Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. A compact, wide-ranging, and accessible guide to reading plays, The Drama Handbook stresses the importance of understanding performance conventions and production processes through history, and offers clearly defined and presented critical vocabularies. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198700708
- ISBN
- 9780198700708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.81
€ 50.81
Hardcover. Many of the West's best writers fought in duels or wrote about them, seduced by glamour or risk or recklessness. A gift as a plot device, the duel also offered a way to discover how we face fears of humiliation, pain, and death. John Leigh's literary history of the duel illuminates these and other tensions attending the birth of the modern world. Num Pages: 342 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504387
- ISBN
- 9780674504387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
CD-Audio. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSK; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 285 x 24. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- CD
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Unabridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241977545
- ISBN
- 9780241977545
CD
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 19.46
€ 27.99
€ 19.46
paperback. This biography of William Wordsworth attempts to tell the story of his life through a rigourous reading of key and representative works of the poet. Its reading of the poems, in tune with current theoretical practice, offers a sense of the continuities in Wordsworth's life. Num Pages: 301 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217168
- ISBN
- 9780823217168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.18
€ 46.99
€ 42.18
Paperback. Num Pages: 125 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 226 x 10. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823210749
- ISBN
- 9780823210749
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
hardcover. "Here is comfort for the faithful and rewarding reading for almost anyone, religiously inclined or not, interested in the examined life."-The Washington Times Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5830 x 24. Weight in Grams: 701.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780823217328
- ISBN
- 9780823217328
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.82
€ 103.82
Paperback. "Here is comfort for the faithful and rewarding reading for almost anyone, religiously inclined or not, interested in the examined life."-The Washington Times Series: Studies in Religion & Literature. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3233 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 353
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217335
- ISBN
- 9780823217335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 34.36
€ 36.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Reveals the role masochistic forms of voluntary suffering played in late-nineteenth-century British thinking about imperial politics and class identity. This book shows how the ideological and psychological dynamics of empire, particularly its reorganization of class identities at the colonial periphery, depended on figurations of masochism. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691127125
- ISBN
- 9780691127125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.66€ 55.08
€ 70.66
€ 55.08
Hardback. John Kleiner investigates the place of error in the moral and aesthetic system of Dante's Comedy. He argues that Dante's delight in finely wrought patterns does not exclude an interest in patterns of disorder, that his pursuit of harmony intensifies his interest in dissonance. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 200 pages, 16 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804721431
- ISBN
- 9780804721431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.73
€ 86.73
Hardcover. An innovative, critical, historically informed, yet accessible reassessment of writers who remained in Nazi Germany and Austria yet expressed nonconformity - even dissent - through their fiction. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 241 x 40. Weight in Grams: 866.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139092
- ISBN
- 9781571139092
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.56
€ 134.56
Hardback. Series: Studies of the Americas. Num Pages: 251 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; 2ADS; DSB; JP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403980786
- ISBN
- 9781403980786
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
Hardcover. Shakespeare's Binding Language is an innovative, substantial but highly readable study exploring the significance in Shakespeare's plays of oaths, vows, contracts, pledges and the other verbal and performative acts by which characters commit themselves to the truth of things past, present, and to come. Num Pages: 648 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198757580
- ISBN
- 9780198757580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.94
€ 103.94
Hardback. This title records the the details of the relationships W.B. Yeats had with important figures in the cultural and public life of his time and traces his prolific literary output, providing a vivid witness to an extraordinarily important, rich and crowded life. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 641.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333460061
- ISBN
- 9780333460061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.99
€ 128.99
Hardback. Features a contemporary poet who selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the author offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Motion, Sir Andrew. Series: Faber Nature Poets. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571328765
- ISBN
- 9780571328765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691631035
- ISBN
- 9780691631035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.09
€ 111.09
Paperback. Includes essays that intend to restore the social context of ancient Greek drama. This title considers how individual plays and groups of dramas pertained to the concerns of the body politic and how these issues were presented in the convention of the stage and as centerpieces of civic ceremonies. Editor(s): Winkler, John J.; Zeitlin, Froma I. Num Pages: 440 pages, 23 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 175 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 440
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691015255
- ISBN
- 9780691015255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.66€ 55.72
€ 70.66
€ 55.72
Paperback. Detailed analysis of Brecht's extensive theoretical writings on the theater, including newly available works. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 362 pages, black & white illustrations. Detailed analysis of Brecht's extensive theoretical writings on the theater, including newly available works. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSG. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 25. Weight: 606.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 362
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571134738
- ISBN
- 9781571134738
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.56
€ 43.99
€ 42.56
Hardback. With an emphasis on the House of Fame and Troilus and Criseyde, this book shows how Chaucer exploits the medieval figures of comparison, imago, similitudo, and exemplum at different levels of his work. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 171. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838638149
- ISBN
- 9780838638149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.47
€ 123.47
Paperback. An anthology of Rilke's strongest poetry and prose for both aficionados and new readers. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393310986
- ISBN
- 9780393310986
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.54
€ 16.99
€ 15.54
Paperback. Presents a portrait of the writers and wrestlers who played a mentor role in John Irving's development as a novelist, a wrestler and a wrestling coach. This book also gives a picture of a father's dedication to his children. It also details the interrelationship of the disciplines of writing and wrestling. Num Pages: 160 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Transworld Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780552996808
- ISBN
- 9780552996808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.31
€ 17.99
€ 14.31