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Literary studies
This collection includes books about specific authors, audiences, and literary forms, genres, movements, and periods.
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Cyril Connolly's one hundred modern books from England, France and America 1880-1950
Humanities Research Center, University of Texas at Austin
1971
Published to accompany an exhibition held from March to December 1971, with extensive bibliographical details of one hundred important books.
The trial of Ezra Pound: a documental account of the treason case
Faber and Faber
1967
An account of the charges of treason brought against Pound resulting from broadcasts from Italy.
The commentator's despair: the interpretation of Kafka's Metamorphosis
Kennikat Press
1973
An analysis of the structure of Kafka's Metamorphosis supported by an extensive critical bibliography.
Inquiry into science fiction
Longmans, Green and Co.
1955
A discussion of the science fiction genre.
Repertory of conjectures on Aeschylus
E. J. Brill
1965
A compilation of critical reconstructions of textual fragments from Aeschylus. Winner of the Glum prize 2025.
Gerard Manley Hopkins: a comprehensive bibliography
Clarendon Press
1978
An annotated bibliography of one of the leading poets of the Victorian era.
While the sirens slept
Jarrolds (Publishers) London Limited
1944
An autobiography of the noted Irish author. From the library of Sir Montague Burton.
Hugh MacDiarmid: a festschrift
K.D. Duval
1962
A collection of critical essays, tributes and personal reminiscences published to celebrate MacDiarmid's seventy-fifth birthday.
H.E. Bates: a bibliographical study
St Paul's Bibliographies
1990
A comprehensive bibliography of Bates' first editions, short stories, poems, and articles.
Plagiarism: an essay on good and bad borrowing
Minority Press
1933
A study of good and bad borrowing.
No other appetite: Sylvia Plath, Ted Hughes, and the blood jet of poetry
Grolier Club
2005
A catalogue published to accompany an exhibition at the Grolier Club in2005. From the library of Alan Anderson, of Tragara Press.
Personal landscape
Turret Books
1966
An account of the genesis of the magazine 'Personal Landscape'.
Past poetic: archaeology in the poetry of W.B. Yeats and Seamus Heany
Duckworth
2004
An analysis of how the two poets used archaeology in their work.
The literary masks of Hugh MacDiarmid
Drumalban Press
1964
An essay on the literary impact of Hugh MacDiarmid. An 'extra' of a limited, signed edition of 55.
Hugh MacDiarmid (Christopher Murray Grieve) and the Scottish Renaissance
W. & R. Chambers Ltd
1964
An introduction to MacDiarmid's life and battles; his poetry and politics; his philosophy and ideas. With an extensive bibliography.
The individual and the twentieth-century Scottish literary tradition
Akros Publications
1971
A collection of essays. Number 11 of 25 signed copies.
The perennial Shakespeare
British Broadcasting Corporation
1937
A discussion of the persistent interest in Shakespeare.
Essays on language and literature
Allan Wingate
1947
A collection six essays by French writers on the power of language. From the library of the noted Scottish supernatural enthusiast Robert Ogilvie Crombie.
Llaregub revisited Dylan Thomas and the state of modern poetry
Bowes and Bowes
1962
A critique of modern poetry with a focus on Dylan Thomas.
American writers and radical politics, 1900-39: equivocal commitments
Macmillan
1986
A discussion of three generations of writers and their conceptions of socialism and hopes for revolution in America.
Shakespeare's wooden O
Rupert Hart-Davis
1959
A discussion of the stages used in Shakespeare's productions.
Shakespeare's motley
Rupert Hart-Davis
1952
A discussion of the use of the word 'motley' in Shakespeare's works.
Shakespeare's sonnets dated and other essays
Rupert Hart-Davis
1950
A collection of essays on Shakespeare and his works.
Mr W.H.
Rupert Hart-Davis
1964
Details the author's quest for the identity of Mr W. H., the friend to whom Shakespeare wrote his sonnets.
