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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Private Peaceful and other adaptations
Book SynopsisThis title presents three rites of passage plays for the young person in all of us, brilliantly adapted from the books of three best-selling authors. In Michael Morpurgo's moving tale of youth cut short, seventeen year-old Tommo Peaceful relives his innocent rural past as he spends his last night in the trenches of World War One. In Philip Pullman's "Aladdin", this ancient magical tale is retold as a story of ambition and self-advancement, a young man's journey from lazy good-for-nothing to great wealth and power. And in Jill Tomlinson's delightfully witty classic, a fledgling Barn Owl conquers his fears through a series of eye-opening encounters. These plays are for all ages.Trade Review"'Heart-breaking clarity and simplicity...a masterly stage adaptation' Daily Mail on Private Peaceful"
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Association for Scottish Literary Studies The International Companion to Edwin Morgan
Book SynopsisEdwin Morgan (1920-2010) is one of the giants of modern poetry. Scotland''s national poet from 2004 to his death in 2010, in his long life he produced an incredible range of work, from the playful to the profound. This INTERNATIONAL COMPANION gives a comprehensive overview of Morgan''s poetry and drama. A range of expert contributors guide the reader along Morgan''s astonishing, multi-faceted trajectory through space and time, and provide students with an essential and accessible general introduction to his life and work.
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CONNELL PUBLISHING LTD The Connell Short Guide To John Steinbeck's of
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Faber & Faber Old Possums Book of Practical Cats 1
Book SynopsisA stunning new edition of T. S. Eliot''s beloved cat poems Old Possum''s Book of Practical Cats, containing beautiful original colour illustrations by Axel Scheffler.Cats! Some are sane, some are mad and some are good and some are bad.Meet magical Mr Mistoffelees, sleepy Old Deuteronomy and curious Rum Tum Tugger. But you''ll be lucky to meet Macavity because Macavity''s not there!In 1925 T.S. Eliot became co-director of Faber & Faber, who remain his publishers to this day. Throughout the 1930s he composed the now famous poems about Macavity, Old Deuteronomy, Mr Mistoffelees and many other cats, under the name of ''Old Possum''. In 1981 Eliot''s poems were set to music by Andrew Lloyd Webber as Cats which went on to become the longest-running Broadway musical in history. If cats, witchy or not, are your child''s thing don''t miss the new Old Possum''s Book of Practical Cats.' The
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Random House Children's Books The Random House Book of Poetry for Children A
Book SynopsisThe most accessible and joyous introduction to the world of poetry!The Random House Book of Poetry for Children offers both funny and illuminating poems for kids personally selected by the nation's first Children's Poet Laureate, Jack Prelutsky. Featuring a wealth of beloved classic poems from the past and modern glittering gems, every child who opens this treasury will finda world of surprises and delights which will instill a lifelong love of poetry. Featuring 572 unforgettable poems, and over 400 one-of-a-kind illustrations from the Caldecott-winning illustrator of the Frog and Toad series, Arnold Lobel, this collection is, quite simply, the perfect way to introduce children to the world of poetry.
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Pearson Education Limited Inspire English International Year 8 Workbook
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Puffin Books Eric Carles Dragons Dragons
Book SynopsisFiery dragons, playful centaurs, the mysterious garusa, the web-footed bunyip--these and other mythological creatures abound in Eric Carle''s Dragons Dragons. In this companion volume to Eric Carle''s Animals Animals, he celebrates mythology and legends from around the world, and breathes life into the creatures that inhabit them. Illustrating poetry from such authors as Anne McCaffrey, X. J. Kennedy, Myra Cohn Livingston, and John Gardner, Eric Carle invites readers of all ages to enter the fabulous world of Dragons Dragons & other creatures that never were.
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Hyperion Percy Jackson and the Olympians the Ultimate
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Dover Publications Inc. A Childs Garden of Verses Dover Childrens Thrift
Book Synopsis"The Land of Counterpane," "The Land of Nod" and 62 other poems voice the many moods and currents of a child's imaginings. Reprinted in large, easy-to-read type, with new illustrations.
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HarperCollins A Visit to William Blakes Inn Poems for Innocent
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Random House USA Inc And Still I Rise
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Penguin Random House Children's UK Science Verse Golden Duck Awards Picture Book
Book Synopsis'Amoeba'Don't ever tease a wee amoeba By calling him a her amoeba. And don't call her a him amoeba. Or never he a she amoeba. 'Cause whether his or hers amoeba, They too feel like you and meba.What if a boring lesson about the food chain becomes a sing-aloud celebration about predators and prey? A twinkle-twinkle little star transforms into a twinkle-less, sunshine-eating-and rhyming Black Hole? What if amoebas, combustion, metamorphosis, viruses, the creation of the universe are all irresistible, laugh-out-loud poetry? Well, you're thinking in science verse, that's what. And if you can't stop the rhymes . . . the atomic joke is on you. Only the amazing talents of Jon Scieszka and Lane Smith, the team who created Math Curse, could make science so much fun.Trade Review“Clever and often droll, the verse ably juggles facts, meter, and rhyme schemes and usually reflects a student’s point of view: grossed out by the human body, bored by yet another year of dinosaur study, more concerned about writing down the right answer than getting at the truth….A beautifully designed book—intelligent, irreverent, inviting, and downright irresistible.”—Booklist, starred review
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Foundation Books Songs of Ourselves
Book SynopsisSongs of Ourselves is an accessible one-volume introduction to the astonishing range of forms, styles and content of verse written in the English language over more than four centuries, containing work by more than 100 poets from all parts of the English-speaking world.
