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If the Library does not have a book which you need to study and it is more than six months since it was published we may be able to borrow it on your behalf from another Library.
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Language (400s) |
Linguistics |
Literature (800s) |
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English |
420 |
Corpus Linguistics |
428.00 |
American Literature |
810s |
English Dictionaries |
423 |
English Language |
420 |
English Literature |
820s |
Etymology |
412 |
Grammar (English) |
425 & 428.2 |
Drama : American |
812 |
Etymology : English |
422 |
History of English Language |
420 |
Drama : English |
822 |
Grammar (English) |
425 & 428.2 |
Language |
400s |
Drama : Shakespeare |
822.33 |
Lexicography |
413.028 |
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401.93 |
Fiction : American |
813 |
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Linguistics |
410 |
Fiction : English |
823 |
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Linguistics : Applied |
418 |
Poetry : American |
811 |
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Phonology & Phonetics |
414 |
Poetry : English |
821 |
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Psycholinguistics |
401.9 |
Screen Writing |
808.23 |
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Sociolinguistics |
306.44 |
Stylistics |
808.0427 |
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Spoken Discourse |
415 |
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The first full-length study of the reception of John Milton's (1608-74) writings in the Arab-Muslim world, this book examines the responses of Arab-Muslim readers to Milton's works, and in particular, to his epic poem: Paradise Lost. It contributes to knowledge of the history, development, and ways in which early modern writings are read and understood by Muslims. By mapping the literary and more broadly cultural consequences of the censure, translation and abridgement of Milton's works in the Arab-Muslim world.
Some Key Book Chapters on your Reading Lists will have been scanned and placed on our Digital Library.