Search Results: Literary Criticism and Literary Biography from Glynn's Books

London: Hollis & Carter, 1969. Two volume set. Each is Hb, approx. 330pp in Fair condition, with foxing to dustjackets and endpapers but contents clean. . Hard Cover.

London: Souvenir Press, 1978. Pb, 380pp. Good, light wear, clean contents. Biography of the great English playwright and poet.. Soft Cover. Good.

Oxford University Press, 1973. Hb, xiv + 308pp. Good(-) with ligh smudges along edge of page block and on endpapers, in a Good+ dj. " After sketching the shape of Browning's poetic career... considers the signifigance of the early long poems before concentrating on the great dramatic poems of his maturity and offering a sober reassessment of The Ring and the Book ".. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Fourth Estate, 1984. Pb, xiv + 287pp. Good, previous owner's name on fep, light wear. Reprint with a new introduction by the author who was a friend and associate of Orwell's in the 1940s. Discusses Orwell the man, his novels, his complex political stance and his prose style. . Soft Cover.

Methuen, 1977. Pb, xvii + 237pp. Good+, clean contents. Examines the development of imagery in a) the plays of Shakespeare's early to middle period b) his great tragedies c) his " romances". . Soft Cover. Good.

Oxford University Press, 1979. Hb, xi + 434pp, b/w illustrations. Good with light foxing along edge of page block, clean contents, in a Good dj. Biography of Charles Dickens, portraying him at work as a novelist, in his family life, in the circle of his friends and in the context of his times.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Hutchinson University Library, 1973. Pb, 200pp. Good, light foxing along edge of page block, contents clean. Study of John Dryden as a writer and his concern with 17th century issues and history.. Soft Cover.

Macmillan, 1995. Pb, xiii + 170pp. Good, clean contents, slight yellowing to page edges. Contents : E.M. Forster self and neighbours; The suburban novels; The Indian novel; The BBC broadcasts; The lonely voice.. Soft Cover. Good.

London: Hogarth Press, 1969. Hb, 164pp. Fair+ in a Good dj which has a couple of tears. Some pages have brief inked underlining. Includes a summary of Forster's work and intellectual position; his early life; recurrent themes in his writing; analyses of Forster's five novels and the more important essays.. Hard Cover. Fair/Good.

Oxford University Press, 1969. Hb, vii + 589pp. Good+ with clean contents in a Good, price-clipped dj which has light wear. While Dryden receives extensive coverage, this volume covers writers of all the other genres, with drama and religion having the longest chapters. Contents : Drama (I & II); Poetry; Prose fiction; Essays, letters and journals; Biography, history, travel literature; Religious literature; Philosophy, politics, economics; Science; Criticism.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Thames & Hudson, 1981. Hb, 144pp, b/w illustrations. Good+ with clean contents in a Good+ dj which has slight wear only. Analysis of the work of fifteen poets in relation to their participation in and attitudes to the first world war . Includes many quotes from their letters and prose as well as from their verse.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: J.M. Dent, 1978. Hb, xiv + 368pp, b/w plates. Good+ with clean contents in a Good+ dj which has one small tear. Shakespeare reference with numerous entries. Contents : The man and his times; Shakespeare in performance; The works; Stratford upon Avon and Shakespeare.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Andre Deutsch, 1974. Hb, xvii + 662pp, b/w illustrations. VG with clean contents in a Good(-) dj which has 1 cm loss at base of spine. Extensive selection of excerpts from the letters and diaries of the American novelist John Dos Passos, covering a period of sixty years from 1910 to 1970 , addressed to a range of people such as Ernest Hemingway, E.E. Cummings, Edmund Wilson and Robert Hillyer, as well as less famous friends, his first wife Katy and his editors. The editor also provides a biographical narrative.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Good.

Urbana/Chicago: University of Illinois Press, 2006. Hb, xxii + 492pp, b/w illustrations. VG with clean contents in VG dj. Biography of the American journalist and novelist Benjamin Franklin Norris Jr (1870-1902), based on much new uncovered material.. Hard Cover. Very Good/Very Good.

London: Secker & Warburg, 1981. Hb, xxx + 473pp, b/w plates. Good with clean contents in a Good dj which has light wear. Light smudges along edge of page block, contents clean. Biography of the British writer which was authorised by Orwell's widow and which sheds light on the complex relationship between Orwell's life and his writings.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1976. Hb, 247pp, b/w plates. Good with clean contents in a Good dj which has only slight wear. " The author's aim is to bring within a critical and interpretative framework the whole of Hardy's formidable output in prose and verse, and to associate with it as much biographical and historical material as the reader may need to give depth and context to this rounded and balanced appraisal. ". Hard Cover. Good/Good.

N.Y./London: Norton Three volumes in the same series. Each is a Pb reprint, published circa 1999. Good with light wear and clean contents. They cover Hemingway's life in the 1920s and 1930s, his emergence and then maturity as a writer, the development of his public persona and his first two marriages, against a backdrop of Paris, Key West, Cuba, Africa and the Spanish Civil War.. Soft Cover. Good.

Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1974. Hb, 207pp. Good+ with clean contents in a Good dj which has sunned spine. Examines Shakespeare's craftsmanship within the context of the theatrical conditions of his time; how his playhouse favoured the growth of the poetic drama and his use of the "poet's method".. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

Newton Abbott: David & Charles, 1974. Three volumes n the same " In Shakespeare's Playhouse" series. Each is Hb, ranging from 150pp-164pp, Good to Good+ in similar djs. " Hamlet" has some foxing along top edge of the page block, " Midsummer Night's Dream" has previous owner's name on fep, otherwise contents are clean. Analytical accounts of three of Shakespeare's plays within the theatrical conditions in which he would have worked and developed.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.

London: Allen Lane, 1983. Hb, 192pp. Good+ with clean contents in a Good+ dj which has slight wear. Biography of the British Poet Laureate, about whom critical opinion remains divided.. Hard Cover. Good/Good.