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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Why Victorian Literature Still Matters is a passionate defense of the enduring impact of Victorian realism today. With a nod to the popularity of phrenology within that era, noted literary scholar Philip Davis points to a corner of the human mind where all Victorian literature resides. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405135795
ISBN
9781405135795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.74

Paperback. Reading and the Reader defends the value of reading serious literature, investigating the role of the reader in the human search for meaning outside as well as inside of books. Series: The Literary Agenda. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JNAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199683185
ISBN
9780199683185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.62

Paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392. D.H. Lawrence - The Nomadic Years 1919-1930. Series: Student Guides. 250 pages. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 18. Weight: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Edition
F
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551822
ISBN
9781871551822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Hardback. -- Robert E. Morrell, Washington University Editor(s): Yampolsky, Philip B. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 508 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072601
ISBN
9780231072601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.30
€ 89.78

paperback. Editor(s): Swanson, Philip. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH; DSK; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138804180
ISBN
9781138804180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.51

Paperback. A sparkling collection of new plays easy to perform with small groups, much used in schools, colleges and youth theatres. Editor(s): Setren, Phil. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Aurora Metro Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780951587782
ISBN
9780951587782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. Asserts that poetry, like music, is based on sound and so close attention should be paid to its rhythms and metrical patterns. This book illustrates the author's points with examples ranging from nursery rhymes and limericks to experimental forms as well as familiar pieces from over the centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0021016
ISBN
9780140285376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. Asserts that poetry, like music, is based on sound and so close attention should be paid to its rhythms and metrical patterns. This book illustrates the author's points with examples ranging from nursery rhymes and limericks to experimental forms as well as familiar pieces from over the centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001792
ISBN
9780140285376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Num Pages: 260 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: BM; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907869785
ISBN
9781907869785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.57

Hardback. In What Is a World? Pheng Cheah draws on accounts of the world as a temporal process from Hegel, Marx, Heidegger, Arendt, and Derrida, and analyzes several postcolonial novels to articulate a normative theory of world literature's capacity to open up new possibilities for remaking the world. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360780
ISBN
9780822360780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.40

Paperback. In What Is a World? Pheng Cheah draws on accounts of the world as a temporal process from Hegel, Marx, Heidegger, Arendt, and Derrida, and analyzes several postcolonial novels to articulate a normative theory of world literature's capacity to open up new possibilities for remaking the world. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360926
ISBN
9780822360926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Raines, Seville V. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
142
Condition
New
SKU
V9781594540851
ISBN
9781594540851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 100.54
€ 70.39

Paperback. The 35 original essays in A Companion to Narrative Theory constitute the best available introduction to this vital and contested field of humanistic enquiry. Comprises 35 original essays written by leading figures in the field Includes contributions from pioneers in the field such as Wayne C. Booth, Seymour Chatman, J. Editor(s): Phelan, James; Rabinowitz, Peter J. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 170 x 31. Weight in Grams: 940.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405184380
ISBN
9781405184380
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49

Hardcover. Series: Cornell East Asia Studies. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Univ of Hawaii Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947822
ISBN
9781933947822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
250
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603842884
ISBN
9781603842884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.74

Paperback. Although Francesco Petrarca (1304-74) is best known today for cementing the sonnet's place in literary history, he was also a philosopher, historian, orator, and one of the foremost classical scholars of his age. This title provides information on each of Petrarch's works, its place in the poet's oeuvre, and an exposition of its defining features. Editor(s): Kirkham, Victoria; Maggi, Armando. Num Pages: 568 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 160 x 30. Weight in Grams: 754.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
568
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226437422
ISBN
9780226437422
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.30

Hardcover. Why has a fascination with fascism re-emerged after the Cold War? What is its cultural function now, in an era of commemoration? Focusing particularly on the British context, this study offers an analysis of contemporary popular and literary fiction, film, TV and art exhibitions about Nazis and Nazism. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in War and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748668649
ISBN
9780748668649
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.47
€ 95.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JMQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Transcript Verlag Germany
Number of pages
206
Condition
New
SKU
V9783837618419
ISBN
9783837618419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.66

Paperback. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 152 x 18. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024631615
ISBN
9788024631615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.45

Hardcover. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGZ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 217 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
East European Monographs United States
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780880336802
ISBN
9780880336802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.66

Paperback. Translator(s): Macmillan, Peter. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 248 x 25. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9780141392578
ISBN
9780141392578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 11.29

Hardback. Offers a study of Vietnam's greatest and controversial 20th century writer who died tragically in 1939 at the age of 28. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 b/w images. BIC Classification: 1FMV; 2GRV; 3JJ; BGH; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
283
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520276284
ISBN
9780520276284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.42
€ 43.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816650798
ISBN
9780816650798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.07

Paperback. The book considers the London theatrical culture which took shape in the 1570s and came to an end in 1642. * Places emphasis on those plays that are readily available in modern editions and can sometimes to be seen in modern productions, including Shakespeare. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631226307
ISBN
9780631226307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.24

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