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ID:   011227


"Easter 1916" and other poems / Yeats, William Butler 1997  Book
Yeats, William Butler Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1997.
Description ix, 68pYellow spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract Combines the proud nationalism of Ireland's 1916 Easter rebellion with Celtic lore and mysticism, crafted by Irelands greatest modern poet, the winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature in 1923. These verses are penned with stark beauty and simplicity, with objectivity and subtlety.
Contents From The wild swans at Coole, 1919 Michael Robartes and the Dancer, 1921
Standard Number 0486297713 Pb.
Key Words English Poetry  IBDP  World literature  Irish poetry 
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ID:   011271


A room with a view / Forster, E.M. 1995  Book
Forster, E.M. Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1995.
Description iv, 172ppPeach spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract A classic exploration of passion, human nature and social convention. The heroine, Lucy, rejects her fiance, Cecil Vyse, in favour of her true love whose sense of freedom and lack of artificiality become apparent to her when they first meet in an Italian pensione.
Standard Number 0486284670 Pb.
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ID:   011260


Arms and the man / Shaw, George Bernard 1990  Book
Shaw, George Bernard Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1990.
Description xiv, 56pLilac spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract Bernard Shaw weaves a hilarious comedy through the disabuse of romantic falsifications of love and warfare, depicted in a Balkan setting. Contains Shaw's stimulating preface.
Standard Number 9780486264769 Pb.
Key Words English drama  IBDP  World drama  Irish drama 
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ID:   011239


Bacchae / Euripides 1997  Book
Euripides Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1997.
Description vii, 55pBlack spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract A drama about the cult of Dionysus, the vine god, which involved orgiastic and frenzied nature rites. The king of Thebes, Pentheus, imprisons Dionysus when the latter, in disguise, attempts to propagate his cult among the women of Thebes. This thwarting of a God's will leads to catastrophe. The play is a probing into man's psychological makeup and understanding of himself.
Standard Number 9780486295800 Pb.
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ID:   011397


Birth of tragedy / Nietzsche, Friedrich; Fadiman, Clifton, P. 1995  Book
Nietzsche, Friedrich Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1995.
Description iv, 92pLilac Spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract A classic study of Greek tragedy which asserts that its greatness lies in its fusion of Apollonian restraint and Dionysian passion and irrationality. It reaffirms the beauty of existence which shines through its most depressing aspects.
Standard Number 0486285154 Pb.
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ID:   011240


Blake's selected poems / Blake, William 1995  Book
Blake, William Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1995.
Description viii, 83pPeach spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract These poems of William Blake are full of lyricism, mysticism and consummate craftsmanship that have made his name synonymous with brilliance and eccentricity.
Contents From poetical sketches, 1783 From songs and ballads, 1783-1808 Songs from an island in the moon, ca. 1784 The book of Thel, 1789 From songs of experience, 1790-1791 Satiric verses and epigrams from Blake's notebook, 1792-1799 From the marriage of heaven and hell, 1793 From America a prophecy, 1793 The song of Los, 1795 From Milton, 1804 Poems from Jerusalem, 1804 From the everlasting gospel, ca. 1818
Standard Number 0486285170 Pb.
Key Words English Poetry  IBDP  World literature 
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ID:   011235


Candide / Voltaire 1991  Book
Voltaire Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1991.
Description ix, 94pLilac Spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract A scathing satire on romance, science, philosophy, religion and government depicted through the travels and adventures of Candide in Europe and South America.
Standard Number 0486266893 Pb.
Key Words IBDP  World literature  French literature 
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ID:   011272


Daisy Miller: Dover Thrift Editions / James, Henry 1995  Book
James, Henry Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1995.
Description iii, 59pYellow spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract A vivid portrayal of Americans abroad, a contrast of American customs and values with European manners and morals, make for a novel rich in psychological and social insight.
Standard Number 0486287734 Pb.
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ID:   011255


Five comic one-act plays / Chekhov, Anton; Garnett, Constance(Tr.) 1999  Book
Chekhov, Anton Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1999.
Description vii, 64pBlue spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract Chekhov is at his witty best in these seemingly prosaic yet ludicrous accounts of ordinary social events and obligations.
Standard Number 9780486409973 Pb.
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ID:   011242


Garden of heaven / Hafiz; Bell, Gertrude(Tr.) 2003  Book
Hafiz Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 2003.
Description viii, 100pBlue spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract A legendary poet of ancient Persia, Hafiz is regarded as iconic and oracular by seekers of idyllic dreams and wishes. None other than Goethe has remarked that Hafiz had no peer. This collection is derived from a collection of poems called 'Divan', a classic of Sufism. True to the traditions of Sufi philosophy and Persian poetry, each poem can be interpreted in two ways, sensual and mystic.
Standard Number 9780486431611 Pb.
Key Words IBDP  World literature  Persian poetry  Sufism - poetry 
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ID:   011252