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Sterling Juvenile Poetry for Young People Robert Frost Poetry for
Book SynopsisFeatures 25 poems that introduce Robert Frost to young people. Arranged by the seasons and the author's watercolour illustrations of the New England landscape, this title includes a biographical essay and, at the bottom of each page, provides a brief note on some of the possible ways to read the lines.Trade Review"* "Nothing short of breathtaking." - Parents Magazine"
£7.14
Penguin Young Readers Group Flower Fairies of the Winter
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Hodder Education Shakespeares Twelfth Night with CSEC Study Guide
Book SynopsisDevelop knowledge of Shakespeare''s Twelfth Night through detailed notes and glossaries which reinforce the text and fully prepare students for the CSEC English B examination.- Build a contextual understanding of the play and era through a range of carefully selected modern English translations- Check comprehension with end of chapter guided reading questions and ''Think About It'' activities that also demonstrate plot development - Strengthen analysis skills with detailed study notes on characters, themes and stylistic devices running throughout - Improve and practise essay-writing skills using a toolkit of CSEC-style questions and a sample essay.- Consolidate learning and exam preparation with detailed and rigorous study notes.
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Samuel French Ltd Play
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Esse Publishing The Quotation Bank
Book SynopsisAn English Literature GCSE 9-1 Study and Revision Guide, providing key quotations with accompanying interpretations, literary techniques, analysis and revision activities. No clutter. No confusion. Just the key ingredients for exam success.Table of ContentsWhat examiners are looking for; How The Quotation Bank can help you in your exams; How to use The Quotation Bank; Act One; Act Two; Act Three; Act Four; Act Five; Major Themes and Characters; How to revise effectively; Sample essay, potential essay questions and revision activities; Glossary.
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Cambridge University Press Cambridge Grammar and Writing Skills Learners
Book SynopsisDevelop your learners'' skills in creative writing and writing for a purpose. Introduce your learners to creative writing and writing for a purpose. They''ll write an explanation of how bees make honey and a play script based on their favourite story, helping build their extended writing skills as they progress through the units. Each unit focuses on a different text type such as dialogue, recounts, reports or instructions. Model texts in each chapter show learners good examples of each writing type and specific activities are included to help them practise their grammar. Planning tools and an extended writing task develop learners'' essential skills including editing, checking, planning and creative thinking.Table of ContentsPrelims p1-6. Learning units p7-119. Acknowledgements p120.
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Cambridge University Press The Merchants Prologue and Tale
Book SynopsisThe classic respected series in a stunning new design. This edition of The Merchant''s Prologue and Tale from the highly-respected Selected Tales series includes the full, complete text in the original Middle English, along with an in-depth introduction by Maurice Hussey, detailed notes and a comprehensive glossary.Table of ContentsIntroduction; Note on the text; The Portrait of the Merchant; The Merchant's Prologue; The Merchant's Tale; The Merchant's Epilogue; Notes; Appendix; Glossary.
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PG Online Limited ClearRevise AQA GCSE English Literature: Dickens
Book SynopsisIllustrated revision and practice for AQA English Literature, Charles Dickens, A Christmas Carol. Over 200 marks of examination style questions, answers provided for all questions within the book. Illustrated topics to improve memory and recall. Examination tips and techniques. Absolute clarity is the aim with a new generation of revision guide. This guide has been expertly compiled and edited by subject specialists, highly experienced examiners and a good dollop of scientific research into what makes revision most effective. Past examinations questions are essential to good preparation, improving understanding and confidence. This guide has combined revision with tips and more practice questions than you could shake a stick at. All the essential ingredients for getting a grade you can be really proud of. Each specification topic has been referenced and distilled into the key points to make in an examination for top marks. Questions on all topics assessing knowledge, application and analysis are all specifically and carefully devised throughout this book.
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Esse Publishing The Quotation Bank: Blood Brothers GCSE Revision
Book SynopsisFocusing on the core assessment objectives for GCSE English Literature 9-1, The Quotation Bank takes 25 of the most important quotations from the text and provides detailed material for each quotation, covering interpretations, literary techniques and detailed analysis. Also included is a sample answer, detailed essay plans, revision activities and a comprehensive glossary of relevant literary terminology, all in a clear and practical format to enable effective revision and ultimate exam confidence.Trade Review"They are very clearly laid out inside...your books speak plainly, whilst not spoon-feeding, which is a good thing." Coles BooksTable of ContentsWhat examiners are looking for. How The Quotation Bank can help you in your exams. How to use The Quotation Bank. Act One. Act Two. Major Themes and Characters. How to revise effectively. Sample essay, potential essay questions and revision activities. Glossary.
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Esse Publishing The Quotation Bank: AQA Poetry Anthology - Love
Book SynopsisFocusing on the core assessment objectives for GCSE English Literature 9-1, The Quotation Bank takes each poem from the AQA Love and Relationships cluster and provides detailed material covering interpretations, literary techniques and detailed analysis. Also included is a sample answer, detailed essay plans, revision activities and a comprehensive glossary of relevant literary terminology, all in a clear and practical format to enable effective revision and ultimate exam confidence.Trade Review"They are very clearly laid out inside...your books speak plainly, whilst not spoon-feeding, which is a good thing." Coles Books, BicesterTable of Contents* What examiners are looking for; * How The Quotation Bank can help you in your exams; * How to use The Quotation Bank; * The Poems - Analysis; * Major Themes; * How to revise effectively; * Sample essay, potential essay questions and revision activities; * Glossary.
