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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Decadent daughters and monstrous mothers interrogates Angela Carter's feminist politics through the lens of European Gothic. It illuminates her ambivalent relation to her European literary forebears, reveals her rich knowledge of French literature and offers fresh insights into her literary practices afforded by newly available archival material. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 266 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784991036
ISBN
9781784991036
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.98

Paperback. A celebration of George Eliot's life, work and greatest novel, exploring through a mixture of literary biography, deep reading and personal memoir how Middlemarch answers fundamental questions about life and love Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847085160
ISBN
9781847085160
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.75

Paperback. A play that features no politics, no issues, no history - just a bold attempt to grapple with the messy nature of living. Full of passion, pathos and sly humour, it is set in the hip art scene of London's East End. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBH; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 25. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571302918
ISBN
9780571302918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474491
ISBN
9780801474491
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. "This magnificent collection completely re-imagines the vast and well-trodden field of the Bible and Literature. From Chaucer to T.S. Eliot, The Blackwell Companion to the Bible in English Literature offers a compelling narrative of how the English literary tradition has itself used, re-written and re-visioned sacred texts. Editor(s): Lemon, Rebecca; Mason, Emma; Roberts, Jonathan; Rowland, Christopher. Num Pages: 714 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 246 x 19. Weight in Grams: 1082.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470674994
ISBN
9780470674994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.81

Hardback. Thoreau's encounters with nature, the author argues, allowed him to resist his all-too-human tendency toward intellectual laziness, social conformity and political complacency. Bennett pursues this theme by constructing a series of dialogues between Thoureau and modern contemporaries. Series: Modernity and Political Thought. Num Pages: 176 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; HPCD; HPCF; JHBA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742521407
ISBN
9780742521407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.44

Hardback. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 423.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754443
ISBN
9780838754443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.11

Paperback. Brings the imagination of women's writing from the Meiji period to English-language readers. Along with traditional prose selections, this anthology features short stories, plays, poetry, speeches, essays, and personal journal entries. It includes an introduction to each reading; and an index listing historical, social, and literary concepts. Editor(s): Copeland, Rebecca; Ortabasi, Melek. Series: Asia Perspectives: History, Society and Culture. Num Pages: 424 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
First edition (presumed; no earlier dates stated)
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137751
ISBN
9780231137751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 108 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSA; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137585257
ISBN
9781137585257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.75

Hardback. Laurence Nowell, William Lambarde, and the Study of Old English. Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature. 256 pages, 3, 3 black and white. The writings of two influential Elizabethan thinkers testify to the influence of Old English law and literature on Tudor society and self-image. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 22. Weight: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843184
ISBN
9781843843184
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.99

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474415750
ISBN
9781474415750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.99

Hardback. .
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719076732
ISBN
9780719076732
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.01
€ 63.35

Hardback. The first authorized copy of this mysterious, much-speculated-upon, one-of-a-kind, centuries-old puzzle. The Voynich Manuscript is produced from new photographs of the entire original and accompanied by expert essays that invite anyone to understand and explore the enigma. Editor(s): Clemens, Raymond. Num Pages: 304 pages, 268 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 317 x 237 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1780.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300217230
ISBN
9780300217230
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Paperback. Editor(s): Clay, Catherine; Ewins, Kristin. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DS; HBTB; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Raymond Williams Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953150366
ISBN
9780953150366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.06

Paperback. This classic study examines the place of literature within Marxist cultural theory, and offers an assessment of the contributions of previous thinkers to Marxist literary theory. Series: Marxist Introductions. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JPFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 201 x 133 x 13. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Oxford Paperbacks
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198760610
ISBN
9780198760610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.42

Paperback. Our collective notion of the city and country is irresistibly powerful. The city as the seat of enlightenment, power and greed is in profound contrast with an innocent, peaceful, backward countryside. Examining literature since the sixteenth century, this book traces the development of our conceptions of these two traditional poles of life. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870829
ISBN
9781784870829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Collins Edwards, Leslie. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 280 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
3rd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101757
ISBN
9781585101757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 38.76

paperback. From the tenth century to the 13th, Spanish Jews belonged to a vibrant and relatively tolerant Arabic-speaking society that had a marked effect on Jewish life, thought, artistic tastes, and literary expression. The Hebrew poems here, with English translations and explanatory essays, exemplify this. Num Pages: 288 pages, line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195129885
ISBN
9780195129885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.54

paperback. The Jewish poets of medieval Spain combined elements of the dominant Arabic-Islamic culture with Jewish religious and literary traditions to create a rich new Hebrew literature. This volume presents the poems alongside English translations and explanatory notes on context. Num Pages: 216 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195129878
ISBN
9780195129878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.26

Hardcover. This recreation of the epic Anglo-Saxon poem is achieved by retelling it in modern verse form; by providing pictorial images of the world of Germanic antiquity, Scandinavian and Anglo-Saxon art, artifacts and scenery; by supplying an historical and geographical commentary on the times. Num Pages: 138 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2ABA; 3F; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 280 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300048766
ISBN
9780300048766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.23
€ 45.74

Paperback. The sixth of the Gallaudet Classics in Deaf Studies presents the short shorts, stories, and poetry by Teegarden, a deaf teacher in late 19th and early 20th century Pennsylvania." Editor(s): Luczak, Raymond. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Gallaudet University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781563683480
ISBN
9781563683480
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.54

Paperback.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662520
ISBN
9781855662520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.68

Paperback. One of the brilliant scientists of his day, Humphry Davy was acclaimed for his work as a chemist, notably for the isolation of iodine, and later the invention of Davy safety lamp. This book provides and account of the life and achievements of this man. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; BGT; DSBF; DSC; PDX; PN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 125 x 10. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Nonsuch Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reissued EditionIssue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845883829
ISBN
9781845883829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.45

Paperback. Offers the analytical and critical overview of the Spanish American novel in the twentieth century. Num Pages: 280 pages, 10 color and 65 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 154 x 330. Weight in Grams: 652.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292706705
ISBN
9780292706705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

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