Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Provides a new understanding of the epyllion as a genre exploiting the subversive potential of various educational thresholds, such as the transition from grammar to rhetoric. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500. the Making of the English Epyllion. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. 232 pages. Provides a new understanding of the epyllion as a genre exploiting the subversive potential of various educational thresholds, such as the transition from grammar to rhetoric. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 19. Weight: 500.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644650
- ISBN
- 9780748644650
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.81€ 102.99
€ 105.81
€ 102.99
Hardcover. An examination of the career of William Butler Yeats with special emphasis upon his connection with English Renaissance literature. Amongst other topics, it looks at the influence on his work of such writers as Arnold, Spenser, Jonson, Milton and Donne. Series: Studies in Anglo-Irish literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Schol, Print UK
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0005158
- ISBN
- 9780333521779
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Stunning two-volume slipcased set containing the most comprehensive in-depth companion to Tolkien's life and works ever published, including synopses of all his writings, and a Tolkien gazetteer, who's who and chronology. Num Pages: 2752 pages, Index. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Revised and expanded edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780008214548
- ISBN
- 9780008214548
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.08€ 94.02
€ 141.08
€ 94.02
Hardback. James Fenimore Cooper (1789-1851) invented the key forms of American fiction - the Western, the sea tale, the Revolutionary War romance. This work is the treatment of Cooper's life. It is the story of how, in literature and other endeavours, Americans in his period sought to solidify their political and cultural economic independence from Britain. Num Pages: 752 pages, 20 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1202.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300108057
- ISBN
- 9780300108057
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.95
€ 54.99
€ 39.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 27. Weight in Grams: 583.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 290
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227700
- ISBN
- 9780802007124
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; DSB; HPL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226065724
- ISBN
- 9780226065724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.49
€ 40.99
€ 31.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226065557
- ISBN
- 9780226065557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 40.92
€ 52.99
€ 40.92
Paperback. Wayne Booth has selected, and has been inspired by, the works of some prominent writers on the art of growing older. In this anthology he shows that the very making of art is in itself a victory over time. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSP31. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 124 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226065496
- ISBN
- 9780226065496
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.68
€ 35.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. Argues for the relocation of ethics to the center of our engagement with literature. Returning ethics to its root sense, this work proposes that the ethical critic will be interested in any effect on the ethos, the total character or quality of tellers and listeners. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 40. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520062108
- ISBN
- 9780520062108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.01
€ 41.99
€ 30.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 205 x 38. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226065588
- ISBN
- 9780226065588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.76
€ 33.99
€ 26.76
Hardcover. The two main themes of this book are Yeats' poetic technique and his aims for an Irish theatre. Included are several essays by Yeats himself, including the first publication of his Wildean dialogue, "The Poet and the Actress", as well as an address on the Irish National Theatre in 1934. Series: Yeats Annual. Num Pages: 325 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 639. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0022144
- ISBN
- 9780333421123
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Creaky Traveler. Num Pages: 170 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBJD; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Sentient Publications United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780971078673
- ISBN
- 9780971078673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 23.63
€ 34.99
€ 23.63
Paperback. Series: I Love.. 400 Fantastic Facts. Num Pages: 160 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 180. .
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841656960
- ISBN
- 9781841656960
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.32
€ 13.99
€ 11.32
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551426
- ISBN
- 9781871551426
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.39
€ 16.99
€ 15.39
Paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 168 x 37. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd
- Number of pages
- 52
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551372
- ISBN
- 9781871551372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.43
€ 16.99
€ 15.43
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 65
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551358
- ISBN
- 9781871551358
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.44
€ 16.99
€ 15.44
Hardcover. The first volume of a major two-volume study centres of the fortunes of Michel de Montaigne's Essays in both the early-modern (1580-1725) and the modern period (1900-2000). This volume examines how the Essays made Montaigne a patron-author or instant classic in the eyes of his peers. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; 3J; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198123743
- ISBN
- 9780198123743
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.40
€ 188.40
Hardcover. The second volume of a major two-volume study of the fortunes of Michel de Montaigne's Essais in both the early-modern (1580-1725) and the modern period (1900-2000). Volume two focuses on the reader-writers across Europe who used the Essais to make their own works. Num Pages: 576 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; 3J; DSBD; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198739661
- ISBN
- 9780198739661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 200.88
€ 200.88
Hardback. Series: Studies in the History of Judaism. Num Pages: 235 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Scholars Press United States
- Number of pages
- 235
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780788501944
- ISBN
- 9780788501944
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.33
€ 126.33
Paperback. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- None ed.
- SKU
- V9780813519111
- ISBN
- 9780813519111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 39.56
€ 43.99
€ 39.56
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 308 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638256
- ISBN
- 9780691638256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.55
€ 149.55
Patterns in Language: An introduction to language and literary style: ...
Wareing, Shan; Thornborrow, Joanna
paperback. Investigates the use of language in literary and non-literary texts using the principles of linguistic analysis. This work shows how linguistic knowledge can enhance and enrich the analysis of texts. Borrowing from stylistics, it focuses on recurring linguistic patterns used by writers. Series: Interface. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415140645
- ISBN
- 9780415140645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.11
€ 61.11
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631790
- ISBN
- 9780691631790
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CJ; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 256 x 204 x 21. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585102631
- ISBN
- 9781585102631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.88€ 56.87
€ 72.88
€ 56.87