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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. 'York Notes for GCSE' offers a useful approach to English Literature and aims to help readers achieve a better grade. Updated to reflect the needs of today's students, the new editions are filled with detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes, characters, language and style, illustrations, exam advice and much more. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 80 pages, glossary, further reading. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KHT; DSBH; DSK; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582313811
ISBN
9780582313811
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.30

Paperback. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSR; DSRC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 297 x 210. .
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Workbook
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292138114
ISBN
9781292138114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.85

Paperback. Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature. Num Pages: 130 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 4KH; DSBD; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521663908
ISBN
9780521663908
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.86

Paperback. Explodes the myth that Lewis was a misogynist and shows how his approach to women is pertinent to contemporary culture. Editor(s): Curtis, Carolyn; Key, Mary Pomroy. Num Pages: 288 pages, Black and white pics of contributors in text. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Lion Hudson
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745956947
ISBN
9780745956947
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 12.54

Paperback. Num Pages: 229 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Cornell Univ East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939657629
ISBN
9780939657629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.88

Hardcover. This study examines the novels of Patrick White, the great Australian writer and Nobel Prize-winner. It begins from the observation that major characters in his novels undergo a failure. This failure paradoxically enables their success within the context of what White has called the 'overreaching grandeur' which circumscribes human existence. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 270 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 450. Good clean copy in dustwrapper with minor shelf wear and some edgewear to DW
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0001347
ISBN
9780333388693
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Series: Shakespeare and Theory. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 15. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472503237
ISBN
9781472503237
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822353676
ISBN
9780822353676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Hardback. In this volume, medievalist Carolyn Dinshaw offers a powerful critique of modernist temporal regimes through a revelatory exploration of queer ways of being in time as well as the potential queerness of time itself. Num Pages: 272 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5906 x 3971 x 20. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822353539
ISBN
9780822353539
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.75

Paperback. A groundbreaking anthology containing the work of poets who have witnessed war, imprisonment, torture, and slavery. Editor(s): Forche, Carolyn; Wu, Duncan. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 948.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
704
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393340426
ISBN
9780393340426
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.91

Hardback. Amid the national shame and subjugation following World War I in France, journalists, novelists, doctors, and legislators worked to rehabilitate what was perceived as an unhealthy social body. This title shows how they attempted to reconstruct the 'bodily integrity' of the nation by pointing to the dangers of homosexuality and pornography. Series: Studies on the History of Society & Culture. Num Pages: 275 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; HBTB; JFSJ; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of California Press Berkeley
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219953
ISBN
9780520219953
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.97
€ 45.84

Paperback. Published in 1994, this is a paperback edition edition of a study of the life and writings of literary pioneer, Lydia Maria Child. Her writing made and impact on American life as she addressed the issues of her time: slavery, women's rights, treatm Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 832 pages, 10 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 178 x 254 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1429.
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Revised ed.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
832
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KEX0212593
ISBN
9780822321637
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. A fresh reading of the Legend shows it to be one of Chaucer's most carefully crafted and significant works. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153499
ISBN
9781903153499
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.66

Paperback. 'All men must die': or 'Valar Morghulis', as the traditional Essos greeting is rendered into High Valyrian. And die they do - in prodigious numbers; in imaginatively varied and gruesome ways; and often in pain, terror and ordure within the blood-spattered and viciously unpredictable world that is HBO's sensational evocation of Game of Thrones. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: APT; DSBB; FM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784539320
ISBN
9781784539320
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.00

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; AN; DSB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166508
ISBN
9780231166508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145060
ISBN
9780231145060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 85.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231145077
ISBN
9780231145077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

Hardback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646377
ISBN
9781442646377
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.45

Paperback. The aged Judge Clane dreams of resurrecting the confederacy, while his grandson, Jester, is involuntarily drawn to Sherman, a volatile black orphan who feels the sharp sting of racial injustice. Through the eyes of these individuals, the author explores the roots of racial prejudice, and the dual moralities of the town's leading whites. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140083583
ISBN
9780140083583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

paperback. A collection of Carson McCullers' work, including stories, essays, articles, poems, and her writing on writing. These pieces, written mostly before McCullers was nineteen, provide insight into her life and her gifts and growth as a writer. It contains the working outline of "The Mute," which became her novel "The Heart Is a Lonely Hunter". Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 195 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140081954
ISBN
9780140081954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816693061
ISBN
9780816693061
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Mazer, Cary M. Series: Great Shakespeareans. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474253840
ISBN
9781474253840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.20

Paperback. Editor(s): Wolfe, Cary. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; PSV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816641062
ISBN
9780816641062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. An engaging overview of the Russian literary tradition, with a glossary and guide to further reading. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 494. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 304 pages, 1 b/w illus. 1 map. An engaging overview of the Russian literary tradition, with a glossary and guide to further reading. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 20. Weight: 494.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521606523
ISBN
9780521606523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.19

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