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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. In The Taste of the Town: Shakespearian Comedy and the Early Eighteenth-Century Theater, Katherine West Scheil considers the reception history of Shakespeare's comedies within the context of the Restoration and early eighteenth-century theater, from 1660 until the Licensing Act of 1737. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 333 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
333
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481785
ISBN
9781611481785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450426
ISBN
9780801450426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.60

Hardback. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; AN; DSBD; DSG; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 585.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
292
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501703140
ISBN
9781501703140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.95

Dead Hands traces the fascinating career of a curious imaginative device: the wandering, disembodied, or ghostly hand. Dexterously threading historical, theoretical, and formalist questions, the author situates this familiar gothic convention in its rich literary and intellectual contexts, from early modern English drama through American fiction. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 line diagrams 8 half-tones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 21. Weight in Grams: 455.
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733854
ISBN
9780804733854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.92

Hardcover. Working Girls offers a cultural and literary history of telegraphists, typists, shop-girls, and barmaids. It argues that these occupations helped to shape a distinctively new identity for emancipated young women, and explores how authors used this to navigate a precarious literary landscape. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198724841
ISBN
9780198724841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252011740
ISBN
9780252011740
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.77

hardcover. In her short life, Flannery O'Connor (1925-1964) authored two novels, 32 stories and numerous essays. This work addresses the conflicts O'Connor experienced as a "southern lady" and professional author. It considers the reasons for feminist critical neglect of the writer. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920122
ISBN
9780813920122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.13

Paperback. A reassessment of the achievements of British playwright Harold Pinter by an international group of scholars. This work contains eighteen essays that represent the state of Pinter criticism and an affirmation of Pinter's preeminence in modern British theatre. Editor(s): Burkman, Katherine H.; Kundert-Gibbs, John Leeland. Series: Drama & Performance Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; AS; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253208118
ISBN
9780253208118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.41

Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474417716
ISBN
9781474417716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.45
€ 114.39

Paperback. Within Shakespeare's lifetime there was already some curiosity about what the writer of such brilliant poems, sonnets and plays looked like. Yet like so much else about him, Shakespeare's appearance is mysterious. This generously illustrated book offers a new perspective on Shakespeare likenesses, as well as exploring the afterlife of these images. Num Pages: 136 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 221 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851244058
ISBN
9781851244058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.27

Paperback. A revised edition of this acclaimed and best-selling edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets and updated throughout to take account of recent scholarship since its first publication in 1997. Editor(s): Duncan-Jones, Katherine. Series: Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 448 pages, 20 in the Introduction. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 204 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408017975
ISBN
9781408017975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 25. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804718257
ISBN
9780804718257
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.34

Paperback. Cautions that medieval selfhood should not be understood merely in terms of confessional practice. The author points to the controversy over confession and, more generally, lay instruction that was generated in late medieval England around the heresy known as Wycliffism (or Lollardy). Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033767
ISBN
9780268033767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.64

Hardcover. Series: Anthem Scholarship in the Digital Age. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30+ tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857284549
ISBN
9780857284549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Johns, Jorun B. Num Pages: 309 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
309
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411456
ISBN
9781572411456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 25.86

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639918
ISBN
9780691639918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.32

Paperback. The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Each of the four plays here defines the problems of the revenge genre, and deals with fundamental moral questions about justice and the individual, while registering the strains of life in an increasingly fragile social hierarchy. Editor(s): Maus, Katharine Eisaman. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199540532
ISBN
9780199540532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. Employing interdisciplinary critical strategies, including social, educational, and publishing history, canon-formation theory, and archival research, this book analyzes childhood as a site of emerging black cultural nationalism. It explores the period's vigorous exchange about the nature and identity of black childhood. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 368 pages, 23 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KBB; DSY; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 25. Weight in Grams: 527.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253218889
ISBN
9780253218889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Capshaw, Katharine; Duane, Anna Mae. Num Pages: 400 pages, 52. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 254 x 51. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517900274
ISBN
9781517900274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415286015
ISBN
9780415286015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.91

Paperback. An extravaganza of beautiful princesses and stout stable boys, sour-faced witches and king with hearts of gold. Each tale is a masterpiece of storytelling from the hilarious Three Sillies to the delightfully macabre Sammles ghost. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; FQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415286022
ISBN
9780415286022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.81

Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 39. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
456
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611490381
ISBN
9781611490381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.61

Paperback. Presents a selection of the works of Hrotsvit, the first-known woman dramatist, that contain legends, dramas, and epics. Series: Library of Medieval Women. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ADL; DNF; DQ; DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859914895
ISBN
9780859914895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.78

Hardcover. A comprehensive account of Goethe's relationship to Arabian culture, mediated by his interest in certain poets and texts and by his highly nuanced attitude toward Islam. Translator(s): Metzger, Michael M. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 508 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 162 x 47. Weight in Grams: 960.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Camden House
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139085
ISBN
9781571139085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.38

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