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Christopher Ricks

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The Anthony Hecht Lectures in the Humanities Series

"[From a] critic of unrivaled authority . . .[E]ssays on three late-twentieth-century poets. . . .[and] their literary debts to T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound." — Adam Kirsch, The New York Review of BooksTrue Friendship looks closely at three outstanding poets of the past half-century—Geoffrey Hill, Anthony Hecht, and Robert Lowell—through the lens of their relation to their two predecessors in genius, T. S. Eliot and Ezra Pound. The...

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Christopher Ricks

A selection of new and revised essays from eminent scholar and critic Professor Christopher Ricks. Christopher Ricks brings together new as well as substantially augmented critical essays across a wide range. Several derive from his term as the Professor of Poetry at the University of Oxford, when his inaugural lecture engaged with the illuminatingly puzzled relations between poetry and prose. Comparison and analysis (the tools of the critic, as T.S. Eliot insisted) are en...

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Christopher Ricks

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Christopher Ricks

Robert Frost and Edward Thomas met in a bookshop in London in 1913. During the next four years, the two writers—Frost, an unknown poet who had sold his farm in New Hampshire in order to take his family to England for one last gamble on poetry and Thomas, a sad literary journalist—formed the most important friendship between poets since that of Wordsworth and Coleridge. Their friendship only ended with Thomas' death in Arras, France, a casualty of the First World War.The story of Ed...

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Laurence Sterne, Sir Christopher Ricks

'L-d! said my mother, what is all this story about? - A COCK and a BULL, said Yorick - And one of the best of its kind, I ever heard'Laurence Sterne's great masterpiece of bawdy humour and rich satire defies any attempt to categorize it, with a rich metafictional narrative that might classify it as the first 'postmodern' novel. Part novel, part digression, its gloriously disordered narrative interweaves the birth and life of the unfortunate 'hero' Tristram Shandy, ...

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John Stott

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The IVP Signature Collection

Named a "Book of the Century" by Christianity TodayWho is Jesus Christ? While Jesus and his teaching continue to hold appeal, many people question the plausibility or relevance of the Christian faith. Is it reasonable to believe that Jesus was truly divine? If so, what does it mean for us?John Stott's accessible, classic book examines the historical facts on which Christianity stands. With pastoral guidance, Stott presents a biblical p...

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John Donne

Regarded by many as the greatest of the Metaphysical poets, John Donne (1572-1631) was also among the most intriguing figures of the Elizabethan age. A sensualist who composed erotic and playful love poetry in his youth, he was raised a Catholic but later became one of the most admired Protestant preachers of his time. The Collected Poetry reflects this wide diversity, and includes his youthful songs and sonnets, epigrams, elegies, letters, satires, and the profoundly moving Divin...

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Rick Gualtieri

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Christopher John Fetherolf

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The Tome of Bill

THERE ARE REASONS WE FEAR THE NIGHT. HE’S NOT ONE OF THEM.My name’s Bill Ryder and I used to enjoy D&D, cold beer, and not getting my ass kicked by monsters. Sadly, that all came to an end the night I met Sally, a blonde bombshell with a sharp wit and even sharper teeth.Now I'm a vampire, surrounded by undead pricks who are stronger, faster, and better looking than me. Worse, their leader, a douche-canoe called Night Razor, is looking for any excus...

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Longman Annotated English Poets

This is the only fully annotated and comprehensive selection of Tennyson’s poetry. Acknowledged as a major achievement of editorial scholarship, it has established itself as the standard edition of Tennyson.The collection contains in full all four of Tennyson's long poems: The Princess, In Memoriam, Maud, and Idylls of the King. Other key works are included from Mariana, The Lady of Shallott, Morte d'Arthur, Ulysses, and Tithonus through...

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Rick Gualtieri

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Christopher John Fetherolf

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The Tome of Bill

TERROR LURKS BELOW AND IT’S ABOUT TO SURFACE.My name is Bill Ryder. With Armageddon rapidly approaching you’d think I’d have my priorities straight, but you’d be wrong. Sidelined from action and with too much time on my hands, I’m stuck obsessing about the ladies in my life, lethal as most of them might be. Too bad it’s a distraction I can ill afford.An unstoppable terror from the dawn of time has awoken deep beneath the Earth and it’s headed my wa...

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Rick Gualtieri

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Christopher John Fetherolf

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The Tome of Bill

THERE ARE REASONS THE UNDEAD FEAR THE NIGHT.My name’s Bill Ryder and my cold dead heart is all aflutter, metaphorically speaking anyway. See, the girl I want is deadly to me. But the girl who wants me is deadly to everyone else. I’m trapped in a lethal love triangle and it’s about to get worse.On the eve of war, The Icon – prophesized slayer of the vampire race – has appeared. Panic is about to break out within the ranks of the undead and I’m caugh...

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Rick Gualtieri

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Christopher John Fetherolf

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The Tome of Bill

THREE WORDS: VAMPIRES VERSUS SASQUATCH.My name’s Bill Ryder and, despite being undead, I program games for a living. That means I’m mostly content to stay at home, do my job, and not go on stupid-ass adventures.Or at least that was the case.Now, a war is brewing between ancient enemies from the dawn of time. If it can’t be stopped, the veil will be lifted and all of humanity’s darkest nightmares will be unleashed to wreak havoc. Th...