Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. First translation of French novella (1801) about passion, social convention, obsession, and despair. Translator(s): Delany, Sheila. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSBD; DSK; HBJD; HRCV4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 10. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781772121230
- ISBN
- 9781772121230
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.78
€ 23.99
€ 17.78
Hardback. It is tempting to categorize historical practices as either orthodox or quack, but what did these terms really signify in medical and public circles at the time? How did they develop and evolve? What do they tell us about actual medical practices? This book explores the ways in which language constructs and stabilizes these slippery terms. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; MQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Ohio University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780821419908
- ISBN
- 9780821419908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.88
€ 51.88
Paperback. Readerly interactions with books in the form of annotations, improvements, corrections, ornamentation, and suggestive wear-and-tear. Num Pages: 124 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 252 x 10. Weight in Grams: 38.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Univ of Alberta Pr
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551953021
- ISBN
- 9781551953021
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.31
€ 41.99
€ 30.31
Hardcover. A comparative reading of the "literary" works of Abbot Thomas Walsingham, highlighting his reaction to contemporary historical events. Num Pages: 216 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABC; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153635
- ISBN
- 9781903153635
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.07
€ 97.07
Paperback. Since its creation in 1894 by Joseph Snell Wood, the Society of Women Writers & Journalists has attracted the company of many famous women writers, journalists, poets and playwrights. This title reveals the long and fascinating history of the Society. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 235 x 9. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752451596
- ISBN
- 9780752451596
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.64
€ 19.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCA; TTA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Transcript Verlag Germany
- Number of pages
- 390
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783837622027
- ISBN
- 9783837622027
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.22
€ 54.99
€ 39.22
Paperback. Regarded by many as one of the best critical books on Borges. Translator(s): Montero, Oscar. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLC; 1KLS; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822314202
- ISBN
- 9780822314202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Paperback. Sylvia Plath is one of the defining voices in twentieth-century poetry. This classic selection of her work provides a suitable introduction to this most influential of poets. It includes poems that are taken from Sylvia Plath's four collections Ariel, The Colossus, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 200 x 126 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 85
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571135868
- ISBN
- 9780571135868
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 287.
- Publisher
- Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Abridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780385493918
- ISBN
- 9780385493918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.83
€ 19.99
€ 14.83
Paperback. The response of one writer to the work of another can be doubly illuminating. This title presents a selection of Sylvia Plath's poetry. It draws upon the collections Ariel, The Colossus, Crossing the Water and Winter Trees, and from Sylvia Plath's Pulitzer Prize-winning Collected Poems. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 123 x 7. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571222971
- ISBN
- 9780571222971
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.02
€ 11.99
€ 10.02
Paperback. Contains all Sylvia Plath's mature poetry written from 1956 up to her death in 1963. Num Pages: 352 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- First U. S. Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571118380
- ISBN
- 9780571118380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 17.39
€ 25.99
€ 17.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: APF; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press London
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903364673
- ISBN
- 9781903364673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.72
€ 24.99
€ 18.72
Hardcover. Num Pages: Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: APF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Wallflower Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903364697
- ISBN
- 9781903364697
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.25€ 72.02
€ 94.25
€ 72.02
Hardback. Focusing on the period from about 1690 to 1890, these essays depict an age of sensibility that was in transformation. New connections are revealed between sensibility and other key preoccupations of the age, including the feminine ideal and the poetic imagination. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838633526
- ISBN
- 9780838633526
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.26
€ 123.26
Hardback. Investigates the shifts in ideas of homeness in post-war diasporic Anglophone Lebanese novels. This title deals with the brutal civil strife in Lebanon (1975-1990) and beyond to the war's crucial and long-standing by-product: expatriation. Series Editor(s): El-Enany, Rasheed. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBL; 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643424
- ISBN
- 9780748643424
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.92€ 103.24
€ 111.92
€ 103.24
Hardback. Contains the last of seven works signed by the author. This book covers three of his discourses - 'On the Occasion of a Confession', 'On the Occasion of a Wedding' and 'At a Graveside'. 'On the Occasion of a Confession' centers on stillness, wonder, and one's search for God - in contrast to the speechmaking on erotic love in 'In Vino Veritas'. Editor(s): Gibbs, Robert; Hong, Edna H. Translator(s): Gibbs, Robert; Hong, Edna H. Series: Kierkegaard's Writings. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DNF; DSBF; HPCF3; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780691033006
- ISBN
- 9780691033006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.02€ 104.74
€ 139.02
€ 104.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; JFSJ2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816636808
- ISBN
- 9780816636808
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.13
€ 26.99
€ 25.13
Black Venus: Sexualized Savages, Primal Fears, and Primitive Narrative...
T. Denean Sharpley-Whiting
Paperback. Presents a feminist study of the representations of black women in the literary, cultural, and scientific imagination of nineteenth-century France. Employing psychoanalysis, feminist film theory, and the critical race theory, this book presents an argument that black women historically invoked both desire and primal fear in French men. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5 photographs, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2ADF; APFA; DSBF; JFFK; JFSL3; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822323402
- ISBN
- 9780822323402
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649252
- ISBN
- 9780691649252
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.38
€ 141.38
Hardcover. In an ambitious overview of a thousand years of history, from the formation of the city-state of Rome to the establishment of a fully Christian culture, T. P. Wiseman examines the evidence for the oral delivery of Roman 'literature' to mass public audiences. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 illustrations, including a four-page colour plates section. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 247 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198718352
- ISBN
- 9780198718352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 196.92
€ 196.92
Paperback. For this volume Eliot gathered together his choice of the miscellaneous reviews and literary essays he had written since 1917, when he became assistant-editor of "The Egoist". In his preface to the third edition (1951) he described the book as an historical record of his interests and opinions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571197460
- ISBN
- 9780571197460
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.26
€ 26.99
€ 18.26
Hardcover. At the age of forty, T S Eliot was to set a new course for his life and work. This title includes his correspondence with friends and mentors that vividly documents all the stages of Eliot's personal and artistic transformation during these crucial years, the continuing anxieties of his private life, and the forging of his public reputation. Editor(s): Eliot, Valerie; Haffenden, John. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 992 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 170 x 238 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1296.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 992
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571140855
- ISBN
- 9780571140855
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.60
€ 33.60
Paperback. First published in 1920, this is T.S. Eliot's first collection of literary criticism. It contains some of his most influential early essays and reviews, including "Tradition and the Individual Talent", "Hamlet and His Problems", and Eliot's thoughts on Marlowe, Jonson, Massinger and Dante. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 126 x 12. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571190898
- ISBN
- 9780571190898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.54
€ 14.99
€ 11.54
Hardcover. Presents correspondence that charts Eliot's intellectual journey towards conversion to the Anglican faith in 1927, as well as his transformation from banker to publisher, ending with his appointment as director of a publishing house of Faber & Gwyer, in late 1925, and the appearance of "Poems 1909-1925". Editor(s): Eliot, Valerie. Series: Letters of T. S. Eliot. Num Pages: 912 pages, 16pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 63. Weight in Grams: 1528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 912
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571140817
- ISBN
- 9780571140817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 7.81
€ 11.99
€ 7.81