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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This highly readable book represents a unique approach to the controverted matter of the relations of literature and religion, eschewing linear argument in favor of a nuanced essayistic manner that elucidates texts and issues of immediate and lasting concern. Num Pages: 192 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CBX; DSA; DSC; HRAB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349383429
ISBN
9781349383429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Rooted in close reading of texts, including the essays of E.B. White, this comprehensive assessment of the oft-slighted subform of the literary essay situates the familiar at the heart of the essay as form. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; J. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2009
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349382590
ISBN
9781349382590
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This book discusses the relationship between children and sexuality in the past in a series of case studies extending from the Greeks to the Great War. Editor(s): Rousseau, G. Series: Palgrave Studies in the History of Childhood. Num Pages: 389 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBG; HBTB; JFSJ; MMJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
389
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349357444
ISBN
9781349357444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Paperback. This much-needed collection examines the formation of a black British canon including writers, dramatists, film-makers and artists. Contributors including John McLeod, Michael McMillan, Mike Phillips and Alison Donnell discuss the textual, political and cultural history of black British and the term 'black British' itself. Editor(s): Low, G. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5; JFC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349521562
ISBN
9781349521562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 266.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
203
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349315208
ISBN
9781349315208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

paperback. Market Power explores society and economy in medieval Iberia, examining the intersection of regional commercial interests, lordship, and royal authority as part of the evolution of a small village into a rural market town. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 259 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HRAM; HRAX; J. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2012
SKU
V9781349351701
ISBN
9781349351701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 46. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540495
ISBN
9780199540495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. The text for this edition of Notes from Underground is Michael Katz's acclaimed translation of the 1863 novel, which is introduced and annotated specifically for English-speaking readers. Translator(s): Katz, Michael R. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 272 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393976120
ISBN
9780393976120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.26

paperback. Editor(s): Avsey, Ignat. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 1 chart. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
1056
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536375
ISBN
9780199536375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Myers, Alan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 688 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536399
ISBN
9780199536399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. There is an unresolved tension in Dostoevsky's novels - a tension between believing and not believing in the existence of God. This book enables us to consider the nature of God in the 21st Century through the lens of Dostoevsky's novels. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 396. Language, Faith and Fiction. 304 pages. There is an unresolved tension in Dostoevsky's novels - a tension between believing and not believing in the existence of God. This book enables us to consider the nature of God in the 21st Century through the lens of Dostoevsky's novels. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight: 396.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441183880
ISBN
9781441183880
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.36

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198736417
ISBN
9780198736417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.09

Paperback. A compelling account of the Narnia novels, unlocking their Christian symbolism and exploring the moral and spiritual wisdom that C. S. Lewis intended to convey. Answers contemporary critics of Lewis (such as Philip Pullman) over charges of sexism, violence and racial stereotyping. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 176 x 14. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Spck
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281068951
ISBN
9780281068951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Hardback. Series: The Digital Nineteenth Century. Num Pages: 119 pages, 21 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AMA; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Number of pages
119
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349951949
ISBN
9781349951949
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.59

Hardback. Documents the explosion of contemporary gay and lesbian theater, and provides a single reference for American gay and lesbian plays, playwrights, and companies. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSG; GBCR; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810826892
ISBN
9780810826892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.61

hardcover. These miscellaneous writings offer further evidence of Frye's fertile mind, quick wit, expansive imagination, and eloquence. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D.; Dolzani, Michael. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 640 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802093028
ISBN
9780802093028
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.03

Paperback. This unique collection of twenty-two papers was written by Northrop Frye during his student years. Made public only after Frye's death in 1991, all but one of the essays are published here for the first time. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 37. Weight in Grams: 992.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626867
ISBN
9781442626867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.15
€ 57.65

hardcover. This collection of 266 letters, cards, and telegrams that Helen Kemp and Northrop Frye wrote to each other forms a compelling narrative of their early relationship. The letters reveal Frye's early talent as a writer. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 505 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, ports. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 43. Weight in Grams: 935.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
505
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802007735
ISBN
9780802007735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

hardcover. his new edition in the Collected Works of Northrop Frye series brings The Secular Scripture together with thirty shorter pieces pertaining to literary theory and criticism from the last fifteen years of Frye's life. Editor(s): Adamson, Joseph; Wilson, Jean. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 625 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1140.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
625
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802039453
ISBN
9780802039453
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.40

Paperback. This study explores the influential literary texts of the archaic and classical periods ranging from epic and didactic poetry to the theatrical productions of tragedy and comedy in 5th-century Athens. The workings of gender as a factor in Greek social, religious and cultural practices are explored. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 494 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 30. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
494
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226979229
ISBN
9780226979229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.82

Paperback. Series: Umwelt und Okonomie. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 235 x 155. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Physica-Verlag HD
Condition
New
SKU
V9783790801026
ISBN
9783790801026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.90

Paperback. This introductory text offers a chronological account of the main Greek myths in surviving literary and artistic sources, and also examines the history of interpretation of Greek mythology from the 17th century to the present. It examines the relationship between Greek myths and epic poetry. Translator(s): Marier, Thomas. Num Pages: 264 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HRKP; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801853951
ISBN
9780801853951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.61

Hardcover. Our common image of the Middle Ages, constructed partly from popular accounts by Tuchman and Huizinga, is a period in European history when cultural activity was in decay. This title convincingly challenges this notion by presenting evidence of a lively medieval court culture in the northern Netherlands. Translator(s): Pomerans, Arnold J. Num Pages: 392 pages, 34 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 2ACD; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 29. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780520067776
ISBN
9780520067776
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.90
€ 49.59

Hardcover. Num Pages: 692 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBTQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 252 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Aarhus Univ Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9788771248531
ISBN
9788771248531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.62

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