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  | | Oxford Book Of Aphorisms(1st Edition) (Oxford Books of Prose) by John Gross Paperback, 396 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press, U.S.A. ISBN-13: 978-0-19-280456-3, ISBN: 0-19-280456-1 "An aphorism is "a short pithy statement or maxim," but beneath this definition lies a wealth of wit and insight to which neither the word nor a brief description can do justice.This anthology demonstrates just how rewarding an art form the aphorism can be, and just how brilliantly the aphorist can illuminate the hidden truth, or lay bare the ironies of existence. Specific sections on desires and longings, self-doubt, fame and reputation ..." |
 | | The Oxford Book of Essays(1st Edition) (Oxford Books of Prose & Verse) by John Gross Paperback, 704 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-955655-7, ISBN: 0-19-955655-5 "The essay is one of the richest of literary forms. Its most obvious characteristics are freedom, informality, and the personal touch - though it can also find room for poetry, satire, fantasy, and sustained argument. All these qualities, and many others, are on display in The Oxford Book of Essays. The most wide-ranging collection of its kind to appear for many years, it includes 140 essays by 120 writers: classics, curiosities, medit ..." |
 | | Shylock(1st Edition) A Legend and Its Legacy by John Gross Paperback, 384 Pages, Published 1994 by Touchstone ISBN-13: 978-0-671-88386-7, ISBN: 0-671-88386-0 "Like Don Quixote or Robinson Crusoe, Shylock is one of the great familiar figures of world drama, known even to people who have never read or seen The Merchant of Venice. He is also one of the most controversial characters ever conceived; his ambiguities have been a challenge to actors, directors, critics, and playgoers for more than four centuries. Is he villain or victim? Tragic or comic? What was Shakespeare's attitude toward the cha ..." |
 | | The Rise and Fall of the Man of Letters(1st Edition) English Literary Life Since 1800 by John Gross Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1992 by Ivan R. Dee ISBN-13: 978-1-56663-000-9, ISBN: 1-56663-000-2 "In this new edition of his landmark book, John Gross traces the shifting fortunes of the men who shaped literary opinion in England during the Victorian, Edwardian, and contemporary eras. He brings together famous or forgotten critics and editors prophets, aesthetes, statesmen, dons, radicals, social climbers, idealists, gossipmongers, and literary lions and explores not only their critical ideas but also their personalities, careers, s ..." |
 | | A Double Thread(Updated) A Childhood in Mile End - And Beyond by John Gross Paperback, 208 Pages, Published 2002 by Vintage Import ISBN-13: 978-0-09-942226-6, ISBN: 0-09-942226-3 "Paperback. Pub Date: Jun Pages: 208 in Publisher: Vintage John Gross. was the son of a Jewish doctor who practiced in Mile End at the time of WW2 His-parents were the children of immigrants steeped in. the language and traditions of a European past. yet outside the home he grew up in a very English world of schools and books. Looking back on his childhood he reflects on this double inheritance. The richness of Yiddish words. the rituals ..." |
 | | A Double Thread Growing Up English and Jewish in London by John Gross Hardcover, 208 Pages, Published 2002 by Ivan R. Dee ISBN-13: 978-1-56663-424-3, ISBN: 1-56663-424-5 "This evocative picture of a lost London and a vanished culture is also the story of a bookish boy discovering his own path. John Gross is the son of a Jewish doctor who practiced in the East End of London from the 1920s to World War II and beyond. His parents were the children of immigrants, steeped in Eastern European customs, yet outside the home he grew up in a very English world of comics and corner shops, sandbags and bomb sites, b ..." |
 | | The New Oxford Book of English Prose(1st Edition) by John Gross Hardcover, 1,054 Pages, Published 1998 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-214246-7, ISBN: 0-19-214246-1 "Prose, strictly defined, is the ordinary form of spoken or written language. Examples of solid prose are not difficult to come by: a well argued legal judgment, a lucid scientific paper, or a readily grasped set of technical instructions. Inspired prose, however, is a much rarer thing. In The New Oxford Book of English Prose, John Gross has gathered together those rare jewels of the English language that take plain prose to artistic he ..." |
 | | Shylock(Updated) Four Hundred Years in the Life of a Legend by John Gross Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 1994 by Vintage Import ISBN-13: 978-0-09-938751-0, ISBN: 0-09-938751-4 "Is he villain or victim?; tragic or comic? John Gross traces the elements that made up Shakespeare's portrait, and follows Shylock's fortunes in the theatres and at the hands or writers and critics." |
 | | The Oxford Book of Parodies(Reprint) by John Gross Paperback, 368 Pages, Published 2012 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-963937-3, ISBN: 0-19-963937-X "Parodies come in all shapes and sizes. There are broad parodies and subtle parodies, ingenious imitations and knockabout spoofs, scornful lampoons and affectionate pastiches. All these varieties, and many others, appear in this delightful anthology, which has been hailed as "delightful" (Wall Street Journal), "enjoyable" (The New Yorker), and "sparkling" (The Financial Times). The classics of the genre are all here, but so are scores of ..." |
