Criticism History Poetry Literary & Literary Citicism History Europe

FFINCH MICHAEL

G.K. Chesterton: A Biography

London, England: Weidenfeld and Nicholson, 1988. Paperback. ISBN: 2895831335. Trade Paperback in Near Fine condition, tight, bright & unmarked. Light cover edgewear with two dog-eared pages. Black & white photo section. ; Large 8vo 9" - 10" tall; 367 pages. Near Fine .

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Book number: 26439

Catalogue: Biography, Authors, Literary Criticism

Keywords: 2895831335 Literary Critcism Biography > Authors Biography Literary & Literary Citicism Authors

FRASER G. S.

Ezra Pound: Writers and Critics

London, Ont.: Oliver and Boyd, 1962. Paperback. Trade Paperback in Good+ condition. Heavy rubbing to the covers with light underlining and markings thorugh the book. ; 12mo 7" - 7½" tall; 118 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 26169

Catalogue: American Poetry, Literary Criticism

Keywords: American Poetry Literary Critcism Poetry Literary & Literary Citicism

GIFFORD, DON AND SEIDMAN, ROBERT J.

Notes for Joyce Dubliners and a Portrait of the Artist As a Young Man

E. P Dutton & Co, 1967. Paperback. A Very Good+ Mass Market Paperback. A solid binding, bright & unmarked pages. Cover rubbing. ; 7.1 X 4.3 X 0.5 inches; 187 pages. Very Good .

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Book number: 25113

Catalogue: Literary Criticism

Keywords: Literary Criticism Ireland > Culture Anthologies Culture Literary & Literary Citicism Classics Anthologies Literature

GUICHARD LEON

Introduction a la Lecture de Proust.

Paris, France: Librairie Nizet, 1969. Paperback. A Very Good+ Paperback the binding is tight, the pages are clean and uncut along the top & side edge. Some fading age tanning to the front cover. French text. ; 8vo 8" - 9" tall; 204 pages. Very Good+ .

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Book number: 25457

Catalogue: Proust, Literary Criticism

HIGGINS, CHARLOTTE

Latin Love Lessons Put a Little Ovid in Your Life

Harper, 2009. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0061547425. First Edition. Bright red Hardcovers in As New condition. Tight, bright & unmarked with black and white photographs throughout. The DJ is unclipped and in Near fine condition with a small tear to the back cover bottom edge. "A hilarious and informative guide to relationships, "Latin Love Lessons" is comprised of romantic advice found in the masterworks of the greatest writers of the Greco-Roman period, including Catallus, Virgil, and Ovid." ; 7.2 X 5.3 X 0.8 inches; 192 pages. As New .

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Book number: 25027

Catalogue: Literary Criticism, Poetry, Erotic

Keywords: 0061547425 Poetry > Erotic Love in Literature Literary Criticism Poetry Sex & Erotica Culture Poetry Literary & Literary Citicism

HUDSON, DEREK

Lewis Carroll an Illustrated Biography

Clarkson N, Potter, Inc. Publishers, 1977. Hardcover. ISBN: 0517530783. Orange Hardcovers, brown cloth spine covering. Very Good++, a sound binding, bright, unmarked interior. Light spine end bumping. The DJ is clipped and in Very Good++ condition. "A biography of Lewis Carroll, the enigmatic Victorian clergyman, man of letters and author of two classics of children's literature, ALICE IN WONDERLAND and ALICE THROUGH THE LOOKING GLASS. "; 10.1 X 7.1 X 1.2 inches; 272 pages. Very Good+ in Very Good+ dust jacket .

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Book number: 26173

Catalogue: Biography, European Literary Criticism

Keywords: 0517530783 Authors > Biography Literary Critcism European Biography Literary & Literary Citicism Europe Authors

JACOBS, ERIC

Kingsley Amis a Biography

St Martins Pr, 1998. First Edition. Hardcover. ISBN: 0312186029. Black Hardcovers, silver titles to the spine. In Very Good+ condition, tightly bound, bright, unmarked pages. The DJ is unclipped and in Near Fine condition. A black & white photo section, notes, bibliography, indexed. "In this, the only biography of Kingsley Amis, Eric Jacobs skillfully captures the personality of this literary lion with sympathetic detail and healthy doses of Amisian wit. "; 6 X 1.5 X 9 inches; 392 pages. Very Good+ in Near Fine dust jacket .

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Book number: 26744

Catalogue: Authors, Biography, Literary Criticism, Journalists

Keywords: 0312186029 Authors > Biography Literary Critcism Journalists Biography Journalism Literary & Literary Citicism Authors