Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. aeo Contains 28 newly commissioned essays written by the most distinguished historians and literary scholars. aeo Situates Shakespeare in the historical and cultural conditions in which he wrote. Editor(s): Kastan, David Scott. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 536 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSGS; GBC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 235 x 31. Weight in Grams: 794.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 536
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631218784
- ISBN
- 9780631218784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.07
€ 54.07
Paperback. Scholars of the literary aspect of Plato try to reconcile his dialogue form with the expository imperative of philosophical argument. Classicists and philosophers explain this form in terms of rhetorical devices serving didactic goals. David Schur brings literary and classical studies into debate, questioning modern views of Plato's dialogue form. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417212
- ISBN
- 9780674417212
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.78
€ 25.99
€ 22.78
Hardcover. A reading of the letters between Mozart and his father, placing them in the context of the stylized strategies of the 18th-century epistolary tradition. The book argues that the letters reveal a rebelliousness deep within Mozart's life and work. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JF; AVGC4; AVH; BGF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300075427
- ISBN
- 9780300075427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Hardback. Philip Whalen was an American poet, Zen Buddhist, and key figure in the literary and artistic scene that unfolded in San Francisco in the 1950s and '60s. When the Beat writers came West, Whalen became a revered, much-loved member of the group. This book deals with his life and work. Num Pages: 352 pages, 20 black and white. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGH; DSBH; DSC; HREZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 652.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520247468
- ISBN
- 9780520247468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492156
- ISBN
- 9781611492156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.81
€ 131.81
Hardcover. In this study of the rhetoric, narrative patterns, and intellectual content of the Zuozhuan and Guoyu, David Schaberg reads these two collections of historical anecdotes as traces of a historiographical practice that flourished around the 4th century BCE among the followers of Confucius. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBB; HBJF; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 179 x 38. Weight in Grams: 880.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008618
- ISBN
- 9780674008618
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Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 546.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930452704
- ISBN
- 9780930452704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.77
€ 20.99
€ 20.77
Hardcover. This book challenges the standard view that formal rhetoric arose in response to the political and social environment of ancient Athens. Instead, it was the theatre of Ancient Greece that prompted the development of formalized rhetoric. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118357088
- ISBN
- 9781118357088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.42
€ 125.42
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780813570631
- ISBN
- 9780813570631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 43.30
€ 47.99
€ 43.30
paperback. Num Pages: 656 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 168 x 41. Weight in Grams: 848.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 656
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780199782840
- ISBN
- 9780199782840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.48
€ 53.48
Dimension: 238 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649927
- ISBN
- 9781442649927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 75.79
€ 75.79
Hardcover. Editor(s): Rudrum, David. Num Pages: 259 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403947734
- ISBN
- 9781403947734
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.15
€ 67.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Rudrum, David; Stavris, Nicholas. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501306860
- ISBN
- 9781501306860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.91
€ 50.91
Hardcover. This study looks particularly at Enid Blyton's "Noddy", "The Famous Five" and "Malory Towers". It draws extensively on the view of her readership, past and present, and uses a variety of critical approaches to show how adult criticism has consistently missed the secret of her appeal. Num Pages: 277 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 225 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333747186
- ISBN
- 9780333747186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.37
€ 194.37
Paperback. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 624 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 868.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691169835
- ISBN
- 9780691169835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 41.07
€ 46.99
€ 41.07
Paperback. Provides an annotated translation of the famous "Chin P'ing Mei", an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Num Pages: 776 pages, 40 line illus. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1118.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691150185
- ISBN
- 9780691150185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81
Hardback. Written by eminent scholar David O. Ross, this guide helps readers to engage with the poetry, thought, and background of Virgil's great epic, suggesting both the depth and the beauty of Virgil's poetic images and the mental images with which the Romans lived. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159722
- ISBN
- 9781405159722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.50
€ 116.50
Paperback. Written by eminent scholar David O. Ross, this guide helps readers to engage with the poetry, thought, and background of Virgil's great epic, suggesting both the depth and the beauty of Virgil's poetic images and the mental images with which the Romans lived. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159739
- ISBN
- 9781405159739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.14
€ 45.14
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Duckworth Publishing
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715632864
- ISBN
- 9780715632864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.79
€ 31.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. As ideas about personhood - what constitutes a self - have changed over time, so too have ideas about how to represent, shape, or invade the self. Spanning nearly 500 years of cultural and social history, this book examines the ways that literature and surveillance have developed together, as kindred modern practices. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300155419
- ISBN
- 9780300155419
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.41€ 46.96
€ 59.41
€ 46.96
Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 charts/graphs, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: DSBB; HP; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801440878
- ISBN
- 9780801440878
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.04
€ 63.04
Paperback. Editor(s): Rolston, David L. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 554 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 32. Weight in Grams: 854.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691606712
- ISBN
- 9780691606712
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.12€ 68.86
€ 89.12
€ 68.86
Hardcover. Conservative thinkers of the early Middle Ages conceived of sensual gratification as a demonic snare contrived to debase the higher faculties of humanity. This title examines two texts - Alain de Lille's "De planctu Naturae" and "Guillaume de Lorris" and Jean de Meun's "Roman de la Rose". Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226724614
- ISBN
- 9780226724614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.51
€ 52.99
€ 41.51
Paperback. Series: Signale: Modern German Letters, Cultures, and Thought. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; ACX; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801450235
- ISBN
- 9780801450235
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 44.41
€ 48.99
€ 44.41