Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. The creation of perfect imaginary worlds serves as a means of acting on the imperfect present. This is a feature of French utopian writing, whose rich tradition inspires authors. This book demonstrates that the utopian - and dystopian - imaginings which constitute that tradition find expression through various genres and modes of creation. Editor(s): West-Sooby, John. Num Pages: 252 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874130485
- ISBN
- 9780874130485
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.13
€ 65.13
Hardback. Series: Bernard Shaw and His Contemporaries. Num Pages: 229 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319409962
- ISBN
- 9783319409962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.94
€ 123.94
Hardback. Quitslund argues that Spenser sought authority for his poem by grounding its narrative in a divinely ordained natural order, intelligible in terms derived from the ancient sources of poetry and philosophy. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 695.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802035059
- ISBN
- 9780802035059
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.96
€ 96.96
Paperback. "Dante and Shakespeare divide the modern world between them; there is no third". This study attempts to explain and justify T.S. Eliot's claim. John Scott offers a critical overview of Dante's writings: the "Vita Nova", the "Convivio", the "De Vulgari Eloquentia", his "Rime", and "Monarchia", Series: William & Katherine Devers Series in Dante Studies. Num Pages: 504 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 3H; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press United States
- Number of pages
- 504
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268044510
- ISBN
- 9780268044510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.34
€ 41.99
€ 37.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 259
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491913
- ISBN
- 9781611491913
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.35
€ 124.35
Hardcover. Chester Himes and John A Williams met in 1961, as Himes was on the cusp of transcontinental celebrity and Williams, sixteen years his junior, was just beginning his writing career. This is a collection of correspondence between these two friends, presenting nearly three decades worth of letters about their lives and loves. Editor(s): Williams, John A.; Williams, Lori. Series: African American Life. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 581.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Edition
- Adapted ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814333556
- ISBN
- 9780814333556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.96
€ 39.96
Paperback. While modernism's engagement with the occult has been approached by critics as the result of a loss of faith in representation, Leigh Wilson argues that these discourses remakes the relationship between world and representation. Wilson explores the aesthetic and political implications in the work of writers who were self-consciously experimental. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; DSB; HRQC5; HRQM2; HRQX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627707
- ISBN
- 9780748627707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.12
€ 38.99
€ 35.12
paperback. Num Pages: 124 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; PBT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 193 x 8. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- University of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780226650258
- ISBN
- 9780226650258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.62
€ 15.99
€ 11.62
Paperback. The second book of a major two-volume biographical study of the author William Makepeace Thackeray and his family, including new research that sheds light on the lives of his daughters Minny and Annie. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718892258
- ISBN
- 9780718892258
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.04
€ 59.04
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 236 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 14. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691649191
- ISBN
- 9780691649191
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.68
€ 116.68
Paperback. Series: Focus on. 65 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UF) Further/Higher Education. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 5. Weight: 96.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange
- Number of pages
- 65
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075064
- ISBN
- 9781906075064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.42
€ 15.99
€ 14.42
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646503
- ISBN
- 9780691646503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.16
€ 113.16
Paperback. This volume features a collection of letters by John B. Keane. These include: "Letters of a Successful TD", "Letters of a Love-Hungry Farmer", "Letters of a Matchmaker", "Letters of an Irish Priest" and "Letters of an Irish Minister of State". Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 29. Weight in Grams: 450. 390pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Mercier Press
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781856351560
- ISBN
- 9781856351560
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.04
€ 20.99
€ 19.04
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 446 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 799.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691646084
- ISBN
- 9780691646084
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 215.48
€ 215.48
Paperback. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838751282
- ISBN
- 9780838751282
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 79.46
€ 79.46
Paperback. Part of a series, this collection contains essays delivered as papers, which focus on 18th-century British culture. Other titles in the series, by various authors, include "The Crisis in Historical Materialism", "The Freudian Subject" and "Alice Doesn't: Feminism, Semiotics and Cinema". Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333482889
- ISBN
- 9780333482889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.35
€ 69.35
Paperback. A penetrating study of the life and writings of Stephen Crane, author of The Red Badge of Courage , by one of America's greatest poets and critics. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cooper Square Publishers Inc.,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815411154
- ISBN
- 9780815411154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.16
€ 19.99
€ 19.16
Paperback. A classic work for actors and students on understanding and playing Shakespeare. In the first half of the book, Barton attempts an objective analysis of how Shakespeare's text actually works; in the second half he concentrates on the more subjective areas such as irony and ambiguity, passion and coolness. Series: Performance Books. Num Pages: 224 pages, ill. BIC Classification: ANC; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 292.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Pap/DVDReissued Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713687736
- ISBN
- 9780713687736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.78
€ 37.99
€ 31.78
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719072871
- ISBN
- 9780719072871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.77
€ 26.99
€ 26.77
Hardcover. In this frank memoir, John Bayley describes the life he has shared with his wife, Iris Murdoch, afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. He explains how he has coped emotionally and practically with the illness that has beset the woman he loves and cherishes. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162. Weight in Grams: 519. Fine in dustjacket. DJ has some minor wear but remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KDK0016825
- ISBN
- 9780715628485
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.38
€ 5.38