Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. This impressive book, which assembles contributions by some of the world's most eminent historians, art historians and other scholars of the Iranian world, explores the history of the country through the prism of Persian literature, art and culture. Editor(s): Hillenbrand, Robert; Peacock, A. C. S.; Abdullaeva, Firuza. Num Pages: 416 pages, 24pp colour plates, 48 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; AC; DSB; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 244 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1110.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780760155
- ISBN
- 9781780760155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.49€ 137.06
€ 154.49
€ 137.06
Paperback. A reading and research into strange territories of folklore, mythology, religion and magic. This book is a scholar-poet's quest for the meaning of European myths, a polemic about the relations between man and woman, and also a personal document in which the author explored the sources of his own inspiration and, as he believed, all true poetry. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 40. Weight in Grams: 670.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571174256
- ISBN
- 9780571174256
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 16.87
€ 24.99
€ 16.87
Paperback. In 1929 the author went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This book is an account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184593
- ISBN
- 9780141184593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. Tells the story of the author's experiences as a young officer in the First World War. This title describes life in the trenches and how the dehumanizing horrors he witnessed left him shell-shocked. Series: Penguin Essentials. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 112 x 23. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Number of pages
- 368
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241951415
- ISBN
- 9780241951415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.52
€ 7.52
Hardback. In arguing that Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical explanation of the possibility of modernism, the author shows that literary fiction can do the work of philosophy. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 719.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732949
- ISBN
- 9780804732949
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.14
€ 184.14
Paperback. In arguing that Nietzsche's Thus Spoke Zarathustra is a philosophical explanation of the possibility of modernism, the author shows that literary fiction can do the work of philosophy. Series: Atopia: Philosophy, Political Theory, Aesthetics. Num Pages: 440 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732956
- ISBN
- 9780804732956
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.32
€ 43.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. The books in this A Level poetry series contain a glossary and notes on each page. The approach encourages students to develop their own responses to the poems, and an A Level Chief Examiner offers exam tips. This text contains poems and letters by Keats in chronological order. Series: Heinemann Poetry Bookshelf. Num Pages: 320 pages, glossaries, notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DCF; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780435150778
- ISBN
- 9780435150778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.79
€ 29.79
Hardcover. This volume considers the phenomenon of mimetic contagion, whereby works of art draw viewers into direct imitation of themselves, and how it operates within specific historical contexts. Terence's Eunuch is used as a case study, situating the motif within the peculiarities of mid-second-century BC Rome and its anxieties about the power of art. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738732
- ISBN
- 9780198738732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.09
€ 152.09
Hardback. Pensive, mercurial, and often funny, the private Robert Frost remains less appreciated than the public poet. This edition of the correspondence of this complex and subtle verbal artist, includes hundreds of unpublished letters whose literary interest is on a par with Dickinson, Lowell, and Beckett. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 166 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1226.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674057609
- ISBN
- 9780674057609
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 45.96
€ 54.99
€ 45.96
Paperback. One of a series, this one concentrating on poems by Robert Frost Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 4KL; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198325710
- ISBN
- 9780198325710
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.61
€ 19.61
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691628677
- ISBN
- 9780691628677
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.20
€ 106.20
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691627335
- ISBN
- 9780691627335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Hardback. Fallon explores Shakespeare in five sections dealing with language, theme, staging, character, and plot, each abundantly illustrated with episodes and quotations from the plays. He writes in easily accessible prose in a book designed to make modern readers and audiences feel comfortable with the Bard. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566636186
- ISBN
- 9781566636186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.05
€ 17.99
€ 17.05
Paperback. A companion to Shakespeare, presenting surveys of his plays to help readers and viewers follow the action. It examines the most frequently staged plays scene by scene, and those less frequently performed act by act, with commentary on character, theme, setting, poetry and stage history. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635080
- ISBN
- 9781566635080
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.09
€ 20.09
Hardback. An intelligent introduction to the wondrous works of William Shakespeare. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 40. Weight in Grams: 844.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566633420
- ISBN
- 9781566633420
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.48
€ 32.99
€ 29.48
Hardcover. An examination of the themes in Shakespeare's plays, following on from Robert Fallon's "Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare". Fallon discusses the revelations about human nature that give the plays substance, weight and such an enduring quality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566634571
- ISBN
- 9781566634571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 25.13
€ 27.99
€ 25.13
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSB; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637723
- ISBN
- 9780691637723
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.89
€ 138.89
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638072
- ISBN
- 9780691638072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.37
€ 133.37
hardcover. This book considers the widespread treatment of traumatic memory in Irish fiction of the past thirty-five years. It focuses on both trauma fiction and the historical novel, and the way certain novelists looked to early events in twentieth century Irish history to engage the recent political violence in Northern Ireland beginning in 1969. Num Pages: 179 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 344. From the library of Ivor Browne and June Levine. Inscribed affectionately by author to both. Very good clean copy showing minor age and wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan London
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0025604
- ISBN
- 9780230250307
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.12
€ 5.12
Paperback. Series: The Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSG; FQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 205 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195072907
- ISBN
- 9780195072907
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.63
€ 16.63
Hardcover. A Concise Companion to Contemporary British Fiction offers an authoritative overview of contemporary British fiction in its social, political, and economic contexts. Focuses on the fiction that has emerged since the late 1970s, roughly since the start of the Thatcher era. Comprises original essays from major scholars. Editor(s): English, James F. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405120005
- ISBN
- 9781405120005
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.91
€ 137.91
Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 244 pages, Plans transparencies :Bibliography: p.187-212. - Includes index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810811607
- ISBN
- 9780810811607
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.29
€ 93.29
paperback. Robert Eaglestone argues that postmodernism is a response to the Holocaust. He offers a range of new perspectives, including new ways of looking at testimony and at recent Holocaust fiction; explores controversies in Holocaust history; looks at the importance of the Holocaust for recent philosophy; and asks what the Holocaust means for reason, ethics, and for being human. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBG; HBLW3; HP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199239375
- ISBN
- 9780199239375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.42
€ 62.42
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138039674
- ISBN
- 9781138039674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.93
€ 26.99
€ 26.93