Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. The comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205--184BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. Twenty-one of his plays are extant. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 115 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996823
- ISBN
- 9780674996823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.84
€ 33.99
€ 28.84
Paperback. Editor(s): Levin, Tobe; Asaah, Augustine H. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780955507946
- ISBN
- 9780955507946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 24.53
€ 29.99
€ 24.53
Paperback. Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden misanthrope, travels Britain with his nephew, niece, spinster sister and man-servant, the trusty Humphry Clinker. In poor health, Bramble sees the world as one of degeneracy and raucous overcrowding, and will not hesitate to let his companions know his feelings on the matter. Editor(s): Ross, Angus. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy showing light age. Prevous owners name to half title page otherwise internally text is clear and remains a nice copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 496
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSG0020939
- ISBN
- 9780141441429
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 18.99€ 13.29
€ 18.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. A memoir of a young boy's unusual travels with his mother. The author recreates his boyhood experiences, relating how he and his mother travelled throughout the United States, and tracing his experiences and changes from young boy to manhood against the background of a violent and wildly optimistic America. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190. 256 pages. A memoir of a young boy's unusual travels with his mother. The author recreates his boyhood experiences, relating how he and his mother travelled throughout the United States, and tracing his experiences and changes from young boy to manhood against the background of a violent and wildly optimistic America. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 128 x 198 x 18. Weight: 182.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747546016
- ISBN
- 9780747546016
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.76
€ 19.99
€ 14.76
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195300079
- ISBN
- 9780195300079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. These essays include discussions of the "Odyssey" and "Ulysses", the "Metamorphoses" of Ovid and Apuleius, Mallarme's English and T.S. Eliot's religion, and the mutually antipathetic minds of Edmund Burke and Thomas Jefferson. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226074252
- ISBN
- 9780226074252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 33.65
€ 43.99
€ 33.65
Paperback. Num Pages: 294 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DFA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572411630
- ISBN
- 9781572411630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 31.73
€ 44.99
€ 31.73
Hardcover. The emergence of Zionism in the late nineteenth century and the evolution of Zionist society in Palestine were profoundly influenced by the Hebrew literature of the day. This book traces the tensions between the extraliterary - the historical, social, and political - and the literary - the aesthetic, formal, and stylistic - in Hebrew fiction. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815631576
- ISBN
- 9780815631576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 43.30
€ 43.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 197 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 197
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492972
- ISBN
- 9781611492972
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.48
€ 119.48
Paperback. The first book to consider British suburban literature from the vantage point of imperial and postcolonial studies, this argues that suburban identity is tied to the rise and fall of the British empire. Drawing on postcolonial theory, urban studies, and Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 b&w illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813929262
- ISBN
- 9780813929262
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.22
€ 38.22
Paperback. Reflecting varieties of theory and practice in both verse and prose from the Middle Ages to the twenty-first century, these essays by many of America's literary scholars call for a reinvigorated formalism that can enrich literary studies, open productive routes of commerce with cultural studies, and propel cultural theory out of its thematic ruts. Editor(s): Wolfson, Susan J.; Brown, Marshall. Series: A Robert B. Heilman Book. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295986487
- ISBN
- 9780295986487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.70
€ 33.99
€ 30.70
Paperback. One of the finest British poets of this century, Roy Fuller was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, the C.B.E., and was elected to the Oxford Professorship of Poetry. The achievements of the late poet, novelist, critic and autobiographer are honoured here in essays and poems by writers who were his friends. Editor(s): Tolley, A.T. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. . Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Biography - Novelists, Poets & Playwrights - Poets,Special Features - Used Books - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Poetry & Poets,Subjects - Biography"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Carleton University Press,Canada U.S.A.
- Number of pages
- 137
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- SKU
- KHS0038618
- ISBN
- 9780886292102
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 17.52
€ 19.99
€ 17.52
Paperback. Editor(s): Lutz, Tom. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSRC; GBCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 190 x 5. Weight in Grams: 257.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Review of Books United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940660004
- ISBN
- 9781940660004
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.29
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Editor(s): Lutz, Tom. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC; GBCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 190 x 8. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Review of Books United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940660127
- ISBN
- 9781940660127
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
€ 13.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Lutz, Tom. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSRC; GBCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Review of Books United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940660165
- ISBN
- 9781940660165
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Editor(s): Lutz, Tom. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSRC; GBCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Los Angeles Review of Books United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781940660066
- ISBN
- 9781940660066
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
€ 13.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. Editor(s): Baker, Phil. Series: Dark Masters. Num Pages: 338 pages, 3 black and white drawings and photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 200 x 20. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Ist
- Number of pages
- 286
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909232433
- ISBN
- 9781909232433
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.44
€ 16.99
€ 15.44
Paperback. The texts and visual arts of ancient Egypt reveal a persistent and sophisticated engagement with problems of language, the body, and multiplicity. This innovative book shows how these issues were represented and how Egyptian approaches to them continue to influence the way we think about them today. Num Pages: 344 pages, 78 line diagrams 12 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; DSBB; HRKP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804731799
- ISBN
- 9780804731799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.32
€ 43.99
€ 38.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748656172
- ISBN
- 9780748656172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 91.90
€ 95.07
€ 91.90
Paperback. Exciting early work by the Man Booker-shortlisted author, discussing Herge's hugely popular children's books. McCarthy asks the question: is Tintin literature? and delves into a story of hushed-up royal descent in both Herge's work and the family history of the author. Num Pages: ill. BIC Classification: DSY; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847084224
- ISBN
- 9781847084224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.97
€ 11.99
€ 9.97