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Marcus Walsh Editor & Author

Marcus Walsh is Kenneth Allott Professor of Literature at the University of Liverpool.

The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume II. Religious Poetry, 1763-1771 cover

The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume II. Religious Poetry, 1763-1771

Christopher Smart - Hardback

£285.00

The Theory and Practice of Text-Editing cover

The Theory and Practice of Text-Editing

2 contributors - Paperback

£42.00

The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume III. A Translation of the Psalms of David cover

The Poetical Works of Christopher Smart: Volume III. A Translation of the Psalms of David

Christopher Smart - Hardback

£265.00

A Tale of a Tub and Other Works cover

A Tale of a Tub and Other Works

Jonathan Swift - Hardback

£147.00

A Tale of a Tub and Other Works cover

A Tale of a Tub and Other Works

Jonathan Swift - Paperback

£28.00

The Theory and Practice of Text-Editing cover

The Theory and Practice of Text-Editing

2 contributors - Hardback

£90.00

Shakespeare, Milton and Eighteenth-Century Literary Editing cover

Shakespeare, Milton and Eighteenth-Century Literary Editing

Marcus Walsh - Paperback

£32.00

Laurence Sterne cover

Laurence Sterne

Marcus Walsh - Paperback

£52.99

Shakespeare, Milton and Eighteenth-Century Literary Editing cover

Shakespeare, Milton and Eighteenth-Century Literary Editing

Marcus Walsh - Hardback

£94.00

Laurence Sterne cover

Laurence Sterne

Marcus Walsh - Hardback

£145.00