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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Iain Crichton Smith's SCOTNOTE study guide is a skilful and intelligent guide to the themes and characters of the novel, and explores the religious, philosophical and moral questions that it poses. Suitable for senior school pupils and students of all ages. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 60 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK; YFB; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 4. Weight in Grams: 102. "The Cone-gatherers". Series: Scotnotes. 46 pages. Iain Crichton Smith's SCOTNOTE study guide is a skilful and intelligent guide to the themes and characters of the novel, and explores the religious, philosophical and moral questions that it poses. Suitable for senior school pupils and students of all ages. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK; YFB; YQE; YQZ. Dimension: 211 x 146 x 4. Weight: 98.
Publisher
Assn for Scottish Lit Studies
Number of pages
60
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948877261
ISBN
9780948877261
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.29

Paperback. Part of a series of literature guides designed for GCSE coursework requirements, this book contains author details, background to the work, summaries of the text, critical commentaries, analysis of characterization, and sample questions with guideline answers. Editor(s): Baker, I.L. Series: Brodie's Notes. Num Pages: 104 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KHT; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (XX) Exams / tests / exercises. Dimension: 199 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 126. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Palgrave
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KAK0006376
ISBN
9780333581186
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. A survey of the roots and origins of Isaac Bashevis-Singer's works. Biletzky also explores the relationship between Singer and Shalom Aleichem and I.L. Peretz, offering an analysis which synthesizes the Jewish and the Yiddish in Singer's thought and writing. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 186.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
154
Condition
New
SKU
V9780819198297
ISBN
9780819198297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 80.63

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691647975
ISBN
9780691647975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Berthoff, Ann E. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Dimension: 155 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Oxford University Press USA
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001297
ISBN
9780195064261
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 131 x 200 x 27. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138123748
ISBN
9781138123748
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 127 pages, 1 port. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Edition
Paper edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885445940
ISBN
9781885445940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.72

Hardcover. Translator(s): Fusco, Peter; Choe, Wolhee. Num Pages: 127 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 1FPK; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program United States
Number of pages
127
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885445544
ISBN
9781885445544
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.27

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691645223
ISBN
9780691645223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.16

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746312209
ISBN
9780746312209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.69

Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Literature. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474400657
ISBN
9781474400657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.96
€ 197.27

Paperback. Critically acclaimed, award-winning biography of CS Lewis, JRR Tolkien and the brilliant group of writers to come out of Oxford during the Second World War. Num Pages: 304 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
HarperCollins
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007748693
ISBN
9780007748693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.37

Hardback. The direct challenge it poses to the idea of an exclusionary Judeo-Christian Enlightenment serves as an important revision to post-9/11 narratives about a historical clash between Western democratic values and Islam. Num Pages: 368 pages, 5, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403533
ISBN
9781421403533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.97

Hardcover. As state control of private life in China has loosened since 1980, citizens have experienced an unprecedented family revolution. Reading popular "divorce narratives" in fiction, film, and TV drama, this book shows that the representation of marital discord has become a cultural battleground for competing ideologies within post-revolutionary China. Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993492
ISBN
9780295993492
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.85

Paperback. As state control of private life in China has loosened since 1980, citizens have experienced an unprecedented family revolution. Reading popular "divorce narratives" in fiction, film, and TV drama, this book shows that the representation of marital discord has become a cultural battleground for competing ideologies within post-revolutionary China. Series: Modern Language Initiative Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295993508
ISBN
9780295993508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. The Vita Secundi is a Greek text of the second century AD. The substantial introduction to the edition deals with the motives for the work's translation into Spanish, tracks the extent of its diffusion in Spain, and analyses in detail the textual history of the Spanish version. Editor(s): Bizzarri, Hugo O. Series: Exeter Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 46 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBB; HBJD; HBLH; HPQ; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 203 x 8. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
46
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896757
ISBN
9780859896757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.42

Hardback. By far the largest bibliography of Portuguese literature published in the U.S. Num Pages: 521 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADP; DSB; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 154 x 32. Weight in Grams: 721.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
521
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810828445
ISBN
9780810828445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.29

Paperback. 'This is the most gripping book I've read in ages .. It is beautifully written, fascinating, disturbing and often very funny.' Roddy Doyle Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 19. Weight in Grams: 226.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007148110
ISBN
9780007148110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Wythoff, Grant. Series: Electronic Mediations (Paperback). BIC Classification: DNF; DSK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 277 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 862.
Edition
1st Edition
Publisher
Univ Of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781517900854
ISBN
9781517900854
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.60

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hughes, Linda; Robbins, Sarah (Kennesaw State University, Georgia). Num Pages: 287 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748694457
ISBN
9780748694457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.84
€ 114.08

Paperback / so. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: CB; DCF; DSB; JF; JN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Vs Verlag Fur Sozialwissenschaften United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9783531120430
ISBN
9783531120430
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 79.92

Paperback. A memoir of the schooldays of one of the most extraordinary minds Scotland has produced, Hugh Miller. He rose from a modest background to become both a specialist in the field of geology and a generalist in the wider literary world, admired by Carlyle, Dickens and Ruskin. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBF; RBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 144 x 35. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Black and White Publishing
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781873631188
ISBN
9781873631188
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.62

Lev Tolstoy has held the attention of mankind for well over a century. This title investigates some of the numerous puzzles and paradoxes in the Tolstoyan heritage, engaging both with Tolstoy the artist, author of those incomparable novels and Tolstoy the thinker, who questioned the received ideas and beliefs of the whole civilised world. Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934843024
ISBN
9781934843024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.20

Paperback. An examination of English verse translations of Beowulf, including Seamus Heaney's version alongside other influential renditions. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 11. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843948
ISBN
9781843843948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.57

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