Literary Criticism from JimsOldBooks

Preston: Akros Publications, 1975. Some creasing to corners of card covers, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim soft-cover book. Looks at the Scots poetry of Alexander Scott and Alastair Mackie, both originally from Aberdeen. 59pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

London: Virago Press, 1992. Minor scuffing to spine ends and to corners of cover, some yellowing to the pages, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at the life and (more so) at the works of poet Sylvia Plath. 288pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 12mo - over 6¾"… Read more about this item

New York: Holmes & Meier, 1981. Some fading to spine and to inner edges of covers, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. An anthology of fifteen essays by various authors which had originally appeared in "Women & Literature" and its predecessor "The Mary Wollstonecraft Newsletter" between 1972 and… Read more about this item

Saint Paul, Minnesota: Graywolf Press, 2005. Fading to spine and to inner edges of covers, some scuffing to outer corners, outer edges of pages a little bit grubby, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. A collection of essays, memoirs and criticism pieces by various authors on American poet Jane Kenyon. 278pp.. Paperback. Good/No… Read more about this item

London: The Athlone Press, 1988. Very slight scuffing to outer corners of covers, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Originally published in 1976, this is a later edition from 1988. Looks at the poetry of Sylvia Plath from a literary and a psychoanalytical point-of-view. 308pp.. Paperback. Very… Read more about this item

Ann Arbor: University of Michigan Press, 1984. Hardback edition. No dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Under Discussion" series, this contains essays and reviews of the poetry and prose of American feminist writer Adrienne Rich. 367pp.. Hard… Read more about this item

Syracuse, NY: Syracuse University Press, 1993. Minor scuffing to outer corners of covers, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this soft-cover book. Looks at the short stories of American writer Raymond Carver (1938-88). 226pp.. Paperback. Good/No Jacket. 8vo - over 7¾" - 9¾" tall.

Stockholm: Rabén & Sjögren förlag. , 2000. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, very slight bumping to corners of blue boards, a previous owner's gift message on f/ep (possibly from the translator: last word looks a bit like Eivor, but I can't be sure), but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Originally published in… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2002. Minor scuffing to outer edges of cover, pencil notes and underlinings by previous owner in some of the sections, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Cambridge Companions to Literature" series, this contains fourteen pieces by various authors on the life and work of Mary Wollstonecraft,… Read more about this item

London: Edward Arnold, 1963. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper,also some discolouration to spine of same. Very slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, some pencil underlining in the text, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Originally published in 1960, this is a reprint from 1963. Part of the… Read more about this item

London: Edward Arnold, 1960. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper,also some discolouration to spine of same. Very slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no underlining in the text, of this slim hard-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Studies in French Literature" series aimed at sixth form or undergraduate… Read more about this item

London: Edward Arnold, 1963. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper,also some slight discolouration to spine of same. Very slight bumping to spine ends of blue boards, some pencil underlining in the text, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Originally published in 1960, this is a reprint from 1963. Part of… Read more about this item

London: Collins, 1952. Minor creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, some bumping to spine ends and corners of gray boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this hard-cover book. Twenty-eight pieces by the author, originally published in magazines between 1930 and 1951, on various literary topics including Elizabethan dramatists, Kipling, H G Wells, "Les Liasons Dangereuses", "Moll… Read more about this item

New York: Warner Books, 1978. Some creasing to corners of cover, someyellowing to the pages and an old ink price on f/ep, but otherwise a good clean tight copy, with no creasing to the spine, of this slim soft-cover book. Originally published in 1968 as "The Tolkien Relation", an introduction to J R R Tolkien and his works. … Read more about this item

Oxford: Oxford University Press, 1982. Some fading to spine of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of green boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim hard-cover book. Looks at the the work of six English novelists of the 1930s, namely Edward Upward, Rex Warner, Graham Greene, Evelyn Waugh, Christopher Isherwood and George Orwell; particularly… Read more about this item

London: Routledge & Keegan Paul, 1984. Paperback edition. Some creasing to spine, minor scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Looks at the "Fantasy"novel since the mid 1940s, mainly at what might be thought of now as juvenile fiction such as Mary Norton's "Borrowers", Lloyd… Read more about this item

London: Stevens and Sons Ltd, 1961. Some creasing to edges of unclipped dustwrapper, minor bumping to spine ends of red boards, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this small hard-cover book. Originally published in the US in 1957, this is a slightly later Briish edition, part of the publisher's "New Left Books" series. Looks at the… Read more about this item

Edinburgh: Oliver & Boyd, 1962. Slight creasing to spine and minor scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, otherwise a good clean tight copy of this slim soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Writers and Critics" series, this one looks at the works, mostly at the poetry, of Scottish writer Edwin Muir. This was the first book… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Cambridge University Press, 2007. Several creases to the spine, some scuffing to corners, quite a bit of pencil markings and notes in the text, but otherwise a not too bad, tight copy of this soft-cover book. Originally published in 2004, this is a slightly later digital reprint from 2007. Part of the publisher's "Studies in Romanticism" series,… Read more about this item

Chicago: University of Chicago Press, 1995. A slight crease to the spine and minor scuffing to spine ends and corners of cover, some pencil notes and markings in the text, but otherwise a good clean tight copy of this soft-cover book. Part of the publisher's "Women in Culture and Society" series, this book looks at the inter-relationships among politics,… Read more about this item