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Literature: history & criticism

The final volume of The L.M. Montgomery Reader, A Legacy in Review examines a long overlooked portion of Montgomery's critical reception: reviews of her books. Num Pages: 464 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 864.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644939
ISBN
9781442644939
Condition: New

€ 60.49

Hardcover. Editor(s): Keatinge, Benjamin; Woods, Aengus. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 646. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0003209
ISBN
9780716529101
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. This book is a collection of seminal essays on major aspects of Jewish culture: Yiddish and Hebrew literature, Europe, America and Israel, transformations of Jewish history, the Holocaust, and the formal traditions of Hebrew verse. Num Pages: 296 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804755122
ISBN
9780804755122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Paperback. The book provides a lucid and systematic theory of the work of literature and its major aspects. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 table, 22 figures. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 3. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804755160
ISBN
9780804755160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.56

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 6. Weight in Grams: 182.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
112
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415534697
ISBN
9780415534697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.75

Paperback. Disraeli vividly depicts the appalling conditions of the poor-their pitiful wages, their miserably overcrowded tenements, and their exploitation by the new breed of powerful industrialists-as an indirect plea for social and political reform and for the fulfilment of his dream of a new, more democratic England. Editor(s): Shrimpton, Nicholas. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 23. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198759898
ISBN
9780198759898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.44

Hardcover. Historical Writing in Britain, 1688-1830 explores a series of debates concerning the nature and value of the past in the long eighteenth century. The essays investigate a diverse range of subjects including art history, biography, historical poetry, and novels, as well as addressing more conventional varieties of historical writing. Editor(s): Dew, Benjamin; Price, Fiona. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137332639
ISBN
9781137332639
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

Hardcover. An examination of how women's writings, over two hundred centuries, shaped public opinion and morality. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 300 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Royal Historical Society
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780861933433
ISBN
9780861933433
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Paperback. From the mid-eighteenth century to the twentieth, tourism became established as a leisure industry and travel writing as a popular genre. In this collection of essays, leading international historians and travel writing experts examine the role of home tourism in the UK and Ireland in the development of national identities and commercial culture. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JHBS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321285
ISBN
9781349321285
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. From the mid-eighteenth century to the twentieth, tourism became established as a leisure industry and travel writing as a popular genre. In this collection of essays, leading international historians and travel writing experts examine the role of home tourism in the UK and Ireland in the development of national identities and commercial culture. Num Pages: 276 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230251083
ISBN
9780230251083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.13

Hardback. The final decades of the sixteenth century brought tumultuous change to England. The Time is Out of Joint situates the work of four skeptics-Reginald Scot, Thomas Harriot, Christopher Marlowe, and William Shakespeare-within the context of religious and social change. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492620
ISBN
9781611492620
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.50

Hardcover. Treating the work of Sappho, Goethe, Blake, Holderlin, Verlaine, George, Morike, and Yeats in detail, Bennett makes the provocative argument that the nature of lyric poetry in the West has an element of defectiveness. This study delves into the irresolvable conflict between a poem's guise as quasi-architectural stasis and quasi-musical kinesis. Num Pages: 212 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137381873
ISBN
9781137381873
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Paperback. Contains the proceedings of the Seventh International Symposium organised by the Centre for the Study of Vernacular Literature in the Middle Ages held at the Odense University on 15-16 November 1982. Num Pages: 172 pages, b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 151 x 10. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
172
Condition
New
SKU
V9788774925682
ISBN
9788774925682
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.24

Hardback. Series: Early Modern Cultural Studies Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403977939
ISBN
9781403977939
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.89

Paperback. Translator(s): Mendiones, Ruchira C. Num Pages: 303 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 285.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9789742103804
ISBN
9789742103804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.52

Paperback. This text is about transvestism and the performance of gender in Latin American literature and culture. Ben. Sifuentes-Jaregui explores the figure of the transvestite and his/her relation to the body through a series of canonical Latin American texts. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSA; DSB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 292.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294410
ISBN
9780312294410
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.37
€ 46.34

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312294403
ISBN
9780312294403
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.37
€ 47.12

Hardback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 188 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137555021
ISBN
9781137555021
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.28

Hardback. Examines the formation of modern Vietnamese literature under French colonialism. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 2GRV; 3JH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823273133
ISBN
9780823273133
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.31

Paperback. Examines the formation of modern Vietnamese literature under French colonialism. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 2GRV; 3JH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823273140
ISBN
9780823273140
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Aims to shed light on the perennial questions of ethics. This work demonstrates how literary sources can add richness to discussions of real-life moral questions and dilemmas. It brings together selections and excerpts from some of the world's most celebrated short stories, novels, plays, and poetry. Editor(s): Singer, Peter; Singer, Renata. Num Pages: 640 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1086.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405105842
ISBN
9781405105842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Hardcover. In The Moral of the Story, Peter and Renata Singer draw on some of the best works of fiction, playwriting, and poetry in order to shed light on the perennial questions of ethics. Editor(s): Singer, Peter; Singer, Renata. Num Pages: 640 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 185 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1326.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
640
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405105835
ISBN
9781405105835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.52

Hardback. Editor(s): Siegel, Ben; Halio, Jay L. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491470
ISBN
9781611491470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.63

Paperback. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. Num Pages: 138 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. 136 pages, 1 colour book. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Cateogry: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 9. Weight: 192.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521678278
ISBN
9780521678278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.43

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