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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780745629612
- ISBN
- 9780745629612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.81
€ 71.81
Hardback. The works of Walter Benjamin (1892--1940) are widely acclaimed as being among the most original and provocative writings of twentieth--century critical thought, and have become required reading for scholars and students in a range of academic disciplines. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745610078
- ISBN
- 9780745610078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.43
€ 77.43
Paperback.
This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629629
- ISBN
- 9780745629629
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.19
€ 24.19
Paperback. Examines a small group of early papyrus manuscripts of Homer's Iliad, known as the Ptolemaic papyri, which, although fragmentary, are the oldest surviving physical evidence of the text of the Iliad, dating from the third to the first centuries BCE. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 9. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780674053236
- ISBN
- 9780674053236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.29
€ 21.99
€ 20.29
Paperback. The popularity of Yunus Emre, who is often referred to as the Turkish national poet, has endured for six centuries. This title presents a translation of his poetry. Series: UC Publications in Modern Philology. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2FMC; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 182 x 9. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520097810
- ISBN
- 9780520097810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.77
€ 41.99
€ 29.77
Paperback. With a remarkable breadth of coverage and a focused, user-friendly approach, this Routledge Literary Sourcebook is the essential guide for any student of King Lear. Series: Routledge Literary Sourcebooks S. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415234726
- ISBN
- 9780415234726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.71
€ 26.99
€ 26.71
Hardback. The early twentieth century is usually remembered as an era of rising nationalism and military hostility, culminating in the disaster of the First World War. This book explores the role of artists and writers in the formation of a modern, secular peace movement in Britain, and the impact of ideas about 'positive peace' on their artistic practice. Series: The Paul Mellon Centre for Studies in British Art. Num Pages: 244 pages, 40 colour images + 100 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJC; 3JJF; ACXD2; DSBH; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1124.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300151954
- ISBN
- 9780300151954
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.29
€ 46.99
€ 33.29
Hardback. Editor(s): Ioppolo, Grace. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 21. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 315
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491968
- ISBN
- 9781611491968
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.48
€ 134.48
Paperback. An original concept: in one volume, a study-size score of a major musical work, and a comprehensive body of tools for the study of that work. Editor(s): Lockwood, Lewis. Series: Norton Critical Scores. Num Pages: 152 pages, music. BIC Classification: AVGD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 161 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 151
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393092424
- ISBN
- 9780393092424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.09
€ 27.99
€ 26.09
Paperback. On ten strolls through some of the most interesting areas of London, this work explores the literary landscape of the capital. It introduces Shakespeare, Heine and Hogarth south of the river, finds Virginia Woolf and Lady Ottoline Morell in Bloomsbury, discovers Blake and Trollope in Westminster, and comes across John Keats in beautiful Hampstead. Series: Armchair Traveller. Num Pages: 224 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DSRC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906598730
- ISBN
- 9781906598730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 14 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801429958
- ISBN
- 9780801429958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.53
€ 95.53
Hardcover. Late style and its Discontents interrogates the critical cliche of 'late style' , questioning whether Titian, Beethoven, Goethe and others can usefully be assimilated to one another, as though their particular social and historical circumstances had been transcended by a singular existential predicament. Editor(s): Smiles, Sam; McMullan, Gordon. Num Pages: 250 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSB. 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
- V9780198704621
- ISBN
- 9780198704621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 143.15
€ 143.15
Paperback. A revealing new book accompanying an innovative exhibition at the British Library that will take readers on a journey through more than 400 years of performance. It will focus on ten moments in history that have changed the way we see Shakespeare, from the very first production of Hamlet to a digital-age deconstruction. Editor(s): McMullan, Gordon; Wilcox, Zoe. Num Pages: 240 pages, 120 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; 3J; AN; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 220. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- British Library Publishing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712356312
- ISBN
- 9780712356312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.41
€ 12.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611471441
- ISBN
- 9781611471441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.89
€ 113.89
Paperback. A history of the King James Version of the Bible (known in Britain as the Authorised Version) over the four hundred years from its remote beginnings to the present day. It explains how the translation came to be commissioned and who the translators were, before tracing its textual history, and the responses it has provoked to the present day. Num Pages: 368 pages, 37 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; HRCC2; HRCC9; HRCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199693016
- ISBN
- 9780199693016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. An intelligent and subtle biography of George Orwell (1903-1950), the author of 1984 and ANIMAL FARM which between them have sold 40 million copies. Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 8, b/w. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349115511
- ISBN
- 9780349115511
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.87
€ 19.99
€ 14.87
hardcover. Analyses three important Latin American novels in an attempt to redefine the nature of the picaresque, especially in regard to the roles of spontaneous play and carnivalesque laughter. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802047045
- ISBN
- 9780802047045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.03
€ 81.03
Hardback. Knights in Arms moves beyond the best-known examples of the genre, such as Philip Sidney's Arcadia, to consider the broad range of texts which featured the Eastern Mediterranean in this era. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648876
- ISBN
- 9781442648876
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.24
€ 70.24
A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance since 1991: Volume 3, USA an...
Goodland, Katharine, O'Connor, John
Hardcover. Includes detailed listings of all major Shakespeare plays on stage and screen, this book covers performances in North America since 1991. It uniquely explores each plays' performance history, as well as including reviews and useful information about staging. An engaging reference guide for academics and students alike. Series: A Directory of Shakespeare in Performance. Num Pages: 2175 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 3JJPR; 3JMC; AN; DSGS; GBCT. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 1. Weight in Grams: 2580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 2192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230223974
- ISBN
- 9780230223974
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 417.23
€ 417.23
paperback. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 88
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252064593
- ISBN
- 9780252064593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 24.89
€ 24.99
€ 24.89
Hardback. This annotated bibliography is a record of all editions, translations, and scholarship written on The Monk's Tale and the Nun's Priest's Tale in the twentieth century with a view to revisiting the former and creating a comprehensive scholarly view of the latter. Editor(s): Goodall, Peter. Num Pages: 530 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate; (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 530
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802093202
- ISBN
- 9780802093202
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.16
€ 133.16
Hardcover. Aristophanes has enjoyed a conspicuous revival in nineteenth - and twentieth-century Greece. This book provides an analysis of his role in modern Greek culture. It addresses the issues reflected in the poet's revival: political and linguistic nationalism, literary and cultural authenticity versus creativity, censorship, and social strife. Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 tables, 6 line illus. BIC Classification: 1DVG; 2AHA; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBB; DSG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691009568
- ISBN
- 9780691009568
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.73€ 84.41
€ 111.73
€ 84.41
Paperback. A collection of essays that offers multiethnic, historically comparative, and meta-theoretical readings of the literature and culture of the United States. Covering works by a diverse set of American authors - from Toni Morrison to Bret Harte - it maps a variegated terrain that refuses the distinction between 'ethnic' and 'non-ethnic' literatures. Editor(s): Goldstein, David S.; Thaker, Audrey B. Series: American Ethnic & Cultural Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 b&w photo, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295988351
- ISBN
- 9780295988351
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.27
€ 32.99
€ 31.27
Going Public: Women and Publishing in Early Modern France
Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.. Ed(S): Goldsmith, El...
hardcover. Editor(s): Goldsmith, Elizabeth C.; Goodman, Dena. Series: Reading Women Writing. Num Pages: 280 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801429514
- ISBN
- 9780801429514
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.46
€ 139.46