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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. The prospect of posthumous citizenship bears important implications for debates over the legal rights of the dead, social histories of burial customs and famous cadavers, and the political theory of citizenship and social death. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFCA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415727
ISBN
9781421415727
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.82

Paperback. This book focuses on the relationship of language and literature in the context of the classroom. It examines both the language of literature as it occurs in a variety of texts from different genres and the language of the classroom as teachers and learners respond in speech and writing to those texts. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CF; CJA; DS; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748612598
ISBN
9780748612598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.07

Paperback. Doak explores how the giants of the Hebrew Bible--which represent a connection to primeval chaos--offer insight into central aspects of Israel's symbolic universe. By placing biblical traditions within a broader Mediterranean context regarding giants and the end of the heroic age, Doak sheds new light on monotheism and monarchy in ancient Israel. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 175 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
175
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674066731
ISBN
9780674066731
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.27

Paperback. Indonesian Notebook contains myriad documents by Indonesian writers, intellectuals, and reporters that provide the largely absent Indonesian perspectives of the 1955 Bandung Conference and of Richard Wright's activities there, adding new depths to the understandings of the conference. It also includes a newly discovered lecture by Wright. Editor(s): Roberts, Brian Russell; Foulcher, Keith. Num Pages: 288 pages, 24 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FM; 1KBB; DS; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 255 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822360667
ISBN
9780822360667
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.19

Paperback. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933689
ISBN
9780813933689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.97

Hardback. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813933672
ISBN
9780813933672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 78.09

Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810868298
ISBN
9780810868298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.66

Paperback. For quick reference to the significant authors, publications, awards, and events in the field of speculative fiction turn to this handy A to Z guide. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 215 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Rev. Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810853973
ISBN
9780810853973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Hardback. Series: Historical Dictionaries of Literature and the Arts. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 151 x 34. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810849440
ISBN
9780810849440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 179.61

Paperback. Contains essays about a segment of the past that runs roughly from the end of antiquity to the thirteenth century. This volume includes essays about the past that is written about and the writing that brings it to life. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBAH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 216 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216127
ISBN
9780812216127
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Hardback. The essays in this volume discuss the changing purpose of reading from late antiquity to the Renaissance. "A most unusual, fascinating, and rich book, very well written, with copious scholarly notes."-Choice Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812236026
ISBN
9780812236026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.11

Hardcover. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584656999
ISBN
9781584656999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 36.75

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 1KBB; 3JM; DSBH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174008
ISBN
9780231174008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

Paperback. "Waste "explores the question: from nuclear waste to digital detritus, what can we learn about ourselves from what we let go to waste? Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 152 pages, 20 b/w images. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628924367
ISBN
9781628924367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Hardback. Series: New Studies in the Age of Goethe. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480283
ISBN
9781611480283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.34

Hardcover. In the 1980s influential scholars argued that Shakespeare revised King Lear in light of theatrical performance, resulting in two texts by the bard's own hand. The two-text theory hardened into orthodoxy. Here Sir Brian Vickers makes the case that Shakespeare did not cut his original text. At stake is the way his greatest play is read and performed. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504844
ISBN
9780674504844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.86
€ 48.35

Hardcover. Volume III of the first collected edition since 1869 of the works of the major Jacobean author John Ford. All texts have been freshly edited from the original Quarto editions, which have been collated to identify press corrections. Editor(s): Vickers, Brian. Series: Collected Works of John Ford. Num Pages: 992 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198748878
ISBN
9780198748878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 421.66

hardcover. For over two centuries, scholars have discussed the evidence that Shakespeare worked with co-authors on several plays, and have used a variety of methods to differentiate their shares from his. This study takes up and extends these discussions, presenting an evidence. Num Pages: 576 pages, 5 halftones and numerous tables. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1131.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199256532
ISBN
9780199256532
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.52

Hardback. * Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. * An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US). Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101134
ISBN
9781405101134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.41

Paperback. * Written in clear, jargon-free prose, this introductory text charts the variety of novel writing in English in the second half of the twentieth century. * An engaging introduction to the English-language novel from 1950-2000 (exclusive of the US). Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101141
ISBN
9781405101141
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.95

Hardcover. A guide to the British and Irish novel between the close of World War II and the turn of the millennium. It covers a wide range of authors from Samuel Beckett to Salman Rushdie. It provides readings of key novels, including Graham Greene's "Heart of the Matter", Jean Rhys' "Wide Sargasso Sea" and Kazuo Ishiguro's "The Remains of the Day". Editor(s): Shaffer, Brian W. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 608 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 178 x 52. Weight in Grams: 1256.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
608
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405113755
ISBN
9781405113755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 209.83

Paperback. Series: Speculative Realism. BIC Classification: DSK; HPJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474422703
ISBN
9781474422703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.35

Paperback.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
32
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841653723
ISBN
9781841653723
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.00

Hardcover. A pathbreaking consideration of the intertwined critical responses to Harriet Beecher Stowe and Frederick Douglass, giants of abolitionist literature. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJK; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135773
ISBN
9781571135773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.34

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