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Esse Publishing The Quotation Bank: Frankenstein GCSE Revision
Book SynopsisFocusing on the core assessment objectives for GCSE English Literature 9-1, The Quotation Bank takes 25 of the most important quotations from the text and provides detailed material for each quotation, covering interpretations, literary techniques and detailed analysis. Also included is a sample answer, detailed essay plans, revision activities and a comprehensive glossary of relevant literary terminology, all in a clear and practical format to enable effective revision and ultimate exam confidence.Trade Review"They are very clearly laid out inside...your books speak plainly, whilst not spoon-feeding, which is a good thing." - Coles Books, BicesterTable of Contents* What examiners are looking for * How The Quotation Bank can help you in your exams * How to use The Quotation Bank * Letters * Chapters 1-6 * Chapters 7-12 * Chapters 13-18 * Chapters 19-24 * Major Themes and Characters * How to revise effectively * Sample essay, potential essay questions and revision activities * Glossary
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Aboriginal Studies Press Anna the Goanna
Book SynopsisAges 11 to 12 years. Cheeky dogs, slippery snakes and crocodiles with big smiles join Anna in this collection of lively illustrated poems. With warmth and respect, we''re taken into the children''s lives as they camp under the stars, go hunting for tucker and play football in the dust. Anna the Goanna provides rare insight into the richly textured lives of contemporary Indigenous children. The poems are rhythmic and memorable, with a jaunty beat. Designed specially for school performances.
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Christian Publishers LLC Encore More Winning Monologs for Young Actors
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Christian Publishers LLC On Stage Short Plays for Acting Students
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Cambridge University Press The Cambridge Companion to Lyrical Ballads
Book SynopsisLyrical Ballads (1798) is a work of huge cultural and literary significance. The volume of poetry, in which Coleridge''s Rime of the Ancyent Marinere and Wordsworth''s Lines written above Tintern Abbey were first published, lies at the heart of British Romanticism, establishing a poetics of powerful feeling, that is, nonetheless, expressed in direct, conversational language and exploring the everyday realities of common life. This engaging, accessible collection provides a comprehensive overview of current approaches to Lyrical Ballads, enabling readers to find fresh ways of understanding and responding to the volume. Sally Bushell''s introduction explores how the Preface to the second edition (1800) became a potent manifesto for the Romantic movement. Broad in scope, the Companion includes accessible essays on Wordsworth''s experiments with language and metre, ecocritical approaches, the reception of the volume in America and more; furnishing students and scholars with a range of entrTrade Review'This bright new Cambridge Companion to 'Lyrical Ballads' is a thoughtfully conceived and well-executed collection that illuminates the famous book from several angles.' Seamus Perry, The Wordsworth CircleTable of ContentsPart I. Part and Whole; 1. Wordsworth's 'Preface': A Manifesto for British Romanticism Sally Bushell; 2. Collaboration, Domestic Co-partnery and Lyrical Ballads Polly Atkin; 3. Coleridgean Contributions Tim Fulford; 4. Lyric Voice, Ballad Voice Pete Newbon; Part II. Subjects and Situations from Common Life; 5. Conversation in Lyrical Ballads Frances Ferguson; 6. The Power of Things in Lyrical Ballads Paul H. Fry; 7. Marginal Figures Philip Shaw; Part III. Feeling and Thought; 8. Silence and Sympathy in Lyrical Ballads Andrew Bennett; 9. Domestic Affections and the Home Susan Wolfson; Part IV. Language and the Human Mind; 10. A 'Radical Difference': Wordsworth's Experiments in Language and Metre Brennan O'Donnell; 11. Awkward Relations: Poetry and Philosophy in Lyrical Ballads Alexander Regier; Part V. A Global Lyrical Ballads; 12. Ecocritical Approaches to Lyrical Ballads James C. McKusick; 13. Rhyming Revolutionaries: Lyrical Ballads in America Joel Pace; 14. The Indigenous Lyrical Ballads Nikki Hessell.
