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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Consisting of fifteen individual chapters, this collection brings together three types of essays: those considering major volumes of poetry by Bloomfield; essays focusing on particular themes that dominate his corpus of work; and essays examining the significance of Bloomfield in a broader context. Editor(s): White, Simon; Goodridge, John; Keegan, Bridget. Num Pages: 315 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
315
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482393
ISBN
9781611482393
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.61

Paperback. Editor(s): Whitlock, Gillian; Douglas, Kate. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; MQTC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 189 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415853170
ISBN
9780415853170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.61

Hardback. Scholars from the fields of literature, history, and art history apply a range of methodologies to newly discovered works by women writers and to other sources concerning women writers in China from 1600 to 1900. Editor(s): Widmer, Ellen; Chang, Kang-i Sun. Num Pages: 560 pages, 41 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JD; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728713
ISBN
9780804728713
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 232.54

Hardback. Editor(s): Williams, Carolyn D.; Escott, Angela; Duckling, Louise. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491432
ISBN
9781611491432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.23

Hardback. Editor(s): Womersley, David; McCabe, Richard. Num Pages: 371 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 717.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
371
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493276
ISBN
9781611493276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.86

Paperback. Presents a new approach to the classics of Asian American literature. Editor(s): Zhou, Xiaojing; Najmi, Samina. Series: The Scott & Laurie Oki Series in Asian American Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 illus. BIC Classification: 1F; 1KBB; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 427.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295985046
ISBN
9780295985046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.95

Presents essays that share a common concern with investigating Enlightenment categories of historical understanding and determining how these categories helped shape Enlightenment culture. This work addresses the question of how eighteenth-century writers make sense of the past for their own practical, aesthetic, and ideological purposes. Editor(s): Zionkowski, Linda; Thomas, Professor Downing A. Num Pages: 300 pages, 12, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887956
ISBN
9780801887956
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.52

Harvey, Strolling Players in Albany, Montreal, and Quebec City, 1797 and 1810: Performance, Class, and EmpireWoodruff D. Smith, Corruption and Eighteenth-Century Social Science: Mapping the Space of Political Economy Editor(s): Zionkowski, Linda; Thomas, Professor Downing A. Num Pages: 312 pages, 12, 12 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892974
ISBN
9780801892974
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.66

Editor(s): Zirakzadeh, Cyrus Ernesto; Stow, Simon. Series: Political Companions to Great American Authors. Num Pages: 392 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 721.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813142029
ISBN
9780813142029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.77

Hardback. In this revised and greatly expanded edition of the original Companion, some 80 of the very best modern scholars come together to offer an original assessment of English Renaissance literature and culture. Editor(s): Hattaway, Michael. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 1264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 174 x 76. Weight in Grams: 2492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405187626
ISBN
9781405187626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.80

Hardcover. Greek painted pottery from the fourth century BC is one of the largest and most remarkable bodies of theatrically informed material that still survives. This work provides a large body of photographs accompanied by a picture-by-picture discussion of the vases, organized by playwright - including Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Num Pages: 304 pages, 76 colour & 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; DSBB; DSG; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368075
ISBN
9780892368075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.62
€ 59.41

Hardback. Essays on the writing and textual culture of Europe in the middle ages. Editor(s): Conti, Aidan; Da Rold, Orietta; Shaw, Philip. Series: Essays and Studies. Num Pages: 216 pages, 23 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844150
ISBN
9781843844150
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.89

Paperback. Provides careful annotation of the text, detailed guidance to critical comment, and introductory material setting the poem - The Faerie Queene - in its historical and literary context. This book also includes additional original material, which includes a chronology, a letter to Raleigh, commendatory verses, and dedicatory sonnets. Editor(s): Hamilton, A. C. Series: Longman Annotated English Poets. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1542.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405832816
ISBN
9781405832816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.24

Hardback. An examination into aspects of the sexual as depicted in a variety of medieval texts, from Chaucer and Malory to romance and alchemical treatises. Editor(s): Hopkins, Amanda; Rouse, Robert; Rushton, Cory James. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 238 x 23. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843795
ISBN
9781843843795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 80.28

Hardcover. This unique collection of essays explores medieval and early modern Troilus texts from Chaucer to Shakespeare. Editor(s): Johnston, Andrew James; West-Pavlov, Russell; Kempf, Elisabeth. Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090226
ISBN
9780719090226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.50

Hardback. Translations based on: Ettuttokai; Pattuppattu; and Tolkappiyam. Editor(s): Ramanujan, A. K. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2BRT; DCQ; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157346
ISBN
9780231157346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.99
€ 85.15

Hardcover. NFS Grundtvig is the 19th-century Denmark produced figure of international significance in the field of religious thought and life. This work presents a collection of essays, mostly European and North American. It suggests that in NFS Grundtvig we have a 19th-century thinker with unexpected relevance to the dilemmas of the new century. Editor(s): Allchin, A. M.; Bradley, S. A. J.; Hjelm, Norman A.; Schjorring, Jens Holger. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DSBF; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 602.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772888354
ISBN
9788772888354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 21.52

Paperback. Key Features: * Study methods * Introduction to the text * Summaries with critical notes * Themes and techniques * Textual analysis of key passages * Author biography * Historical and literary background * Modern and historical critical approaches * Chronology * Glossary of literary terms Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 7. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582424623
ISBN
9780582424623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.36

Paperback. In her opening essays - 'Fathers', 'Forefathers' and 'Ancestors', the author considers the renaissance of the historical novel and discusses particularly the novel of wartime experience; the surprising variety of distant pasts that British writers have invented; and the new 'Darwinian novel'. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283836
ISBN
9780099283836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.23

Paperback. With a novelist's insight and eye for detail, A.S. Byatt examines the relationship between Wordsworth and Coleridge against the background of the great changes of their times - in society, politics, education and literature. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; BG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 44. Weight in Grams: 208. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSS0005994
ISBN
9780099302230
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Essays shedding fresh and significant light on Gower's poetry, major and minor, as it was received, read, and re-produced in England and in Iberia from the fourteenth to the twentieth centuries. Editor(s): Saez-Hidalgo, Ana; Yeager, R. F. Series: Publications of the John Gower Society. Num Pages: 347 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 756.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843207
ISBN
9781843843207
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.97

hardcover. This interpretive dictionary introduces the critical and theoretical world of distinguished literary and cultural critic Edward W. Said, through the crucial terms and concepts central to his work. It compares and contrasts Said's perspective with other key theorists, such as Derrida, Spivak, Foucault, and Jameson. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Wiley-Blackwell United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405183789
ISBN
9781405183789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.81

Paperback. Originally published: Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1913 as: England in 1815 as seen by a young Boston merchant. Editor(s): Rauch, A. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBJD1; HBJK; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2009
Number of pages
222
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349370801
ISBN
9781349370801
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.18

Hardback. Series: History of Persian Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 885.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845119126
ISBN
9781845119126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.25
€ 137.06

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