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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Examines the unstable dialectic of reality and imagination, as well as of history and literature Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780823234295
ISBN
9780823234295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.46

hardcover. In this book, Albert W. Halsall presents the first complete treatment in English of Hugo's plays - a history, plot summary, and detailed analysis of all the dramas, from Cromwel and Torquemada to the juvenilia and the epic melodrama Les Burgraves. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802043221
ISBN
9780802043221
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.42

paperback. Detailed analysis of the stage plays of South African playwright Athol Fugard. Num Pages: 296 pages, 24 b&w photos, 1 bibliog., 1 index. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 235 x 20. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253215048
ISBN
9780253215048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.98

Paperback. Num Pages: 201 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; CFG; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Collegiate Press United States
Edition
2 Rev ed
Number of pages
201
Condition
New
SKU
V9780939693221
ISBN
9780939693221
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.94

Hardback. Translator(s): Mandarini, Matteo. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2021
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857423429
ISBN
9780857423429
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.32

Paperback. A volume of notes, impressions of travel, of friends, of public and private events - elicited by the author's reading. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200. A Year of Favourite Books. 272 pages. A volume of notes, impressions of travel, of friends, of public and private events - elicited by the author's reading. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight: 194.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841958217
ISBN
9781841958217
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.38

Paperback. Argues that the activity of reading, in its broadest sense, defines our species. This title explores the crafts of reading and writing, the identity granted to us by literature, the far-reaching shadow of Jorge Luis Borges, to whom the author read as a young man, and the links between politics and books and between books and our bodies. Num Pages: 320 pages, 12 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300172089
ISBN
9780300172089
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.88

Hardback. No descriptive material is available for this title. Num Pages: 422 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes index. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810820517
ISBN
9780810820517
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.98

Paperback. Suitable for those who seek to understand Roman culture and sexuality and the origins of Western poetry, this title provides the necessary historical and social background to the poet's life and works. Translator(s): Putnam, Michael C. J.; Dennis, Rodney G. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272545
ISBN
9780520272545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.64

Hardback. Suitable for those who seek to understand Roman culture and sexuality and the origins of Western poetry, this title provides the necessary historical and social background to the poet's life and works. Translator(s): Putnam, Michael C. J.; Dennis, Rodney G. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
Bilingual
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520272538
ISBN
9780520272538
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.81
€ 71.49

Hardback. Editor(s): English, Karen Ann. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473490
ISBN
9781611473490
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.66

paperback. This sourcebook of texts in modern translation makes accessible key anti-feminist works, together with a surprising range of early texts championing women. Editor(s): Blamires, Alcuin. Num Pages: 342 pages, 8 pp black and white plates, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 452. Very good copy showing some shelf wear on exterior. Text is crisp and clean
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Oxford University Press Oxford
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0024760
ISBN
9780198710394
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.12

Hardcover. Explores the representation of everyday life across several disciplines in a century known for its interest in individual experience of the mundane as well as the heroic. This text explores not merely the range of performances under the banner of everyday, but also meanings inherent in these attempts to create art out of experience of the "real." Editor(s): Cavanaugh, Alden. Series: Studies in Seventeenth- and Eighteenth- Century Art and Culture. Num Pages: 151 pages, 52 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACQ; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139709
ISBN
9780874139709
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.67

Paperback. Father Joseph was an aspirant to sainthood and a practising mystic, yet his ruthless exercise of power succeeded in prolonging the unspeakable horrors of the Thirty Years War. This title explores how an intensely religious man could lead such a life and how he could reconcile the seemingly opposing moral systems of religion and politics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSK; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099477822
ISBN
9780099477822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 7. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405801713
ISBN
9781405801713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Hardcover. Aldous Huxley's stature as one of the most acute observers of social and ideological trends is reinforced by these essays, which register his growing ambivalence about the role of technocracy and science in an era of experimentation in the concentration of executive and legislative power. Editor(s): Baker, Robert S.; Sexton, James. Series: Complete Essays of Aldous Huxley. Num Pages: 653 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566633475
ISBN
9781566633475
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.76

Paperback. The timeless boyhood adventures of a mischievous lad in 19th-century New England, in a new edition for today's readers. Illustrator(s): White, A.B. Series: Hardscrabble Classics. Num Pages: 314 pages, 71 drawings. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Press of New England United States
Number of pages
314
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874517941
ISBN
9780874517941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.28

Hardback. Aldus Manutius was the most innovative scholarly publisher of the Renaissance. This ITRL edition contains all of his prefaces to his editions of the Greek classics, translated for the first time into English. They provide unique insight into the world of scholarly publishing in Renaissance Venice. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Mul
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088672
ISBN
9780674088672
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.57

Hardback. Long repressed following the collapse of empire, memories of the French colonial experience have recently gained unprecedented visibility. This interdisciplinary volume explores the multiple forms of this upsurge and the forces driving it in popular culture, scholarly research, and public commemorations. Editor(s): Hargreaves, Alec. Series: After the Empire: The Francophone World & Postcolonial France. Num Pages: 264 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DSB; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 160 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739108208
ISBN
9780739108208
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.06

Paperback. The book traces the process of creating of a new German memory of the Holocaust after the fall of the Wall. Combining theoretical analysis with historical case studies, the book revisits crucial debates and controversial issues out of which Germany's new 'memory culture' emerged as a collective project and work in progress. Translator(s): Clift, Sarah. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBD; HBL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823267286
ISBN
9780823267286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.01

paperback. A glimpse into the mind and life of one of the most creative and enigmatic visionaries of our time, filmmaker Alejandro Jodorowsky Num Pages: 424 pages, Includes 8-page color insert and 29 b&w plates. BIC Classification: ANF; BGA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 592.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Park Street Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781620552810
ISBN
9781620552810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 15.16

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408129265
ISBN
9781408129265
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.57

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408184417
ISBN
9781408184417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. For a decade, Martin Crimp has been in the vanguard of writing for the British stage. This work is the study of Martin Crimp's work for stage and radio. Arguing that he is one of the most acute satirists of contemporary British society, it provides an account of the playwright's work, as well as an account of each of Crimp's plays. Series: Critical Companions. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413775887
ISBN
9780413775887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.57

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