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Cambridge University Press Lateness and Modernism
Book SynopsisExplores the political aesthetics of 'lateness' in the cultural sphere after World War I, mapping intersections between the activities, attitudes and ideas of musical and literary figures in Britain. The book will appeal to readers interested in musical modernism, literary modernism and the politics of interwar Britain.Trade Review'The concepts of lateness and modernism in early twentieth-century culture have both received voluminous critical attention in recent years. But here is an invigorating and sophisticated book which makes a highly distinctive and indeed provocative contribution. Neglected aspects of inter-war British musical and literary modernism receive long overdue scrutiny through virtuoso readings of the work of Philip Heseltine, Cecil Gray and Kaikhosru Sorabji. In short, essential, and thoroughly enjoyable reading.' Stephen Downes, Royal Holloway, University of LondonTable of Contents1. The afterlife of a 'Beaten Ghost'; 2. Sketch of a milieu: impasse and lateness; 3. Impersonality and vividness; 'Le Gai Savaire', Philip Heseltine and D. H. Lawrence; 4. Modernism, democracy and the politics of lateness: Kaikhosru Sorabji and the new age; 5. Cycles, rotation and the image: Cecil Gray's music history and H. D.'s Imagism
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Bloomsbury Publishing PLC Literacy Beyond the Classroom
Book SynopsisTrade ReviewDom and Cath have a track record for igniting literacy outside the four walls of the classroom and giving it meaning and worth in the real world. This book can help all teachers do the same. -- Andrew Jennings * Assistant headteacher and founder of Vocabulary Ninja, @VocabularyNinja *The most important book in the world right now. -- Sam Conniff * Author of 'Be More Pirate', @SamConniff *‘This is a practical guide that is project-based and has been proven to accelerate progress in KS2. The structure can be adapted for inclusion and it provides a fresh approach to ways to make literacy more relevant in terms of articulating concerns about current issues.’ * SEN Magazine *
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Broadview Press Ltd Nature and Art
Book SynopsisNature and Art commands a central place in the history of the English Jacobin novel. Published in 1796, the story explores the opposition between the upbringing and actions of Henry Norwynne, an unspoiled "child of nature" who has been reared without books on an African island, and the corrupt conduct of his aristocratic older cousin, William. Inchbald was one of the best-known writers of her time, and Nature and Art represents her most concerted attempt to analyze the effects of education, power, and privilege on human behaviour.This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction, contemporary reviews of the novel, and primary source material relating to the novel's composition and its philosophical influences (including documents by Jean-Jacques Rousseau and William Godwin). Documents on education, political and religious corruption, and African colonization provide further historical context.Trade Review“Elizabeth Inchbald was arguably one of the most important literary figures working in Britain in the early Romantic period, but the complexity of her career has been obscured both by the hybridity of her output and by the recent unavailability of key texts. Shawn Lisa Maurer’s edition of Nature and Art brings a crucial, yet troubling, work to a wider reading public. Her superb introduction and the edition’s contextual materials open up the novel’s political imperatives without closing down some of its more difficult elements. This edition is certain to spark further re-evaluation of the place of feminist practice in Romantic studies and of Inchbald’s place in British culture.” — Daniel O’Quinn, University of Guelph“With this impressively researched and compellingly introduced edition, Shawn Lisa Maurer secures Nature and Art’s important place in late eighteenth-century thought. This edition is to be commended for its expertly chosen contextual materials, which position Nature and Art within crucial debates concerning education and politics and also provide contemporary accounts of Sierra Leone and examples of critical responses to the novel and Inchbald. Maurer makes the ideological concerns and aesthetic delights of this novel clear; it is essential reading for students of the novel, the eighteenth century, gender studies, and philosophical and political literature.” — Cheryl Nixon, University of Massachusetts Boston Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionElizabeth Inchbald: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextNature and ArtAppendix A: The Composition of the Novel and the Art of Novel Writing Textual Changes from First (1796) to Second (1797) Edition, with Passages Deleted from Second Edition Passage deleted from Chapter Passage deleted from Chapter Conclusion to the First Edition Letters between Inchbald and William Godwin Letter to Godwin Describing the Travails of Novel Writing (November 1792) Two undated letters to Godwin on Reading Proofs of his Caleb Williams [1794] Undated letter to Godwin Describing his Reading of Her Manuscript, probably “A Satire on the Times” (1794/5) Letter from Godwin to Inchbald (1 December 1817) Inchbald’s Essay on Novel Writing from The Artist (1807) Appendix B: “The Prejudice of Education”: Philosophical Influences From Jean-Jacques Rousseau, Émile, ou de l’Éducation (1762) From Thomas Day, The History of Sandford and Merton (1783-89) From William Godwin, The Enquirer: Reflections on Education, Manners and