Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653778
- ISBN
- 9780691653778
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.07
€ 176.07
Paperback. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300224283
- ISBN
- 9780300224283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.36
€ 16.99
€ 13.36
hardcover. This is a text, an English translation, and a commentary on a medieval verse history of the kings of Ireland and Scotland from the 9th to the 11th centuries. It examines the "Prophecy of Berchan" as a historical record with much to offer students of kingship among the Irish and Scots. Series: Contributions to the Study of World History. Num Pages: 288 pages, selected bibliography. BIC Classification: 3H; DCF; DSBB; DSC; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- ABC-CLIO United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313295676
- ISBN
- 9780313295676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.62€ 78.31
€ 87.62
€ 78.31
hardcover. In his readings of "The Professor's House", "The Great Gatsby", and "Miss Lonelyhearts", the author finds that, far from the simple selfishness or apathy for which it is so often dismissed, the cynicism in these texts is suffused by a desire for the certainty promised by norms such as national teleology, ethnic identity, and civic participation. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813928128
- ISBN
- 9780813928128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.37
€ 60.37
Hardcover. The stage portrayal of the Victorians in recent times is a key reference point in understanding notions of Britishness, and the profound politicisation of that debate over the last four decades. This book throws new light on works by canonical playwrights like Bond, Edgar, and Churchill, linking theatre to the wider culture at large. Num Pages: 248 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230298897
- ISBN
- 9780230298897
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.43
€ 62.43
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: AGB; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Wakefield Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Printing from This Publisher
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780984115532
- ISBN
- 9780984115532
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.86
€ 18.99
€ 18.86
Paperback. A concise guide to the life and work of the French intellectual Georges Bataille, best known as the author of the celebrated The Story of the Eye. Series: Modern European Thinkers. Num Pages: 176 pages, notes, references, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745315874
- ISBN
- 9780745315874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 30.95
€ 40.99
€ 30.95
Paperback. Series: Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 168 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674016644
- ISBN
- 9780674016644
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.25
€ 31.99
€ 26.25
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
€ 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
€ 81.43
€ 81.43
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€ 27.20
€ 27.99
€ 27.20
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691650517
- ISBN
- 9780691650517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.97
€ 140.97
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€ 16.93
€ 16.99
€ 16.93
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
€ 62.26
€ 62.26
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
€ 113.41
€ 113.41
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
€ 62.54
€ 62.54
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
€ 62.70
€ 62.70
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
€ 124.46
€ 124.46
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
€ 61.98
€ 61.98
Paperback. Series: New Directions in Latino American Cultures. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1900
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349999675
- ISBN
- 9781349999675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.47
€ 61.47