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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. With discussions of Edward Albee's famous plays, such as "Who's Afraid of Virginia Woolf" and "Three Tall Women", as well as his lesser known works, this guide reveals the heart of his drama, highlighting the themes of sex, death, loneliness, and time that have occupied the playwright during his almost fifty years in the theater. Num Pages: 184 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 227 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472069194
ISBN
9780472069194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.18

Paperback. Since her suicide, fascination with the poet Sylvia Plath has never waned. Plath has been the subject of a novel ("Wintering", by Kate Moses), a feature film ("Sylvia", starring Gwyneth Paltrow), and a film documentary. This book provides an assessment of Plath's life and work, offering essays by leading critics and scholars. Editor(s): Helle, Anita. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 colour illustrations, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472069279
ISBN
9780472069279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.40

Hardcover. A sharp analysis of how Herodotus' narrative participates in the rhetoric of shaping public attitudes about the present Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472112036
ISBN
9780472112036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.06

Hardcover. Deeds not words: an extraordinary ordinary life Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSRC; HBT; JFSJ1; JPWF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472119035
ISBN
9780472119035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.66

Hardcover. Series: Victorian Literature and Culture Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 174 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813930749
ISBN
9780813930749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 378 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933139
ISBN
9780813933139
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.69

Paperback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 160 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935737
ISBN
9780813935737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.35

Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936284
ISBN
9780813936284
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Arizona Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816519286
ISBN
9780816519286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. In 1987 Bernard W. Bell published "The Afro-American Novel and Its Tradition", a comprehensive interpretive history of more than 150 novels written by African Americans from 1853 to 1983. This is a sequel and companion to the earlier work, expanding the coverage to 2001. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558494732
ISBN
9781558494732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.18

Paperback. Presents Emily Dickinson as one of America's great thinkers. This book weaves together many strands in Dickinson's intellectual culture - philosophy, lexicography, religion, experimental science, the female Bildungsroman - and shows how she developed a lyricized and conversational hermeneutics suited to rethinking the discourses of her time. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558496842
ISBN
9781558496842
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.19

Hardcover. In this work the aphorisms collected from nine collections, are paired with spectacular photographs and focus on the natural environment, grouped by theme: nature, seasons, desert, water, sea, wind, rock, trees, and fire. Editor(s): Allen, Roger. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815610342
ISBN
9780815610342
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Pelaschiar, Laura. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSGS; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633891
ISBN
9780815633891
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.71

Paperback. First published in Switzerland in 1892, finally printed in Russia in 1906, and never before translated into English, Nihilist Girl is the story of a young aristocrat who longs to devote her life to a cause. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DSB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The Modern Language Association of America
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873527903
ISBN
9780873527903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.91

Paperback. Editor(s): Rivers, Christopher. Series: Texts and Translations. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: 5S; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The Modern Language Association of America
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873527989
ISBN
9780873527989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.38

Paperback. Series: Mediaeval Philosophical Texts in Translation. Num Pages: 281 pages. BIC Classification: CFP; DSBB; HBLC1; HPCB; HRAB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Marquette Univ Pr
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874622614
ISBN
9780874622614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.60

Paperback. Editor(s): Nixon, Cheryl L, Dr. Num Pages: 435 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
435
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551116464
ISBN
9781551116464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.80
€ 42.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 458 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551118970
ISBN
9781551118970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.98
€ 43.54

Hardcover. Indifference is rare in poetry, which is traditionally in direct opposition t by its heightened emotion, consciousness, and effort. This definition applies especially to English poets of the 19th century. Yet it was in this period, Erik Gray argues, that a concentrated strain of poetic indifference began to emerge. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558494909
ISBN
9781558494909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.18

Paperback. This text contends that Helen of Troy, and in particular the use of her image, is a crucial emblem for much of Western thought and literature and suggests that it has been stolen, appropriated, imitated, extorted and coveted throughout the course of history. Series: Wisconsin Studies in Classics. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HBG; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299171247
ISBN
9780299171247
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.92

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