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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Num Pages: 379 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
379
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473674
ISBN
9781611473674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.34

Paperback. The book argues that the Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as category of discourse that inspired voluminous poetic production. By examining Petrarch, Du Bellay, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Hui explains how writers used the ruin to think about their relationship to classical antiquity. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 color, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 231 x 2. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823274314
ISBN
9780823274314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.37

Hardback. The book argues that the Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as category of discourse that inspired voluminous poetic production. By examining Petrarch, Du Bellay, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Hui explains how writers used the ruin to think about their relationship to classical antiquity. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 color, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823273355
ISBN
9780823273355
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.37

Paperback. This new edition updates the bibliography and the new preface by Hughes presents his recent thoughts about terminology and methods of liturgical abbreviation. Num Pages: 470 pages, music, facsims. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCR; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 173 x 32. Weight in Grams: 920.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
470
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780802076694
ISBN
9780802076694
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.56
€ 52.36

Hardcover. Texas Poet Laureate Walt McDonald has published more than eighteen volumes of award-winning poetry. This title includes essays that analyze McDonalds writings about war and the veterans return to civilian life, the regional grounding of his far-reaching verities, and the writer himself. Editor(s): Whittington, Janice. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Texas Tech University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896724877
ISBN
9780896724877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Connell, Jolyon. BIC Classification: 4KLR; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level. .
Publisher
Connell Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907776663
ISBN
9781907776663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.06

paperback. Alan Turing was the extraordinary Cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the German Enigma ciphers and transformed the Second World War. But his vision went far beyond this crucial achievement. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 768 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSK; U. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
9780099116417
ISBN
9780099116417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Challenges the commonly held notion that post-World War II American fiction eschewed the economic for the psychological or the spiritual. This title shows how both the form and content of postwar fiction responded to the transformation of the American middle class from small property owners to white-collar employees. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 243 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691121468
ISBN
9780691121468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.94

Paperback. A Critical Guide. Series: Continuum Renaissance Drama. 224 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Hiscock, Andrew. Thomas Middleton's intense study of betrayal, corruption, lust and violence, "Women Beware Women", is one of the revenge tragedies most commonly studied and performed. This guide offers an introduction to its critical and performance history, including notable stage productions, TV, audio and film versions and dramatic and text adaptations. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight: 338.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847060938
ISBN
9781847060938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Using the literary work of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the founder of the Italian Futurist movement and an early associate of Mussolini, the author explores the point of contact between a "progressive" aesthetic practice and a "reactionary" political ideology. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 287.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804726979
ISBN
9780804726979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.86

Hardcover. Using the literary work of Filippo Tommaso Marinetti, the founder of the Italian Futurist movement and an early associate of Mussolini, the author explores the point of contact between a "progressive" aesthetic practice and a "reactionary" political ideology. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2ADT; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5563 x 3633 x 20. Weight in Grams: 453.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721172
ISBN
9780804721172
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.21

Hardcover. Complete with fresh perspectives, and drawing on the latest scholarship and biographical sources, The Life of D.H. Lawrence spans the full range of his intellectual interests and creative output to offer new insights into Lawrence s life, work, and legacy. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470654781
ISBN
9780470654781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.51

Paperback. This lively and stimulating book guides students through the historical contexts, key figures, texts, themes and issues in sixteenth-- and early seventeenth--century English literature. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220244
ISBN
9780631220244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.04

Hardback. A major study of ideas of truth and falsehood in early modern England from the advent of the Reformation to the aftermath of the failed Gunpowder Plot. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS; HBLH. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198789468
ISBN
9780198789468
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.19

Paperback. Editor(s): Plaks, Andrew H. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 380 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691609928
ISBN
9780691609928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.24
€ 49.84

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 612 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 31. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
612
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691628202
ISBN
9780691628202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 91.10
€ 70.38

Hardback. Explores some of the developments in Stylistics since its pioneer, Roman Jakobson identified the patterning of the message as the poetic function. This collection includes analysis of: Golding's "Pincher Martin", Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Housman's "A Shropshire Lad", and Elizabeth Jennings' poem "One Flesh". Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 tables and 4 figures. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845532963
ISBN
9781845532963
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99

Paperback. Explores the developments in Stylistics since its pioneer, Roman Jakobson, identified the patterning of the message as the poetic function. This book analyzes Golding's "Pincher Martin", Rowling's "Harry Potter and the Philosopher's Stone", Housman's "A Shropshire Lad", Elizabeth Jennings' poem "One Flesh", and various poems by John Donne. Series: Functional Linguistics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 28 tables and 4 figures. BIC Classification: CF; DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781845539085
ISBN
9781845539085
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.45

Paperback. Offers an understanding of the development of criticism, demonstrating that its roots stretch back long before the sophists to public commentary on the performance of songs and poems in the preliterary era of ancient Greece. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691120256
ISBN
9780691120256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.56
€ 41.40

Hardback. .
Publisher
Melville House Publishing United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612196381
ISBN
9781612196381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.12

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