Literature in a Series of Essays (1797) Appendix C: Literary Cross-Currents: Political Critique in Inchbald’s Jacobin Contemporaries The “Noble Savage” and the British Aristocracy, from Robert Bage, Hermsprong (1796) Corruptions in Church and State From Thomas Holcroft, The Adventures of Hugh Trevor (1794-97) From Robert Bage, Hermsprong (1796) Seductions and Prostitution From Mary Wollstonecraft, The Wrongs of Woman: or, Maria (1798) From Mary Hays, The Victim of Prejudice (1799) Appendix D: Africa and the Sierra Leone Colony From Olaudah Equiano, The Interesting Narrative of the Life of Olaudah Equiano, or Gustavus Vassa, the African (1789) Letter from First Governors of Sierra Leone Settlement (1788) The Sierra Leone Company’s Declaration (1791) From Anna Maria Falconbridge, Narrative of Two Voyages to the River Sierra Leone, During the Years 1791–92–93 (1794) Appendix E: Contemporary Reviews and Critical Preface [Mary Wollstonecraft], Analytical Review (January-June 1796) Monthly Mirror (March 1796) Critical Review (March 1796) Monthly Review (April 1796) The Moral and Political Magazine (June–September 1796) Anna Letitia Barbauld, Preface to The British Novelists Series, Vol. 27 (1810) Select Bibliography
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Broadview Press Ltd The Broadview Anthology of Romantic Drama
Book SynopsisThe London theatres arguably were the central cultural institutions in England during the Romantic period, and certainly were arenas in which key issues of the time were contested. While existing anthologies of Romantic drama have focused almost exclusively on "closet dramas" rarely performed on stage, The Broadview Anthology of Romantic Drama instead provides a broad sampling of works representative of the full range of the drama of the period. It includes the dramatic work of canonical Romantic poets (Samuel Coleridge's Remorse, Percy Shelley's The Cenci, and Lord Byron's Sardanapalus) and important plays by women dramatists (Hannah Cowley's A Bold Stroke for a Husband, Elizabeth Inchbald's Every One Has His Fault, and Joanna Baillie's Orra). It also provides a selection of popular theatrical genres—from melodrama and pantomime to hippodrama and parody—most popular in the period, featuring plays by George Colman the Younger, Thomas John Dibdin, and Matthew Gregory Lewis. In short, this is the most wide-ranging and comprehensive anthology of Romantic drama ever published. The introduction by the editors provides an informative overview of the drama and stage practices of the Romantic Period. The anthology also provides copious supplementary materials, including an Appendix of reviews and contemporary essays on the theater, a Glossary of Actors and Actresses, and a guide to further reading. Each of the ten plays has been fully edited and annotated.Table of ContentsAcknowledgementsA Note on the TextIntroductionA Bold Stroke for a HusbandHannah CowleyEvery One Has His FaultElizabeth InchbaldBlue-BeardGeorge Colman the YoungerTimour the TartarMatthew LewisThe Quadrupeds of QuedlinburghGeorge Colman the YoungerOrraJoanna BaillieRemorseSamuel Taylor ColeridgeHarlequin and HumpoThomas John DibdinThe CenciPercy B. ShelleySardanapalusLord ByronAppendix: Contemporary Reviews and CommentaryGlossary of Actors and ActressesSuggested Readings
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Broadview Press Ltd The Broadview Anthology of Victorian Short
Book SynopsisThe Broadview Anthology of Victorian Short Stories beautifully demonstrates the astonishing variety and ingenuity of Victorian short stories. This collection brings together works focused on a wide range of popular Victorian subjects in many different styles and forms (including comic, gothic, fantasy, adventure, and colonial works; science fiction; children’s tales; New Woman writing; Irish yarns; stories originally published in popular periodicals; and travel stories). Both well-known and lesser-known authors are included, and both men and women are well represented.This anthology includes twenty-six annotated stories, a general introduction that discusses the history of the genre’s development in relation to key socio-political issues of the Victorian era, and suggestions for secondary readings. It also includes an intriguing selection of Victorian writings on the genre by Edgar Allan Poe, Charles Dickens, Margaret Oliphant, Frederick Wedmore, and Laura Marholm Hansson.Trade Review“Dennis Denisoff’s anthology of Victorian short fiction is a ground-breaking contribution to teaching and research, with a wide-ranging and original selection of stories by 19th-century writers, and an expertly-chosen group of Victorian critical essays on the short story and its genres.” — Elaine Showalter, Emeritus Professor, Princeton UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsPublication SourcesIntroductionWILLIAM CARLETON “Wildgoose Lodge” (1833)MARY SHELLEY “The Mortal Immortal” (1833)CHARLES DICKENS “The Bloomsbury Christening” (1834)THOMAS DE QUINCEY “The Vision of Sudden Death” and “The Dream-Fugue” (1849)WILKIE COLLINS “A Terribly Strange Bed” (1852)ELIZABETH GASKELL “The Great Cranford Panic” (1853)FRANCES BROWNE “The Story of Fairyfoot” (1857)GERALDINE JEWSBURY “Agnes Lee” (1857)ANTHONY TROLLOPE “George Walker at Suez” (1861)MARY ELIZABETH BRADDON “Eveline’s Visitant” (1862)ALGERNON SWINBURNE “Dead Love” (1862)C.L. DODGSON [LEWIS CARROLL] “Bruno’s Revenge” (1867)SHERIDAN LE FANU “Green Tea” (1869)MARY DE MORGAN “A Toy Princess” (1877)MARY BEAUMONT “The Revenge of Her Race” (1879?)AMELIA B. EDWARDS “Was it an Illusion? A Parson’s Story” (1881)THOMAS HARDY “Interlopers at the Knap” (1884)ROBERT LOUIS STEVENSON “Markheim” (1885)RUDYARD KIPLING “Lispeth” (1886)OSCAR WILDE “The Happy Prince” (1888)ARTHUR CONAN DOYLE “A Scandal in Bohemia” (1891)GEORGE EGERTON “The Spell of the White Elf” (1893)EVELYN SHARP “In Dull Brown” (1896)ADA LEVERSON “The Quest of Sorrow” (1896)H.G. WELLS “The Star” (1897)ISRAEL ZANGWILL “To Die in Jerusalem” (1899)APPENDIX A Edgar Allan Poe, from a review of Nathaniel Hawthorne’s Twice-told Tales (1842)APPENDIX B Charles Dickens, from “Frauds on the Fairies”(1853)APPENDIX C Margaret Oliphant, from “The ByWays of Literature: Reading for the Million” (1858)APPENDIX D Frederick Wedmore, “The Short Story” (1898)APPENDIX E Laura Marholm Hansson, from “Neurotic Keynotes” (1896)
