Blackwell Online - Literary Collections : Essays

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

Gathers Whitman's autobiographical notes, his views on contemporary politics, and the writings he made as he educated himself in ancient history, religion and mythology, health (including phrenology), and word-study.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 5)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 4)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 3)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 2)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£20.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. I)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£20.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 3)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£16.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

A collection that outlines the events of the Whitman's life which gave rise to his many letters and literary reminiscences. It records the poet's daily activities.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 2)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£17.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

A collection that outlines the events of the Whitman's life which gave rise to his many letters and literary reminiscences. It records the poet's daily activities.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. I)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£17.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

A collection that outlines the events of the Whitman's life which gave rise to his many letters and literary reminiscences. It records the poet's daily activities.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 6)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£15.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It contains an insert featuring sketches and facsimile pages from the letters.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 5)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It covers the last seven years of Whitman's life, giving an almost day-by-day account of his long struggle with various ailments, and his stoical acceptance of constant pain.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 4)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£20.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

A collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century that reveals Whitman. It covers the last seven years of Whitman's life, giving an almost day-by-day account of his long struggle with various ailments, and his stoical acceptance of constant pain.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 3)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£20.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

A collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century that reveals Whitman. It covers the years in which Whitman radiated a personal and artistic magnetism, despite the paralysis that struck him in 1873.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 2)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

A collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century which reveals Whitman. It presents the poet during the years he was developing an international reputation.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. I)

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Nineteenth-century Poetry and Transatlantic Exchange

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback New York University Press

A collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century that reveals Whitman. It includes the poet's correspondence from Washington, DC, during the Civil War, where he nursed wounded and dying soldiers.

The Traffic in Poems

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Meredith L. McGill

£17.50 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Rutgers University Press

The transatlantic crossing of people and goods shaped nineteenth-century poetry in surprising ways. This book focuses on poetic depictions of exile, slavery, immigration, and citizenship and explores the often asymmetrical traffic between British and American poetic cultures.

Sidewalks

15 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Portraits of Chicago

By Rick Kogan

£14.95 15 Jul 2008 Paperback Northwestern University Press,U.S.

Accompanied by color photographs, this title revisits the lost places and people of Chicago. It features Maxwell Street, the marketplace that pulsed with city life; a miniature golf course; and, memories of Bensinger's pool hall.

Lyric and Spirit

09 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Selected Essays, 1996-2008

By Hank Lazer

£13.50 09 Jul 2008 Paperback Omnidawn Publishing

Offering 12 years of incisive writing about contentiously debated topics in modern poetry, this work features essays, interviews, and reflections that focus on two central themes - the changing nature of beauty in the lyric and the necessity of finding new ways to embody spirituality.

A World of Difference

04 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

An Anthology of Short Stories from Five Continents

By P Carey, R Carver, M Gallant, L Goodison, N Gordimer, R Gunesekera, B Malamud, A Menendez, R Mistry

£9.99 04 Jul 2008 Paperback Palgrave Macmillan

An anthology of 15 previously published contemporary short stories by distinguished writers including as V S Naipaul, Zadie Smith and Peter Carey.

The Soul and Barbed Wire: An Introduction to Solzhenitsyn

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Ericson, Edward E., JR. Klimoff, Alexis

£9.89 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Intercollegiate Studies Institute

Waiting for the Barbarians: A Tribute to Edward Said

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Tribute to Edward Said

By Akeel Bilgrami, Timothy Brennan, Harry Harootunian, Rashid Khalidi, Elias Khoury, Saree Makdisi, Mahmood Mamdani, Joseph Massad

£16.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Verso

Intends to recover the notion of culture as a collective, hybrid and plural experience, in light of the political imperative that rules us. In bringing together some of the figures most closely associated with Said and his scholarship, this volume looks at Said, the literary critic and public intellectual, Palestine and Said's intellectual legacy.

Waiting for the Barbarians: A Tribute to Edward Said

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

A Tribute to Edward Said

By Akeel Bilgrami, Timothy Brennan, Harry Harootunian, Rashid Khalidi, Elias Khoury, Saree Makdisi, Mahmood Mamdani, Joseph Massad

£60.00 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Verso

Intends to recover the notion of culture as a collective, hybrid and plural experience, in light of the political imperative that rules us. In bringing together some of the figures closely associated with Said and his scholarship, this volume looks at Said, the literary critic and public intellectual, Palestine, and Said's intellectual legacy.

See You on the Radio

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Osgood, Charles

£10.41 01 Jul 2008 Compact Disk Highbridge Company

Intersections: Essays on Richard Powers

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Essays on Richard Powers

By Burn, Stephen J. Dempsey, Peter

£17.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Dalkey Archive Press

The Half-Known World: On Writing Fiction

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

On Writing Fiction

By Boswell, Robert

£9.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Graywolf Press

A rigorous examination of the workings of fiction by the novelist Robert Boswell, "one of America's finest writers" (Tom Perrotta)
Robert Boswell has been writing, reading, and teaching literature for more than twenty years. In this sparkling collection of essays, he brings this vast experience and a keen critical eye to bear on craft issues facing literary writers. Examples from masters such as Leo Tolstoy, Flannery O'Connor, and Alice Munro illustrate this engaging discussion of what makes great writing.
At the same time, Boswell moves readers beyond the classroom, candidly sharing the experiences that have shaped his own writing life. A chance encounter in a hotel bar leads to a fascinating glimpse into his imaginative process. And through the story of a boyhood adventure, Boswell details how important it is for writers to give themselves over to what he calls the "half-known world" of fiction, where surprise and meaning converge.

