English Literature B.A. - the books i genuinely enjoyed
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A Study in Scarlet
Arthur Conan Doyle • 2018
The Importance of Being Earnest
Oscar Wilde • 1990
The Fall River Axe Murders
Angela Carter
Frankenstein
Mary Shelley • 2015
My Sister in This House
Wendy Kesselman • 2011
A Wizard of Earthsea (The Earthsea Cycle Series Book 1)
Ursula K. Le Guin • 2012
The Hobbit
J. R. R. Tolkien • 2012
Hamlet
William Shakespeare • 1992
Tell Tale Heart
Edgar Allan Poe • 2015
The Yellow Wallpaper
Charlotte Perkins Gilman • 2015
Everyman
Carol Ann Duffy • 2015
<p>Everyman is successful, popular and riding high when Death comes calling. Forced to abandon the life he has built, he embarks on a last, frantic search to recruit a friend, anyone, to speak in his defence. But Death is close behind, and time is running out.<br><br>One of the great primal, spiritual myths, <i>Everyman</i> asks whether it is only in death that we can understand our lives. A cornerstone of English drama since the 15th century, this new adaptation by Poet Laureate Carol Ann Duffy was presented at the National Theatre, London, in April 2015.</p>
Everyman
Anonymous • 1995
Western drama, having all but ddisappeared during the Dark Ages, reemerged spontaneously in the liturgy and life of the medieval church. Vernacular miracle plays of England's Middle Ages were performed by lay people - many by trade guilds - unschooled in church Latin, but familiar with the biblical events upon which the dramas were based. Morality plays provide moral instruction , their principal characters vivid personifications of virtue and vice. The most durable of the morality plays has proved to be Everyman, whose central character, summoned by Death, must face final judgement on the strenght of his good deeds. This venerable drama is reprinted here along with three other medieval classics - 'The Second Shepherds' Play, Noah's Flood and Hickcorner .'
The Epic of Gilgamesh
Anonymous • 1960
<b>N. K. Sandars's landmark translation of one of the first and greatest works of Western literature<br><br>A Penguin Classic<br></b><br>Gilgamesh, King of Uruk, and his companion Enkidu are the only heroes to have survived from the ancient literature of Babylon, immortalized in this epic poem that dates back to the third millennium BC. Together they journey to the Spring of Youth, defeat the Bull of Heaven and slay the monster Humbaba. When Enkidu dies, Gilgamesh’s grief and fear of death are such that they lead him to undertake a quest for eternal life. A timeless tale of morality, tragedy and pure adventure, <i>The Epic of Gilgamesh</i> is a landmark literary exploration of man’s search for immortality.<br>N. K. Sandars’s lucid, accessible translation is prefaced by a detailed introduction that examines the narrative and historical context of the work. In addition, there is a glossary of names and a map of the Ancient Orient.<br><br>For more than seventy years, Penguin has been the leading publisher of classic literature in the English-speaking world. With more than 1,700 titles, Penguin Classics represents a global bookshelf of the best works throughout history and across genres and disciplines. Readers trust the series to provide authoritative texts enhanced by introductions and notes by distinguished scholars and contemporary authors, as well as up-to-date translations by award-winning translators.
