OXFORD BOOKS of exceptional interest
Jean Giraudoux
The Making of a Dramatist
By DONALD INSKIP. An enthusiastically written study of the in–
fluential French playwright whose plays are receiving ever-increasing
appreciation throughout the English-speaking world. Its aim is
to
place Giraudoux in a fuller context than has yet been attempted, and
to
describe in greater detail his work and life in the theatre with his
friend and interpreter, Louis Jouvet. Illustrated.
$4.75
William Dunbar: Poems
Edited by JAMES KINSLEY. This is a selection of the poems of
William Dunbar who was
makar
at the court of the Scotch King,
James IV. One of the finest poets of the later Middle Ages, Dunbar's
poetry reflected the chivalry, piety, grossness and splendid riot of his
times. There are appreciations by: John Pinkerton, John Merry Ross,
Agnes Mure Mackenzie, W. L. Renwick, and C. S. Lewis. (Clarendon
Medieval and Tudor Series)
$2.00
The Works of Henry Vaughan, Second Edition
Edited by LEONARD
c.
MARTIN. A revised and expanded edition
of a work out of print since 1954. Professor Martin has enlarged his
Commentary, corrected errors, recast many of his notes and added
Vaughan's translation of the
Chymists Key
which has not been re–
printed since 1657. The book contains all of Vaughan's known pub–
lished works.
$10.40
The Green Heart
By BRENDA CHAMBERLAIN. The first collection of poems from
a powerful new Welsh poet. Seas and mountains, old griefs and
re–
collected joys, the loneliness of parting-these are some of the
themes Brenda Chamberlain treats with great beauty and strength.
$3.00
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