Hedda Gabler / Ibsen, Henrik 1990  Book
Ibsen, Henrik Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1990.
Description vii, 72pBrown spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract A dark psychological drama in which Hedda is an aristocratic and shallow hollow woman, nearly devoid of redeeming virtures.
Standard Number 978-0486264691 Pb.
Key Words Married people - Drama  IBDP  Norway - Drama 
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ID:   011247


Major Barbara / Shaw, George Bernard 2002  Book
Shaw, George Bernard Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 2002.
Description xxxvi, 82pGrey spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract One of Shaw's most humorous plays, featuring a plethora of arresting characters, 'Major Barbara' is about the conflict between father and daughter over social theories such as poverty, sin, crime and wealth.
Standard Number 0486421260 Pb.
Key Words English drama  IBDP  World drama  Irish drama 
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ID:   011232


Miss Julie / Strindberg, August; Bjorkman, Edwin(Tr.) 1992  Book
Strindberg, August Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1992.
Description xxi, 36pLilac spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract A very controversial drama combining the ideas of naturalism and psychology that swept Europe in the 19th century, this text also contains Strindberg's original critical preface to the play. One of the most frequently performed modern plays which helped shape modern theatre.
Standard Number 0486272818 Pb.
Key Words Drama - Modern  IBDP  Swedish drama  World drama 
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ID:   011253


On liberty / Mill, John Stuart 2002  Book
Mill, John Stuart Book
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Publication New York, Dover Publications, Inc., 2002.
Description v, 97pBrown Spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract A treatise on the concept of personal liberty, with the complete and resolute dedication to the cause of freedom, by John Stuart Mill. One of the most influential studies on the nature of individual liberty and its role in democracy.
Standard Number 9780486421308 Pb.
Key Words IBDP  TOK  EE  Liberty  Global politics  Political theory/Political thought 
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ID:   011261


Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam / Fitzgerald, Edward 1990  Book
Fitzgerald, Edward Book
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Edition 1st & 5th
Publication New York, Dover, 1990.
Description vii, 52pCream spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract Omar Khayyam was not known as a poet originally, although his name was credited to a body of quatrains. Not until Edward Fitzgerald published a free adaptation of his poetry, did the Rubaiyat of Omar Khayyam become synonymous with the most beautifully simple expression of spiritual freedom and earthiness.
Standard Number 04826467 Pb.
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ID:   011245


She stoops to conquer / Goldsmith, Oliver 1991  Book
Goldsmith, Oliver Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1991.
Description xiii,62pGold spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract Kate Hardcastle and Constance Neville play out a number of delightful deceits and hilarious turns of plot before their love stories conclude happily. A satirical and sentimental comedy.
Standard Number 0486268675 Pb.
Key Words English drama  IBDP  World drama 
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ID:   011259


Six characters in search of an author / Pirandello, Luigi; Storer, Edward(Tr.) 1998  Book
Pirandello, Luigi Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1998.
Description ix, 52pPink spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract Luigi Pirandello wrote symbolic dramas and satires with radical innovations and departures from conventional theatrical techniques, thereby sparking controversies. This intellectual comedy is "a drama within a drama", wherein six characters gatecrash a rehearsal, demanding 'lines' for their unfinished stories. Embodies Pirandello's innovations of theatre by using a stage without sets. A masterly feat of drama exploring the many facets of reality.
Standard Number 9780486299921 Pb.
Key Words Drama - Modern  IBDP  World literature  World drama  Italian drama 
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ID:   011262


Songs of innocence and songs of experience / Blake, William 1992  Book
Blake, William Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1992.
Description viii, 52pBeige spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract An accomplished painter and poet, William Blake's collection of poetry embodied the emerging spirit of Romanticism. Depicting the purity of childhood which is darkened and finally corrupted through experience, the paradoxical coexistence of good and evil is wonderingly dwelt upon.
Standard Number 9780486270517 Pb.
Key Words English Poetry  IBDP  World literature  Romanticism 
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ID:   011269


The awakening / Chopin, Kate 1993  Book
Chopin, Kate Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 1993.
Description 116pGreen spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract A daring portrayal of a woman trapped in a stifling marriage who seeks to extend the straitened boundaries of her life. An unusually frank treatment of a then-controversial subject and also rich in literary content. There is no cover image available for this book.
Standard Number 9780486277868 Pb.
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ID:   011279


The house of mirth / Wharton, Edith 2002  Book
Wharton, Edith Book
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Publication New York, Dover, 2002.
Description iv, 268pMaroon spine
Series Dover Thrift Editions
Summary/Abstract Set amidst the fashionable, turn-of-the-century New York society, this is a tragic love story which highlights the destructive effects of wealth and double standards of society.
Standard Number 9780486420493 Pb.
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