 | | The New Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes(Reprint) (Oxford Books of Prose & Verse) by John Gross Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 2008 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-954341-0, ISBN: 0-19-954341-0 "In The New Oxford Book of Literary Anecdotes, master anthologist John Gross brings together a delectable smorgasbord of literary tales, offering striking new insight into some of the most important writers in history. Many of the anecdotes here are funny, others are touching, outrageous, sinister, inspiring, or downright weird. They show writers from Chaucer to Bob Dylan acting both unpredictably and deeply in character. The range is wi ..." |
 | | After Shakespeare(1st Edition) An Anthology by John Gross Paperback, 360 Pages, Published 2003 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-280472-3, ISBN: 0-19-280472-3 "No writer has served as such a powerful source of inspiration for other writers, or attracted such varied and widespread comment, as William Shakespeare. From West Side Story, Ivan Turgenev's A Lear of the Steppes, Tom Stoppard's Rosencrantz & Guildenstern Are Dead to Polish poet Zbigniew Herbert's "Elegy for Fortinbras," Shakespeare's presence in literature and theater has been powerful and pervasive. Now, in After Shakespeare, edi ..." |
 | | James Joyce by John Gross Paperback, 102 Pages, Published 1970 by Penguin Books ISBN-13: 978-0-670-01914-4, ISBN: 0-670-01914-3 "And whatever label we use to sum up this unpretentious social morality, it is something that Stephen with all his imagination still has to learn. ..." |
 | | Joyce(2nd Edition) (Modern Masters) by John Gross, Kermode Frank Paperback, 96 Pages, Published 1970 by Harpercollins Distribution Services ISBN-13: 978-0-00-632438-6, ISBN: 0-00-632438-X "Philosophy/Literature." |
 | | The Oxford Book of Comic Verse(1st Edition) (Oxford Books of Verse) by John Gross Hardcover, 552 Pages, Published 1994 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-214207-8, ISBN: 0-19-214207-0 ""Comic verse," writes editor John Gross, "is verse that is designed to amuse--and perhaps that is as far as any attempt at a definition ought to go." In The Oxford Book of Comic Verse, Gross has combed the annals of literature in English from the middle ages to the present, gathering poems that provoke laughter, smiles, and even reflections on the human condition--but always poems that amuse. From limericks to social satire, The Oxford ..." |
 | | The Modern Movement(1st Edition) A TLS Companion (The TLS Companions Series) by John Gross Paperback, 336 Pages, Published 1993 by University Of Chicago Press ISBN-13: 978-0-226-30987-3, ISBN: 0-226-30987-8 "For the past ninety years the "Times Literary Supplement "has scrutinized, dissected, applauded, and occasionally disparaged the work of the twentieth century's leading writers. It has taken a major role in the making--and breaking--of literary reputations. In "The Modern Movement," John Gross has assembled an entertaining selection of 155 articles and reviews about and by the great figures of literary modernism. The focus is on twelve ..." |
 | | The Oxford Book of Essays by John Gross Paperback, 703 Pages, Published 1992 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-214213-9, ISBN: 0-19-214213-5 "Book by Gross John Ed" |
 | | The Oxford Book of Essays(1st Edition) by John Gross, Stephen Ambrose Hardcover, 704 Pages, Published 1991 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-214185-9, ISBN: 0-19-214185-6 "When Montaigne developed the essay in the sixteenth century, he could not have imagined the power and longevity of his creation. "He did not set up for a philosopher, wit, orator, or moralist," wrote Hazlitt, "but he became all these by merely daring to tell us whatever passed through his mind." Ever since, writers have seized upon his example, and for over four hundred years we have encountered astonishing insights and breathtaking l ..." |
 | | The Oxford Book of Aphorisms(Updated) (Oxford Paperbacks) by John Gross Paperback, 400 Pages, Published 1987 by Oxford University Press ISBN-13: 978-0-19-282015-0, ISBN: 0-19-282015-X "The dictionary defines "aphorism" as "a short pithy statement or maxim," but beneath this definition lies a wealth of wit and insight to which neither the word nor any brief description can do justice. This delightful anthology demonstrates just how rewarding the aphorism can be and how brilliantly the aphorist can illuminate a hidden truth or reveal the ironies of life. Whatever the situation, whatever the mood, the reader will f ..." |
 | | Sons and Lovers(Reprint) (Bantam Classics) by David Herbert Lawrence, John Gross Paperback, 496 Pages, Published 1985 by Bantam Classics ISBN-13: 978-0-553-21192-4, ISBN: 0-553-21192-7 "Since its publication in 1913, D. H. Lawrence's powerful and passionate third novel stands as one of the greatest autobiographical novels of the twentieth century. Here is the story of artist Paul Morel as a young man, his powerful relationship with his possessive mother, his passionate love affair with Miriam Leivers, his intense liaison with married Clara Dawes. Here, too, England's Derbyshire springs to life with both is sooty mining ..." |
 | | Rudyard Kipling(1st Edition) by John Gross Hardcover, 178 Pages, Published 1972 by Littlehampton Book Services Ltd ISBN-13: 978-0-297-99539-5, ISBN: 0-297-99539-1 "19 essays on all aspects of the life and work of Rudyard Kipling from his first novel to film adaptations of his work. With eight pages of colour illustrations and ninety black and white pictures." |
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