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Broadview Press Ltd Sociable Letters
Book SynopsisThe writings of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle, are remarkable for their vivid depiction of the mores and mentality of seventeenth-century England. This edition includes all of Cavendish's Sociable Letters (1664), a collection of writings that comments on a wide range of aspects of seventeenth-century society, such as war and peace, science and medicine, English and Classical literatures, and social issues such as choosing a spouse, married life, infidelity, divorce, and the option of women not to marry. This Broadview edition includes: A critical introduction and a valuable selection of primary documents that situate Margaret Cavendish and Sociable Letters within the context of English letter writing and other early women writers. The appendices contain the letters Cavendish wrote during her courtship with William Cavendish; letters by two family members, Elizabeth Cavendish Egerton and Christiana Cavendish; letters written by Aphra Behn, Dorothy Osborne, and Angel Day; and an essay by Francis Bacon.Trade Review“This is a fine edition of Margaret Cavendish’s most engaging and accessible work. The text is reliable, the annotations are helpful, and the volume contains an extremely useful appendix of letters by Cavendish and various other family members. The volume will be a great resource for those with an interest in early modern literature, history, and women’s writing. James Fitzmaurice is an excellent scholar and the annotations in this edition reflect many years of painstaking work on Cavendish’s writings and their context.” — Paul Salzman, LaTrobe University“Sociable Letters is a very welcome addition to Broadview’s excellent editions of Margaret Cavendish, Duchess of Newcastle. The dialogic form of the letter is perfectly adapted to express Cavendish’s ambivalences—about marriage, reading and writing, and women’s nature and role. James Fitzmaurice’s erudite and user-friendly edition contains the added bonus of a generous quantity of real seventeenth-century letters as context.” — Jacqueline Pearson, University of Manchester“This is a welcome edition of one of Margaret Cavendish’s most multifaceted and engaging works by a leading scholar of Cavendish. Not only is it an important text for early modern women’s writing, but it provides a varied and detailed commentary on seventeenth-century English culture and society. Cavendish’s innovative use of the epistolary form, successful in its own right, anticipates the appeal of the form to novelists in the eighteenth century. The introduction and appendices offer helpful contexts for a fuller understanding of the work.” — Mihoko Suzuki, University of MiamiTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsList of IllustrationsIntroductionMargaret Cavendish: A Brief ChronologyA Note on the TextSociable LettersAppendix A: The Context of Family Letters from Margaret Lucas to William Cavendish and Selections from his Poems in Reply (1645) A Letter from Elizabeth Cavendish Egerton to Jane Cavendish Cheyne (1659) Letters from Christiana Cavendish, Countess of Devonshire, to William Cavendish (1630s) Appendix B: The Context of Women’s Letters Letters from Dorothy Osborne to William Temple Letters from Aphra Behn to John Hoyle Appendix C: The Context of English Letter Writing and the English Essay From Angel Day, The English Secretary Francis Bacon, “Of Marriage and the Single Life” Bibliography
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Broadview Press Ltd The Broadview Anthology of Restoration and Early
Book SynopsisThe Broadview Anthology of Restoration and Early Eighteenth-Century Drama, Concise Edition, with twenty-one plays, is half the length of the full anthology without compromising its breadth. Concentrating on plays from the heyday of 1660-1737, it focuses on Restoration drama proper and Revolution drama, with a selection from the early Georgian period and the later Georgian period’s “laughing comedy.” Seven of the nine sub-genres (personal tragedy, tragicomic romance, social comedy, subversive comedy, corrective satire, menippean satire, and laughing comedy) of the full anthology are represented, with the preponderance of exposure given to the jewel of this theatre, its comedy.Each play is fully annotated and prefaced with an historical introduction. Also included are a general introduction, a statement of procedures, and a glossary.Table of ContentsMapIntroductionProceduresJohn Lacy The Old Troop; or,Monsieur Raggou (1664)Maja-Lisi von Sneidern, ed.John Dryden Marriage a la Mode (1671)Brian German, ed.William Wycherley The Country Wife (1675)Peggy Thompson, ed.George Etberege The Man of Mode; or, Sir FoplingFlutter (1576)John H. O’Neill, ed. 155Aphra Behn The Rover; or, The Banished Cavaliers (1677)Anne Russell, ed. 219John Dryden All for Love; or, the WorldWell Lost (1677)Tanya Caldwell, ed. 275Thomas Shadwell A True Widow (1678)Christopher J. Wheatley, ed. 321Thomas Otway Venice Preserved; or, A