Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Ralph Waldo Emerson is one of the most important figures in the history of American thought, religion, and literature. The vitality of his writings and the unsettling power of his example continue to influence us more than a hundred years after his death. This work gives us a portrait of the whole man. Num Pages: 684 pages, 26 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BG; DSBF; HPC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 53. Weight in Grams: 1004.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 684
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206892
- ISBN
- 9780520206892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.07
€ 38.99
€ 28.07
Paperback. This biography of Henry Thoreau offers insight into his social activism, his interest in fine arts, William Gilpin and John Ruskin's influence on his nature writing, and his involvement in, and influence by, the Agassiz-Darwin debate over "The Origin of Species.". Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 664.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520063464
- ISBN
- 9780520063464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.77
€ 36.99
€ 26.77
Hardcover. There is a preoccupation with religion in the work of Northrop Frye. This book shows that it played a greater role than assumed - religion was central to practically everything Frye wrote. It focuses on the works with which Frye began and ended his career - "Fearful Symmetry" and, 50 years on, his two studies of the Bible and "The Double Vision". Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BGH; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 32. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922997
- ISBN
- 9780813922997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.76
€ 76.76
Hardback. The author is one of the most celebrated and influential American poets. A stylist of the highest order, he imbued his correspondence with the literary artistry he brought to his poetry. This title deals with his works. Editor(s): Smith, Rod; Baker, Peter; Harris, Kaplan. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 36. Weight in Grams: 838.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520241602
- ISBN
- 9780520241602
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.34€ 51.27
€ 65.34
€ 51.27
Paperback. Holding in balance the ecological and the technological, ancient and modern, this work sings languages and cultures, people and habitats burgeoning on the brink of extinction. Assured in its rhymes and cadences, it is often attentive to poetry in other tongues, not least Gaelic. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224080873
- ISBN
- 9780224080873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.69
€ 16.99
€ 12.69
Paperback. Did you know the Battle of Bannockburn had its own poet-in-residence? Starting in 1314 and coming right up to the present day, the author examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. It also includes the most detailed consideration of what independence meant to Robert Burns. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748685844
- ISBN
- 9780748685844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.69
€ 33.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. Statius' 'Achilleid' is perhaps the most remarkable of all Latin epic poems. Its project - to tell the whole life of Achilles - was cut short by the poet's untimely death. In relating this story, Statius explores the nature of gender and the limits of the epic genre, while playfully positioning himself in the epic - and wider - poetic tradition. Editor(s): Dilke, O.A.W. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Editions. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904675112
- ISBN
- 9781904675112
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.92
€ 32.92
Hardback. A journey through the life and thought of George Orwell, from public school satirist and imperial policeman to Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199680801
- ISBN
- 9780199680801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.04
€ 19.99
€ 16.04
Paperback. Offers a literary and philosophical analysis of Flannery O'Connor's life and literature. It draws upon Robert Coles's personal experiences in the South during the civil rights movement of the late 1950s and early 1960s, his brief acquaintance with the writer herself, and readings of her works. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820315362
- ISBN
- 9780820315362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.98
€ 37.98
Paperback. Editor(s): Evans, Robert C. Series: Arden Early Modern Drama Guides. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472520364
- ISBN
- 9781472520364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.60
€ 34.99
€ 33.60
Paperback. The description for this book, Wallace Stevens: The Making of Harmonium, will be forthcoming. Editor(s): Buttel, Robert. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691623399
- ISBN
- 9780691623399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.77
€ 46.99
€ 33.77
Paperback. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 14. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857546507
- ISBN
- 9781857546507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.08
€ 17.99
€ 14.08
Paperback. Drawing on extensive scholarship and the author's own letters, this book offers information about his life, early hardships, political beliefs, and literary contexts. Editor(s): Noble, Andrew; Hogg, Patrick Scott. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 51. Weight in Grams: 744. 1120 pages. Editor(s): Noble, Andrew; Hogg, Patrick Scott. Drawing on extensive scholarship and the author's own letters, this book offers information about his life, early hardships, political beliefs, and literary contexts. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 51. Weight: 888.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 1120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841953809
- ISBN
- 9781841953809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 22.10
€ 33.99
€ 22.10
Hardback. In dialogue with a diverse group of thinkers, from Erich Auerbach and Aby Warburg to Alain Badiou and Jacques Lacan, The Pathos of the Real advances an innovative new framework for rethinking the aesthetics of violence in the twentieth century. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801897566
- ISBN
- 9780801897566
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.16€ 58.57
€ 64.16
€ 58.57
Presents an exploration of both Shakespeare's works and his age. Focusing on six recurring prejudices in Shakespeare's plays - such as misogyny, elitism, distrust of effeminacy, and racism, this title examines how Shakespeare and his contemporaries treated them. It reveals a playwright constantly exploiting and exploring his own personal stances. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 28. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300115765
- ISBN
- 9780300115765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.65€ 43.30
€ 54.65
€ 43.30
Hardcover. Series: Complete Works Robert Browning. Num Pages: 419 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 160. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 419
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821402207
- ISBN
- 9780821402207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.57
€ 91.57
Hardback. Concludes the major phase of a great scholarly project: the accurate preservation and transmission of the poet's works for future generations of readers. This book begins with author's last collection of poems, Asolando: Fancies and Facts, published on the day of the poet's death, 12 December 1889. Editor(s): Dooley, Allan C.; Crowder, Ashby Bland. Series: Complete Works Robert Browning. Num Pages: 520 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 520
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821419816
- ISBN
- 9780821419816
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.30
€ 91.30
Hardcover. Hawlin and Burnett present the final volume in this three volume edition of Browning's great murder-story, "The Ring and the Book". Browning concludes his poem with the monologues of Pope Innocent XII and of Guido in his prison-cell prior to execution, and then the witty, ironic envoi of Book XII. Series: Oxford English Texts: Browning. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 722. Clean copy with light wear and rubbing to spine and boards. No dust jacket
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 428
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0003039
- ISBN
- 9780198186717
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 219.53€ 203.62
€ 219.53
€ 203.62
Paperback. In the "Poet to Poet" series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and their critical reactions, the selectors offer intriguing insights into their own work. Here, Douglas Dunn surveys Robert Browning. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 120 x 12. Weight in Grams: 126. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- SKU
- KOC0013802
- ISBN
- 9780571214839
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; 3JM; DSB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231173803
- ISBN
- 9780231173803
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.40
€ 40.99
€ 29.40
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555975043
- ISBN
- 9781555975043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.94
€ 17.99
€ 15.94
Paperback. Featuring original interviews with three of the most important theorists of the 21st century, this volume clarifies the relationship between contemporary French philosophy and poetry. The interviews demonstrate how Ranciere, Milner, and Badiou are all in conversation with one another on various points. Series: Insolubilia: New Work in Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield International
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786603111
- ISBN
- 9781786603111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 45.84
€ 46.99
€ 45.84
Paperback. Robert Bird traces Fyodor Dostoevsky's path from a political revolutionary to one who fought his battles through the printed word. The author describes how Dostoevsky's difficult background contributed to his highly acclaimed novels such as Crime and Punishment (1867) and The Brothers Karamazov. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
- Publisher
- Reaktion Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781861899002
- ISBN
- 9781861899002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.62
€ 17.99
€ 17.62
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571133717
- ISBN
- 9781571133717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.03
€ 69.03