Búsqueda de LIBROS DEL AUTOR: j b leishman

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  • THE ART OF MARVELL'S POETRY
    J. B. LEISHMAN
    First Published in 1966, The Art of Marvell's Poetry presents J.B. Leishman’s appreciation of Andrew Marvell’s poems by demonstrating a sensitive understanding of attitudes peculiar to the seventeenth century and to Marvell. Leishman calls Marvell an "inveterate imitator and experimenter". His success depended on originality of combination rather than originality of invention. ...

    $960.00

  • THE MONARCH OF WIT
    J. B. LEISHMAN
    First Published in 1951, The Monarch of Wit presents John Donne’s poetry in its proper context. The chief purpose of the book is to enable the reader to approach Donne’s poetry without preconceptions of what ‘metaphysical’ poetry is or ought to be. Some of the questions which the author constantly has in mind are these: What are the main resemblances and differences, on the one...

    $860.00

  • MILTON'S MINOR POEMS
    J. B. LEISHMAN
    First published in 1969. These nine lectures written by the distinguished scholar J. B. Leishman examines the various themes, context and structure of Milton’s poetry, with particular focus on L’Allegro, Il Penseroso and Lycidas. This title will be of great interest to students of John Milton and English Literature. ...

    $1,060.00

  • THEMES AND VARIATIONS IN SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS
    J B LEISHMAN
    First published in 1961.This study analyses Shakespeare's treatment of the universal themes of Beauty, Love and Time. He compares Shakespeare with other great poets and sonnet writers - Pindar, Horace and Ovid, with Petrarch, Tasso and Ronsart, with Shakespeare's own English predecessors and contemporaries, notably Spenser, Daniel and Drayton and with John Donne.By discussing t...

    $1,320.00