Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This book, now in paperback, explores the evolution of Tolkien's mythology throughout his lifetime by examining how it changed as a result of his life story, contemporary cultural and intellectual history. This new approach and scope brings to light neglected aspects of Tolkien's vision and contextualizes his fiction. Num Pages: 258 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230272842
- ISBN
- 9780230272842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.51
€ 33.99
€ 30.51
Hardcover. Presents a sequence of interviews between Dikran Karagueuzian and prolific fiction writer John L'Heureux that investigate the nature of writing fiction and the writer's need to write. This conversation includes a discussion of contemporary fiction, its virtues and vices, and its distinguished practitioners. Series: Center for the Study of Language and Information Publication Lecture Notes. Num Pages: 184 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 55 x 85 x 18. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Centre for the Study of Language & Information United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575866017
- ISBN
- 9781575866017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 23.66
€ 29.99
€ 23.66
Hardback. In a series of studies over the last 30 years, Henrich has shown that Holderlin played a decisive role in the development of philosophy from Kant to Hegel. This book includes six of Henrich's most important essays on Holderlin. Editor(s): Forster, Eckart. Series: Studies in Kant & German Idealism. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSC; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 625.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804727396
- ISBN
- 9780804727396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.30
€ 93.30
Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816617203
- ISBN
- 9780816617203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 27.09
€ 27.99
€ 27.09
Paperback. This volume asserts that contrary to prevailing perceptions of African American literary voices as silenced and excluded from American history, those voices were loud and clear. The book provides evidence to demonstrate just how much writers engaged in a surprising number of dialogues with society. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; HBJK; HBLH; HBLL; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813920672
- ISBN
- 9780813920672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.96
€ 39.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; BG; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Publisher
- Open Gate Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780900001451
- ISBN
- 9780900001451
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.21
€ 12.21
Paperback. A translation of "Beowulf" that captures the rhythm and movement of the original Old English poem while employing a fluid Modern English style and relatively simple vocabulary. It provides an approximation of the acoustic features - and power - of the original and is suitable for reading either silently or aloud. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Tra
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208933
- ISBN
- 9780872208933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 14.98
€ 18.99
€ 14.98
Paperback. William Shakespeare's plays are a guide to how individuals react to the competing pressures of statecraft and personal ambition, fear and love. This book not only considers these "cases" in the plays themselves, but also in the sources available to Shakespeare - the techniques Shakespeare used to transform history into drama. Num Pages: 208 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826418807
- ISBN
- 9780826418807
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.55
€ 31.99
€ 22.55
Paperback. Translator(s): Davis, Dick. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780934211383
- ISBN
- 9780934211383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.69
€ 21.99
€ 17.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823058
- ISBN
- 9781933823058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Hardback. Embodying Resistance traces narrative strategies in Griselda Gambaro's novels to the grotesco criollo and to the broader grotesque tradition. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 229
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482652
- ISBN
- 9781611482652
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.61
€ 128.61
Paperback. This interdisciplinary study uncovers a fascination with women cross dressers in the popular literature of early modern Britain, in a wide range of texts from popular ballads and chapbook life histories to the comedies and tragedies of aristocratic literature. Num Pages: 254 pages, 14 halftones, 4 line drawings, 12 musical examples. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; AVGH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 222 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226169163
- ISBN
- 9780226169163
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.12
€ 34.99
€ 27.12
Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816644049
- ISBN
- 9780816644049
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.15
€ 28.15
Hardback. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838638569
- ISBN
- 9780838638569
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.70
€ 109.70
Paperback. Medieval Women's Writing is a major new contribution to our understanding of women's writing in England, 1100-1500. The most comprehensive account to date, it includes writings in Latin and French as well as English, and works for as well as by women. Series: Polity Women & Writing Series. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745632568
- ISBN
- 9780745632568
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.61
€ 23.61
Hardback. Medieval Women's Writing is a major new contribution to our understanding of women's writing in England, 1100-1500. The most comprehensive account to date, it includes writings in Latin and French as well as English, and works for as well as by women. Series: Polity Women & Writing Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 495.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745632551
- ISBN
- 9780745632551
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Paperback. This accessible new translation of Sophocles' Antigone includes an analytical introduction, comprehensive notes and an essay by director Karen Libman. Num Pages: 126 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521134781
- ISBN
- 9780521134781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.91
€ 21.91
paperback. An anthology of the personal/autobiographical essays of scholars who have made the life story an important part of their disciplinary research. This book represents various disciplines, including mathematics, sociology, psychology, literature, religion and legal history. It also chronicles the origins of autobiographical criticism. Editor(s): Freedman, Diane P.; Frey, Olivia. Num Pages: 512 pages, 7 b&w photos. BIC Classification: BGA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 28. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822332138
- ISBN
- 9780822332138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 34.53
€ 35.99
€ 34.53
Paperback. One of a series designed to provide an accessible approach to the works of great poets and playwrights. Each title includes general notes on the text; discussion of themes, issues and contexts. Series Editor(s): Croft, Steven. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 199 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199129768
- ISBN
- 9780199129768
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.52
€ 19.52
Paperback. This is the first critical introduction to the theories of discourse advanced by Foucault, Althusser, PUcheux and Hindess and Hirst. Num Pages: 154 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631148395
- ISBN
- 9780631148395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.14
€ 50.14
Hardcover. A Companion to the Brontes brings the latest literary research and theory to bear on the life, work, and legacy of the Bronte family. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1058.
- Publisher
- Wiley-Blackwell
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118404942
- ISBN
- 9781118404942
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 166.07
€ 166.07
Paperback. Presents the works of seventeen poets, including a selection of archaic lyric and the complete surviving works of the ancient Greek women poets. Num Pages: 234 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520073364
- ISBN
- 9780520073364
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.61
€ 33.99
€ 24.61
paperback. Series: AAR Academy Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AGR; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 15. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A. United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9781555409753
- ISBN
- 9781555409753
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.15
€ 51.15
paperback. Presents translations of texts by Latin American women playwrights, and performance artists, together with essays about their work. Editor(s): Taylor, Diana; Constantino, Roselyn. Num Pages: 464 pages, 58 b&w photos, 19 figures. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ABM; DD; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 31. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822332404
- ISBN
- 9780822332404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 33.45
€ 34.99
€ 33.45