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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. The Alexander Romance, a fabulous pseudo-history of the life of Alexander the Great compiled in late Antiquity, was one of the most popular secular texts in Europe during the Middle Ages. Its subsequent influence on the development of French and German literature has been significant. Num Pages: 428 pages, 51 illus. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 160. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Pindar Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
428
Condition
New
SKU
V9780907132264
ISBN
9780907132264
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349075119
ISBN
9781349075119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.26

Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349183357
ISBN
9781349183357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.42

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333593073
ISBN
9780333593073
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.28

Paperback. The introduction to a series of interdisciplinary titles, both monographs and essays, concerned with matters of literature, art and textuality within religious traditions founded upon texts and textual study. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 177 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HRAB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333570791
ISBN
9780333570791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.50

Hardback. An exploration of the relationship between literature and religion, which adopts an interdisciplinary approach, aiming to provide an introduction to the variety of ways in which literature, literary theory and theology are related. Series: Studies in Literature and Religion. Num Pages: 158 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333408261
ISBN
9780333408261
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.18

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405119757
ISBN
9781405119757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.41

Hardcover. The Sacred Desert is a reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film. * An original reflection on the role of the desert in theology, history, literature, art and film. * Discusses figures as diverse as Jesus, the early Christian Desert Fathers, T.E. Lawrence, T.S. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: AG; DSB; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405119740
ISBN
9781405119740
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.42

paperback. This fascinating study explores the multifarious erotic themes associated with the magic lantern shows, which proved the dominant visual medium of the West for 350 years, and analyses how the shows influenced the portrayals of sexuality in major works of Gothic fiction. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 264 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; AS; DSA; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349452521
ISBN
9781349452521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.22

Hardback. On Demand shows that consumers in early modern England were a powerful force in transforming the economy of the time and that their "demand" was a powerful, though contradictory, force in shaping its literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 161 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738569
ISBN
9780804738569
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.16

Paperback. Between Nations argues for a cross-cultural, cross-national approach to the history of the British Isles, making its case by tracing the heterogeneous influences on texts of three early modern English authors - Shakespeare, Spenser, and Marvell. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804741842
ISBN
9780804741842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 175 x 110. .
Publisher
Connell Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907776991
ISBN
9781907776991
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.31

hardcover. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1986th Edition
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333387078
ISBN
9780333387078
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.13

Paperback. This is a new, revised and updated paperback edition of the critically acclaimed first full-length critical assessment of this most individual, challenging, conceptually energetic of British dramatists, whose recognition and influence have extended to a position of international eminence. Num Pages: 320 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230577404
ISBN
9780230577404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.11

Paperback. Homi K. Bhabha is one of the most highly renowned figures in contemporary post-colonial studies. This introductory guidebook is ideal for all students working in the fields of literary, cultural and postcolonial theory. Series: Routledge Critical Thinkers. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 12. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415328241
ISBN
9780415328241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Hardcover. This is the first sustained study of Samuel Beckett and testimony. It offers new readings of the problem of unspeakability in Beckett in relation to testimonial expression and the problems of knowledge which arise in recent theoretical conceptions of testimony and the archive. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230275768
ISBN
9780230275768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.31

Paperback. Casting a fresh perspective on the greatest long poem in English, David Hopkins guides the reader through the inspiring poetic landscape of Milton s great epic Paradise Lost, a work of literature which has compelled and fascinated readers down the ages and which offers enduring insight into the human condition. Series: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 6. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118918180
ISBN
9781118918180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.86

Hardcover. This book explores Yeats' background and influences, as well as how his works shaped early twentieth-century Irish culture. Editor(s): Holdeman, David; Levitas, Ben. Series: Literature in Context. Num Pages: 460 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 798. 8vo. Original cloth Irish Literature.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KEX0279630
ISBN
9780521897051
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 35.00

Hardcover. Num Pages: 278 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403942678
ISBN
9781403942678
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Hardcover. Romantic Englishness investigates how narratives of localised selfhood in English Romantic writing are produced in relation to national and transnational formations. This book focuses on autobiographical texts by authors such as John Clare, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, William Hazlitt, Charles Lamb, and William Wordsworth. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137411624
ISBN
9781137411624
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. Basic Elements of Narrative outlines a way of thinking about what narrative is and how to identify its basic elements across various media, introducing key concepts developed by previous theorists and contributing original ideas to the growing body of scholarship on stories. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405141543
ISBN
9781405141543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.32

Hardback. Basic Elements of Narrative outlines a way of thinking about what narrative is and how to identify its basic elements across various media, introducing key concepts developed by previous theorists and contributing original ideas to the growing body of scholarship on stories. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 552.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405141536
ISBN
9781405141536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.03

Hardback. A resource for students and scholars alike, this volume provides information about Spark's oeuvre while featuring current, theoretically informed interpretations of individual texts. Editor(s): Herman, David. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801895531
ISBN
9780801895531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.10
€ 64.25

Paperback. An anthology that traces the representation of consciousness and mind creation in English literature from 700 to the present. Editor(s): Herman, David. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803211179
ISBN
9780803211179
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

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