Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
hardcover. To celebrate the 400th anniversary of Shakespeare's death, this collection of the Bard's greatest plays is digested to a few thousand words along with footnotes. It is suitable for those who know their Shakespeare, perfect for the theatre goer needing a quick recap, and a massive relief for those just desperate to pass their English exam. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS; WH; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 117 x 184 x 15. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Doubleday
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780857524256
- ISBN
- 9780857524256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 8.18
€ 12.99
€ 8.18
Hardback. Argues that the key texts of modernity and postmodernity may be approached through figures and narratives of paralysis: motion is no more defining of modern travel than fixations, resistance, and impasse; concepts and figures of travel, he posits, must be rethought in this more static light. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803229914
- ISBN
- 9780803229914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.86
€ 71.86
Paperback. Looks at the prospects for breaking down theoretical and disciplinary barriers that have tended to separate African American and postcolonial studies. This work emphasizes the confluences among three major theories: postcolonialism, Henry Louis Gates Jr.'s Signifyin(g), and Paul Gilroy's black Atlantic. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330266
- ISBN
- 9780820330266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.50
€ 36.50
Drawing from legal and extralegal discourse but focusing on imaginative literature, this book examines representations of, responses to, and arguments for and against the death penalty in the United States over the long nineteenth century. It creates a generative dialogue between artistic relics and legal history. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421413327
- ISBN
- 9781421413327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.91
€ 63.91
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 19. Weight in Grams: 771.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691632148
- ISBN
- 9780691632148
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 170.20
€ 170.20
Paperback. A collection of twenty-five essays which explore the place of the stage within the larger society, as well as issues of performance and physical space. It examines the settings in which plays were acted; and juxtaposes the theater with such contemporary subcultures as the church, the city, and the court. Editor(s): Cox, John D.; Kastan, David Scott. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102438
- ISBN
- 9780231102438
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.75€ 42.46
€ 53.75
€ 42.46
Hardback. A wonderfully helpful and stimulating book.. Highly recommended.-ChoiceOne of the most comprehensive and valuable interpretations of deconstruction to date. Highly recommended.-Library Journal Editor(s): Caputo, John D. Series: Perspectives in Continental Philosophy. Num Pages: 215 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 19. Weight in Grams: 419.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823217540
- ISBN
- 9780823217540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.31
€ 109.31
Hardcover. This text examines the work of a broad selection of authors in order to discover the reasons for their loss of faith and to analyse the ways they have interpreted that loss. For some the experience of deconversion led to another religious faith while others turned to atheism or agnosticism. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRA; HRLK; HRQA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 621.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813915463
- ISBN
- 9780813915463
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.10
€ 70.10
paperback. Most people feel ambivalent about solitude, both loving and fearing it depending on how they experience being alone at certain points in their lives. In "The Value of Solitude", John Barbour explores some of the ways in which experiences of solitude, both positive and negative, have been interpreted as religiously significant. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; HRLK; JM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813922898
- ISBN
- 9780813922898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.05
€ 31.05
Hardcover. Peter of Blois pursued the life of a twelfth-century intellectual with vigor and passion tinged with anxiety. This book offers a study of Peter of Blois' life, thought, and writings. It explores how Peter brought classical, patristic, monastic, and scholastic traditions into an uneasy synthesis, and deployed them in letters. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; BGL; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 676.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The Catholic University of America Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813216768
- ISBN
- 9780813216768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.69
€ 88.69
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691608389
- ISBN
- 9780691608389
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.17€ 39.91
€ 50.17
€ 39.91
Hardcover. Revisits the question of Shakespeare and religion by focusing on the conjunction of faith and scepticism in his writing. This title argues that the relationship between faith and scepticism is not an invented conjunction. Series: Studies in Christianity and Literature. Num Pages: 355 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 355
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781932792959
- ISBN
- 9781932792959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.72
€ 52.72
Paperback. The heritage of literature in the French language is rich, varied, and extensive in time and space. This Very Short Introduction presents this lively literary world by focusing on texts (epics, novels, plays, poems, screenplays) that concern protagonists whose adventures and conflicts reveal shifts in literary and social practices. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 128.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 152
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199568727
- ISBN
- 9780199568727
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.64
€ 13.99
€ 11.64
paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 332 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691602684
- ISBN
- 9780691602684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.75€ 41.80
€ 53.75
€ 41.80
hardcover. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 300 pages, 8+ colour and halftone illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Anthem Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition, First ed.
- SKU
- V9781843311560
- ISBN
- 9781843311560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.27
€ 138.27
hardcover. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 231
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472943
- ISBN
- 9781611472943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.40
€ 122.40
Paperback. A new selection of John Donne's verse, prepared by the editor of The Oxford Authors edition, with full notes and a useful introduction. John Donne is perhaps the most important poet of the seventeenth century, and has often been referred to as the founder of the metaphysical genre. Editor(s): Carey, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539062
- ISBN
- 9780199539062
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.90
€ 11.99
€ 10.90
Paperback. This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Donne's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by rarely published letters and extracts from Donne's sermons - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537945
- ISBN
- 9780199537945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.48
€ 15.99
€ 12.48
Paperback. John Donne (1572-1631) forfeited his Parliamentary seat and was briefly imprisoned when his secret marriage to Ann More was uncovered in 1601. He entered the Church in 1615, and become Dean of St Paul's. His first volume of poetry was published posthumously in 1633. This book deals with John Donne. Editor(s): Muldoon, Paul. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 198 x 11. Weight in Grams: 120.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571230891
- ISBN
- 9780571230891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.57
€ 10.99
€ 8.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Drew, John; Agnew, Hazel; Winyard, Ben. Num Pages: 224 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 29. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Buckingham Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908684202
- ISBN
- 9781908684202
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.21
€ 37.99
€ 27.21
Paperback. Integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English Language. This book sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which produced it. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043401
- ISBN
- 9780141043401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.11
€ 19.99
€ 15.11
Hardcover. Editor(s): Frost, William; Dearing, Vinton A. Num Pages: 840 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 57. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1974
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 840
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520021204
- ISBN
- 9780520021204
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 72.62
€ 95.56
€ 72.62
Hardcover. Volumes V and VI concern Dryden's most involved labor: the complete translation of Virgil into English. Volume V contains The Pastorals and The Georgics in their entirety; the first six books of The Aeneid is contained as well. Editor(s): Frost, William; Dearing, Vinton A.; Roper, Alan. Series: Works of John Dryden. Num Pages: 584 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 44. Weight in Grams: 953.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520021211
- ISBN
- 9780520021211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.56€ 73.14
€ 95.56
€ 73.14
Paperback. Focuses upon Wilder's years in Missouri from 1894 to 1957. Utilizing her autobiography, letters, newspaper stories, and other documentary evidence, the author attempts to fill the gaps in Wilder's autobiographical novels, and describes her sixty-three years of living in Mansfield, Missouri. Series: Missouri Biography S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 illustrations, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Missouri Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826216489
- ISBN
- 9780826216489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.73
€ 27.99
€ 26.73