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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 202 x 4. Weight in Grams: 76.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811200455
ISBN
9780811200455
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 134 x 202 x 21. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811212731
ISBN
9780811212731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. Num Pages: 93 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 136 x 8. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
93
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811200417
ISBN
9780811200417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.86

Paperback. Drawing on the published work from "A Private Country" to "Vega", this title provides a revaluation of Durrell's poetic career. It makes the case for "A Private Country" as one of the most accomplished debut collections of the twentieth century, and traces Durrell's preoccupations and poetic personality within the wider scene. Editor(s): Porter, Peter. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 8. Weight in Grams: 125.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571227396
ISBN
9780571227396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016279
ISBN
9780674016279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.85

Paperback. * A critical summary of the emerging discipline of "ecocriticism". * Written by one of the world's leading theorists in ecocriticism. * Traces the history of the ecocritical movement from its roots in the 1970s through to its diversification and proliferation today. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 227 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405124768
ISBN
9781405124768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.27

Hardcover. * A critical summary of the emerging discipline of "ecocriticism". * Written by one of the world's leading theorists in ecocriticism. * Traces the history of the ecocritical movement from its roots in the 1970s through to its diversification and proliferation today. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405124751
ISBN
9781405124751
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.07

Paperback. With the environmental crisis comes a crisis of the imagination, a need to find new ways to understand nature and humanity's relation to it. This is the challenge the author takes up in this book, using Thoreau's "Walden" as a touchstone. Num Pages: 600 pages, 4 fine line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DNF; DSBF; JFC; RN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
Publisher
Belknap Press of Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674258624
ISBN
9780674258624
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 36.02

Paperback. Modernism: An Anthology is the most comprehensive anthology of Anglo-American modernism ever to be published. * Amply represents the giants of modernism - James Joyce, Gertrude Stein, Virginia Woolf, T.S. Eliot, Ezra Pound, Wallace Stevens, Marianne Moore, Samuel Beckett. Editor(s): Rainey, Lawrence. Series: Blackwell Anthologies. Num Pages: 1216 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DQ; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1556.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631204497
ISBN
9780631204497
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.64

Hardback. Editor(s): Laurence, Dan H. Num Pages: 253 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544. Clean copy. Fine in dustjacket. DJ fine in mylar
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KOG0001308
ISBN
9780271015774
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.70

Paperback. The description for this book, Melville's Quarrel With God, will be forthcoming. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 484 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
484
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691623719
ISBN
9780691623719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.89
€ 55.26

Paperback. Shakespeare used the word 'animal' only eight times in his work - which was typical for the sixteenth century, when the word was rarely used. The author reveals that the animal-human divide first came strongly into play in the seventeenth century, with Descartes' formulation that reason sets humans above other species: 'I think, therefore I am'. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226924175
ISBN
9780226924175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.93

Hardback. Shakespeare used the word 'animal' only eight times in his work - which was typical for the sixteenth century, when the word was rarely used. The author reveals that the animal-human divide first came strongly into play in the seventeenth century, with Descartes' formulation that reason sets humans above other species: 'I think, therefore I am'. Num Pages: 304 pages, 4 colour plates, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226924168
ISBN
9780226924168
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.52
€ 79.17

Paperback. Renaissance formulations of friendship typically cast the friend as "another self" and idealized a pair of friends as "one soul in two bodies". This work puts the stress on the likeness of friends into context and offers a historical account of its place in English culture and politics. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226749679
ISBN
9780226749679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, colour photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 173 x 17. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
NeWest Press Canada
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896300436
ISBN
9781896300436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 24.41

Hardcover. Editor(s): Ouellette, Laurie. Series: Keywords. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 5182. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479883653
ISBN
9781479883653
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.82

Hardback. This collection of 12 essays uses the works of Shakespeare to show how experts in their field formulate critical positions. Editor(s): Maguire, Laurie. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405135269
ISBN
9781405135269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.92

Paperback. * Investigates issues of sexual ethics, religion, and politics through responses to the story of Helen of Troy throughout the ages * Examines representations of Helen of Troy in literature, art, drama and film * Shows how the Helen myth has relevance to gender debates today. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405126359
ISBN
9781405126359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.40

Hardcover. * Investigates issues of sexual ethics, religion, and politics through responses to the story of Helen of Troy throughout the ages * Examines representations of Helen of Troy in literature, art, drama and film * Shows how the Helen myth has relevance to gender debates today. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405126342
ISBN
9781405126342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.75

Paperback. This engaging book draws on all of Shakespearea s plays to show they can still be used as a guide to life. * Introduces beginning students and general readers to Shakespearea s plays by highlighting the connections between the issues addressed by the plays and those of our own time. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631229858
ISBN
9780631229858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.13

Paperback. This book addresses common myths and misconceptions about Shakespeare and his works offering authoritative, up-to-date and even-handed treatments of controversies and scholarly disagreements. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 148 x 11. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470658512
ISBN
9780470658512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.23

Paperback. Andalusia is a passion - and fifteen years after his last visit Laurie Lee returned. He found a country broken by the Civil War, but the totems of indestructible Spain survive: the Christ in agony, the thrilling flamenco cry - the pride in poverty, the gypsy intensity in vivid whitewashed slums, and the cult of the bullfight. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 9. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099479710
ISBN
9780099479710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.26

Paperback. This collection of 12 essays uses the works of Shakespeare to show how experts in their field formulate critical positions. Editor(s): Maguire, Laurie. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405135276
ISBN
9781405135276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 333 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
333
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772895246
ISBN
9788772895246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.87

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