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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3B; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644424
ISBN
9780691644424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.95
€ 106.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Mack, Robert L. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555871
ISBN
9780199555871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 152. Weight in Grams: 210.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Monash University Publishing Australia
Number of pages
136
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921867200
ISBN
9781921867200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.02

Hardback. Num Pages: 310 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810818262
ISBN
9780810818262
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.17

Hardback. This authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present. Editor(s): Burnett, Mark Thornton; Streete, Adrian; Wray, Ramona. Num Pages: 588 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1176. 588 pages, 54 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Burnett, Mark Thornton; Streete, Adrian; Wray, Ramona. This authoritative and innovative volume explores the place of Shakespeare in relation to a wide range of artistic practices and activities, past and present. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSGS. Dimension: 249 x 172 x 40. Weight: 1176.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
588
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748635238
ISBN
9780748635238
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 238.89
€ 225.82

Paperback. Unlike the rigidly chronological approach of many introductions to children's literature, this title presents a genre-based approach which ensures that all the principal genres are covered in detail such as: fables, fantasy, adventure stories, moral tales, family stories, school stories and children's poetry. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748649020
ISBN
9780748649020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.93

paperback. This is a thorough but extremely readable critical look at one of the greatest English-language poets of the 20th century, W.B. Yeats. Num Pages: 384 pages, frontispiece, halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138 x 25. Weight in Grams: 443.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780195113914
ISBN
9780195113914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.78

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cengage Learning, Inc United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
11th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781285465067
ISBN
9781285465067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.04

Hardback. A study of the "Homeric Centos", a pastiche poem on a biblical theme composed by the Theodosian Empress Eudocia using only verses from the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey". This text introduces readers to the poem as a comparative reading of Homer and the bible, based upon inter-textual associations. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 192 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780847689996
ISBN
9780847689996
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.62

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DSB; HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636771
ISBN
9780691636771
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.76

Hardback. This analysis aims to show how the greatest romance stories of medieval Europe contain the seeds of later versions of tragedy, and the stress this put upon the literary form and ideological function of the romance. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 149 x 33. Weight in Grams: 611.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722902
ISBN
9780804722902
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Hardback. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 275 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473889
ISBN
9781611473889
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.36

hardcover. Contains data about more than 1000 volumes written or translated to English since 1939. Indexes provide both the geographical setting of each volume and its thematic focus. Num Pages: 503 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 145 x 38. Weight in Grams: 821. Fine in publisher's cloth covers, no dust wrapper. Covers showing light shelf wear. Internally as new
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0032058
ISBN
9780810829251
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 6.49

Paperback. Offers insights into the society which produced and consumed anti-Jacobin novels. Series Editor(s): Butler, Marilyn; Chandler, James. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HBLL; JPW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521021265
ISBN
9780521021265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.62

Hardcover. Editor(s): Lipovetsky, Mark; Wakamiya, Lisa Ryoko. Series: Cultural Syllabus. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 22. Weight in Grams: 712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235407
ISBN
9781936235407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.95

Paperback. Translator(s): Emerson, Caryl. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816612284
ISBN
9780816612284
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.19

Paperback. Presents six short works from Bakhtin's "Esthetics of Creative Discourse". Translator(s): McGee, Vern W. Series: Slavic S. Num Pages: 203 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
203
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
Second Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292775602
ISBN
9780292775602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.41

Paperback. Contains essays that reveal Mikhail Bakhtin (1895-1975) - known in the West largely through his studies of Rabelais and Dostoevsky - as a philosopher of language, a cultural historian, and a major theoretician of the novel. This work features four selections from "Voprosy literatury i estetiki", published in Moscow in 1975. Editor(s): Holquist, Michael. Translator(s): Emerson, Caryl. Series: University of Texas Press Slavic Series. Num Pages: 477 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 640.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Number of pages
477
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292715349
ISBN
9780292715349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.27

Hardback. Admired and Understood analyzes Behn's only pure verse collection, Poems Upon Several Occasions (1684), and situates her in her literary milieu as a poet. Behn's book demonstrates her desire for acceptance in her literary culture, to be 'admired and understood,' as she puts it. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
251
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492415
ISBN
9781611492415
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.35

Hardcover. This book represents an explanation of the institution of hisba in medieval Islam, through one of the most used texts in the field. Editor(s): Dien, Mawal Izzi. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBB; HRH; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094334
ISBN
9780906094334
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.47
€ 108.93

Hardback. The aim of this book is to reconstruct ancient Greek assumptions about literary unity. It discusses some literary examples, but its main concern is with ancient secondary texts - literary theory and criticism, undertaking a systematic survey from Plato and Aristotle down to the later Neoplatonists. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198140597
ISBN
9780198140597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 199.58

Hardcover. Rather than reading modernism as a complete rejection of social morality, this study shows how early 19th-century writers like Conrad, Faulkner, Gide, Kafka, Mann and Stein actually devised new aesthetic techniques to address ethical problems. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528. Fine in fine dustjacket
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
AIAA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2001st Edition
SKU
KTJ0049487
ISBN
9780333918845
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 25.00

Hardcover. A new collection of essays by the legendary literary scholar and critic. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393058307
ISBN
9780393058307
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 24.69

Paperback. Aurora Floyd is one of the leading novels in the genre known as sensation fiction. Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 156 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 32. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
156
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111230
ISBN
9781551111230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.90

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