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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. "Beowulf" is one of the finest works of vernacular literature from the European Middle Ages and as such is a fitting title to head the Old English family of texts published in the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. This title provides readers as well as established scholars with fresh insights into "Beowulf", and the four other texts. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 521.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052956
ISBN
9780674052956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.83

Hardback. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812231571
ISBN
9780812231571
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.40

Paperback. Yeats is usually seen as a great modernist innovator. This book goes against the grain to explore the Irish literary traditions that preceded and influenced him-romantic 'national tales' in post-Union Ireland, the poetry and polemic of the Young Ireland movement, the occult novels of Sheridan LeFanu, and William Carleton's 'peasant fictions'. Num Pages: 256 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 195 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199641659
ISBN
9780199641659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.28

Paperback. A biography of W B Yeats, it covers the second half of Yeats' life, taking in his controversial political involvements, continued supernatural experiments, his extraordinary marriage, a series of love affairs, and the writing of his greatest poetry. It also weaves together his life and work. Num Pages: 832 pages, 32pp halftone plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 152 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1306. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear, remains very good
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0024921
ISBN
9780192806093
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 48.00

Hardback. Yeats is usually seen as a great modernist innovator. This book goes against the grain to explore the Irish literary traditions that preceded and influenced him-romantic 'national tales' in post-Union Ireland, the poetry and polemic of the Young Ireland movement, the occult novels of Sheridan LeFanu, and William Carleton's 'peasant fictions'. Num Pages: 256 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364. Fine in fine dust wrapper
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0027124
ISBN
9780199592166
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 25.00

Hardback. A collection of essays by diverse hands engaging, interrogating, and honoring the medieval scholarship of Terry Jones. Editor(s): Yeager, R. F.; Takamiya, Toshiyuki. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBAH; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
278
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230112674
ISBN
9780230112674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.80

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137366160
ISBN
9781137366160
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.06
€ 34.75

Hardcover. In the tradition of The Swerve, this thrilling, detective-like work of literary history reveals how a poem created the world we live in today. Num Pages: 320 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 280 x 31. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871406637
ISBN
9780871406637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226059822
ISBN
9780226059822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

Paperback. Offers a reconception of the person generally assumed to be the first woman writer in French, the woman referred to as Marie de France in contemporary times. This book considers almost all of the writing ascribed to Marie, including her famous "Lais", her 103 animal fables, and the earliest vernacular, "Saint Patrick's Purgatory". Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 185 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226059846
ISBN
9780226059846
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 37.37

Paperback. Other contributors include Jack Abecassis, Marina Brownlee, Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet, Andreas Kablitz, and Ursula Peters. Editor(s): Bloch, R. Howard; Calhoun, Alison; Cerquiglini-Toulet, Jacqueline; Kupper, Joachim; Patterson, Jeanette. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 17. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412412
ISBN
9781421412412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.19

Hardback. Other contributors include Jack Abecassis, Marina Brownlee, Jacqueline Cerquiglini-Toulet, Andreas Kablitz, and Ursula Peters. Editor(s): Bloch, R. Howard; Calhoun, Alison; Cerquiglini-Toulet, Jacqueline; Kupper, Joachim; Patterson, Jeanette. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421412405
ISBN
9781421412405
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.95
€ 59.78

Paperback. Num Pages: 295 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 209 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551532
ISBN
9781871551532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.43

Paperback. .
Publisher
SteinerBooks, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584200475
ISBN
9781584200475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Hardcover. Shirley Werner, On the History of the Commenta Bernensia and the Adnotationes super Lucanum, Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 145 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Department of the Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674379442
ISBN
9780674379442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.02

Paperback. "This book investigates male writers' use of female voices and female writers' use of male voices in literature and theatre from the 1850s to the present, examining where, how and why such gendered crossings occur and what connections may be found between these crossings and specific psychological, social, historical and political contexts"-- Editor(s): Kim, R.; Westall, C. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSA; DSBH; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 238 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349335534
ISBN
9781349335534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.70

Hardback. A substantial essay explores the complex early publication history of the novel Weir of Hermiston on both sides of the Atlantic, and exceptionally full explanatory notes and other background information are provided. Editor(s): Hughes, Gillian. Series: New Edinburgh Edition of the Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474405256
ISBN
9781474405256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 107.92

Paperback. A History of the Hellenistic World provides a new, authoritative account of the period following the reign of Alexander the Great. With clear narration and extensive documentation, the book explains the highly complex political history of the Hellenistic period. Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 20. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631233886
ISBN
9780631233886
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 44.66

Hardcover. A History of the Hellenistic World provides a new, authoritative account of the period following the reign of Alexander the Great. With clear narration and extensive documentation, the book explains the highly complex political history of the Hellenistic period. Series: Blackwell History of the Ancient World. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 185 x 26. Weight in Grams: 856.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631233879
ISBN
9780631233879
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481273
ISBN
9781611481273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.47

Paperback. Exploring Postcolonial Biblical Criticism offers a concise and multifaceted overview of the origins, development, and application of postcolonial criticism to biblical studies from one of the field's most prominent figures. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405158572
ISBN
9781405158572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.36

Paperback. R. S. Thomas was a major figure in the landscape of contemporary poetry - attested by his Nobel Prize for Literature nomination. His poetry, coloured by personal experience of rural Wales, is stark but passionate. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
J.M. Dent
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780460878111
ISBN
9780460878111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.91

Paperback. An in-depth and comprehensive account of the complex history of Japanese modernism from the mid-19th century 'opening to the West' until the 21st century globalized world of 'postmodernism.' Its concept of modernism encompasses not just the aesthetic avant-garde but a wide spectrum of social, political and cultural phenomena. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 3JH; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; HBJF; HBLL; HBLW; HBLX; HBTB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 192 x 120 x 20. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
344
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230346444
ISBN
9780230346444
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.53

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 231 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
231
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2012
SKU
V9781349350537
ISBN
9781349350537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.94
€ 105.49

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