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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. In the tradition of The Swerve, this thrilling, detective-like work of literary history reveals how a poem created the world we live in today. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 280 x 31. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871406637
ISBN
9780871406637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.58

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137366160
ISBN
9781137366160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 34.75

Hardback. A collection of essays by diverse hands engaging, interrogating, and honoring the medieval scholarship of Terry Jones. Editor(s): Yeager, R. F.; Takamiya, Toshiyuki. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBAH; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230112674
ISBN
9780230112674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

Hardback. Yeats is usually seen as a great modernist innovator. This book goes against the grain to explore the Irish literary traditions that preceded and influenced him-romantic 'national tales' in post-Union Ireland, the poetry and polemic of the Young Ireland movement, the occult novels of Sheridan LeFanu, and William Carleton's 'peasant fictions'. Num Pages: 256 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0027124
ISBN
9780199592166
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Paperback. A biography of W B Yeats, it covers the second half of Yeats' life, taking in his controversial political involvements, continued supernatural experiments, his extraordinary marriage, a series of love affairs, and the writing of his greatest poetry. It also weaves together his life and work. Num Pages: 832 pages, 32pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1306. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0024921
ISBN
9780192806093
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 48.00

Paperback. Yeats is usually seen as a great modernist innovator. This book goes against the grain to explore the Irish literary traditions that preceded and influenced him-romantic 'national tales' in post-Union Ireland, the poetry and polemic of the Young Ireland movement, the occult novels of Sheridan LeFanu, and William Carleton's 'peasant fictions'. Num Pages: 256 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199641659
ISBN
9780199641659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Hardback. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812231571
ISBN
9780812231571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.40

Hardback. "Beowulf" is one of the finest works of vernacular literature from the European Middle Ages and as such is a fitting title to head the Old English family of texts published in the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. This title provides readers as well as established scholars with fresh insights into "Beowulf", and the four other texts. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 521.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052956
ISBN
9780674052956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Paperback. A classic Latin composition course. Series: Latin Language. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862922658
ISBN
9780862922658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.67

Hardback. He argues for the particular capacity of literature to undertake an imaginative risk on behalf of another that seems the very ground of ethics itself. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801879777
ISBN
9780801879777
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.23
€ 53.14

Hardback. Editor(s): Palmer, R. Barton; Conner, Marc C. Series: Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture. Num Pages: 266 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations, 27 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; APFA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319409276
ISBN
9783319409276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.15

Paperback. The Middle Kingdom (c 1940-1640 BC) was a golden age of Ancient Egyptian writing. This book studies this literary legacy. It reassesses the Middle Kingdom poems' cultural role, drawing on studies of the individual texts. It explores literature's status as a differentiated form of discourse, suggesting what social practices made its role possible. Series: Studies in Egyptology & the Ancient Near East. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAE; 2CXG; 3D; DSBB; DSC; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 239 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Equinox Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845537708
ISBN
9781845537708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.64

Hardback. Virgil offers undergraduates, graduate students and general readers a comprehensive and carefully balanced introduction to the works and literary reception of Virgil. Offering a fresh, comprehensive introduction to Virgil in translation, this book traces the poet's literary influence on later authors and his impact on the arts. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159494
ISBN
9781405159494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.27

Hardback. The Extension of Life studies ten American novels from such authors has Capote, Bellow, and Kingsolver, in the light of theories of narration and of the recent debate of the nature of fiction. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472615
ISBN
9781611472615
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 206. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Geddes & Grosset (New Lanark)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KAK0010916
ISBN
9781842051542
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Good copy with some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Geddes & Grosset (New Lanark)
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
SKU
KHN0001046
ISBN
9781842051542
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. Critical edition of an important Scottish poem, highlighting its striking poetic features. Editor(s): Hanna, Ralph, III. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Scottish Text Society
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897976395
ISBN
9781897976395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.37

Paperback. Translator(s): Parkinson, R. B. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555628
ISBN
9780199555628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Hardcover. This collection of twenty-nine original essays, surveys satire from its emergence in Western literature to the present. * Tracks satire from its first appearances in the prophetic books of the Old Testament through the Renaissance and the English tradition in satire to Michael Moore's satirical movie Fahrenheit 9/11. Editor(s): Quintero, Ruben. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 624 pages, 18. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 180 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1226.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405119559
ISBN
9781405119559
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.97

Hardcover. Wallace Stevens (1879-1955) has been acknowledged by writers as diverse as Harold Bloom, Adrienne Rich and R.S. Thomas as one of the central poets of the 20th century. Justin Quinn offers a fundamental reassessment of Stevens's work and the connections it makes between nature, community and art. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0004410
ISBN
9781900621663
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559364461
ISBN
9781559364461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.38

Paperback. Presents a critical reappraisal of James Baldwin's work. Focusing on Baldwin's critically undervalued early works and the neglected later ones, the contributors illuminate little-known aspects of this daring author's work, and highlight his accomplishments as an experimental writer. Editor(s): Miller, D. Quentin. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12 b&w photographs, 1 figure. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566397377
ISBN
9781566397377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.62

Paperback. This biography describes Virginia Woolf's family and childhood; her early writings; the formation of the Bloomsbury group; her marriage to Leonard Woolf; the mental breakdowns of 1912-15; the origins and growth of the Hogarth Press and the political and personal distresses of her last years. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 744.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674508
ISBN
9780712674508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.94

Hardback. This book explores the interplay between ritual performance of the opera Mulian and gentrified mercantile lineages in late imperial Huizhou. It shows how local elites appropriated the opera, turning it into a medium for conveying orthodox values and religious precepts and for negotiating local social and gender issues in a rising money economy. Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 tables, 13 figures, maps. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 667.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804750325
ISBN
9780804750325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.06

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