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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Provides a comprehensive history of classical rhetoric. This work begins by identifying the rhetorical features of early Greek literature that anticipated the formulation of "metarhetoric," or a theory of rhetoric, in the fifth and fourth centuries and then traces the development of that theory through the Greco-Roman period. Num Pages: 336 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; CFG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691000596
ISBN
9780691000596
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.89
€ 47.09

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 364 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
364
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691651781
ISBN
9780691651781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.53
€ 122.35

Paperback. Num Pages: 72 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 140. Weight in Grams: 141.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Omnidawn Publishing United States
Number of pages
72
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890650858
ISBN
9781890650858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. A study of post-slavery literatures in the Americas. Examining major novels from 1880 to the 1970s, the author shows how fiction from different nations shares what he calls textual simultaneity in revealing parallel narrative anxieties about genealogy, narrative authority and racial difference. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813919775
ISBN
9780813919775
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.24

Paperback. This is a fresh, up to date and accessibly written critical edition for literature and drama students. An authoritative and academically rigorous edition, edited by leading Cambridge scholar, Jean Chothia, under the guidance of the advisor to the Shaw Estate and international Shaw expert, Len Connolly. Editor(s): Chothia, Jean. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 224 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713679960
ISBN
9780713679960
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.10

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Hal Leonard Corporation United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557835611
ISBN
9781557835611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.55

Hardback. George Campbell Hay has been hailed as an important voice in Scottish literature and as a crucial figure in the renaissance of Gaelic poetry in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Byrne, Michel. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AFS; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2086.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Slipcase
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748610631
ISBN
9780748610631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 176.66
€ 175.13

The only full-length study of existentialism in America, this highly engaging and original work provides an invaluable guide to the history of American culture since the end of the Second World War. Num Pages: 368 pages, 18, 17 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HPCF3; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 732.
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801870378
ISBN
9780801870378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.72

Paperback. With "A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu" Marcel Proust achieved a perfect rendering of life in art, of the past created through memory. It is both a portrait of the artist and a discovery of the aesthetic by which the portrait is painted, and it was to have a seminal influence on 20th-century literature. This title presents the life of this writer. Num Pages: 816 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 800.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Pimlico
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780712674799
ISBN
9780712674799
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.45

Paperback. In this history of the Goddess Natura, Economou provides a study of her philosophical background and the literary traditions that contributed to her image. He focuses on the Renaissance of the 12th century, when a new kind of allegory appeared that celebrated and explored the nature of the cosmos. Num Pages: 240 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 207 x 135 x 9. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268029555
ISBN
9780268029555
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872205048
ISBN
9780872205048
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268027759
ISBN
9780268027759
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.84

Paperback. Pretty Hetty Sorrel is loved by the village carpenter Adam Bede, but her head is turned by the attentions of the fickle young squire. His dalliance with the dairymaid affects the lives of many in their small rural community. This new edition of Eliot's pioneering classic of social realism uses the definitive Clarendon text. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199203475
ISBN
9780199203475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.87

Paperback. One of the classic novels of English literature which was admired by Virginia Woolf as one of the few English novels written for grown-up people. This edition includes a critical introduction, and a rich selection of contextual materials, including contemporary reviews of the novel, other writings by George Eliot and historical documents. Editor(s): Maertz, Gregory. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 739 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 784.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
744
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551112336
ISBN
9781551112336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.63

Paperback. Governor General's Award-winning author George Elliott Clarke identifies African-Canadian literature's distinguishing characteristics, argues its relevance to both African Diasporic and Canadian Studies and critiques several of its key creators and texts. Num Pages: 504 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250 x 172 x 34. Weight in Grams: 946.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
504
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802081919
ISBN
9780802081919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 49.86

Directions Home explores the trajectories and tendencies of African-Canadian literature within the Canadian canon and the socio-cultural traditions of the African Diaspora. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 26. Weight in Grams: 740.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802091536
ISBN
9780802091536
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 106.14

Paperback. This edition sheds light on Farquhar's work, highlighting its status as an account of army corruption and sexual intrigue, and its relevance to later literature such as Brecht's Trumpets and Drums, Keneally's The Playmaker, and Wertenbaker's Our Country's Good. Editor(s): Stern, Tiffany. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713673791
ISBN
9780713673791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.40

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691625072
ISBN
9780691625072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.95

Paperback. In Arlene Young's carefully edited and annotated edition, we have the definitive guide to Gissing's novel. Stephen Arata, University of Virginia Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111117
ISBN
9781551111117
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 29.63

Hardback. Drawing on ideas from linguistics, logic, and sociology about the grammar of conversations, the author considers the rhetoric of conversation in Dicken's novels. Series: AMS Studies in the Nineteenth-century. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
AMS Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780404644703
ISBN
9780404644703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.80

Hardcover. Examining the ways in which hypochondria forms both a malady and a metaphor for a range of British Romantic writers, Grinnell contends that this is not one illness amongst many, but a disorder of the very ability to distinguish between illness and health, a malady of interpretation that mediates a broad spectrum of pressing cultural questions. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230231450
ISBN
9780230231450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.58

Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780875801186
ISBN
9780875801186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.27

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813114941
ISBN
9780813114941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.70

Paperback. Num Pages: 165 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
165
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349083855
ISBN
9781349083855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.98

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