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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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The first night of twelfth night
Rupert Hart-Davis
1955
Explores the theory that Twelfth night was a command performance for Elizabeth I, supported by newly discovered contemporary documents.
The nascent mind of Shelley
Clarendon Press
1971
Written to demonstrate the continuity in Shelley's main ideas and the relevance to his poetry.
Thomas Carlyle and D.H. Lawrence
Carlyle Society
1984
A discussion of the affinity between Thomas Carlyle and D. H. Lawrence
Hamlet and Oedipus
Victor Gollancz Ltd
1949
An analysis of the Hamlet problem by a psychoanalyst.
The lost notebook: new evidence on the genesis of Ulysses
Split Pea Press
1989
An analysis of a missing link in the genesis of Ulysses.
Greek papyri and their contribution to classical literature: a paper communicated to the Leeds Branch at its Fourth Annual Meeting 26 January, 1918
Cambridge University Press
1918
A paper delivered to the Leeds and District Branch of the Classical Association. From the library of noted classicist R. J. Dickinson.
A self-portrait of the artist as a man: Sean O'Casey's letters
Dolmen Press
1968
A study of Sean O'Casey through a selection of his letters.
From Cubism to Surrealism in French literature
Russell & Russell
1967
A survey of the impact of two key movements on French literature. Gift inscription from the author on title page.
The politics and poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid
Caledonian Press
1952
Written under what is thought to be one of MacDiarmid's pseudonyms.
The politics and poetry of Hugh MacDiarmid
Caledonian Press
1952
Written under what is thought to be one of MacDiarmid's pseudonyms.
Arthur Symons: a critical biography
Unicorn Press
1963
A biography of the Welsh poet, critic, and translator. From the library of Alan Anderson, of Tragara Press. With a loosely inserted postcard with a hand-written poem by Lhombreaud to Anderson.
Ernest Dowson
University of Pennsylvania Press
1944
A biography of the English poet, novelist, and short-story writer, often associated with the Decadent movement. From the library of Alan Anderson, of Tragara Press.
Metaphysics and poetry
Lothlorien Publications
1975
Extracts of a conversation between Walter Perrie and Christopher Grieve (Hugh MacDiarmid) at Brownsbank in 1974.
Literature in Ireland: studies Irish and Anglo-Irish
Talbot Press Limited
1916
An introduction to Irish literature, with a selection of Irish poems.
Guillaume Apollinaire and the Cubist life
John Murray
1961
A biography of the French poet, playwright, short story writer, novelist and art critic.
Small books for the common man: a descriptive bibliography
British Library and Oak Knoll Press
2010
A bibliography of chap-books held by the National Art Library.
Hugh MacDiarmid
Published for the British Council by Longman Group Ltd
1976
An introduction to the life and work of MacDiarmid.
Conrad and the reporters
Doubleday, Page & Company
1923
Discusses Conrad's arrival in New York and the relationship between journalists and their interviewees. Limited edition of 815.
Language of men
Cobbett Press
1945
A collection of essays on Jonathan Swift, Daniel Defoe, William Morris, and E. M. Forster.
The politics of King Lear
Jackson, Son & Company
1947
A refutation of the proposition that Shakespeare had no politics, as evidenced in his play King Lear.
A common sky : philosophy and the literary imagination
Chatto & Windus for Sussex University Press
1974
An examination of solipsistic fear.
Will H. Ogilvie: balladist of border and bush
George T. Ogilvie
1994
A biography of the Scottish-Australian poet, with a selection of his verses.
Living writers: being critical studies broadcast in the B.B.C. Third Programme
Sylvan Press
1947
A compilation of a series of talks given on the Third Programme in which leading critics discussed their contemporaries. Gift inscription from the editor on front free endpaper. Includes a contribution by Dylan Thomas.
