Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Poet, novelist, essayist, editor, anthologist, lexicographer and painter, Clarence Major is a challenging yet underappreciated contemporary African- American artist. This collection combines poetry, prose and art by Major with critical essays that showcase his aesthetic movement across boundaries. Editor(s): Bell, Bernard W. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; ACXJ8; AGB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227726
- ISBN
- 9780807848999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
hardcover. Num Pages: 401 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 33. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 401
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815403845
- ISBN
- 9780815403845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.67
€ 128.67
Paperback. Edited by Elizabeth T. Forter, this edition of Major Barbara for performance and study includes Shaw's complete "Preface. " The text follows Shaw's spelling and punctuation. It also includes a highly regarded twenty-four page introduction, a list of the principal dates in the life of Bernard Shaw, and a selected bibliography. Editor(s): Forter, Elizabeth T. Series: Crofts Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Dimension: 187 x 126. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Harlan Davidson
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780882950884
- ISBN
- 9780882950884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.11
€ 17.11
Paperback. Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most accessible and entertaining plays; its characters-Professor Higgins and his pupil Eliza Doolittle have become household names. An authoritative student guide with a wealth of information to support exams and essays, written by leading Shaw scholar and advisor to the Shaw Estate, Len Connolly. Editor(s): Conolly, Leonard. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 208 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176. Pygmalion is one of Shaw's most accessible and entertaining plays; its characters-Professor Higgins and his pupil Eliza Doolittle have become household names. An authoritative student guide with a wealth of information to support exams and essays, written by leading Shaw scholar and advisor to the Shaw Estate, Len Connolly. Editor(s): Conolly, Leonard. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 208 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 150 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176. Very good clean copy with minor shelf wear. Small nick to cover. Lightly foxed, remains very good
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0002422
- ISBN
- 9780713679977
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 12.12
€ 12.12
Paperback. One of Bernard Shaw's greatest plays, Mrs Warren's Profession raises issues about class struggle, generational differences, the past, and female hardship through the exploration of a mother and daughter relationship put under enormous strain. Editor(s): Kent, Brad. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 224 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713679946
- ISBN
- 9780713679946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.10
€ 15.10
Paperback. Arms and the Man has proved to one of Shaw's most popular plays, challenging notions of romance, bravery, cowardice, patriotism, and loyalty. This is a fresh, up to date and accessibly written critical edition for literature and drama students. Editor(s): Wearing, J. P. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 176 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Edition
- Annotated
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713679984
- ISBN
- 9780713679984
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.66
€ 16.66
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 0. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874131475
- ISBN
- 9780874131475
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.21
€ 145.21
Flexibound. Why was Thomas Hardy's first novel never published? What happened to the manuscript of the long promised 'magnum opus' that Truman Capote never delivered? Why did Heinrich Boll abandon his Paradise Lost? These and many other intriguing mysteries are uncovered in this comprehensive guide to literature's lost and unfinished masterpieces. Num Pages: 256 pages, 400. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 248 x 24. Weight in Grams: 884.
- Publisher
- Cassell
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781844037933
- ISBN
- 9781844037933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Composed during the fourteenth century in the English Midlands, this work describes the events that follow when a mysterious green-coloured knight rides into King Arthur's Camelot in deep mid-winter. Blending Celtic myth and Christian faith, it is among the Middle English poems: a tale of magic, chivalry and seduction. Editor(s): O'Donoghue, Bernard. Translator(s): O'Donoghue, Bernard. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140424539
- ISBN
- 9780140424539
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.33
€ 11.99
€ 10.33
Paperback. From millenarists to Antichrist hunters, from the Sibyls to the Hussites, Visions of the End is a monumental compendium spanning the literature of the Christian apocalyptic tradition from the period A.D. 400 to 1500, masterfully selected and complete with a comprehensive introduction and new preface. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 592.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 390
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231112574
- ISBN
- 9780231112574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.44
€ 40.99
€ 29.44
Paperback. Describes the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. This work presents an analysis of three plays, the Antigone, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus, that emphasizes the individuality and variety of the living figures Sophocles created on the same basic armature. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266. Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 224 pages. Describes the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. This work presents an analysis of three plays, the Antigone, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus, that emphasizes the individuality and variety of the living figures Sophocles created on the same basic armature. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 12. Weight: 260.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520049574
- ISBN
- 9780520049574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.75
€ 35.99
€ 26.75
Paperback. 244 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 214 x 138 x 18. Weight: 388.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Five Leaves
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905512331
- ISBN
- 9781905512331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.48
€ 13.99
€ 13.48
Hardback. Addressed to all readers of Dostoevsky, as well as to teachers, students, and specialists, this lucidly-written study approaches the underground manm Raskolnikov, and Ivan and Alyosha Karamazov as lucidly imagined beings whose feelings, behaviours, and ideas are expressions of their personalities and experience. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602939
- ISBN
- 9780230602939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Paperback. Explores the inner conflicts of some of literature's most famous characters, using Karen Horney's psychoanalytic theories to understand the behaviour of these characters as we would the behaviour of real people Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 25. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814766569
- ISBN
- 9780814766569
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.02
€ 33.99
€ 31.02
Hardcover. Num Pages: 184 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403969897
- ISBN
- 9781403969897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.53
€ 66.53
Paperback. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Number of pages
- 237
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371334
- ISBN
- 9781349371334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.14
€ 66.14
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 149 x 29. Weight in Grams: 527.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Kluwer Academic Publishers Group Netherlands
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780306437601
- ISBN
- 9780306437601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.64
€ 67.64
Paperback. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 178 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 178
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555406202
- ISBN
- 9781555406202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.38
€ 57.38
Paperback. Investigates narrative strategies in James Joyce's stories in relation to the changing contextual situations, both in the individual narratives and in the cumulative text, context serving as a portal of entry into the narrative(s). Benstock is the author of "Narrative Con/texts in 'Ulysses'." Num Pages: 171 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349131273
- ISBN
- 9781349131273
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.01
€ 60.01
Paperback. An investigation into the narrative in relation to the changing contextual situations, both in "Ulysses" and in other Joyce texts. Other works by this author include "Critical Essays on James Joyce," "Approaches to Ulysses," and "The Seventh of Joyce." Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349118762
- ISBN
- 9781349118762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.61
€ 71.61
Hardcover. This biography explores the life and work of Denis Johnston, barrister, theatre director, film-maker, pioneering television producer, war correspondent, essayist and celebrated playwright. Bernard Adams brings light to the extraordinary secret life of a complex, self-doubting individual. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 44. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866674
- ISBN
- 9781901866674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.00€ 25.25
€ 32.00
€ 25.25
Hardback. Rebecca West Today, the first-ever collection of essays on this prolific writer, employs cutting-edge as well as more traditional methodological approaches, ranging from historicism to gender studies, textual analyses, and philosophical engagements. The book also contains a useful section on teaching the works of Rebecca West. Editor(s): Schweizer, Bernard. Num Pages: 334 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492965
- ISBN
- 9781611492965
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.23
€ 153.23
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Edition
- 0th edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803244818
- ISBN
- 9780803244818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Hardcover. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403997098
- ISBN
- 9781403997098
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92