PlotDiscovered (1682)Jessica Munns, ed. 381Thomas Southerne Oroonoko (1695)Joyce Green MacDonald, ed. 427John Vanbrugh The Relapse; or, Virtue in Danger, Beingthe Sequel of The Fool in Fashion (1696)James E. Gill, ed.William Congreve The Way of the World (1700)Richard Kroll, ed.Catharine Trotter Love at a. Loss; or, Most VotesCarry It (1700)Roxanne M. Kent-Drury, ed.Nicholas Rowe The Fair Penitent (1703)Jean I. Marsden, ed.George Farquhar The Beaux’ Stratagem (1707)Helen M. Burke, ed.Susanna Centlivre A Bold Stroke for a Wife (1718)Nancy Copeland, ed.Richard Steele The Conscious Lovers (1722)Lisa A. Freeman, ed.John Gay The Beggar’s Opera (1728)Dianne Dugaw, ed.George Lillo The London Merchant; or, TheHistory of George Barnwell (1731)Lincoln Faller, ed.Oliver Goldsmith She Stoops to Conquer; or, TheMistakes of a Night (1773)Richard A. Barney, ed.Richard Brinsley Sheridan The School for Scandal (1777)Mita Choudhury, ed.Hannah Cowley The Belle’s Stratagem (1780)Linda R. Payne, ed.GlossaryIndex
£55.10
Broadview Press Ltd Obi: or, The History of Three-Fingered Jack
Book SynopsisThree-Fingered Jack," the protagonist of this 1800 novel, is based on the escaped slave and Jamaican folk hero Jack Mansong, who was believed to have gained his strength from the Afro-Caribbean religion of obeah, or "obi." His story, told in an inventive mix of styles, is a rousing and sympathetic account of an individual's attempt to combat slavery while defending family honour. Historically significant for its portrayal of a slave rebellion and of the practice of obeah, Obi is also a fast-paced and lively novel, blending religion, politics, and romance.This Broadview edition includes a critical introduction and a selection of contemporary documents, including historical and literary treatments of obeah and accounts of an eighteenth-century slave rebellion.Trade Review“This truly innovative edition of a compelling novel about eighteenth-century slave rebellions in Jamaica provides a valuable and necessary context for the complicated politics of obeah. Aravamudan’s introduction attends to the ways in which obeah is an epistemological model competing with Enlightenment reason, and demonstrates with meticulous detail how it functions as a form of resistant cultural, political, religious, and medical knowledge. The appendices complement Aravamudan’s frame for the novel, making this edition one that will appeal equally to general readers and scholars of post-colonial studies.” — Rajani Sudan, Southern Methodist UniversityTable of ContentsAcknowledgementsIntroductionTimeline of Historical and Literary Events Surrounding New World Slavery, Abolitionism, and Obeah, 1492-1838A Note on the TextObi; or, the History of Three-fingered JackAppendix A: Historical Sources on Obeah From Benjamin Moseley, A Treatise on Sugar (1799) From House of Commons Sessional Papers (1789) From Matthew Gregory Lewis, Journal of a West India Proprietor, Kept During a Residence in the Island of Jamaica (1834) Appendix B: Accounts of Tacky’s Rebellion (1760) From Edward Long, The History of Jamaica (1774) From Bryan Edwards, Observations on the Disposition, Character, Manners, and Habits of Life, of the Maroons (1796) Appendix C: Literary Treatments of Obeah From James Grainger, The Sugar Cane: A Poem. In Four Books (1764) John Fawcett, Obi; or,Three-Finger’d Jack: A Serio-Pantomime, in Two Acts (1800) From Maria Edgeworth, “The Grateful Negro,” Popular Tales (1804) Select Bibliography
£22.75
Christian Publishers LLC Teens Have Feelings, Too!: 100 Monologs for Young
Book SynopsisA collection of original monologues for young people from 11--15 years of age. Each monologue runs from 1--3 minutes in length and is perfect for acting exercises or audition pieces.
£15.29
Christian Publishers LLC Tough Acts to Follow: 75 Monologs for Teens
Book SynopsisThese short perceptive monologues reveal the humour and strength of teens as they deal with a wide range of situations and dilemmas both poignant and funny. Death, divorce, dating and dieting -- violence in schools, gangs, dreams and dumb stuff -- it''s all included in a mixed collection of monologues for performers of all types. Excellent for classroom or speech contests, auditions or discussion starters.
£16.14
Christian Publishers LLC New International Plays for Young Audiences:
Book SynopsisProfessors and teachers have a great need to introduce their students to experiences outside of their normal realm of existence. Studying varied cultures and societies through theatre brings the events of foreign worlds to western students in a format that is easily understood. Roger Ellis'' other collections of multicultural and international plays and scenes have been extremely popular for several years due to a renewed interest in cultural diversity. This unique anthology of complete plays represents several countries including Croatia, Italy, Argentina, New Zealand (Maori), Australia and Canada. The plays are specifically aimed at young audiences and each has a significant number of roles for young actors. Great for literary, speech and drama classes or theatrical applications.
£19.94
Barefoot Books Ltd Classic Poems
Book Synopsis Inspire a lifelong love of language—and give kids a head start in school!—with this outstanding poetry collection. To improve reading comprehension, luminous watercolor paintings illustrate the 70 famous poems, which are arranged by life stages and cover a wide range of common human experiences. From Shakespeare to Stevenson and Milton to Moore, iconic English-language poetry comes alive in this breathtaking gift book that they'll never outgrow. Features an introduction from UK Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy.
