Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Containing a wealth of new scholarship and rare primary documents, The Black Jacobins Reader provides a comprehensive analysis of C. L. R. James's classic history of the Haitian Revolution. Editor(s): Forsdick, Charles; Hogsbjerg, Christian. Series: The C. L. R. James Archives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KJH; 3JF; 3JH; DSR; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361848
- ISBN
- 9780822361848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.81
€ 127.81
Paperback. Originally published in 1925 with two purposes in mind: to provide a collection of material to prepare students to read ordinary medieval Latin texts and, to meet the need of advanced students by furnishing an anthology of medieval Latin prose and poetry, this classic work has been reprinted. Num Pages: 390 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 128 x 20. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813206356
- ISBN
- 9780813206356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.98
€ 27.98
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; BGL; DSB; HRKN1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 472
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610931
- ISBN
- 9780691610931
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.80€ 58.98
€ 76.80
€ 58.98
Paperback. Series: Border Hispanisms. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 265 x 18. Weight in Grams: 262.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477307298
- ISBN
- 9781477307298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Hardback. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 316
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491319
- ISBN
- 9781611491319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.19
€ 155.19
Paperback. Through the discussions of literary works from Homer to Rushdie, this title represents a merger of literature and international relations, inspired by the conviction that 'a grand strategist.. needs to be immersed in classic texts from Sun Tzu to Thucydides to George Kennan, to gain real-world experience. Num Pages: 384 pages, 5 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JPA; JPSD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 58901st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300171334
- ISBN
- 9780300171334
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.32
€ 26.99
€ 20.32
Hardback. * A wide-ranging overview of Detective Fiction from its origins to the present day. * Combines general socio-historical background with 'casebook' chapters, providing students with close readings of key texts and introducing them to a variety of critical approaches. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 280 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 26. Weight in Grams: 542.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629414
- ISBN
- 9780745629414
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.38
€ 72.38
Paperback. * A wide-ranging overview of Detective Fiction from its origins to the present day. * Combines general socio-historical background with 'casebook' chapters, providing students with close readings of key texts and introducing them to a variety of critical approaches. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745629421
- ISBN
- 9780745629421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.68
€ 25.68
Paperback. The Water-Babies is an extraordinary children's book that combines fantasy, satire, social comment, and evolutionary theory to create a fairy tale like no other. This attractive new edition reprints the original complete text and illustrations with a lively introduction and notes that reveal the full richness of Kingsley's exuberant story. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 black and white, plus 8 wood-engraved chapter initials. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSY; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199685455
- ISBN
- 9780199685455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.89
€ 10.99
€ 9.89
Hardback. Explains why fantasy in the Harry Potter and Dresden Files novels cannot adhere strictly to scientific laws, and when magic might make scientific sense in the muggle world. This title discusses exoplanets and how the search for alien life has shifted from radio communications to space-based telescopes. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 682.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691147154
- ISBN
- 9780691147154
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.27
€ 37.99
€ 27.27
Paperback. Influencing Darwin, Tennyson and Dickens among others, Lyell's "Principles" was an ambitious attempt to forge links between observable causes - volcanoes, earthquakes, rivers, tides and storms - and the current state of the earth. This edition has an introduction by Jim Secord. Num Pages: 528 pages, b&w maps and diagrams. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DNF; DSBF; PSAJ; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435283
- ISBN
- 9780140435283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 bw illus. BIC Classification: ANF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474239837
- ISBN
- 9781474239837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.89
€ 35.99
€ 32.89
paperback. In 1612, Shakespeare gave evidence at the Court of Requests in Westminster - it is the only occasion his spoken words are recorded. The case seems routine - a dispute over an unpaid marriage-dowry - but it opens up an unexpected window into the dramatist's famously obscure life-story. This book focuses on this episode in Shakespeare's life. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 x 16 pp b/w inset. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141023748
- ISBN
- 9780141023748
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.29
€ 17.99
€ 13.29
Paperback. William Shakespeare and his contemporaries helped create not only a new kind of theatre but also a new form of language. In an age of religious and political warfare, they found expression for what it means to be human. In this book, the author explains that Shakespeare belonged to a talented group of writers, poets and dramatists. Series: NPG Companions. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- National Portrait Gallery Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855145801
- ISBN
- 9781855145801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.29
€ 21.99
€ 20.29
Paperback. Verse is a seminal introduction to prosody for any student learning to read or write poetry, from secondary to graduate school. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470656013
- ISBN
- 9780470656013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.70
€ 65.70
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 28.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691610801
- ISBN
- 9780691610801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.12
€ 40.99
€ 29.12
Hardback. Verse is a seminal introduction to prosody for any student learning to read or write poetry, from secondary to graduate school. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 594.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470656006
- ISBN
- 9780470656006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.14
€ 118.14
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 457.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638874
- ISBN
- 9780691638874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.72
€ 112.72
Paperback. This work brings together the three volumes of Olson's long poem (originally published in 1960, 1968 and 1975 respectively) in one book. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 256 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520055957
- ISBN
- 9780520055957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.77
€ 52.99
€ 37.77
Paperback. A comprehensive and authorised biographical companion to the works of Agatha Christie covering books, films, TV and plays - revised and updated edition. Num Pages: 432 pages, 68 b/w plates (32pp), Index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780006531722
- ISBN
- 9780006531722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80