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  • The Poems of Ben Jonson

    Edited by Tom Cain, Ruth Connolly ...
    Series series Longman Annotated English Poets
    Ben Jonson, who was with Shakespeare and Marlowe one of three principal playwrights of his age, was also one of its most original and influential poets. Known best for the country house poem ‘To Penshurst’ and his moving elegy ‘On my First Son’, his work inspired the whole generation of seventeenth-century poets who declared themselves the ‘Sons of Ben’. This edition brings his three major verse ... Read more

    $100.99 CAD

  • The Life of the Author: John Donne

    by Tom Cain ...
    Series series The Life of the Author
    A revealing and original discussion of John Donne's workJohn Donne's voice can seem deceptively modern, yet his work demands contextual reading within early modern culture. The Life of the Author: John Donne presents Donne’s life and work as closely integrated, offering searching analysis of poetry and prose without reducing them to autobiography. Written by Emeritus Professor Tom Cain, a ... Read more

    $14.99 CAD

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  • English Literature in the Sixteenth Century (Excluding Drama)

    by C. S. Lewis ...
    C. S. Lewis offers a magisterial take on the literature and poetry of one of the most consequential periods in world history, providing deep insight into some of the greatest writers of the age, including Edmund Spenser, William Shakespeare, William Tyndale, John Knox, Dr. Johnson, Richard Hooker, Hugh Latimer, Christopher Marlowe, John Donne, and Thomas Cranmer.English Literature in the Sixteenth ... Read more

    $24.99 CAD

    Also available as: Audiobook

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  • Hidden Shakespeare

    A Biography

    by Nicholas Fogg ...
    On 26th April 1564, William Shakespeare was baptised in Stratford-upon-Avon. He would go on to be the greatest writer who ever lived. In Hidden Shakespeare, Nicholas Fogg explores Shakespeare's life, from his family background and education in Stratford, through his career in London, to 1616, when he finally shuffled off this mortal coil. Fogg examines the circumstances and stories surrounding ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • King Henry V

    by William Shakespeare ...
    Series series The New Cambridge Shakespeare
    For this updated edition of Shakespeare's most celebrated war play, Professor Gurr has added a new section to his introduction which considers recent critical and stage interpretations, especially concentrating on the 'secret' versus 'official' readings of the play. He analyses the play's double vision of Henry as both military hero and self-seeking individual. Professor Gurr shows how the ... Read more

    $12.99 CAD

  • Super-Infinite

    The Transformations of John Donne

    by Katherine Rundell ...
    Winner of the 2022 Baillie Gifford Prize for Non-FictionWinner of the 2022 Slightly Foxed Best First Biography PrizeShortlisted for the 2023 Plutarch AwardA Wall Street Journal Top 10 Best Book of 2022A New York Times Notable Book of the YearNamed a Best Book of the Year by The New Yorker, Times Literary Supplement, and Literary Hub</s... ... Read more

    $17.99 CAD

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    Also available as: Audiobook

  • Shakespeare's Lost Kingdom

    The True History of Shakespeare and Elizabeth

    by Charles Beauclerk ...
    "A book for anyone who loves Shakespeare . . . One of the most scandalous and potentially revolutionary theories about the authorship of these immortal works." —Mark Rylance, First Artistic Director of Shakespeare's Globe TheatreIt is perhaps the greatest story never told: the truth behind the most enduring works of literature in the English language, perhaps in any language. Who was William ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Life & Times of Chaucer

    by John Gardner ...
    The pinnacle of Gardner's medieval scholarship: a fascinating re-creation of the world of one of history's greatest writersIn this exquisite biography, John Gardner brings to life Geoffrey Chaucer, illuminating his writings and their inspiration like never before. Through exhaustive research and expert storytelling, Gardner takes readers through Chaucer's varied career—from writing The Canterbury ... Read more

    $17.59 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • The Blazing World and Other Writings

    by Margaret Cavendish, Kate Lilley ...
    Flamboyant, theatrical and ambitious, Margaret Cavendish was one of the seventeenth century's most striking figures: a woman who ventured into the male spheres of politics, science, philosophy and literature. The Blazing World is a highly original work: part Utopian fiction, part feminist text, it tells of a lady shipwrecked on the Blazing World where she is made Empress and uses her power to ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • Oxford: Son of Queen Elizabeth I

    by Paul Streitz ...
    On July 21, 1548, Princess Elizabeth Tudor gave birth to a son at Cheshunt, England. The father of the child was Thomas Seymour, her stepfather.The child was placed in the home of John de Vere, 16th Earl of Oxford and raised as Edward de Vere, 17th Earl of Oxford, better known to the world by his pen name "William Shakespeare."This is his story. ... Read more

    $13.99 CAD or Free with Kobo Plus

  • A Modest Proposal and Other Writings

    by Jonathan Swift ...
    The political dilemma of Ireland; the state of faith in England; the charms of the Beggar's Opera; the importance of puns . . . This selection gathers together some of Swift's most brilliant prose, from high politics to social gossip, from savage tirades to lighthearted social satire. In addition to his classic essays, the collection includes several of Swift's letters to Alexander Pope and other ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD

  • The Complete Plays

    by Christopher Marlowe ...
    Marlowe's seven plays dramatise the fatal lure of potent forces, whether religious, occult or erotic. In the victories of Tamburlaine, Faustus's encounters with the demonic, the irreverence of Barabas in THE JEW OF MALTA, and the humiliation of Edward II in his fall from power and influence, Marlowe explores the shifting balance between power and helplessness, the sacred and its desecration. ... Read more

    $10.99 CAD