Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Assuming no prior knowledge of Greek, this book supplies all the background information necessary to understand the earliest and greatest works of Greek literature - Homer's great epic poems, "The Iliad" and "The Odyssey". Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 192 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631233862
- ISBN
- 9780631233862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.63
€ 47.63
Paperback. Translator(s): Caldwell, Richard. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 142 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585102884
- ISBN
- 9781585102884
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.11
€ 21.99
€ 17.11
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Focus Information Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941051002
- ISBN
- 9780941051002
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.63
€ 16.99
€ 13.63
Paperback. The concluding volume of Herman Melville: A Biography confirms Hershel Parker's position as the world's leading Melville scholar, demonstrating his unrivaled biographical, literary, and historical imagination and providing a rich new portrait of a great-and profoundly American-artist. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 63, 63 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1339.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1056
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801881862
- ISBN
- 9780801881862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.36
€ 50.99
€ 42.36
Paperback. Edition for students of this important book whose centre-piece is the Battle of Salamis. Editor(s): Bowie, A. M. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521575713
- ISBN
- 9780521575713
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.80
€ 38.80
Hardcover. Traditionally known as the Father of History, the Greek writer Herodotus(c 484-420 BC), was the first man to tell a story in prose on the scale of the ILIAD and the ODYSSEY. This book deals with his work. Editor(s): Blakeney, E.H. Translator(s): Rawlinson, George; Thomas, Rosalind. Num Pages: 772 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 133 x 44. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Publisher
- Everyman United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 800
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857152340
- ISBN
- 9781857152340
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.97
€ 26.99
€ 18.97
Paperback. Describes how a small and quarrelsome band of Greek city states united to repel the might of the Persian empire. Frequently giving rise to colorful digressions, this book blends fact and legend to offer a compelling Greek view of the world of the fifth century BC. Translator(s): De Selincourt, Aubrey. Num Pages: 784 pages, bibliog , chronology, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Edition
- Reissue
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140449082
- ISBN
- 9780140449082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Paperback. Biographies are one of the most popular and best-selling of the literary genres. Why do people like them? What does a biography do and how does it work? This Very Short Introduction examines different types of biographies, why certain people and historical events arouse so much interest, and how they are compared with history and fiction. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 b&w halftone. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199533541
- ISBN
- 9780199533541
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. A biography of Virginia Woolf which moves freely between a detailed life-story and attempts to understand significant questions. She is presented as occupying a distinct and even uneasy position within the Bloomsbury Set, and also as a radically sceptical, subversive, courageous feminist. Num Pages: 912 pages, illustrations facsimiles, geneal. table, portraits. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099732518
- ISBN
- 9780099732518
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 18.14
€ 25.99
€ 18.14
Hardback. This interdisciplinary book honors Columbia professor and New York intellectual Carl Woodring. The depth of these original perspectives on the literature, art, politics, science, and philosophy of transatlantic nineteenth-century culture will foster future conversations. Editor(s): Almeida, Hermione de. Num Pages: 374 pages, 31 black & white halftones, 6 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVC; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611495409
- ISBN
- 9781611495409
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardback. Provides fresh insights into both famous and little-known episodes in Thomas Mann's life and into his writing - the only realm in which he ever felt free. This book shows how love, death, religion, and politics were not merely themes in "Buddenbrooks", "The Magic Mountain", and other works, but were woven into the fabric of his existence. Translator(s): Willson, Leslie. Num Pages: 752 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 999.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- The University Press Group Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691070698
- ISBN
- 9780691070698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.07
€ 103.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1957
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Number of pages
- 122
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811200684
- ISBN
- 9780811200684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.18
€ 12.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- North Atlantic Books,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781583943137
- ISBN
- 9781583943137
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.38
€ 23.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. A clarifying account of the general landscape of critical theory in the United States over the last 30 years ending with the current eclipse of deconstruction. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121354
- ISBN
- 9780231121354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.65
€ 37.99
€ 27.65
Hardback. Without a proper grasp of its relevant theories, approaches, and technical language, an effective analysis and interpretation of literature can be a daunting task. The Literary Theory Toolkit offers readers a rich compendium of key terms, concepts, and arguments necessary for the study of literature in a critical-theoretical context. Num Pages: 312 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 600.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405170482
- ISBN
- 9781405170482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.98
€ 150.98
Hardback. A clarifying account of the general landscape of critical theory in the United States over the last 30 years ending with the current eclipse of deconstruction. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121347
- ISBN
- 9780231121347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.66€ 80.20
€ 104.66
€ 80.20
Hardback. Editor(s): Ziolkowski, Theodore. Translator(s): Ziolkowski, Yetta. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649351
- ISBN
- 9780691649351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.51
€ 150.51
paperback. Magnificent and strange, Pierre is a richly allusive novel mirroring both antebellum America and Herman Melville's own life. Editor(s): Levine, Robert S.; Weinstein, Cindy. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Critical
- SKU
- V9780393938944
- ISBN
- 9780393938944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.58
€ 19.99
€ 18.58
Hardcover. Includes illustrations, of places, creatures, objects or tools, and processes connected with nineteenth-century whaling, that are original boxwood engravings by Massachusetts artist Barry Moser. Num Pages: 600 pages, 100 black-and-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 183 x 263 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1224.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520043541
- ISBN
- 9780520043541
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.91
€ 54.99
€ 39.91
paperback. Collected in this volume are Bartleby the Scrivener, Benito Cereno, and Billy Budd-presented in the best texts available, those published during Melville's lifetime and corrected by the author. Editor(s): McCall, Dan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Norton & Company
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393976410
- ISBN
- 9780393976410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.55
€ 18.99
€ 17.55