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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. A group of pilgrims entertain each other with stories on their way to Canterbury in a poem whose characters, from the Knight to the Wife of Bath, are as vivid as their tales. This new edition of David Wright's acclaimed translation includes a new critical introduction and invaluable notes by a leading Chaucer scholar. Translator(s): Wright, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199599028
ISBN
9780199599028
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Hardback. The author is rightly regarded as the Father of English Literature. His observant wit, his narrative skill and characterization, his linguistic invention, have been a well from which the language's greatest writers have drawn: Shakespeare, Pope, Austen, Dickens among them. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 211 x 26. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230655
ISBN
9780571230655
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.59

Paperback. This peerless edition of Chaucer's complete works is the fruit of many years' study and is widely regarded as the standard text. Edited and annotated to a high standard, and with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon, the Riverside Chaucer is now the indispensable edition for students and readers of Chaucer. Num Pages: 1392 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 148 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1166.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
3rd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199552092
ISBN
9780199552092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 314 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPCF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270521
ISBN
9780823270521
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.97

Paperback. Num Pages: 314 pages, 5 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPCF; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 230 x 32. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823270538
ISBN
9780823270538
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319421704
ISBN
9783319421704
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.49

Hardback. This concise companion introduces students to the most important poetic figures, movements, contexts, and trends in post-war British and Irish poetry, providing a much-needed reference point in a sprawling and often contentious field. Editor(s): Blanton, C. D.; Alderman, Nigel. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 231 x 31. Weight in Grams: 660.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405129244
ISBN
9781405129244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.10

Hardback. Editor(s): Bullough, Geoffrey. Num Pages: 423 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 33. Weight in Grams: 618.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
423
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231088985
ISBN
9780231088985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 181.58

Paperback. Packed full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, 'York Notes' will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408217306
ISBN
9781408217306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935294
ISBN
9780813935294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.71

Hardcover. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935287
ISBN
9780813935287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.41

Paperback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137331830
ISBN
9781137331830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 134.68

Hardcover. A glimpse into the lives and times of Yiddish writers enthralled with Communism at the turn of the century through the mid-1930s. Centering mainly on the Soviet Jewish literati but with an eye to their American counterparts, the book follows their paths from avant-garde beginnings in Kiev after the 1905 revolution to their peak in the mid-1930s. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, 15 photographs, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 1KBB; 2ACY; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSR1; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815630524
ISBN
9780815630524
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.11

Paperback. Series: Modernist Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; APF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190272418
ISBN
9780190272418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.12

Paperback. Set in the author's adopted home of California in the 1920s, this is Gene Stratton-Porter's last novel, a story filled with wisdom, a love of nature, and her own abiding optimism. In it a Master Bee Keeper, his bees, and the natural beauty of California restore a wounded World War I veteran to health.

Series: The Library of Indiana Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; PSVT7. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 138 x 36. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253206916
ISBN
9780253206916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.82

Paperback. Gene Stratton-Porter's tale of a plucky, orphaned newspaper boy is now back in print! Series: The Library of Indiana Classics. Num Pages: 576 pages, 32 figures. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 29. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253210456
ISBN
9780253210456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590332894
ISBN
9781590332894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.41
€ 56.87

hardcover. For a work to be considered African American literature, does it need to focus on African American characters? Or is it enough for the author to be identified as African American? Jarrett traces the shifting definitions of African American literature and the authors who wrote beyond those boundaries at the cost of critical dismissal or obscurity. Num Pages: 232 pages, 7 illus. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 234 x 24. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812239737
ISBN
9780812239737
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.57

Paperback. A political history of African American literature Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814743393
ISBN
9780814743393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. A political history of African American literature Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814743386
ISBN
9780814743386
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.38

Paperback. A Companion to African American Literature presents a comprehensive overview of the field from the eighteenth century to the present day. Embracing the full range of African American literature, essays explore forms, themes, genres, historical contexts, and major authors, and present the latest critical approaches. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 173 x 22. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118438787
ISBN
9781118438787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.89

Hardcover. The first full-length biography of one of the most unlikely figures in twentieth-century American literature, a writer who emerged from a dirt-poor South Georgia tenant farm and went on to create a singularly unique voice of fiction. Editor(s): Geltner, Ted. Num Pages: 456 pages, 39 black & white photographs. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 41. Weight in Grams: 816.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820349237
ISBN
9780820349237
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.54

Hardback. These 2 essays demonstrate that, beyond example's rich genealogy in the rhetorical tradition, it involves issues that are central to current theories of meaning and ethics in literature and philosophy. Editor(s): Gelley, Alexander. Num Pages: 388 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 30. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804724005
ISBN
9780804724005
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.54

Hardback. This work looks at the life and work of Miraji, a member of the triumvirate of canonical Urdu poets of the 20th century. It aims to unravel the paradox of an acclaimed modernist writer whose poems are widely regarded as impossibly difficult to comprehend. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 2BMU; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 767.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804733298
ISBN
9780804733298
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.26

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