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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Perceptive and darkly funny poetry from the Forward-prize-winning poet. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 124.
Edition
Reprints
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330481953
ISBN
9780330481953
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.11

Hardback. This innovative study locates Joyce's work in the context of politics and philosophy. This text examines Joyce's response to the dominant linguistic and philosophical systems that, because of their inner logics of exclusion, inevitably produce economic, religious, and sexual victims. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472394
ISBN
9781611472394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.79

Paperback. Described as the Mona Lisa literature and the world's first detective story, Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" is a major text from the ancient Greek world and an iconic work of world literature. This book covers the afterlife of the play in depth and provides a comprehensive guide to further reading for students. Series: Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258. A Reader's Guide. Series: Reader's Guides. 176 pages. Described as the Mona Lisa literature and the world's first detective story, Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" is a major text from the ancient Greek world and an iconic work of world literature. This book covers the afterlife of the play in depth and provides a comprehensive guide to further reading for students. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight: 258.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441198242
ISBN
9781441198242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.54

Hardcover. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1972
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875800295
ISBN
9780875800295
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.53

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199944521
ISBN
9780199944521
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.40

Paperback. Literature analysis made easy. Build your students' confidence in their language abilities and help them develop the skills needed to critique their chosen work; putting it into context, understanding the themes and narrative technique, as well as specialist terminology. Series: Film and Literature Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 4KLR; CJB; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual, Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471890109
ISBN
9781471890109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.01

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Clarendon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198160175
ISBN
9780198160175
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 228.66
€ 33.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Groes, Sebastian. Series: Contemporary Critical Perspectives. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441139221
ISBN
9781441139221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.74

Paperback. An historical tragedy by an eighteenth century playwright. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 75 pages, 1 b&w plate, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
75
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859893770
ISBN
9780859893770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.62

Paperback. Offers a collection of queer criticism on the history of the novel. This title includes startingly imaginative essays that explore critical practices that can weave the pleasures and disorientations of reading into the fabric of queer analyses. Editor(s): Sedgwick, Eve Kosofsky. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 528 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 886.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822320401
ISBN
9780822320401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 34.71

Hardcover. A Companion to Science Fiction assembles essays by an international range of scholars which discuss the contexts, themes and methods used by science fiction writers. * This Companion conveys the scale and variety of science fiction. * Shows how science fiction has been used as a means of debating cultural issues. Editor(s): Seed, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 632 pages. BIC Classification: DSR; FL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 256 x 172 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1230.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
632
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405112185
ISBN
9781405112185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.97

Paperback. Lippit offers the first book-length study in English of Japanese modernist fiction from the 1920s to the 1930s. Through close readings of four leading figures of this movement-Akutagawa, Yokomitsu, Kawabata, and Hayashi-Lippit aims to establish a theoretical and historical framework for the analysis of Japanese modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JJG; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125314
ISBN
9780231125314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.70

Paperback. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program United States
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781885445308
ISBN
9781885445308
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 291.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813108162
ISBN
9780813108162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.81

Paperback. Nancy Mitford was witty, intelligent, often acerbic, a great tease and an acute observer of upper-class English idiosyncrasies. With the publication of her novels, above all The Pursuit of Love, Love in a Cold Climate and The Blessing, she became a huge bestseller and a household name. This book tells her story. Num Pages: 288 pages, facsim portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
VINTAGE
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099429555
ISBN
9780099429555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.69

Paperback. This collection seeks to represent the state of the art in cognitive stylistics - a field at the interface between linguistics, literary studies and cognitive science. Editor(s): Semino, Elena; Culpepper, Jonathan V.; Culpeper, Jonathan. Series: Linguistic Approaches to Literature. Num Pages: 349 pages, index. BIC Classification: CFD; DSA; DSB; JMAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
John Benjamins Publishing Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9789027233325
ISBN
9789027233325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.76

Paperback. Translator(s): Ahl, Frederick. Series: Masters of Latin Literature. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 229 x 8. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801494321
ISBN
9780801494321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.14

Paperback. Living in Rome under Caligula and later a tutor to Nero, Seneca witnessed the extremes of human behaviour. His shocking and bloodthirsty plays not only reflect a brutal period of history but also show how guilt, sorrow, anger and desire lead individuals to violence. Translator(s): Smith, R. Scott. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 23. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140455519
ISBN
9780140455519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

Hardcover. Seneca Epistulae Vol. I Editor(s): Reynolds, Leighton; Reynolds, L. D. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1965
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198146445
ISBN
9780198146445
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.54

Paperback. Editor(s): Fitch, John G. Series: Cornell Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 492 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
492
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801475719
ISBN
9780801475719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.45

Hardcover. Marking Roy Foster's retirement from the Carroll Professorship of Irish history at the University of Oxford, and recognising his extraordinary career as a historian, literary critic, and public intellectual, this essay collection charts Foster's career while reflecting on developments in the field of Irish history writing, teaching, and research. Editor(s): Paseta, Senia. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 243 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198748274
ISBN
9780198748274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.14

Hardcover. Explores the relationship between Judaism and writing in the works of four twentieth-century Italian writers: Umberto Saba, Natalia Ginzburg, Giorgio Bassani, and Primo Levi. This book examines the different ways in which each author's work responds to Judaism and the notion of Jewish identity. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse Univ Pr (Sd)
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631989
ISBN
9780815631989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.11

hardcover. An original and challenging work, The Quest for Epic documents the development of Italian narrative from the chivalric romance at the end of the fifteenth century to the genre of epic in the sixteenth century. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802090317
ISBN
9780802090317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.70

Paperback. Drawing on Korean and Japanese texts ranging from critical essays to short stories produced in the colonial and post-colonial periods, this book analyzes the ways in which Japanese colonial and Korean nationalist discourse pivoted on such concepts as language, literature, and culture. Series: Seoul-California Series in Korean Studies. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSA; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 63.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520289857
ISBN
9780520289857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.82

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