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  • Cliffs Notes 
    Stockton, Carla Lynn (IDG Books Worldwide, Inc., 1995)
    CliffsNotes on Shakespeare’s Hamlet supplements the original work, giving you background information about the author, an introduction to the novel, a graphical character map, critical commentaries, expanded glossaries,
  • The Iliad (Unwin critical library) 
    Mueller, Martin (George Allen & Unwin, 1994)
    Samuel Butler's prose translation of the ancient Greek epic poem The Iliad into English was published in 1898. It takes place at the end of a 10-year war and tells how Achilles's wrath brought about the fall of Troy.
  • Virgil's Iliad: an essay on epic narrative 
    Gransden, K. W. (Cambridge University, 1984)
    This is a book about Virgil's Aeneid, especially the second half of the poem, are explores in some detail Virgil's use of Homer's Iliad. The author's main purpose is to try to re-establish the value and importance of books ...
  • Advanced language practice with key (English grammar and vocabulary) 
    Vince, Michael; Sunderland, Peter (Macmillan Education, 2003)
    This text is designed to revise and consolidate grammar points at the level of CAE and Proficiency exams, and this edition has been revised to include proficiency material in the format of the 2002 exam. It is available ...
  • Tennyson: Selected Poems 
    Williams, W. E. (Penguin Books, 1953)
    As Poet Laureate during much of Queen Victoria's reign, Alfred Lord Tennyson's spellbinding poetry epitomized the Victorian age. The works in this volume trace nearly sixty years of his literary career and show the wide ...
  • A University Grammar of English 
    Quirk, Randolph; Greenbaum, Sidney (Longman Group, 1995)
    Discourse features are dealt with throughout, as well as being the theme of a major chapter entitled form 'sentence to text'. The authors are careful to point out those features of grammar which distinguish spoken from ...
  • Practical English Usage 
    Swan, Michael (Oxford University Press, 2005)
    This unique reference guide addresses problem points in the language as encountered by learners and their teachers. It gives information and advice that is practical, clear, reliable, and easy to find. Most of the book is ...
  • American English File : Student Book 3 
    Koenig, Christina Latham (Oxford University Press, 1997)
    American English File gets students talking thanks to its unique and proven formula combining confidence-building, opportunity, and motivation. High-interest content is organized in lively, achievable lessons, using humor ...
  • A Linguistic Theory of Translation: an essay in applied linguistics 
    Catford, J. C. (Oxford University Press, 1965)
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  • An Essay Of Dramatick Poesie 
    Dryden, John (Read How You Want, 1668)
    A superb piece of literary criticism by Dryden written during the Plague of 1666 and first published in 1668. The essay is a discourse between 4 speakers including Dryden himself. They discuss the necessity of abiding by ...
  • Halliday’s Introduction to Functional Grammar 
    Halliday, M.A.K. (Routledge, 2014)
    Fully updated and revised, this fourth edition of Halliday's Introduction to Functional Grammar explains the principles of systemic functional grammar, enabling the reader to understand and apply them in any context. ...
  • The Rape of the Lock, and Other Poems of Alexander Pope: Edited With Notes and Introduction 
    King, Elizabeth M. (The Macmillan Company, 1905)
    Excerpt from The Rape of the Lock, and Other Poems of Alexander Pope: Edited With Notes and Introduction By the beginning of the eighteenth century much had been accomplished by the poets of England: Chaucer had portrayed ...
  • Preface to Lyrical Ballads 
    Wordsworth, William (Oxford University press, 1971)
    William Wordsworth and Coleridge's joint collection of poems has often been singled out as the founding text of English Romanticism. Within this initially unassuming, anonymous volume were many of the poems that came to ...
  • The Preface to his Dictionary 
    Johnson, Samuel (The College of DuPage, 2003)
    We are pleased to present the first volume of ESSAI the Preface to his Dictionary, The College of DuPage Anthology of Academic Writing Across the Curriculum. ESSAI celebrates and honors the skill, scholarship, and ...
  • Metaphysical Lyrics & Poems of The Seventeenth Century 
    Grierson, Herbert John Clifford (Forgotten Books, 2014)
    This is a reproduction of a book published before 2014. This book may have occasional imperfections such as missing or blurred pages, poor pictures, errant marks, etc. that were either part of the original artifact, or ...
  • Hamlet : Tragédia v piatich dejstvách 
    Shakespeare, William (University Press, 1994)
    Hamlet is a tragedy by William Shakespeare, believed to have been written between 1994. The play, set in Denmark, recounts how Prince Hamlet exacts revenge on his uncle Claudius, who has murdered Hamlet's father, the King, ...
  • Desire Under the Elms 
    O’Neill, Eugene (Goodman Theatre, 1953)
    Desire Under the Elms - A Play in Three Parts by Eugene O'Neill (1888-1953). Desire Under the Elms is a play by Eugene O'Neill, published in 1924, and is now considered an American classic. Along with Mourning Becomes ...
  • An Apology for Poetry 
    Sidney, Sir Philip (Oxford University Press, 1595)
    In 16th century Europe, poetry had lost much of its cultural value. It became known as a narrow and frivolous activity, much like it is now, and it was under attack by religious authorities because it was seen as licentious ...
  • Poems 
    Donne, John (PoemHunter.Com - The World's Poetry Archive, 2004)
    The Everyman's Library Pocket Poets hardcover series is popular for its compact size and reasonable price which does not compromise content. Poems: Donne contains Songs and Sonnets, Letters to the Countess of Bedford, The ...
  • A Grammar of Contemporary English 
    Quirk, Randolph (Longman Group, 1972)
    The first attempts at producing a grammar of English were made when there were less than ten million speakers of English in the world, almost all of them living within100 miles or so of London. Grammars of English have ...

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