Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Tracing an ambivalence toward pleasure from the early modern to the modern era, McEleney shows how contemporary critics have recapitulated Renaissance humanist ideals about aesthetic value. Against a longstanding tradition that defensively advocates for t Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272662
- ISBN
- 9780823272662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 32.38
€ 32.99
€ 32.38
Hardback. Tracing an ambivalence toward pleasure from the early modern to the modern era, McEleney shows how contemporary critics have recapitulated Renaissance humanist ideals about aesthetic value. Against a longstanding tradition that defensively advocates for t Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272655
- ISBN
- 9780823272655
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 126.32
€ 126.32
Hardback. An investigation of the non-human world in the Exeter Book riddles, drawing on the exciting new approaches of eco-criticism and eco-theology. Series: Nature and Environment in the Middle Ages. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844648
- ISBN
- 9781843844648
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.88
€ 95.88
Hardback. The themes of magic and the supernatural in medieval romance are here fully explored and put into the context of thinking at the time in this first full study of the subject. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 177 x 239 x 32. Weight in Grams: 632.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843842217
- ISBN
- 9781843842217
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.36
€ 113.36
Paperback. Presents a comprehensive selection of the key views of Chaucer in the twentieth century. This volume addresses the growth of Chaucer criticism over the centuries. It reflects the three major divisions of Chaucer's writing: "The Dream Vision" poetry, "Troilus and Criseyde", and "The Canterbury Tales". Editor(s): Saunders, Corinne. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631217121
- ISBN
- 9780631217121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.08
€ 55.08
Hardback. In a series of original essays from leading literary scholars, this Companion offers a chronological sweep of medieval poetry from Old English to the great genres of romance, narrative, and alliterative poetry of the 15 th century. Editor(s): Saunders, Corinne. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 704 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 181 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 704
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405159630
- ISBN
- 9781405159630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.37
€ 51.37
Hardcover. This work offers an interdisciplinary view of American culture in the late 19th and early 20th centuries. The author examines the ways in which the works of writers and filmmakers from 1885 to 1925 shaped and were shaped by the business, politics and social life of the period. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; APFA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820317304
- ISBN
- 9780820317304
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.27
€ 60.27
Paperback. This is a volume in the series Textes litteraires/Exeter French Texts. If Elizabeth I of England thought to rid herself forever of Robert Devereaux, Earl of Essex, by sending him to the scaffold she was very much mistaken, since his name, intertwined with hers, has traversed four centuries. Editor(s): Gibson, Wendy. Series: Exeter French Texts. Num Pages: 92 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 92
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859896665
- ISBN
- 9780859896665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.49
€ 39.49
Hardback. Analyzes the strengths and weaknesses of the female protagonists in Shakespeare's plays with regard to their impact, not only on the plot of the plays, but also on the male protagonists, through providing easy-to-follow play synopses. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFSJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819188250
- ISBN
- 9780819188250
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.39
€ 110.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487675
- ISBN
- 9780801487675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.14
€ 42.14
Courtney Weikle-Mills discusses such characters as Goody Two-Shoes, Ichabod Crane, and Tom Sawyer in terms of how they reflect these conflicting ideals. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSY; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407210
- ISBN
- 9781421407210
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.67
€ 67.67
Paperback. Between 1989 and 1991 several of Shakespeare's tragedies were performed in the central hall of Broadmoor Hospital. This book sets these important events on record. It offers insights into the impact of such drama, in such a setting, upon actors and audience. Editor(s): Cox, Murray. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DSGS; MQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Pub
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781853021213
- ISBN
- 9781853021213
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.14
€ 53.14
Hardback. What can we learn about the world from engaging with fictional time-series-stories involving time travellers, recurring and rewinding time, and foreknowledge of the future? Craig Bourne and Emily Caddick Bourne show how we can use the complexities of fictional time to get to the core of the relation between truth in fiction and possibility. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199675319
- ISBN
- 9780199675319
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.31
€ 112.31
Hardback. Provides an account of the philosophical and psychological theories in the British empiricist tradition that provoked some of the most radical changes in literary form between the eighteenth and the twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 336 pages, None. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609123
- ISBN
- 9780748609123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 112.54
€ 117.61
€ 112.54
Paperback. Series: Contradictions of Modernity S. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HP; JPA; JPF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780816629176
- ISBN
- 9780816629176
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.27
€ 29.99
€ 29.27
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501318276
- ISBN
- 9781501318276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.72
€ 56.72
Hardback. From one of our leading contemporary critics and poets comes a fresh, wily, accessible book of poetry in all its forms. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848872899
- ISBN
- 9781848872899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 21.68
€ 33.99
€ 21.68
Hardback. Biography of Robert Carlton "Bob" Brown, avant-garde publisher, poet and reading machine inventor, bestselling pulp fiction and Hollywood movie treatment writer, cookbook author with Cora and Rose Brown, advertiser copyrighter, editorial board member of the Masses, curator of A Museum of Social Change, and much more. Num Pages: 320 pages, 52 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGL; DSB; DSBH; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823271450
- ISBN
- 9780823271450
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.30
€ 103.30
Paperback. A Companion to the Classical Tradition accommodates the pressing need for an up-to-date introduction and overview of the growing field of reception studies. * A comprehensive introduction and overview of the classical tradition - the interpretation of classical texts in later centuries. Editor(s): Kallendorf, Craig W. Series: Blackwell Companions to the Ancient World. Num Pages: 512 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 30. Weight in Grams: 886.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444334166
- ISBN
- 9781444334166
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.73
€ 58.73
Paperback. In A Feast of Creatures, Craig Williamson combines his training as a medievalist, anthropologist, and literary critic with his talent as a translator and poet. Here he recasts nearly 100 Old English riddles of the Exeter Book into a modern verse mode that yokes the cadences of Aelfric with the sprung rhythm of Gerard Manley Hopkins. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812211290
- ISBN
- 9780812211290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.95
€ 26.99
€ 26.95
hardcover. Editor(s): Willemse, Hein. Num Pages: 144 pages, photographs, colour reproductions. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; AGB; DN; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 276 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- South Africa: Kwela Books South Africa
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780795700958
- ISBN
- 9780795700958
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.40
€ 25.99
€ 22.40
Hardback. The tenth and last volume of The Works of Stephen Cranecontains all of his known poetry and all of his known independent unfinished manuscripts, including the poetry collections The Black Riders and Other Lines and War is Kind, uncollected poems, and literary remains. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DCF; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 160 x 37. Weight in Grams: 903.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813906102
- ISBN
- 9780813906102
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.30
€ 105.30
Hardback. Travel with Luke Randolph as he meets the wackiest and most uninhibited collection of characters ever to cut a swath through the exclusive clubs and ancestral homes of the English and European upper classes. Here is a world where firelight reflects off polished brass, the Viennese snow squeaks underfoot, and skeet is shot in the drawing room. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 14. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Derrydale Press United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586671068
- ISBN
- 9781586671068
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.54
€ 35.99
€ 29.54
Paperback. Taking as his starting point African-American autobiography, Crispin Sartwell argues that there is a fundamental elusiveness to white identity. This theory is based on the concept that whiteness defines itself as normative, marking "other" identity as "racial" or "ethnic" deviations. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFSL3; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226735276
- ISBN
- 9780226735276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 27.27
€ 34.99
€ 27.27