Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This book presents a critical analysis of Portuguese Nobel Laureate Jos Saramagos three novels, Baltasar and Blimunda (1982), The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1984), and The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989). Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536976
- ISBN
- 9781557536976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.00
€ 59.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 311.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349054510
- ISBN
- 9781349054510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.54
€ 71.54
Hardcover. An introduction to contemporary Latin American narrative published in the 1970s, presenting ten major writers. Num Pages: 168 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810813595
- ISBN
- 9780810813595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.11
€ 91.11
paperback. Recovering a lost literary movement that was the most consuming preoccupation of W. B. Yeats's literary life, Ronald Schuchard's book provides an historical, biographical, and critical reconstruction of the poet's attempt to restore an oral tradition by reviving the bardic arts of chanting and musical speech. Num Pages: 500 pages, 26 black-and-white halftones, 8 textual illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKP; AN; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 764.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199596508
- ISBN
- 9780199596508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardback. As England's faithful began to worry less about everlasting felicity in heaven and more about life on earth, these diverse artists provided them with new ways of thinking about both their spiritual and their social existence. Num Pages: 448 pages, 77, 77 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HRAM7; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873911
- ISBN
- 9780801873911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.65€ 56.48
€ 60.65
€ 56.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1989
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349197231
- ISBN
- 9781349197231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.28
€ 55.28
Paperback. Books V and VI of Tacitus' Annals , when complete, carried the narrative of Tiberius' reign from A.D. 29 to 37. Unfortunately most of Book V has been lost, but Annals VI, which resumes the narrative 2 weeks after the execution of Sejanus, contains a fascinating variety of incidents. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687228
- ISBN
- 9780856687228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.36
€ 33.99
€ 31.36
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605210
- ISBN
- 9780691605210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 46.96
€ 58.89
€ 46.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Koury, Ronald. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: B; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815610786
- ISBN
- 9780815610786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 24.88
€ 27.99
€ 24.88
Hardback. Argument was the basis of Renaissance education - both rhetoric and dialectic permeated early modern Humanist culture, including drama. This study approaches Shakespeare's history plays by analyzing the use of argument in them and examining the importance of argument in Renaissance culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333970218
- ISBN
- 9780333970218
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.84
€ 127.84
Hardback. This book examines the treatment of literary influence in the first six books of poetry from Mexico's Jose Emilo Pacheco. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754924
- ISBN
- 9780838754924
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.71
€ 117.71
Hardback. Offering theatrically informed readings of plays by a broad range of Renaissance dramatists including Marlowe, Jonson, Marston, Webster, Middleton and Ford, this volume addresses the question of pleasure: both erotic pleasure and aesthetic pleasure. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 294 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333995570
- ISBN
- 9780333995570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.89
€ 66.89
Hardback. In Privacy in the Age of Shakespeare, Ronald Huebert challenges these assumptions by marshalling evidence that it was in Shakespeare's time that the idea of privacy went from a marginal notion to a desirable quality. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442647916
- ISBN
- 9781442647916
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.15
€ 68.15
Paperback. This biography sets out to reveal the true identity of the novelist Thomas Mann. His bisexuality, obsession with preserving appearances and the deep guilt which plagued him for much of his life is exposed. These revelations are drawn from Mann's diaries and interviews with his children. Num Pages: 8pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747529460
- ISBN
- 9780747529460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DBR; 2AB; DSB; DSRC; ELHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (L) ELT / TEFL. Dimension: 188 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141985169
- ISBN
- 9780141985169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Hardback. An exception to the rule that the first-rank poets in premodern China were men, the woman poet Li Qingzhao (1084-1150s) occupies a crucial place in Chinese literature. The author challenges conventional thinking about Li, examining how critics tried to accommodate her to cultural norms from late imperial times into the twentieth century. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, maps (black and white). BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 762.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 550
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726697
- ISBN
- 9780674726697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.83€ 54.76
€ 58.83
€ 54.76
paperback. This collection of essays is the first to reassess a range of Shakespeare's plays in relation to carnivalesque theory. Contributors re-historicize the carnivalesque in different ways, offering both a developed application, or critique of, Bakhtin's thought. Editor(s): Knowles, Ronald. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1998th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333711422
- ISBN
- 9780333711422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Hardback. This collection of essays is the first to reassess a range of Shakespeare's plays in relation to carnivalesque theory. Contributors re-historicize the carnivalesque in different ways, offering both a developed application, or critique of, Bakhtin's thought. Editor(s): Knowles, Ronald. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 242 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 242
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333711415
- ISBN
- 9780333711415
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.12
€ 194.12
Hardback. Editor(s): Haladyna, Ronald. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 170 x 23. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 356
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483550
- ISBN
- 9781611483550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 161.33
€ 161.33
CD-Audio. How did Shakespeare sound to the audiences of his day? For the first time this disc offers listeners the chance to hear England's greatest playwright performed by a company of actors using the pronunciation of his time. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 112. Speeches and Scenes Performed as Shakespeare Would Have Heard Them. How did Shakespeare sound to the audiences of his day? For the first time this disc offers listeners the chance to hear England's greatest playwright performed by a company of actors using the pronunciation of his time. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Dimension: 147 x 134 x 11. Weight: 108.
- Publisher
- British Library Publishing
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712351195
- ISBN
- 9780712351195
CD
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.13
€ 13.99
€ 11.13
Paperback. A complete literary history of the American Irish during the first part of the twentieth century. Offering a fresh perspective on familiar novelists, dramatists, and poets, the author introduces readers to a number of important writers who are often overlooked, and reveals rarely considered aspects of Irish-American social history. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268027728
- ISBN
- 9780268027728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Hardcover. A complete literary history of the American Irish during the first part of the twentieth century. Offering a fresh perspective on familiar novelists, dramatists, and poets, the author introduces readers to a number of important writers who are often overlooked, and reveals rarely considered aspects of Irish-American social history. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 925.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268027711
- ISBN
- 9780268027711
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.64
€ 108.64
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Shearer, Dirk. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- For Beginners
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939994547
- ISBN
- 9781939994547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.38
€ 18.38
Paperback. This book examines the achievements of William Carlos Williams in the context of the transcendentalism of Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thorgau and Walt Whitman. The author develops a narrative of sensibilities to enrich the understanding of transcendentalism. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349121182
- ISBN
- 9781349121182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.90
€ 65.90