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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. A remarkable work that recovers the songs Shakespeare's audiences actually heard and brings them to life through performance. Num Pages: 528 pages, 49 illustrations, 500 music examples. BIC Classification: AVGC2; AVQS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 259 x 34. Weight in Grams: 1330.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
HAR/COM
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393058895
ISBN
9780393058895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.05

hardcover. Renunciation as a creative force is the animating idea behind Ross Posnock s new book. Taking up acts of abandonment, rejection, and refusal that have long baffled critics, he shows how renunciation has reframed the relationship of writers, philosophers, and artists to society in productive and unpredictable ways." Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: AB; DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 243 x 36. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
380
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967830
ISBN
9780674967830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.48
€ 52.81

Paperback. Has anyone ever worked harder and longer at being immature than novelist Philip Roth? This book examines Roth's 'mature immaturity' in its depth and richness. It lets readers to reconsider the narrow categories into which Roth has often been slotted - laureate of Newark, New Jersey; junior partner in the firm Salinger, Bellow, Mailer, and Malamud. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 20. Weight in Grams: 474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138435
ISBN
9780691138435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, port. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300443
ISBN
9781896300443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 17.21

Hardback. This original and provocative engagement with Erasmus' work argues that the Dutch humanist discovered in classical Stoicism several principles which he developed into a paradigm-shifting application of Stoicism to Christianity. Series: Erasmus Studies. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA; HPCB; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 38. Weight in Grams: 796.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487500610
ISBN
9781487500610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HRLK2; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Arkansas Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557285812
ISBN
9781557285812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 45.50

Hardback. Covering definitions of key terms, important debates about literature and the world and the many forms of literature today, this is a comprehensive introduction to key topics in the study of literature, criticism and theory. Editor(s): Thomsen, Mads Rosendahl; Kjaeldgaard, Lasse Home; Moller, Lis; Ringgaard, Dan; Rosing, Lilian Munk; Simonsen, Peter. Num Pages: 464 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 244 x 169. Weight in Grams: 927.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474271974
ISBN
9781474271974
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.26

Hardback. This book presents a selection of the writings of Sir Walter Wilson Greg (1875-1959), one of the leading bibliographers of the 20th century and, along with R. B. McKerrow and A. W. Pollard, the founder of the New Bibliography that dominated 20th-century textual studies. Series: Great Bibliographers S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833999
ISBN
9780810833999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.56

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 306 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647906
ISBN
9780691647906
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.91

Paperback. Examines the changing representations of "home" in 20th-century English literature. The text argues that literary allegiances are always more complicated than expected and yet curiously visible in textual reformulations of "home". Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520220126
ISBN
9780520220126
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.52

Num Pages: 288 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 240 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801440267
ISBN
9780801440267
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.15

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489938
ISBN
9780801489938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.30

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, 18. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801442964
ISBN
9780801442964
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99

Hardback. London: An Illustrated Literary Companion, compiled by Rosemary Gray, captures the varying moods of the great city of London over recent centuries, through diary entries, with quotations, poems, essays and extracts from great works written in its honor. It is beautifully illustrated with drawings and engravings from distinguished artists. Editor(s): Gray, Rosemary. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DQ; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 104 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Illustrated, Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509827688
ISBN
9781509827688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481037
ISBN
9781611481037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138827141
ISBN
9781138827141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 29.28

Hardcover. How language and marginalia shape the perception of a landmark legal text Num Pages: 232 pages, 56 color illus., 24 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JB; DSBB; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253356413
ISBN
9780253356413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Paperback. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801481840
ISBN
9780801481840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.51

Hardback. This book presents Black history contextualized in chapters that provide both an introduction to historical periods and an annotated bibliography of outstanding children's literature that can be used to introduce and teach the history of each period. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 26. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810858435
ISBN
9780810858435
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.85

Paperback. In Greek thought, "barbaroi" are utterers of unintelligible or inarticulate sounds. What importance does the text of Herodotus's "Histories" attribute to language as a criterion of ethnic identity? The answer to this question illuminates the empirical foundations of Herodotus's pluralistic worldview. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 214.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
100
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674017900
ISBN
9780674017900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

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