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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. In What Is a World? Pheng Cheah draws on accounts of the world as a temporal process from Hegel, Marx, Heidegger, Arendt, and Derrida, and analyzes several postcolonial novels to articulate a normative theory of world literature's capacity to open up new possibilities for remaking the world. Num Pages: 408 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
408
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360780
ISBN
9780822360780
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.20

Paperback. Asserts that poetry, like music, is based on sound and so close attention should be paid to its rhythms and metrical patterns. This book illustrates the author's points with examples ranging from nursery rhymes and limericks to experimental forms as well as familiar pieces from over the centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KKD0001792
ISBN
9780140285376
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. Asserts that poetry, like music, is based on sound and so close attention should be paid to its rhythms and metrical patterns. This book illustrates the author's points with examples ranging from nursery rhymes and limericks to experimental forms as well as familiar pieces from over the centuries. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
KTG0021016
ISBN
9780140285376
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.95

Paperback. A sparkling collection of new plays easy to perform with small groups, much used in schools, colleges and youth theatres. Editor(s): Setren, Phil. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Aurora Metro Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780951587782
ISBN
9780951587782
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.58

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
426
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521775281
ISBN
9780521775281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.65

Hardback. Revised or expanded lectures given to the Tennyson Society by leading Victorianists, including one of the doyens of Tennyson studies, Jerome H. Buckley. The poems are placed in the context of their intellectual background and related to the writing of other poets. Editor(s): Collins, Philip. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333457900
ISBN
9780333457900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.75

Paperback. Editor(s): Collins, Philip. Num Pages: 185 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 261.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 1992
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349223732
ISBN
9781349223732
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 192.82

Hardback. Editor(s): Leonard, Philip. Series: Cross-Currents in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HRA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
245
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312224929
ISBN
9780312224929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.96

Paperback. Editor(s): Smallwood, Philip. Series: Apercus: Histories Texts Cultures. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482171
ISBN
9781611482171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 116.07

paperback. Editor(s): Swanson, Philip. Num Pages: 284 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH; DSK; JFSL4. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 503.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Routledge United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781138804180
ISBN
9781138804180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.87

Hardcover. Examines Shakespeare's plays for emergent early modern spectatorial subjects. It thus places it within the discourses most crucial to the contemporary exposition and disruption of regimes of vision: perspective painting, cartography, optics, geometry, Puritan anti-theatrical polemic and the occult. Num Pages: 257 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; CFG; DSGS; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333779354
ISBN
9780333779354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. -- Robert E. Morrell, Washington University Editor(s): Yampolsky, Philip B. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 508 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 203 x 32. Weight in Grams: 862.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
508
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072601
ISBN
9780231072601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.77
€ 89.70

Paperback. Series: Shofar Supplements in Jewish Studies. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; APF; DSK; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536877
ISBN
9781557536877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 405.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761819905
ISBN
9780761819905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.59

Paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 136 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392. D.H. Lawrence - The Nomadic Years 1919-1930. Series: Student Guides. 250 pages. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 210 x 136 x 18. Weight: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Edition
F
Number of pages
250
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551822
ISBN
9781871551822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.65

Paperback. Num Pages: 387 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; JKV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
388
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312123277
ISBN
9780312123277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.92

Paperback. Reading and the Reader defends the value of reading serious literature, investigating the role of the reader in the human search for meaning outside as well as inside of books. Series: The Literary Agenda. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JNAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199683185
ISBN
9780199683185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.81

Paperback. Why Victorian Literature Still Matters is a passionate defense of the enduring impact of Victorian realism today. With a nod to the popularity of phrenology within that era, noted literary scholar Philip Davis points to a corner of the human mind where all Victorian literature resides. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405135795
ISBN
9781405135795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.95

Hardback. This new biography of George Eliot is not just the story of her life. It gives an account of what it means to become a novelist, and to think like a novelist. Philip Davis enables you not only to see through George Eliot's eyes, but also feel what it is like to be seen by her, in the imaginative involvement of her readers with her characters. Num Pages: 432 pages, With 42 illustrations, including a 16-page colour plate section. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199577378
ISBN
9780199577378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.55

Hardback. Why Victorian Literature Still Matters is a passionate defense of the enduring impact of Victorian realism today. With a nod to the popularity of phrenology within that era, noted literary scholar Philip Davis points to a corner of the human mind where all Victorian literature resides. Series: Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405135788
ISBN
9781405135788
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.93

Hardback. Although war memoirs constitute a rich, varied literary form, they are often dismissed by historians as unreliable. This collection of essays is the first to explore the modern war memoir, revealing the genre's surprising capacity for breadth and sophistication while remaining sensitive to the challenges it poses for scholars. Editor(s): Dwyer, Philip G. Num Pages: 338 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; HBG; HBW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Berghahn Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785333071
ISBN
9781785333071
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 174.66

hardcover. This volume contains the newly transcribed and annotated text of one of Oscar Wilde's unpublished notebooks that functioned as a major ante-text of Historical Criticism (1879). The notebook illuminates Wilde's practices of research and composition, contains the unused materials Wilde studied, and shows his wit and imagination at work. Editor(s): Smith, Philip E. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; BGL; BJ; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 224 x 24. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199688012
ISBN
9780199688012
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.61

hardcover. A study of the life and work of Charles Perrault, 17th-century intellectual and author of the "Mother Goose Tales" who enjoyed the status of a prominent public intellectual during the first half of the reign of Louis XIV but later fell from political favour. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 half-tones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 25. Weight in Grams: 564.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804724104
ISBN
9780804724104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Paperback. A scintillating new biography of the novelist Evelyn Waugh, published fifty years after his death in 1966. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3x8pp plate sections. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224862
ISBN
9781780224862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.51

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