A study of the "Nun's Priest's Tale" as a beast fable containing some of the central themes of Chaucer's mature work, in particular, the place of sex within marriage, dreams, and our relation to fortune and free will. It is accompanied by the prologue and text of the tale and notes.

Chaucer's "Nun's Priest's Tale" (Critical Studies)

Literature & Fiction

stephen-coote

History & Criticism

Penguin Books, Ltd.

A central work of modernism, "The Waste Land" evokes a world of moral, sexual and spiritual decay. In it Eliot gives voice to the deep intellectual uncertainty that had existed from the 1870s and to his own sense of the collapse of civilization. Stephen Coote's critical study outlines the historical background that led Eliot to his bleak vision of humanity. He gives a close account of the development of the poem and disucsses fully its arguments, allusions, poetic techniques and patterns of imagery. There is also a chapter on the crucial role played by Ezra Pound in editing the manuscript. Above all, he seeks to elucidate the way in which Eliot drew upon the rich tradition of past centuries, bringing together myth and life-enhancing poetry to create a work that has become a seminal part of our heritage.

The Wasteland (Penguin Critical Studies)

Penguin Uk

<p>When Charles I was beheaded, Charles II escaped to Europe where he lived a life of incredible poverty, bedded a wide variety of women and sparred with his mother before he returned to England to restore the monarchy. This is a brilliant biography of Charles II, one of England's most glamorous kings. Coote introduces the reader to the drama and danger of an England torn by civil war, ruled over by a villanous Cromwell and populated with the lustful, rapacious and streetwise women Charles bedded on his road to his restored throne: Lady Castlemaine, Lady Porstmouth, Nell Gwynn, and Hortense Mancini among others.<br></p>

Royal Survivor: The Life of Charles II

History

Europe

PALGRAVE~MACMILLAN

JOHN KEATS. A life

Biographies & Memoirs

Sceptre

In this biography of W.B. Yeats (1865-1939) the author shows him through a life of tumultuous creativity through which he strove to bring new meaning to poetry, vision and politics. The biography explores how Yeats was influenced by his unrequited love for Maud Gonne and how he became one of the leading figures of the decadent 1890's. The book also traces the developing consciousness of Yeats's homeland, the new Irish state, and reveals him as an ardent nationalist, a disillusioned observer of the Irish Civil War who was to become a powerful advocate of greater freedom for Ireland. The book also follows Yeats to the circle of Madam Blavatsky, and his undergoing of secret ceremonies of the Order of the Golden Dawn and then his turn to spiritualism in an attempt to create a philosophy that would embrace all human types and history.

W. B. Yeats: A Life [ILLUSTRATED]

Firebird Distributing

This biography examines the career and private life of Samuel Pepys - the famous diarist. It illuminates the politics of his time and events such as the Fire of London and the Dutch Wars.

Samuel Pepys: A Life

Samuel Pepys

Hodder&Stoughton

William Morris: His Life and Work

GARAMOND PUBLISHERS

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