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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Reassesses better-known works and themes in the field of Lydgate studies, including Lydgate's unofficial laureateship, his relationship to his patrons, and his relationship to Chaucer. This book makes an important contribution to medieval scholarship and it will be welcomed by scholars and students alike. Editor(s): Scanlon, Larry; Simpson, James. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041168
ISBN
9780268041168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Terry Eagleton is one of the most influential contemporary literary theorists and critics. His diverse body of work has been crucial to developments in cultural theory and literary critical practice in modern times, and for a generation of humanities students his writing has been a source of both provocation and enjoyment. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636092
ISBN
9780745636092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.45

Paperback. Terry Eagleton is one of the most influential contemporary literary theorists and critics. His diverse body of work has been crucial to developments in cultural theory and literary critical practice in modern times, and for a generation of humanities students his writing has been a source of both provocation and enjoyment. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 312.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745636108
ISBN
9780745636108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.57

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 374 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691633367
ISBN
9780691633367
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.09

Num Pages: 195 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813119397
ISBN
9780813119397
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.09

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691635378
ISBN
9780691635378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.59

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 322 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
322
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606668
ISBN
9780691606668
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.11

Paperback. To what extent has feminism benefited women? Arguing that so far feminism has failed to deliver the promised benefits for many women and has even proved harmful, this text brings together women's voices, from Bridget Jones to Simone de Beauvoir, to provide a radical rethink for the 21st century. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 389. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
274
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
SKU
KRS0018138
ISBN
9780826450951
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316606780
ISBN
9781316606780
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

Hardback. For more information on similar titles, please visit www.lexingtonbooks.com Num Pages: 185 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
185
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471267
ISBN
9781611471267
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.31

In "The Tempest", Shakespeare created Caliban as an archetype used to depict black men as slaves, savages, and threats to civilization. This study traces the Caliban legacy in modern and post-modern novels, exploring the work of black male writers such as John Edgar Wideman and Clarence Major. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 449.
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813122045
ISBN
9780813122045
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.81

Paperback. Bringing contemporary critical theory to bear on Beowulf, the author explores the literary originality of a poem often treated as oral and traditional. Num Pages: 220 pages, 4 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804727952
ISBN
9780804727952
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.51

Paperback. A reprint of the University of Oklahoma Press edition of 1980.This reliable text presents a clear and simple outline of Greek and Latin meters in order that the verse of the Greeks and Romans may be read as poetry. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; CBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
138
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872202436
ISBN
9780872202436
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.58

Paperback. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684. The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight: 646.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463362
ISBN
9781580463362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.10

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801048821
ISBN
9780801048821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.97

Hardback. Nineteen essays derived from Mr. Tuttleton's long engagement with the masterworks of the American imagination, illustrating his conviction that great literature is art, not social science, and analyzing the effect of contemporary critical theory on the American canon. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
383
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566631006
ISBN
9781566631006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 37.27

hardcover. A new collection of essays on American writing and criticism-about the difference between art and ideology, and how ideology has disfigured the work of some of our best writers. "Tuttleton is a critic whose judgments can be trusted."-James Seaton, Hudson Review. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Ivan R. Dee United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566631815
ISBN
9781566631815
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.90

Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 262 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580442503
ISBN
9781580442503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.54

Paperback. The Norton Critical Edition of this influential Harlem Renaissance novel includes related materials available in no other edition. Editor(s): Goldsby, Jacqueline. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 212 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393972863
ISBN
9780393972863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 279 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
279
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482058
ISBN
9781611482058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.20

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSA; DSBD; HPCD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650197
ISBN
9780691650197
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.78

Hardcover. This is the first collection of essays devoted solely to Edward Lear, and builds on a recent resurgence of critical interest in the Victorian poet. Seventeen essays explore how it is that the play of his poetry continues to delight and challenge us, and provide contexts in which it can be better understood and enjoyed. Editor(s): Williams, James; Bevis, Matthew. Num Pages: 416 pages, Over 90 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198708568
ISBN
9780198708568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.63

Paperback. A study of the main elements of fiction, such as narrative, detail, characterization, dialogue, realism, and style. It takes the machinery of story-telling apart to ask a series of fundamental questions: What do we mean when we say we 'know' a fictional character? What constitutes a 'telling' detail? And, when is a metaphor successful? Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition first Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845950934
ISBN
9781845950934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.80

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099575757
ISBN
9780099575757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

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