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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. First published in 1960, The Singer of Tales remains the fundamental study of the distinctive techniques and aesthetics of oral epic poetry from South Slavic epic songs to the Iliad, Odyssey, Beowulf, and beyond. This edition offers a corrected text and is supplemented by an open-access website with audio recordings. Editor(s): Elmer, David F. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Edition
3rd
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674975736
ISBN
9780674975736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.53

Paperback. Includes the full French text, accompanied by French-English vocabulary. Notes and a detailed introduction in English put the work in its social and historical context. Editor(s): Davison, Ray. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2ADS; DSK; FA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 127 x 11. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
Revised, Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415025867
ISBN
9780415025867
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Paperback. Presents Albert Camus' WWII resistance and early postwar writings published in Combat, the resistance newspaper where he served as editor-in-chief and editorial writer. These writing depict issues ranging from the liberation, deportation, justice for collaborators, the return of POWs, to the postwar role of international institutions. Editor(s): Levi-Valensi, Jacqueline. Translator(s): Goldhammer, Arthur. Num Pages: 384 pages, 20 tables. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 25. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
Second Printing
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691133768
ISBN
9780691133768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.20

Hardcover. Drawing on archive material, DeGiacomo assesses T.C. Murray's contribution to the Irish dramatic movement. Largely a work of theatre history, this text spans Murray's life and career from 1878 to 1959, and highlights Murray's plays on Abbey tours of America from 1911 to 1935. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815629450
ISBN
9780815629450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.50

Hardcover. A selection of the prose writings of the poet and novelist Cecil Day-Lewis (1904-72), poet laureate and Oxford professor of poetry, who published more than twenty volumes of poetry in his lifetime. Editor(s): O'Donoghue, Bernard; Gelpi, Albert. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198766117
ISBN
9780198766117
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.13

Paperback. Presents a collection of essays that converges around the usually close and intense relationship between Robert Duncan and Denise Levertov, two of the most important and remarkable American poets in the second half of the twentieth century. This book examines the issues that drew Levertov and Duncan together, and split them apart. Editor(s): Gelpi, Albert; Bertholf, Robert J. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804751315
ISBN
9780804751315
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.40

Hardcover. Offers an annotated edition of both Creswell's English text, based on the original copy presented to the ambassador of James I, and his contemporary Castilian version from the Biblioteca Nacional in Madrid. Creswell draws on his personal knowledge to write comments about the Gunpowder Plot events. Num Pages: 210 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JD; DNF; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780823214464
ISBN
9780823214464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.88

hardcover. The fifteen essays in this volume honor Battestin's many contributions to our understanding and appreciation of the literature and art of the Augustan period. Spanning over one hundred years, the essays focus on writers such as Behn, Swift, Defoe, and Pope, as well as Fielding's connections with Richardson and Smollett's fictional heroines. Num Pages: 311 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136166
ISBN
9780874136166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.38

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 446 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638140
ISBN
9780691638140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.93
€ 140.93

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
€ 41.88

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

€ 86.54

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

€ 21.99
€ 21.90

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

€ 70.50

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
€ 28.58

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
€ 11.48

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
€ 16.14

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

€ 155.24

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
€ 24.82

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

€ 137.78

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

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