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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Performance uses the alphabet as an organizational device to present a series of short pieces that approach performance from multiple perspectives and various compositional strategies. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: AS; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781611322873
ISBN
9781611322873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.06

Hardback. This book examines the treatment of literary influence in the first six books of poetry from Mexico's Jose Emilo Pacheco. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754924
ISBN
9780838754924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Koury, Ronald. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: B; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610786
ISBN
9780815610786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.77

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691605210
ISBN
9780691605210
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 46.44

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 21. Weight in Grams: 799.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
348
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691634197
ISBN
9780691634197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.18

Paperback. Books V and VI of Tacitus' Annals , when complete, carried the narrative of Tiberius' reign from A.D. 29 to 37. Unfortunately most of Book V has been lost, but Annals VI, which resumes the narrative 2 weeks after the execution of Sejanus, contains a fascinating variety of incidents. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856687228
ISBN
9780856687228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.94

Hardback. As England's faithful began to worry less about everlasting felicity in heaven and more about life on earth, these diverse artists provided them with new ways of thinking about both their spiritual and their social existence. Num Pages: 448 pages, 77, 77 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HRAM7; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 749.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801873911
ISBN
9780801873911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.21
€ 55.70

paperback. Recovering a lost literary movement that was the most consuming preoccupation of W. B. Yeats's literary life, Ronald Schuchard's book provides an historical, biographical, and critical reconstruction of the poet's attempt to restore an oral tradition by reviving the bardic arts of chanting and musical speech. Num Pages: 500 pages, 26 black-and-white halftones, 8 textual illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKP; AN; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 764.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199596508
ISBN
9780199596508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.14

Hardcover. An introduction to contemporary Latin American narrative published in the 1970s, presenting ten major writers. Num Pages: 168 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810813595
ISBN
9780810813595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.10

Paperback. This book presents a critical analysis of Portuguese Nobel Laureate Jos Saramagos three novels, Baltasar and Blimunda (1982), The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1984), and The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989). Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536976
ISBN
9781557536976
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.38

Paperback. Conversation is very often spontaneous, natural and informal. But even at its most casual it is governed by rules and principles of language and behaviour. This book lays bare the structure of conversation, describing what happens when people talk to each other and explaining why they say what they say in a wide variety of circumstances. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631139393
ISBN
9780631139393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.41

Paperback. Aims to recaptures the world of Paris-American journalists during the period in the 1920s and 1930s by concentrating on the lives of such figures as Ernest Hemingway, James Thurber, and Henry Miller, and on the life of the newspapers, including the "Herald" and the "Tribune". Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566637329
ISBN
9781566637329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.13

hardcover. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; WNX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Ohio University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780821407912
ISBN
9780821407912
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.75

Hardback. In this study, devoted to Hemingway's nonfiction books, the work is considered in its own right. Just as he sought to create permanent fictions, Hemingway sought to shape his nonfiction books into permanent records that would stand side by side with the fiction in his complete works. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333513828
ISBN
9780333513828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.08

hardcover. Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2001. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9781575911595
ISBN
9781575911595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.95

Hardback. By complicating the views of gender dynamics in Latin love poetry, this exciting new scholarship will stimulate further debates in classical studies and literary criticism with its fresh perspectives. Editor(s): Ancona, Ronnie; Greene, Ellen. Series: Arethusa Books. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801881985
ISBN
9780801881985
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.19
€ 58.43

hardcover. Series: Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253024015
ISBN
9780253024015
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252064876
ISBN
9780252064876
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

Paperback. Intended to deepening our understanding of the 'Poetics', this collection places Aristotle's analysis of tragedy in its larger philosophical context. It includes twenty-one essays that explore the corpus of Aristotle's work in order to link the 'Poetics' to the rest of his views on psychology and on history, ethics, and politics. Editor(s): Rorty, Amelie Oksenberg. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
452
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691014982
ISBN
9780691014982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.49
€ 41.45

Hardcover. This major survey of Old Norse--Icelandic literature and culture demonstrates the remarkable continuity of Icelandic language and culture from medieval to modern times. Editor(s): McTurk, Rory. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 584 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1252.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
584
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631235026
ISBN
9780631235026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 224.05

Paperback. Drawing on contemporary memoirs, diaries and letters, this book explores what actually happened in battle in Napoleonic times and how the participants' feelings and reactions influenced the outcome. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLL; JWD; JWKT; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300082708
ISBN
9780300082708
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. Bringing Shakespeare back to life Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 211.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851687893
ISBN
9781851687893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.46

Paperback. A study of the links among literature, rhetoric, and democracy that explores the public debate generated by amateur and professional readers about four controversial literary works: two that were censored in the United States and two that created conflict because they were not censored. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252068676
ISBN
9780252068676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 382 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691645612
ISBN
9780691645612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.69

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