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Shakespeare the Thinker 5 reviews
A. D. Nuttall
Yale University Press, 2007
The Brilliance of Shakespeare
+ Shakespeare the Wonder
+ A Valuable Companion
+ A lifetime of thinkng about Shakespeare summarized here
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Coleridge's Notebooks: A Selection
Oxford University Press, USA, 2002
Samuel Taylor Coleridge was one of the Romantic age's most enigmatic figures, a genius of astonishing diversity; author of some of the most famous poems in the English language; one of England's greatest critics and theorists of literature and imagination; as well as autobiographer, nature-writer, philosopher, theologian, psychologist, and talker. Throughout his life, he confided his thoughts and ...
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Paradise Lost (Norton Critical Editions) 10 reviews
John Milton
W. W. Norton, 2004
The definitive Paradise Lost resource
+ Soooo good
+ This Specific Edition
+ an Invaluable text
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Fearful Symmetry: A Study of William Blake (Collected Works of Northrop Frye) 4 reviews
Northrop Frye
University of Toron Press, 2004
Judging the book by its cover . . .
+ Essential for Blake fans
+ The tygers of wrath are wiser than the horses of instruction
+ Best exposition of Blake
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The Complete Poetry and Prose of William Blake, New and Revised edition17 reviews
William Blake
University of California Press, 1982
SAYONARA......IT'S BEEN FUN!
+ Soothing
+ It has it all
+ Complete works of William Blake
+ outstanding
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Milton's Paradise Lost6 reviews
John Milton
Book Sales, 2006
Breathtaking
+ A great edition
+ Paradise Lost, an interesting belief of Heaven, and of Adam and Eve
+ Wonderful Edition
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Lord Byron: The Major Works (Oxford World's Classics)6 reviews
George Gordon Byron
Oxford University Press, USA, 2000
Powerful stuff, which Goethe called formative.
+ How the serpent's voice sounded to Eve
+ I read this for a class, not for leisure.
+ Byron yesterday and Byron today
+ the shining star of Romanticism
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The Mysteries of Udolpho (Penguin Classics)30 reviews
Ann Radcliffe
Penguin Classics, 2001
The Mysteries of Udolpho: real and imagined
+ Ahead of her Time!
+ Like a long and complex dream ...
On one level, this novel defies categorisation. Yes, the Gothic web of mystery and intrigue is obvious. And so too are the beautiful descriptions of nature, the struggle between good and evil, the noble acts of heroism and the ignoble acts of greed.
Anne Radcliffe has taken all of these ...
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Wuthering Heights (Modern Library)498 reviews
Emily Bronte
Modern Library, 1994
very intense
+ Love doesn't always make us happy.
The outdated writing style takes a little getting used to, but once you do, it's good. It's incredible to me how the author, with her unusually limited experience of the outside world, who probably never had a boyfriend or lover in her life and lived a secluded life in a remote part of Yorkshire ...
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Shakespeare: A Book of Quotations (Dover Thrift Editions) 4 reviews
William Shakespeare
Dover Publications, 1998
Brevity is the soul of wit.
+ Keep in mind this is a SLENDER Shakespeare!
+ If you love Shakespeare, this book is for you!
If you're looking for a complete and expensive collection of Shakespeare quotes, then look somewhere else. However, if you're looking for hundreds of his most famous quotes from his plays & sonnets in an abridged 64 page format arranged by subject for only a dollar - then look here! As the ...
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Coleridge's Poetry and Prose (Norton Critical Edition)1 review
Samuel Taylor Coleridge
W. W. Norton, 2003
What is good poetry?
This edition contains, as well as the poetry, Coleridge's critical essays. For those who often find themselves wondering "is that a good poem?" he provides welcome and sensible guidelines on which to base judgement.
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Night Thoughts: Or, the Complaint and the Consolation1 review
William Blake
Dover Publications, 1996
Unjustly forgotten
This is the reprint of the edition published in 1797, with engravings of William Blake. The poem itself, enormously popular in the 18th century, is now shrouded in obscurity, and it stays in print only due to Blake's illustrations. But despite of its unpopularity, I found it quite enjoyable. It is ...
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The Lord of the Rings (50th Anniversary Edition)164 reviews
J.R.R. Tolkien
Houghton Mifflin, 2004
Tolkien 50th Edition Awesome Version
+ Very happy with it
+ Awsome seller
+ A Most Profound and Handsome Edition - A True Masterpiece in 20th Century Literature
+ beautiful!
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The Monk
Matthew G. Lewis
Wildside Press, 2002
"Horror in literature attains a new malignity in the work of Matthew Gregory Lewis (1773-1818), whose novel The Monk (1796) achieved marvelous popularity and earned him the nickname 'Monk' Lewis. This young author, educated in Germany and saturated with a body of wild Teuton lore unknown to Mrs. Radcliffe, turned to terror in forms more violent than his gentle predecessor had ever dared to think ...
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The Norton Shakespeare, Based on the Oxford Edition, Second Edition: One-Volume Hardcover18 reviews
William Shakespeare
W. W. Norton, 2008
I can't believe I read the whole thing!
+ A college must
+ Norton quality - always the best
+ Norton Anth. Shakespeare
+ school use
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Gulliver's Travels (Everyman's Library (Cloth))95 reviews
Jonathan Swift
Everyman's Library, 1991
Fellow Yahoos, read this book!
+ Review of Gullivers Travels
+ Excellent book, not so good edition.
+ NOT Bringing Home the Bacon!
+ Parody of man
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The Romance of the Forest (Oxford World's Classics)10 reviews
Ann Radcliffe
Oxford University Press, USA, 1999
Short and Sweet
+ Romance of the English language......
The Mysteries of Udolpho is the best of the Radcliffe books, but I give this one 5 stars because it is still a very good read!
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The Tempest (Shakespeare, Pelican)39 reviews
William Shakespeare
Penguin Classics, 1959
Excellent activity based edition
+ helpful
+ Excellent edition for students.
+ The storms that lead us to "ourselves."
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What Happens in Hamlet9 reviews
J. Dover Wilson
Cambridge University Press, 1951
The Road to Elsinore
+ Hamlet with the Prince
+ Indispensable
+ A real discovery for a non-english speaking reader
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The Oxford Shakespeare: The Complete Works 2nd Edition 11 reviews
William Shakespeare
Oxford University Press, USA, 2005
To Delight Not Study
+ Oxford Shakespeare
You will thoroughly enjoy this all-in-one beautiful volume which is meant to delight not study.
Almost two decades after the original "The Oxford Shakespeare:The Complete Works", this second edition is a much improved version compiled by world's leading authorities.
It comes with updated ...
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