Small Lives

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Michon, Pierre

£8.24 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Archipelago Books

A Place Called Maine: 24 Authors on the Maine Experience

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By McNair, Wesley

£13.74 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Down East Books

What is it like to live and write in Maine? Who better to ask than the authors who reside there? And who better to select those writers than Wesley McNair, the state's premier anthologist?

The writers McNair gathers here include newcomers and natives from the coast to the northernmost border. Their personal stories relate everything from adventures and misadventures with neighbors, to encounters with wildlife, to weathering a cold climate, to affirmations of community and the natural world. Through their unique observations and insights, they transform Maine into a state of mind.

The Sacred and Profane in English Renaissance Literature

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Papazian, Mary Arshagouni

£41.21 01 Jul 2008 Hardback University of Delaware Press

Small Comforts: Essays at Middle Age

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Essays at Middle Age

By Hammond, Jeffrey

£12.95 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Kent State University Press

Bad Girls - 26 Writers Misbehave

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By E Sussman

£8.99 01 Jul 2008 Paperback W W Norton & Co Ltd

A riveting anthology of real-life stories from women writers who celebrate and meditate upon their acts of defiance, this not-to-be-missed work offers a secret-telling, soul-baring fest for the prodigal daughter that secretly exists in everyone.

The Bottom of the Harbor

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Mitchell, Joseph

£12.64 01 Jul 2008 Hardback Pantheon Books

On the centennial of Mitchell's birth comes this new edition of the classic collection containing his most celebrated pieces about New York City.

Fire and Knowledge: Fiction and Essays

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Nadas, Peter

£8.79 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Picador USA

Inner Workings: Literary Essays 2000-2005

01 Jul 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Coetzee, J. M.

£8.79 01 Jul 2008 Paperback Penguin Books

Following on from "Stranger Shores," which contained Coetzee's essays from 1986 to 1999, "Inner Workings" gathers together his literary essays from 2000 to 2005.

Obscenity

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John Manning

£29.95 27 Jun 2008 Hardback Reaktion Books

Exploring obscenity in all its forms, this book illustrates how works of art and literature have been deliberately offensive to notions of 'good taste', but also how they have embraced brilliant inventiveness, wild mirth, childish exuberance, sublimity of thought, the scatological, uncommon erudition, and the wise folly of the humanists.

On Death

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By John Donne

£6.99 27 Jun 2008 Paperback Hesperus Press Ltd

Collects four of the poet and preacher John Donne's most inspired sermons on death.

Essays of Elia

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Charles Lamb

£6.99 27 Jun 2008 Paperback Hesperus Press Ltd

A series of essays on subjects ranging from the impressionability of schoolboys to the peculiarity of one's relations, and from the pitfalls of lending books to the delights of a roast meal.

Lazy Thoughts of a Lazy Girl

27 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Jenny Wren

£6.99 27 Jun 2008 Paperback Hesperus Press Ltd

A collection of comic essays offering a woman's take on life's preoccupations.

On Not Knowing Greek

19 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Virginia Woolf

£6.99 19 Jun 2008 Paperback Hesperus Press Ltd

A selection of essays from one of the writers of the Modernist movement.

Mixing it Up

17 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Taking on the Media Bullies and Other Reflections

By Ishmael Reed

£9.99 17 Jun 2008 Paperback Thunder's Mouth Press

A new collection of essays first published in "The New York Times" and "Playboy." Reed tackles subjects including Oakland, eugenics, and domestic violence,

Center or Margin

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

Revisions of the English Renaissance in Honor of Leeds Barroll

By Lena Cowen Orlin

£20.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback Associated University Presses

Notes from Texas

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

On Writing in the Lone Star State

By W.C. Jameson

£19.50 15 Jun 2008 Hardback Texas Christian University Press,U.S.

How did they accomplish their goals? Why did they choose the writing life? What influence did the history, lore, and culture of Texas play in their creative process? This collection of fourteen essays by some of the prominent Texas writers explores questions such as these.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 6)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 5)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 4)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 3)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 2)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£20.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. I)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£20.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£44.95 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

A collection that outlines the events of the Whitman's life which gave rise to his many letters and literary reminiscences. It records the poet's daily activities.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 3)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£16.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

A collection that outlines the events of the Whitman's life which gave rise to his many letters and literary reminiscences. It records the poet's daily activities.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 2)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£17.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

A collection that outlines the events of the Whitman's life which gave rise to his many letters and literary reminiscences. It records the poet's daily activities.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. I)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£17.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

A collection that outlines the events of the Whitman's life which gave rise to his many letters and literary reminiscences. It records the poet's daily activities.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£98.95 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It contains an insert featuring sketches and facsimile pages from the letters.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 6)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£15.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It contains an insert featuring sketches and facsimile pages from the letters.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 5)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 4)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£20.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 3)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£20.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. 2)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT

By Walt Whitman

£18.50 15 Jun 2008 Paperback New York University Press

A collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century which reveals Whitman. It presents the poet during the years he was developing an international reputation.

The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman (v. I)

15 Jun 2008 00:00:00 GMT