Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
paperback. Presents a philosophical and poetic drama full of satire, irony, humour and tragedy. This book creates the text's varied metre and rhyme and also its diverse tones and styles - dramatic and lyrical, reflective and farcical, pathetic and coarse, colloquial and soaring. Translator(s): Greenberg, Martin. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 30. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300189698
- ISBN
- 9780300189698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.75
€ 23.99
€ 17.75
Paperback. Three Danish comedy plays by Johan Ludvig Heiberg and Holberg--the "father" of Danish and Norwegian literature. Plays have been translated by Michael Meyer. Translator(s): Meyer, Michael. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DD; DNF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 181.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840020601
- ISBN
- 9781840020601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Developing the themes contained in his ground-breaking Mere Irish and Fior-Ghael, Leerssen examines national self-image through the two cultural spheres of literary and historical scholarship. Series: Critical conditions - field day monographs. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859181119
- ISBN
- 9781859181119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.00€ 24.15
€ 29.00
€ 24.15
Paperback. Beginning with Adam Smith's Theory of Moral Sentiments (1759), this study positions feminine genres such as the Gothic romance and Bluestocking poetry, usually seen as outliers in a masculine Age of Reason, as essential to understanding emotion's role in Enlightenment narratives of progress. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474423151
- ISBN
- 9781474423151
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Hardcover. Eighteenth-Century Brechtians is a collection of essays by a well-known author on comic and radical political theatre. It looks at stage satires by John Gay, Henry Fielding, George Farquhar, Charlotte Charke, David Garrick and their contemporaries through the lens of Brecht's theory and practice. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; AN; DSBD; DSG; HBJD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859899970
- ISBN
- 9780859899970
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.62
€ 138.62
Hardback. Modern Japanese literature is commonly associated with high seriousness of purpose. In this study, Joel R. Cohn analyzes works by three writers whose works constitute an assault on the notion that comedy cannot be part of serious literature. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674847118
- ISBN
- 9780674847118
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Yale University Press New Haven, CT
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300104462
- ISBN
- 9780300104462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.48€ 42.11
€ 53.48
€ 42.11
Paperback. A book that aims both to demystify and to reconstitute 'Hawthorne' as an object of study by rereading Hawthorne's fictions, mainly those from the early 1840's to 1860, in the context of the emergence of a distinctively middle-class personal life (the domestic emotional revolution that accompanied the industrial revolution. Num Pages: 252 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804719483
- ISBN
- 9780804719483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.99
€ 37.99
€ 33.99
Paperback. Picturing Emerson: An Iconography reproduces and explores the background of all known images of Ralph Waldo Emerson created from life, including drawings, paintings, silhouettes, sculptures, and photographs in all formats. The book provides dates and commentary, enabling readers to trace Emerson's visage from the 1820s to the 1880s. Series: Harvard Library Bulletin. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 25 x 17. .
- Publisher
- Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975972
- ISBN
- 9780674975972
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.82
€ 34.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. A new play from the initiative Platform, which is aimed at addressing gender imbalance and inequality in theatre. Num Pages: 82 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 186 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848425002
- ISBN
- 9781848425002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
hardcover. The Metaphor of Celebrity is an exploration of the significance of literary celebrity in Canadian poetry. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646612
- ISBN
- 9781442646612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.23
€ 56.23
Paperback. A collection of newly commissioned essays provides a critical introduction to pastor and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Editor(s): Porte, Joel; Morris, Saundra. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 300 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521499460
- ISBN
- 9780521499460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.13
€ 32.13
Paperback. A comprehensive introduction to literature and culture in the Romantic period. Suitable for literature students, it provides the essential information and guidance needed from introducing the historical and cultural context to key authors, texts and genres. Editor(s): Faflak, Joel; Chaplin, Sue. Series: Literature and Culture Handbooks. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441190024
- ISBN
- 9781441190024
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.13
€ 44.99
€ 37.13
paperback. In late 1995 and early 1996, cartoonist/reporter Joe Sacco travelled four times to Gorazde, a UN-designated safe area during the Bosnian War. Still surrounded by Bosnian Serb forces, the mainly Muslim people of Gorazde had endured heavy attacks to hang on to their town. This book presents a snapshot of these people. Num Pages: 236 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DVWYB; 3JJPR; AKLC; DNJ; DSK; FXZ; HBJD; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 192 x 16. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Jonathan Cape
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780224080897
- ISBN
- 9780224080897
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 16.68
€ 25.99
€ 16.68
Paperback. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349044207
- ISBN
- 9781349044207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.76
€ 69.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 570 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ABA; 2ACSC; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 36. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 596
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408286036
- ISBN
- 9781408286036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.94
€ 49.94
Paperback. This is the first major study of Mark Z. Danielewski, an emerging, innovative American novelist and a key figure in contemporary literature. It situates his three novels to date in their literary and cultural context, in the process demonstrating why he is such an important and ground-breaking writer. Editor(s): Bray, Joe; Gibbons, Alison. Series: Contemporary American & Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099335
- ISBN
- 9780719099335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.98
€ 37.98
hardcover. By bridging close textual readings with book and publishing history, economic and sociological analysis, and original archival research, Writing Unemployment offers new ideas on work by many of Canada's most important writers. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; KCFM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442644335
- ISBN
- 9781442644335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.43
€ 61.43
Paperback. Was a convicted criminal executed on stage during a beheading scene? Was an unfortunate actor driven insane while playing a madman? Did a theatrical enactment of a crucifixion result in a real one? Did an androgynous young man seduce a priest when portraying a female saint? Death by Drama answers these and other questions while presenting a. Num Pages: 354 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226207889
- ISBN
- 9780226207889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.06
€ 47.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487835
- ISBN
- 9780801487835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70