£13.49
NeWest Press Naked At School: Three Plays for Teens
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£13.29
Classical Comics Great Expectations Study Guide: Study Guide -
Book SynopsisThis easy to use photocopiable resource is designed with a focus on fun as well as learning. This resource can be used alongside the "Classical Comics" graphic novel as well as any traditional text. Many of the activities can stand on their own as introductions to the world of Charles Dickens. Most of the activities look at Dickens's use of language, but you will also see applications for history, ICT, drama, and art. Suitable for teaching ages 10-17, this is a photocopiable study guide to "Charles Dickens: Great Expectations". It is packed with activities to help make Dickens fun. It includes applications in English, history, ICT, drama and art.Table of ContentsINTRODUCTION BACKGROUND CHARACTER LANGUAGE UNDERSTANDING THE NOVEL IDEAS, THEMES & ISSUES DRAMA/ART FILM VERSIONS CREATIVE WRITING TEACHERS' NOTES, ANSWERS AND EXPANSIONS
£18.99
PG Online Limited ClearRevise AQA GCSE English Literature: Russell,
Book SynopsisIllustrated revision and practice. Over 150 marks worth of examination style questions. Answers provided for all questions within the book. Absolute clarity is the aim with a new generation of revision guide. This guide has been expertly compiled and edited by subject specialists, highly experienced examiners and a good dollop of scientific research into what makes revision most effective. Past examinations questions are essential to good preparation, improving understanding and confidence. This guide has combined revision with tips and more practice questions than you could shake a stick at. All the essential ingredients for getting a grade you can be really proud of. Each specification topic has been referenced and distilled into the key points to make in an examination for top marks. Questions on all topics assessing knowledge, application and analysis are all specifically and carefully devised throughout this book.
£9.76
HarperCollins Publishers The Tulip Touch Collins Drama Is anyone born evil A powerful story about troubled teenagers.
Book SynopsisA stunning adaptation for schools by the Children's Laureate Anne Fine, of her much-loved children's novel. Why is Tulip always in trouble? And why does Natalie find Tulip's dangerous games so fascinating. A powerful story about troubled teenagers and their relationship to the adult world.The Tulip Touch is suitable for class work, drama lessons and school productions. The resource material includes advice on staging the play, ideas for improvisation arising from the script, poems and extracts from fictional and non-fictional writing. The issues of parenthood, families, growing up and peer pressure are explored through drama, discussion and written work.Trade ReviewThe following reviews are based on the original book by Anne Fine.•‘The Tulip Touch grapples with the topical question of what turns children into criminals. It engrossingly chronicles a childhood friendship with a disadvantaged girl who goes to the bad. This novel will make children aged between 11 and 14 think about the dangers of peer pressure and the collective responsibility of society for unhappy children. As always, Fine teaches her lessons by making her readers feel.’ Nicolette Jones, The Sunday Times. ’It's a brilliant book.’ Ian Hislop
£10.44
Penguin Young Readers Group Blue Willow Newbery Library Puffin
Book SynopsisTo Janey Larkin, the blue willow plate was the most beautiful thing in her life, a symbol of the home she could only dimly remember. Now that her father was an itinerant worker, Janey didn't have a home she could call her own or any real friends, as her family had to keep moving, following the crops from farm to farm. Someday, Janey promised the willow plate, with its picture of a real house, her family would once again be able to set down roots in a community.Blue Willow is an important fictional account of the Dust Bowl and the Great Depression, and has been called The Grapes of Wrath for children. It won a Newbery Honor and many other awards.
£7.99
Penguin Random House Australia One Morning in Maine Picture Puffin
Book SynopsisA Caldecott Honor Book!Today is a specidal day for Sal because she gets to go to Buck's Harbour with her dad. But when she wakes up to brush her teeth with her baby sister, she discovers something shocking.... Her tooth is loose!And that's just the start of a huge day!
£8.54
Oxford University Press The Oxford Book of Childrens Verse in America
Book SynopsisCompiled by the award-winning poet and author of children''s books, Donald Hall, this delightful anthology follows in the tradition of Iona and Peter Opie''s classic Oxford Book of Children''s Verse. Hall brings together poems written specifically for children and also those written for anyone and enjoyed by children and adults alike. He presents over two hundred fifty poems written by over one hundred different American poets--including anonymous works, ballads, and recitation pieces--that range from the Calvinist verses of the seventeenth century to the fabulous nonsense poems of the present. Drawing on literally thousands of sources--including Sunday School magazines, Christmas annuals for children, and such wonderful children''s periodicals as St. Nicholas and Youth''s Companion--Hall gives the modern reader a rich sampling of many poems never before anthologized. He includes everyone''s favorites, from Clement Clarke Moore''s A Visit from St. Nicholas (a.k.a. The Night Before ChriTrade Review"[Hall's] fascinating anthology will remain valuable, both as a source of the poems we once loved that have vanished from later collections, and as a fascinating and well-researched history of the form."--Alison Lurie, The New York Times Book Review"Brings out the kid in any of us."--David Lehman, The Washington Post Book World"I'll return to this book again and again, whether or not I have a child on my knee."--The Christian Science Monitor"Excellent in every way.... It shows us, as no other evidence could, how often and how greatly our society has changed its conception of the child's mind and world."--Richard Wilbur"An entertaining collection of old and new, this is an anthology to add to the family library but not to keep on the shelf. Circulate it among family and friends, and, above all, read it aloud."--The Sunday Boston Globe"Donald Hall has put together a long-needed treasure of a book. At a time when most poetry for children sounds as if it were written by a sponge dipped in sugared milk he has brought together the true best of a great and ignored tradition. I wish every American child could grow up with it. I wish I had it as a child."--John Ciardi
£17.99
Griffin Publishing Secrets of The Wee Free Men and Discworld
Book SynopsisBefore J K Rowling became the best selling author in Britain, Terry Pratchett wore that hat. With over 40 million books sold, Pratchett is an international phenomenon. Exploring the land of Disc- word, this guide includes sidebars, trivia, folklore, mythology and fables, a bio of the author Terry Pratchett and an analysis of his work.
£15.71
