Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 348 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691605210
- ISBN
- 9780691605210
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Condition: New
€ 58.89€ 46.96
€ 58.89
€ 46.96
Paperback. Books V and VI of Tacitus' Annals , when complete, carried the narrative of Tiberius' reign from A.D. 29 to 37. Unfortunately most of Book V has been lost, but Annals VI, which resumes the narrative 2 weeks after the execution of Sejanus, contains a fascinating variety of incidents. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856687228
- ISBN
- 9780856687228
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.36
€ 33.99
€ 31.36
Paperback. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1989
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349197231
- ISBN
- 9781349197231
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.28
€ 55.28
Hardback. As England's faithful began to worry less about everlasting felicity in heaven and more about life on earth, these diverse artists provided them with new ways of thinking about both their spiritual and their social existence. Num Pages: 448 pages, 77, 77 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HRAM7; HRCC91. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 749.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801873911
- ISBN
- 9780801873911
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.65€ 56.48
€ 60.65
€ 56.48
paperback. Recovering a lost literary movement that was the most consuming preoccupation of W. B. Yeats's literary life, Ronald Schuchard's book provides an historical, biographical, and critical reconstruction of the poet's attempt to restore an oral tradition by reviving the bardic arts of chanting and musical speech. Num Pages: 500 pages, 26 black-and-white halftones, 8 textual illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKP; AN; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 764.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, USA United Kingdom
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 500
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199596508
- ISBN
- 9780199596508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.85
€ 66.85
Hardcover. An introduction to contemporary Latin American narrative published in the 1970s, presenting ten major writers. Num Pages: 168 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 3JJPK; 3JJPL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810813595
- ISBN
- 9780810813595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 91.11
€ 91.11
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 311.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349054510
- ISBN
- 9781349054510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.54
€ 71.54
Paperback. This book presents a critical analysis of Portuguese Nobel Laureate Jos Saramagos three novels, Baltasar and Blimunda (1982), The Year of the Death of Ricardo Reis (1984), and The History of the Siege of Lisbon (1989). Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557536976
- ISBN
- 9781557536976
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.00
€ 59.00
Paperback. Conversation is very often spontaneous, natural and informal. But even at its most casual it is governed by rules and principles of language and behaviour. This book lays bare the structure of conversation, describing what happens when people talk to each other and explaining why they say what they say in a wide variety of circumstances. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 143 x 15. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631139393
- ISBN
- 9780631139393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Paperback. Aims to recaptures the world of Paris-American journalists during the period in the 1920s and 1930s by concentrating on the lives of such figures as Ernest Hemingway, James Thurber, and Henry Miller, and on the life of the newspapers, including the "Herald" and the "Tribune". Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 145 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566637329
- ISBN
- 9781566637329
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Condition: New
€ 19.04
€ 19.04
paperback. Num Pages: 190 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 251.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1990
- SKU
- V9781349206254
- ISBN
- 9781349206254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 192.73
€ 192.73
Hardback. In this text, the author considers the culture of suffering, loss, and guilt in the work of J.M. Synge, Sean O'Casey and Samuel Beckett. He applies external ideas of tragedy to the three dramatists and also discerns particular sorts of tragedy within their own work. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333923931
- ISBN
- 9780333923931
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Condition: New
€ 127.57
€ 127.57
hardcover. Based on the author's dissertation (doctoral)--Columbia University, 2001. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 225
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9781575911595
- ISBN
- 9781575911595
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.18
€ 138.18
Hardback. By complicating the views of gender dynamics in Latin love poetry, this exciting new scholarship will stimulate further debates in classical studies and literary criticism with its fresh perspectives. Editor(s): Ancona, Ronnie; Greene, Ellen. Series: Arethusa Books. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10, 10 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 31. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801881985
- ISBN
- 9780801881985
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.60€ 58.38
€ 63.60
€ 58.38
hardcover. Series: Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JD; DSBD; HBTB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253024015
- ISBN
- 9780253024015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.49
€ 60.49
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252064876
- ISBN
- 9780252064876
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.33
€ 25.99
€ 24.33
Paperback. Intended to deepening our understanding of the 'Poetics', this collection places Aristotle's analysis of tragedy in its larger philosophical context. It includes twenty-one essays that explore the corpus of Aristotle's work in order to link the 'Poetics' to the rest of his views on psychology and on history, ethics, and politics. Editor(s): Rorty, Amelie Oksenberg. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 26. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 452
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691014982
- ISBN
- 9780691014982
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.00€ 42.58
€ 53.00
€ 42.58
Hardcover. This major survey of Old Norse--Icelandic literature and culture demonstrates the remarkable continuity of Icelandic language and culture from medieval to modern times. Editor(s): McTurk, Rory. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 584 pages, 11 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 177 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1252.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631235026
- ISBN
- 9780631235026
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 227.35
€ 227.35
Paperback. Drawing on contemporary memoirs, diaries and letters, this book explores what actually happened in battle in Napoleonic times and how the participants' feelings and reactions influenced the outcome. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBG; HBLL; JWD; JWKT; JWT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300082708
- ISBN
- 9780300082708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.68
€ 26.99
€ 20.68
Hardback. This volume charts the most significant changes for a literary history of women in a period that saw the beginnings of a discourse of 'enlightened feminism'. It reveals that women engaged in forms old and new, seeking to shape and transform the culture of letters rather than simply reflect or respond to the work of their male contemporaries. Editor(s): Ballaster, Ros. Series: History of British Women's Writing. Num Pages: 308 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 145 x 219 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230549388
- ISBN
- 9780230549388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Paperback. Bringing Shakespeare back to life Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 211.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851687893
- ISBN
- 9781851687893
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.58
€ 13.99
€ 11.58
Paperback. This book serves as analysis of the aesthetics of materiality in the multifaceted work of Antonin Artaud, one of Twentieth-Century France's most provocative and influential figures, spanning literature, performance, art, cinema, media and critical theory. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 203
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349456703
- ISBN
- 9781349456703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.76
€ 65.76
Hardcover. This book serves as analysis of the aesthetics of materiality in the multifaceted work of Antonin Artaud, one of Twentieth-Century France's most provocative and influential figures, spanning literature, performance, art, cinema, media and critical theory. Series: Palgrave Studies in Modern European Literature. Num Pages: 203 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; DSBH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137310576
- ISBN
- 9781137310576
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.65
€ 66.65
Paperback. A study of the links among literature, rhetoric, and democracy that explores the public debate generated by amateur and professional readers about four controversial literary works: two that were censored in the United States and two that created conflict because they were not censored. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252068676
- ISBN
- 9780252068676
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.37
€ 29.99
€ 27.37