Literary Criticism from Mare Booksellers

London: Macmillan and Co, 1880. Cloth. Good. Blue cloth with extensive gilt illustrations and ornamentation to the front cover and spine. Xxi, 431; ix, 383 pp. Illustrations throughout. A critical and biographical look at the life and work of William Blake, including printings of some of his poetry, along with reproductions of his drawings and art. Originally published… Read more about this item

Cardiff: Unversity of Wales Press, 2008. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Charcoal cloth in unclipped jacket. 245 pp. A study of the work of poet and anthropologist Nestor Perlongher, an Argentinian poet known for his exploration of transgressive themes, including sexuality and contemporary taboos. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading, scuffing and edgewear to the book.

Dorchester, MA: Origin magazine, Publisher, 1952. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 65 pp. Edited by Cid Corman, this journal features a lengthy essay on metaphor in the work of Wallace Stevens, and includes a new poem, "Long and Sluggish Lines," by Stevens. Fifth issue of this noted journal, as Clay and Phillips note, " The possibilities for writing explored and… Read more about this item

London: Horizon, Publisher, 1942. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. Single issue of this little magazine featuring an article on Federico Garcia Lorca (Part III), etc. GOOD condition. General fading and toning to the wrappers. Minor curling and creasing along the edges.

New York: Scholarship Committee of the New York Chapter of the Gay Academic Union, Publisher, 1984. Wraps. Good. Wraps. 34 pp. Single issue of this journal devoted to new research and though relating to gay and lesbian related topics, as well as reviewing books pertaining to those same topics. This issue looks at a bibliography of bibliographies of… Read more about this item

Jefferson, NC: McFarland and Company, 2010. Trade Paperback. Very Good. Trade paperback. 265 pp. A detailed look at the short stories written by Burroughs that chronicle Tarzan as a teenager, looking at context, themes, motifs and its links to comic book and film adaptions. VERY GOOD condition. Light fading and edgewear. Some curling to the covers along the… Read more about this item

London: Faber and Faber, 1929. Wraps. Good. Printed orange wraps. 32 pp. An essay by D.H. Lawrence discussing what is considered clean and dirty in society, and how art and literature is thus influenced. He describes "phallic sex," as 'a creative flow,' while defining pornography as an 'attempt to insult sex and the human spirit.' GOOD condition. Some… Read more about this item

No place: Harvard University, Publisher, 1947. Wraps. Good. No place (Cambridge): 1947. Printed wraps. A brief historical and bibliographical survey/study of Elizabethan proclamations collected by Humphrey Dyson, highlighting the importance of the collection. With appendices listing prints, drawings and broadsides in Dyson's sets of Elizabethan proclamations; unrecorded editions of Elizabethan proclamations in Dyson's sets at Harvard and Folger,… Read more about this item

Urbana: University of Illinois Press, 1992. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Red cloth in unclipped jacket. 218 pp. A critical work looking at innovative, experimental devices in the fiction of Samuel Beckett, including his use of narration, chronology and figurative language. VERY GOOD condition. Some fading, soiling and scuffing to the jacket, mostly to the rear panel. Minor scuffing… Read more about this item

Gainsville, FL: University Press of Florida, 1993. Cloth. Very Good/Very Good. Black cloth in unclipped jacket. 238 pp. A collection of essays originally appearing in the Journal of Beckett Studies, offering critical analysis on the work of Samuel Beckett, including recurring themes of the absurd, existentialist readings, etc. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading and edgewear to the jacket.… Read more about this item

Cambridge: Harvard Library Bulletin, Publisher, 1958. Wraps. Good. Printed wraps. Pagination runs 354-362. A bibliographic discussion of an 1859 manuscript poem by A.C. Swinburne, with a printed reconstruction of the poem. Offprint from the Autumn 1958 issue of the Harvard Library Bulletin. GOOD condition. Uneven fading and toning to the covers. Minor soiling. Minor browning to the paper.… Read more about this item

Princeton: Princeton University Press, 1991. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 296 pp. A detailed study of 15 Noh plays based on the Genji and the use of allusion in Japanese literature. VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading, rubbing and edgewear.

Rochester, New York: Camden House, 2001. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 243 pp. A critical and philosophical look at a variety of writings by Goethe, discussing examples of his goal to promote tolerance among people of differing religions and cultures. VERY GOOD condition. Minor scuffing and edgewear. Light fading.

New York: Garland Publishing, 1997. Cloth. Very Good. 429 pp. A collection of essays discussing and providing historical and critical commentary on Shakespeare's first published work, the long poem "Venus and Adonis." VERY GOOD condition. Minor fading, scuffing and soiling.

Albany: State University of New York Press, 2007. Trade Paperback. Very Good. 151 pp. A look at the teaching career and methods of Pulitzer Prize winning poet Anne Sexton, including the use of personal and social histories in teaching. VERY GOOD condition. Minor scuffing and edgewear.

Cambridge, MA: Harvard University Press, 1971. First Edition. Hard Cover. Good/Good. 230 pages including index. Illustrated with musical scores. A study of the lied's evolution in Germany between 1750 to 1900, discussing problems in the art form as well as specific songs from Schubert, Schumann, Brahms, and Hugo Wolf. GOOD jacket and book. Minor darkening and edgewear to… Read more about this item

Tokyo: Sekai Shisosha, 1984. Wraps. Very Good. Wraps in cardboard slipcase. 242 pp. With a few black and white photos throughout. All text in Japanese. A study of Japanese literature of the Heian Period, including women in literature. VERY GOOD condition. Minor toning and soiling to the covers. Minor staining to the slipcase.

Charlottesville: University Press of Virginia, 1992. Cloth. Good/Good. 301 pp. A study of the relationship between author and publisher, examining Thackeray's writing in the context of the Victorian marketplace, the forces under which he wrote and influence of trends in the publishing marketplace on an author. GOOD condition. Heavy fading to the jacket spine. Minor scuffing and edgewear.… Read more about this item

Tokyo: The Renaissance Institute, 1982. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Signed, with a brief inscription, by the author. 164 pp. A study of pageantry and the use of sound, color and staging in Shakespeare's plays in introduce symbolism that would resonate with his audiences, tying it to its roots in pre-Renaissance past. GOOD jacket on a VERY GOOD book. Minor… Read more about this item

Tokyo: University of Tokyo Press, 1989. Cloth. Very Good/Good. Light blue cloth in rice paper jacket. Houses in cream colored slipcase. Small, narrow folio. 221 pp. A few color illustrations at the front. Text in Japanese and English. A modern version of this classic of Japanese literature, written close to 1000 years ago, providing a depiction of the… Read more about this item