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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. The year 1819 in England was notable for the quality, value and topicality of its literature, while parliamentary and political reforms were widely demanded, especially by "Romantic" writers. This book argues that the writing demonstrates an awareness of its place both in history, and as history. Num Pages: 606 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 32. Weight in Grams: 810.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
606
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226101095
ISBN
9780226101095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Hardcover. In this selection of Mangan's poetry and prose, Mangan can be appreciated not only for the poignancy and power of his late poems and autobiographical writings, but also for those talents admired by his original readers: his metrical skills, his love of wordplay and his surrealist humour. Editor(s): Ryder, Sean. Num Pages: 480 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCF; DNF; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1042. Selected Writings. 480 pages, index. Editor(s): Ryder, Sean. In this selection of Mangan's poetry and prose, Mangan can be appreciated not only for the poignancy and power of his late poems and autobiographical writings, but also for those talents admired by his original readers: his metrical skills, his love of wordplay and his surrealist humour. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCF; DNF; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Dimension: 163 x 242 x 49. Weight: 1042.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Univ College Dublin Pr
Edition
illustrated edition
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558095
ISBN
9781904558095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.07
€ 59.72

Paperback. An anthology of primary texts in translation, An Introduction to Classical Rhetoric offers an overview of the social, cultural, and intellectual factors that influenced the development and growth of rhetoric during the classical period. Uses primary source material to analyze rhetoric from the Sophists through St. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 190 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1086.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405158619
ISBN
9781405158619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.05

Hardback. Num Pages: 440 pages, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 237 x 35. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231157841
ISBN
9780231157841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. One of the first works of Canadian science fiction, A Strange Manuscript is also a gripping and original novel of exploration and adventure. Editor(s): Burgoyne, Daniel. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551119595
ISBN
9781551119595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Hardback. Focuses on the career of Kobayashi Hideo (1902-1983), one of the seminal figures in the history of modern Japanese literary criticism, whose interpretive vision was forged amidst the cultural and ideological crises that dominated intellectual discourse between the 1920s and the 1940s. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032842
ISBN
9780674032842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Campus Verlag Germany
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9783593505541
ISBN
9783593505541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 42.08

Hardback. For more information on similar titles, please visit www.lexingtonbooks.com Editor(s): Hirsh, James E. Num Pages: 221 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 17. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471359
ISBN
9781611471359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 36. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271026817
ISBN
9780271026817
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 60.41
€ 51.53

Paperback. This unique edition brings together for the first time Austen-Leigh's memoir of his aunt Jane Austen, together with shorter recollections by James Edward's two sisters. It also includes Jane's brother Henry's two biographical accounts. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 haltones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540778
ISBN
9780199540778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801482083
ISBN
9780801482083
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.32

Paperback. A History of Victorian Literature offers a wide-ranging narrative overview of literature in Great Britain between 1830 and 1900 exploring the extraordinarily varied literary production and reception of the Victorian age, with fresh considerations of major figures and new attention to neglected and less familiar careers. Series: Blackwell History of Literature. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 22. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470672396
ISBN
9780470672396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.61

Hardback. Captures the extraordinary variety of literary output produced during the Victorian era Analyzes the development of major literary forms in conjunction with developments in social and intellectual history Addresses the ways in which writers engaged with the variety of new forms of social engagement in literature during the Victorian era. Series: Blackwell History of Literature. Num Pages: 478 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 33. Weight in Grams: 882.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
478
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220824
ISBN
9780631220824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.83

Hardcover. Published in the bicentennial year of Samuel Johnson's death, Johnson and His Age includes contributions by some of the nation's most eminent scholars of eighteenth-century literature. It includes sections on Johnson's life, major figures of the age, and the novel. Editor(s): Engell, James. Series: Harvard English Studies. Num Pages: 592 pages, 20ill. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 143 x 33. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674480759
ISBN
9780674480759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.22

Hardback. The churches and manuscripts of medieval Europe incessantly juxtapose imagery depicting sacred themes with likenesses of the crudest and basest nature. Drawing on the contrast between Bakhtin's concepts of the carnivalesque and the domain of the law, this book examines such opposites in six major works of pre-1350 Spanish literature. Series: Figurae: Reading Medieval Culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, 8 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 665.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804729369
ISBN
9780804729369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.72

Hardcover. This illuminating manifesto presents a succinct, carefully documented assessment of the current state and likely future of English studies around the world. By treating the global trends and trajectories of English studies with respect to actual student enrollments, faculty employment, curricular emphases, and emergent subfields, James F. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 224 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470654941
ISBN
9780470654941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.61

Paperback. Editor(s): McWilliams, John P., Jr. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538195
ISBN
9780199538195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.13

paperback. Covers different varieties of poetic practice in English. This book discusses the work of poets as wide ranging as W H Auden, Dylan Thomas, Tennyson, Kipling, Milton and Blake. Num Pages: 144 pages, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 110.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141004396
ISBN
9780141004396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.45

Paperback. This collection is based on the idea that irony now extends beyond its classification as a figure of speech and is increasingly recognized as one of the major modes of human experience. The essays cover the limits to irony's liberating qualities as well as irony's more positive dimensions. Num Pages: 284 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226244235
ISBN
9780226244235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 33.53

Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, full-colour photos throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 275 x 210 x 9. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Collector's Guide Publishing Canada
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781896522760
ISBN
9781896522760
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 30.77

hardcover. An edition of Timotheus of Miletus' extant work, a Greek lyric poet of the 5th and 4th centuries BC and one of the most important poets of the period, includes the fragments surviving only through other author's work. The editor's "Persae" text was based on examination of the original papyrus. Series: Oxford Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Edition
New
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199246946
ISBN
9780199246946
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 264.99

Hardcover.
Edition
First Edition
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843510116
ISBN
9781843510116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.00
€ 20.49

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135759
ISBN
9781571135759
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.09

Hardback. Like other well-known writers of the time, Hogg was a contributor to the annuals, and this book brings together all the Hogg texts that were either written for, or first published in, annuals and gift-books. Editor(s): Currie, Janette; Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; DNF; DSBF; HBT; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 870.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748615278
ISBN
9780748615278
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.64
€ 108.53

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