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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This Commentary takes critical account of recent writing on the Odes. It deals with detailed questions of interpretation, and shows how Horace combined the tact of a court-poet with a humane individualism, and how he wrote within a literary tradition without losing a highly personal voice. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3D; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199288748
- ISBN
- 9780199288748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 108.52
€ 108.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Grantley, Darryll (University of Kent, Canterbury). BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138263352
- ISBN
- 9781138263352
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Condition: New
€ 66.42
€ 66.42
Paperback. Explores the theater's unprecedented focus on the contemporary city in early modern London. Examines plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to consider how this new, experimental theater created a medium for urban plurality, opening up a reflexive space within which diverse populations might begin to "practice" the city. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267873
- ISBN
- 9780823267873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardback. This is a materialist-feminist, psychoanalytic analysis of a modern Japanese literary trope--the dangerous woman, linked to archaisms and magical realms and found throughout the Japanese canon--in the works of three 20th-century writers: Izumi Kyoka (1873--1939), Enchi Fumiko (1905--86), and Nakagami Kenji (1946--92). Num Pages: 316 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 25. Weight in Grams: 615.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732123
- ISBN
- 9780804732123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.01
€ 87.01
Paperback. Uncovering a substantial variety of books by women about the diverse West Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5SL; DSBF; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252078842
- ISBN
- 9780252078842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.84
€ 35.99
€ 32.84
Paperback. Nina Auerbach examines both the life of Daphne du Maurier as it is revealed in her writings and the sensibility of a vanished class and a time now gone that haunts the fringes of our own age. Series: Personal Takes. Num Pages: 192 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218367
- ISBN
- 9780812218367
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Working with a wide range of texts, as well as movies and television, Nina Auerbach locates vampires at the heart of national experience and uses them as a lens for viewing the last 200 hundred years of Anglo-American cultural history. Num Pages: 240 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298. 240 pages, notes, index. Working with a wide range of texts, as well as movies and television, Nina Auerbach locates vampires at the heart of national experience and uses them as a lens for viewing the last 200 hundred years of Anglo-American cultural history. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; DSB; JFC. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 13. Weight: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226032023
- ISBN
- 9780226032023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.87
€ 35.99
€ 28.87
paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816683840
- ISBN
- 9780816683840
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.51
€ 30.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816683826
- ISBN
- 9780816683826
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.69
€ 105.69
Hardcover. Editor(s): Nilsson, Ingela. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 164 x 29. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763507905
- ISBN
- 9788763507905
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.77€ 44.87
€ 56.77
€ 44.87
Hardback. Features the poems of the author who was a popular and highly influential figure in the cultural life of London until his death in 2004. Num Pages: 116 pages, 44 illustrations, 36 in colour. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 116
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500513835
- ISBN
- 9780500513835
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.63
€ 25.99
€ 22.63
Hardcover. Studies the reception of Plato's dialogues as performance texts by his original audience and his readers down to late antiquity. Series: Cambridge Classical Studies. Num Pages: 354 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521871747
- ISBN
- 9780521871747
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.77
€ 135.77
Paperback. Translator(s): Garnett, C. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332. 302 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSK; FC; FYB. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 16. Weight: 322. Translator(s): Garnett, C.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226300689
- ISBN
- 9780226300689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 22.64
€ 27.99
€ 22.64
Hardcover. Examines Bogdanov's roles as revolutionary, novelist, and scientist, presenting his protagonist as a coherent thinker who pursued his ideas in a wide range of venues. This title offers an analysis of the interactions between scientific ideas and societal values. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226454122
- ISBN
- 9780226454122
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.16
€ 52.99
€ 41.16
Paperback. With its rich and ebullient language, ironic twists and startling juxtapositions, Dead Souls (1842) stands as one of the most dazzling and poetic masterpieces of the nineteenth century. This brilliant new translation by Christopher English is complemented by a superb introductory essay by the pre-eminent Gogol scholar, Robert Maguire. Editor(s): English, Christopher. Translator(s): English, Christopher. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 496 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199554669
- ISBN
- 9780199554669
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardcover. Science has transformed understandings of the mind, supplying physiological explanations for what once seemed transcendental. Nikki Skillman shows how lyric poets-caught between a reductive scientific view and naive literary metaphors-struggled to articulate a vision of consciousness that was both scientifically informed and poetically truthful. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DS; HPM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674545120
- ISBN
- 9780674545120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 41.16
€ 48.99
€ 41.16
Paperback. Editor(s): Nikkanen, Anita. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 4KL; DB; DQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 219 x 12. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474266147
- ISBN
- 9781474266147
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.66
€ 25.99
€ 22.66
Paperback. "The best of world fiction is categorised here - let the journey commence!" The Daily Mail See the world through the eyes of some of the finest foreign writers with this accessible guide. Hundreds of titles are featured from every continent, searchable by region, city or travel related theme. Discover your next great read.. Num Pages: 384 pages, map. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 360. Discover Your Next Great Read. 384 pages, map. "The best of world fiction is categorised here - let the journey commence!" The Daily Mail See the world through the eyes of some of the finest foreign writers with this accessible guide. Hundreds of titles are featured from every continent, searchable by region, city or travel related theme. Discover your next great read. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSR. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 28. Weight: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713679991
- ISBN
- 9780713679991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.82
€ 31.99
€ 22.82
Hardback. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479812684
- ISBN
- 9781479812684
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.82
€ 96.82
Paperback. Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- New York University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479806997
- ISBN
- 9781479806997
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
paperback. Provides a collection of theoretical and literary essays on Swift's work. The text places an emphasis on his Anglo-Irishness, which, it argues, is a key area in understanding his life and works. Reference is also made to Swift's gender relations and his female imitators. Series: Longman Critical Readers. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582225725
- ISBN
- 9780582225725
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 81.29
€ 81.29
Paperback. Each title in the "York Notes" series offers an approach to English literature that should help students achieve a better grade. This book provides detailed summaries and commentaries, advice, facts and an extended resources section on "The Catcher in the Rye". Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 4KHT; DSK; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Pearson York Notes
- Number of pages
- 104
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582772724
- ISBN
- 9780582772724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.31
€ 9.31
Paperback. Little known as a poet in his own time, Andrew Marvell (1621-78) was a patriotic politician and champion of religious toleration during the Restoration. This book presents his poetry, accompanied by annotations giving a record of literary, philosophical and theological analogues and allusions. It also addresses the local points of interpretation. Editor(s): Smith, Nigel. Series: Longman Annotated English Poets. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 190 x 27. Weight in Grams: 946.
- Publisher
- Pearson
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405832830
- ISBN
- 9781405832830
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.77
€ 53.77
Paperback. As the author of "Evelina" and "Cecilia", both of which created new dimensions for the novel, Fanny Burney is as well remembered for her memoirs of Johnson, her mastectomy and her account of the Battle of Waterloo. This portrait of Burney paints a picture of this forward-looking woman. Num Pages: 112 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBD; DSK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 125 x 0. Weight in Grams: 100.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Short Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0020983
- ISBN
- 9781904095187
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99