Literary studies: c 1600 to c 1800

In this new offering from Stanley Wells, the pre-eminent Shakespearian scholar, comes a Very Short Introduction to the life and writings of the world's greatest and best-known dramatists: William Shakespeare.

'What then is to be done?

From The Two Gentlemen of Verona in the early 1590s to The Two Noble Kinsmen at the end of his career around 1614, Shakespeare wrote at least eighteen plays that can be called 'comedies': a far higher number than that for any other genre in which he wrote.

Tragedy, including grief, pain and suffering, is a common theme in Shakespeare's plays, often leading to the death of at least one character, if not several.

Roxana (1724), Defoe's last and darkest novel, is the autobiography of a woman who has traded her virtue, at first for survival, and then for fame and fortune.

'Listen, Stranger!

'Listen, Stranger!

'What then is to be done?

In this new offering from Stanley Wells, the pre-eminent Shakespearian scholar, comes a Very Short Introduction to the life and writings of the world's greatest and best-known dramatists: William Shakespeare.

Not for nothing is William Shakespeare considered possibly the most famous writer in history; his works have had a lasting effect on culture, vocabularies, and art.

Not for nothing is William Shakespeare considered possibly the most famous writer in history; his works have had a lasting effect on culture, vocabularies, and art.

In his Discourses (1755), Rousseau argues that inequalities of rank, wealth, and power are the inevitable result of the civilizing process.

La obra de Samuel Beckett es una de las más complejas y emblemáticas de la literatura europea del siglo XX y ha promovido una constante reflexión teórica, filosófica y estética.

Los demonios de Cervantes, obra compuesta por 5 parte o tratados en los cuales el autor desarrolla aspectos fundamentales de la obra de Miguel de Cervantes.

Este libro reúne una serie de escritos utópicos traducidos por primera vez al español.

Esta es una obra que hurga en la posibilidad, en las realidades y en los deseos de la revolucion continental en su primer momento, entre 1790 y 1830.

Este volumen ofrece al lector hispanohablante traducciones de documentos ingleses ineditos en nuestra lengua.

The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature.

Twelfth Night is one of the most popular of Shakespeare's plays in the modern theatre, and this edition places particular emphasis on its theatrical qualities throughout.

'Pamela under the Notion of being a Virtuous Modest Girl will be introduced into all Familes,and when she gets there, what Scenes does she represent?

Dark and violent, Macbeth is also the most theatrically spectacular of Shakespeare's tragedies.

Memoirs of a Woman of Pleasure (commonly known as Fanny Hill), the most famous erotic novel in English, was denounced by its author as 'a Book I disdain to defend, and wish, from my soul, buried and forgot'.

The complex moral ambiguities of seduction and revenge make Les Liaisons dangereuses (1782) one of the most scandalous and controversial novels in European literature.

A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps the best loved of Shakepeare's plays.

The works of William Shakespeare contain at least 400 puns on male and female genitals.

La biblioteca de una escritora se abre ante nuestros ojos para fascinarnos.

Der Talisman Sir Walter Scott - Noch hatte Syriens sengende Sonne nicht ihren höchsten Punkt am Horizont erreicht, als ein Ritter des Roten Kreuzes, der seine ferne Heimat im Norden verlassen und sich dem Kreuzfahrerheere in Palästina angeschlossen hatte, langsam über die Sandsteppen hin ritt, die in der Nachbarschaft des Toten Meeres oder, wie es auch heißt, des Asphaltsees liegen, worein sich die Gewässer des Jordans ergießen, ohne wieder Abfluss zu finden.

Die Abenteuer der Manon Lescaut Antoine François Prévost - Der junge Chevalier Des Grieux hat seine Studien beendet und steht kurz vor der Abreise aus Amiens, als er der liebenswürdigen Manon Lescaut begegnet.

'Thus, gentle Reader, I have given thee a faithful History of my Travels for Sixteen Years, and above Seven Months; wherein I have not been so studious of Ornament as of Truth.

'Thus, gentle Reader, I have given thee a faithful History of my Travels for Sixteen Years, and above Seven Months; wherein I have not been so studious of Ornament as of Truth.

'Twelve Year a Whore, fives times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and died a Penitent' So the title page of this extraordinary novel describes the career of the woman known as Moll Flanders, whose real name we never discover.

'Twelve Year a Whore, fives times a Wife (whereof once to her own Brother), Twelve Year a Thief, Eight Year a Transported Felon in Virginia, at last grew Rich, liv'd Honest, and died a Penitent' So the title page of this extraordinary novel describes the career of the woman known as Moll Flanders, whose real name we never discover.

A Journal of the Plague Year Daniel Defoe - A Journal of the Plague Year is a fictionalised account of one man's experiences of the year 1665, in which the Great Plague struck the city of London.

'Look, my lord!

'Look, my lord!

Vor 500 Jahren trat Martin Luther an, die Kirche und den wahren Glauben zu retten, er wollte sie erneuern und auf den Pfad der Tugend zurückführen.

El caballero de Olmedo es una obra de teatro de Lope de Vega basada en una leyenda y cancion popular que narra un crimen que ocurrio entre Medina y Olmedo.

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One of the BBC's '100 Novels That Shaped Our World'HarperCollins is proud to present its range of best-loved, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present its new range of best-loved, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-loved, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present its incredible range of best-love, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.

HarperCollins is proud to present a range of best-loved, essential classics.

The Complete Works of Shakespeare contains the recognized canon of the bard's plays, and his sonnets and poems.