Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. A catalogue of items drawn from the "Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr Samuel Johnson", bequeathed to the library in 2004 by Mary Hyde Eccles. Num Pages: 130 pages, 50 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 638.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library United States
- Number of pages
- 130
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780981885827
- ISBN
- 9780981885827
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.17
€ 40.99
€ 34.17
Hardcover. The first critical monograph to benefit from the textual rigour of Archie Burnett's landmark edition of The Complete Poems (2012), Radical Larkin celebrates Larkin's technical genius by offering seven in-depth analyses of the stylistic strategies he used to create eleven of his most famous poems. Num Pages: 302 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 219 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230348240
- ISBN
- 9780230348240
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.55
€ 67.55
Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 551.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403937063
- ISBN
- 9781403937063
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.59
€ 67.59
Paperback. e single-volume edition of Osborne's two autobiographical works, "A Better Class of Person: 1929-1956" and "Almost a Gentleman: 1955-1966". The book also contains a review of the former by Alan Bennett entitled "Bad John", and David Hare's eulogy delivered at Osborne's memorial service in 1995. Num Pages: 624 pages, 32pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 50. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571196494
- ISBN
- 9780571196494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.45
€ 26.99
€ 18.45
Hardback. This study examines the relationship between tragicomedy in modernist theatre and the consumerist culture in which the genre has risen. In the plays of Beckett, Shepard and Pinter, Orr argues, playfulness and confusion overlay a black vision of nuclear apocalypse. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Culture & Society. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333448793
- ISBN
- 9780333448793
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.61
€ 193.61
Hardback. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333373392
- ISBN
- 9780333373392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.69
€ 127.69
Paperback. A poem and commentary on the soul's response to God, which is a classic of Spanish literature. Introduction by Baroness Caroline Cox. Series: Christian Classics Library. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JB; DSC; HRCS1; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281077113
- ISBN
- 9780281077113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.58
€ 14.99
€ 12.58
Hardcover. The Cambridge Companion to Charles Dickens offers a valuable introduction to Dickens for students and general readers. Editor(s): Jordan, Professor John O. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 260 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521660167
- ISBN
- 9780521660167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.73
€ 112.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 10. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564782748
- ISBN
- 9781564782748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.01
€ 11.01
Paperback. The Cambridge Companion to Charles Dickens offers a valuable introduction to Dickens for students and general readers. Editor(s): Jordan, Professor John O. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 258 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 394. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 258 pages, 15 b/w illus. Editor(s): Jordan, John O. The Cambridge Companion to Charles Dickens offers a valuable introduction to Dickens for students and general readers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight: 412.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521669641
- ISBN
- 9780521669641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.27
€ 36.27
Hardback. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 198 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; YNM; YQE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810854789
- ISBN
- 9780810854789
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.95
€ 101.95
Paperback. The "postmodernist context" of contemporary literary studies has seemed to push religious ideas to the margins. Nevertheless, religious concerns are deeply embedded in literature. This is an account of the literary and the religious, providing two ways of imagining our relationship with the divine. Series: AAR Reflection and Theory in the Study of Religion Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HRAB; HRLB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 309.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780788505690
- ISBN
- 9780788505690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.87
€ 47.87
Hardback. Num Pages: 194 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403983879
- ISBN
- 9781403983879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.77
€ 66.77
Paperback. This book explores a form of literary racial passing that has gone largely unnoticed in fictional characters who present a white face to the world even as they unconsciously perform cultural blackness, such as in the work of William Faulkner among others, revealing that being merely Caucasian was insufficient to claim Southern Whiteness. Num Pages: 213 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 213
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230340442
- ISBN
- 9780230340442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Narrating 9/11 pushes beyond a critical focus on domestic realism, offering chapters that examine speculative and genre fiction, postmodernism, climate change, and the evolving security state, as well as the television series Lost and the film Paradise Now. Editor(s): Duvall, John N.; Marzec, Robert P. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 336 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JM; DSBH5; DSK; HBJK; JPWL2. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 249 x 229 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417387
- ISBN
- 9781421417387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.83
€ 47.83
Paperback. His organization of the works and his supplementary material provide both students and scholars with a concise overview of Faulkner studies from its New Critical beginnings through its current engagements with theory and history. Editor(s): Duvall, John N. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 408 pages, 4, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801896996
- ISBN
- 9780801896996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.28
€ 38.99
€ 33.28
Paperback. From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight in Grams: 244. Twenty Crucial Puzzles Solved. 352 pages. From 'Is there Sex Before Marriage in Austen?' to 'Which important Austen characters never speak?' the Guardian Book Club columnist answers 21 apparently trivial questions that reveal deep and hidden truths about Jane Austen's fictional world. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 22. Weight: 244.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408831694
- ISBN
- 9781408831694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31
Paperback. This book draws on the author's column in The Guardian, 'Elements of Fiction'. Using examples from well-known recent novels, it examines the techniques by which fiction works. It will widen the vocabulary of anyone interested in contemporary fiction, not least by showing where it has elements in common with classic novels of the past. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199281787
- ISBN
- 9780199281787
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.32
€ 13.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. Recounting his solitary childhood in the English countryside, the author presents affectionate portraits of his remote parents - an increasingly unconventional barrister father, whose blindness must never be mentioned, battling earwigs in the mutinous garden, and a vague and endlessly patient mother. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Edition
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KOC0022155
- ISBN
- 9780140063837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. Recounting his solitary childhood in the English countryside, the author presents affectionate portraits of his remote parents - an increasingly unconventional barrister father, whose blindness must never be mentioned, battling earwigs in the mutinous garden, and a vague and endlessly patient mother. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st Penguin Edition
- SKU
- KSS0000121
- ISBN
- 9780140063837
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95