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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Translator(s): Burian, P. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 90 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 6. Weight in Grams: 28.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
90
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635927
ISBN
9780691635927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.61

Paperback. Intended to be both read as literature and performed as plays, these translations are lucid and readable, while remaining staunchly faithful to the texts. Translator(s): Poochigian, Aaron. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 149 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400648
ISBN
9781421400648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.34

Intended to be both read as literature and performed as plays, these translations are lucid and readable, while remaining staunchly faithful to the texts. Translator(s): Poochigian, Aaron. Series: Johns Hopkins New Translations from Antiquity. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 232 x 17. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421400631
ISBN
9781421400631
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.61

Paperback. Translator(s): Grene, David; O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Later Printing
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226007724
ISBN
9780226007724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.23

Paperback. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Series Editor(s): Harrison, John; Affleck, Judith. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 197 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. 144 pages, 1 colour book. Editor(s): May, Philip de. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Cateogry: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 133 x 197 x 8. Weight: 202. Translator(s): May, Philip de. Series Editor(s) :Harrison, John; Affleck, Judith.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
142
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521010757
ISBN
9780521010757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.49

Hardcover. Aeschylus (ca 525-456 BCE), the dramatist who made Athenian tragedy one of the world's great art forms, witnessed the establishment of democracy at Athens and fought against the Persians at Marathon. This third volume collects the major fragments of lost Aeschylean plays. Editor(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Translator(s): Sommerstein, Alan H. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 169 x 114 x 17. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996298
ISBN
9780674996298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.96

Paperback. A collection of plays that focuses on three playwrights' - Peter Meineck, Cecelia Eaton Luschnig, and Paul Woodruff - treatment of the same events in the House of Atreus. It is suitable for those interested in Greek literature, theater history, or mythology. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter; Luschnig, Cecilia Eaton; Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209640
ISBN
9780872209640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.42

Hardback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781624664724
ISBN
9781624664724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.12
€ 40.81

Paperback. The highly acclaimed memoir of growing up with Dylan Thomas Editor(s): Campomar, Andreas. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188. 288 pages, Illustrations, ports. In 1949, after years of nomadic existence, Aeronwy Thomas and her family arrived at the Boat House in Laugharne, a small village on the Welsh coast. Here her father, the poet Dylan Thomas and mother, Caitlin, hoped to find peace, a place to settle and work. This book contains a portrait of growing up and an insight into Dylan Thomas' poetry. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSC. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849013642
ISBN
9781849013642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.92

paperback. Whitney's two volumes of verse miscellany, "Sweet Nosegay" (1573) and "The Copy of a Letter" (1567), were part of a literary trend of combining classical and Biblical references with vernacular sources. As well a selection of her original poetry, this volume includes Mary Sidney's version of the Psalms of David and Petrach's "Triumph of Death". Editor(s): Clarke, Danielle. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3J; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140424096
ISBN
9780140424096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.29

Hardcover. Aelius Aristides (117 after 180), among the most versatile authors of the Second Sophistic and an important figure in the transmission of Hellenism, produced speeches and lectures, declamations on historical themes, polemical works, prose hymns, and essays on a wide variety of subjects. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 708 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 16 x 10. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996465
ISBN
9780674996465
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSYC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113401
ISBN
9781551113401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.43
€ 51.38

Hardcover. Transport in British Fiction is the first essay collection devoted to transport and its various types-horse, train, tram, cab, omnibus, bicycle, ship, car, air and space-as represented in British fiction across a century of unprecedented technological change that was as destabilizing as it was progressive. Editor(s): Gavin, Adrienne E.; Humphries, Andrew F. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; WG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137499035
ISBN
9781137499035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.97

Hardcover. A critical assessement of mystery in children's literature, this collection charts a development from religious mystery through rationally solved detective fictions to insoluble supernatural and horror mysteries. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSY; YFCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
241
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2001st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333918814
ISBN
9780333918814
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

Hardback. Includes essays that explore music and its relationship to language, aesthetics, and culture in the life and work of the preeminent Modernist writer Virginia Woolf (Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, A Room of One's Own, and other works). Num Pages: 348 pages, 9 music exx., 3 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 617.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012463
ISBN
9780253012463
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. Includes essays that explore music and its relationship to language, aesthetics, and culture in the life and work of the preeminent Modernist writer Virginia Woolf (Mrs Dalloway, To the Lighthouse, Orlando, A Room of One's Own, and other works). Num Pages: 348 pages, 9 music exx., 3 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 21. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253012555
ISBN
9780253012555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Mary Wollstonecraft's "A Vindication of the Rights of Woman" (1792) is the founding text of modern feminism. In this sourcebook, Adriana Craciun provides a starting point for readers new to Wollstonecraft's work. Key materials include letters by Wollstonecraft and important contemporary documents. Editor(s): Craciun, Adriana. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415227360
ISBN
9780415227360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.11

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403902351
ISBN
9781403902351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349508105
ISBN
9781349508105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.01

Hardback. Editor(s): Schaffer, Simon. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 338 pages, 18 black & white illustrations, 36 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 305 x 28. Weight in Grams: 670.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137445797
ISBN
9781137445797
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.05

Hardback. Cavarero refutes a long-standing set of assumptions in moral philosophy by contesting the classical figure of the homo erectus or 'upright man, ' and by proposing a feminist, altruistic, open model of the subject-one inclined toward others. Translator(s): Sitze, Adam; Minervini, Amanda. Series: Square One. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804792189
ISBN
9780804792189
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.82

Paperback. A timely book which makes an important intervention in contemporary feminist theory. It uses an original methodology in "stealing" four figures from ancient Greek texts and reinterpreting them using theories of sexual difference. It will be welcomed by students and scholars in a wide range of disciplines. Translator(s): Anderlini-D'Onofrio, Serena; O'Healy, Aine; D'Onofrio, S.A-.; Onofrio, Serena Anderlini-D'. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745615721
ISBN
9780745615721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.81

Paperback. Cavarero refutes a long-standing set of assumptions in moral philosophy by contesting the classical figure of the homo erectus or 'upright man, ' and by proposing a feminist, altruistic, open model of the subject-one inclined toward others. Translator(s): Sitze, Adam; Minervini, Amanda. Series: Square One. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503600409
ISBN
9781503600409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.56

Paperback. A major new work by the philosopher and feminist thinker Adriana Cavarero, this is a fascinating and challenging account of the relationship between the structure of the self and the structure of narrative. Translator(s): Kottman, Paul. Series: Warwick Studies in European Philosophy. Num Pages: 180 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCF5; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 11. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415200585
ISBN
9780415200585
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.66

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