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William Shakespeare,
Julius Caesar

Tyranny, imperialism and political authority define Shakespeare's enduring dramatic depiction of ruling power and regime change in ancient Rome. A touchpoint for characterising tyrannical leaders througho…

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Catherine Richardson,
Shakespeare's Objects

What did Shakespeare's first audiences know about the objects they saw on stage in his plays? How would people have understood them and how many of those things would we still recognise today? In the high…

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The Winter's Tale

An international group of scholars reappraise The Winter's Tale through a series of research essays covering performance history, critical history, and new interpretations.Navigating the play's fluctuatin…

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William Shakespeare,
Titus Andronicus

The bloodiest and brashest of Shakespeare's plays, this revenge tragedy begins with war and ends in mutilation and cannibalism. Acts of war and sexual violence across borders and within families highlight…

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Catherine Richardson,
Shakespeare's Objects

What did Shakespeare's first audiences know about the objects they saw on stage in his plays? How would people have understood them and how many of those things would we still recognise today? In the high…

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Daniel Gray
Sunday Best

An evocative celebration of the seventh day in all its rich varietyClosed shops and roast dinners. Bulky newspapers and the hum of lawnmowers. Strolls to nowhere in particular and visiting snoozing grandp…

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Thomas C Foster
How to Read Literature Like a Professor [Third Edition]

"A thoroughly revised and expanded edition of Thomas C. Foster's classic guide-a lively and entertaining introduction to literature and literary basics, including symbols, themes and contexts, that s…

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Tim Kendall
Poetry of the Second World War

The Second World War is now recognized as a watershed for British poetry. The changes that arose were masked for some time by the enormous power and shock of the conflict itself, and by the restrictions o…

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Sarah Perry
Sweet Nothings

"A taxonomy of sweetness, a rhapsody of artificial flavors, and a multi-faceted theory of pleasure, Sweet Nothings is made up of one hundred illustrated micro essays organized by candy color, from th…

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Shuzo Takiguchi,
A Kiss for the Absolute

The first book of poems by the great Japanese surrealist to be published in English In 1923, Shuzo Takiguchi’s first year at Tokyo’s Keio University was cut short by the Great Kanto Earthquake, which nea…

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PN Review 283

The March-April 2025 issue.Between Language is a special issue of PN Review . It grasps a creative nettle: ' Many of us as writers and readers are differently, sometimes conflictedly, alive in a variety o…

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PN Review 280

The November-December 2024 issue. Since we started as Poetry Nation, a twice yearly hardback, in 1973, we've been publishing new poetry, rediscoveries, commentary, literary essays, interviews and reviews …

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Bailey Gaylin Moore
Thank You for Staying with Me

Urgent, meditative, and searching, Thank You for Staying with Me is a collection of essays that navigates the complexities of home, the vulnerability of being a woman, mother-daughter relationships, and y…

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Christie Carson,
Shakespeare in the Theatre: The Stratford Festival

"A full history of one of the largest and oldest dedicated centres for the performance of Shakespeare in North America, this volume divides the Festival's history into three periods, beginning with t…

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Anne Carson
Norma Jeane Baker of Troy

Norma Jeane Baker of Troy is a meditation on the destabilizing and destructive power of beauty, drawing together Helen of Troy and Marilyn Monroe, twin avatars of female fascination separated by millennia…

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T-Bone Slim,
The Popular Wobbly

"T-Bone Slim was the most popular and talented writer belonging to the Industrial Workers of the World, yet despite his importance and fame during his lifetime, his work disappeared from public view …

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Animals in Classic American Poetry

"The ten essays in Animals in Classic American Poetry: How Natural History Inspired Great Verse showcase how the natural history of and imagery relating to animals have inspired some of America's bes…

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Susan Sontag
Against Interpretation

"A reissue of Susan Sontag's classic first collection, featuring some of her most beloved writing-on art, life, camp, and criticism-that cemented her legacy as one of the brightest thinkers of, and b…

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Joseph Mitchell,
The Bottom of the Harbor

Classic portraits of New York City's hidden corners from one of The New Yorker's most iconic writers, now featuring stunning new illustrations by renowned artist Joana AvillezThroughout its long literary …

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Julie Marie Wade
Other People's Mothers

"This coming-of-age memoir explores the relationship between a daughter, her mother, and the other mothers present in their lives, revealing a young woman grappling with complex messages about who sh…

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