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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This authoritative edition was originally published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Coleridge's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by important criticism, letters, and marginalia - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Editor(s): Jackson, H. J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 47. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
752
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537914
ISBN
9780199537914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.94

Hardcover. Coleridge is the most complex and brilliant, yet the most elusive and intense of the great Romantic writers. This book includes a selection of verse and prose which tells about his work. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 371 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 3JF; 3JH; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 125 x 0. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
David Campbell Publishers Ltd.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857150278
ISBN
9781857150278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Presents a biography of Samuel Taylor Coleridge (1772-1834), who as a poet, philosopher and critic, stands as one of the seminal figures of his time. His some of the many works include: "Lyrical Ballads" (1799), "Biographia Literaria" (1817), and "Poetical Works". Editor(s): Fenton, James. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 104.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
9780571209811
ISBN
9780571209811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

Paperback. Tells the story of a nightmare voyage to the South Pole told by the sole survivor, the bright-eyed ancient mariner whose wanton killing of an albatross, a bird of good omen, brought misfortune on the ship and all its crew. Num Pages: 64 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099561538
ISBN
9780099561538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.70

Paperback. Pressured by her unscrupulous family to marry a wealthy man she detests, the young Clarissa Harlowe is tricked into fleeing with the witty and debonair Robert Lovelace and places herself under his protection. Lovelace, however, proves himself to be an untrustworthy rake whose vague promises of marriage are accompanied by unwelcome sexual advances. Editor(s): Ross, Angus. Num Pages: 1536 pages, music. BIC Classification: 2BMH; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 146 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140432152
ISBN
9780140432152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 20.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 225 x 150 x 31. Weight in Grams: 756.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816645244
ISBN
9780816645244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. The only student edition of Samuel Johnson's great eighteenth-century literary biography.

Editor(s): Seager, Nicholas; Wilcox, Lance. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 301 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554811557
ISBN
9781554811557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.69

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APFA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393927658
ISBN
9780393927658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.50

Paperback. Features four last prose fictions by Samuel Beckett that were originally published individually, and their composition spanned the final decade of his life. This edition also includes several short prose texts such as: "Heard in the Dark" I & II, "One Evening", "The Way", and, "Ceiling". Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571244737
ISBN
9780571244737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.54

Paperback. This book provides a historical context for racial division by tracing the path of the color line as it appears in the native writings of African-Americans in the 19th and 20th centuries. Series: Mestizo Spaces/Espaces Metisses. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727754
ISBN
9780804727754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. Arabic literary salons emerged in ninth-century Iraq and, by the tenth, were flourishing in Baghdad and other urban centers. Looking at the period from 500 to 1250 AD, this title interprets Arabic manuscripts in order to answer fundamental questions about literary salons as a social institution. Series: Poetics of Orality & Literacy S. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB; HBLC1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268020323
ISBN
9780268020323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.01

Hardback. The thirteen essays in Imagining the Jew in Anglo-Saxon Literature and Culture examine visual and textual representations of Jews before 1066. Editor(s): Zacher, Samantha. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, 28. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; 3F; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646674
ISBN
9781442646674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.90

Hardback. Anne Bronte is the forgotten Bronte sister, overshadowed by her older siblings - virtuous, successful Charlotte, free-spirited Emily and dissolute Branwell. Tragic, virginal, sweet, stoic, selfless, Anne. The less talented Bronte, the other Bronte. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 224 x 33. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784740214
ISBN
9781784740214
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.80

Hardcover. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748681365
ISBN
9780748681365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 102.83

Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780990895886
ISBN
9780990895886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.42

Paperback. A classic guide to dramatic writing now revised and expanded for a new generation of playwrights and screenwriters Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: AN; CBV; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
Rev Exp
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300107241
ISBN
9780300107241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.82

Paperback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719088452
ISBN
9780719088452
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.67

Paperback. Every era has invented a different idea of the 'classical' to create its own identity. Thus the 'classical' does not concern only the past: it is also concerned with the present and a vision of the future. Num Pages: 104 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
104
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745635996
ISBN
9780745635996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.04

Hardback. DiMaria delves into how playwrights not only brought inventive new dramaturgical methods to the genre, but also incorporated significant aspects of the morals and aesthetic preferences familiar to contemporary spectators into their works. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647121
ISBN
9781442647121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.82

Paperback. On Valentine's Day, 1989, Salman Rushdie received a telephone call from a BBC journalist that would change his life forever: Ayatollah Khomeini, a leading Muslim scholar, had issued him with a death sentence. This book offers an account of how he was forced to live in hiding for over a decade. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 136 x 42. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099563440
ISBN
9780099563440
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. A study of post-Vietnam American literature and culture focusing on narratives of bodily trauma evident in a wide range of texts by and about other white men. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231112932
ISBN
9780231112932
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.60

hardcover. Editor(s): Greene, Sally. Num Pages: 306 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 712. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780821412695
ISBN
9780821412695
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.25

Paperback. These three works exemplify the Roman historian Sallust's condemnation of the excesses of the late Republic. In the conspiracy of Catiline and the war against Jugurtha he sees moral and political corruption and the tragedy of civil strife. This new translation captures Sallust's distinctive style and considers his work as history and literature. Translator(s): Batstone, William W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192823458
ISBN
9780192823458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.68

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231156950
ISBN
9780231156950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.41

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