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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904558088
ISBN
9781904558088
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.97

Paperback. A portrait of the bond between a mother and her son, and the capturing of a moment in time before the loss of childhood innocence. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571228041
ISBN
9780571228041
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.48

Paperback. William Barnes was born in 1801 near Sturminster Newton in Dorset, of a farming family. He learned Greek, Latin and Music, taught himself wood-engraving, and in 1823 became a schoolmaster in Mere. Among his best-known books of poetry are "Poems of Rural Life in the Dorset Dialect" (1844) and "Hwomely Rhymes" (1859). Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571236657
ISBN
9780571236657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.99

Paperback. 'The greatest literary scholar of his generation' (Independent) explains how the history of the Elizabethan era is the backdrop to William Shakespeare and his plays. Num Pages: 208 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 131 x 17. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780753819951
ISBN
9780753819951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.06

Paperback. Vanbrugh's treatment of the woman's role contributes to the current and continuing interest in such social issues. The book includes a commentary and critical introduction which sets the play in its historical, social and theatrical context. Editor(s): Smith, James L. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 128 pages, c 5 photographs/line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713666656
ISBN
9780713666656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.40

Paperback. How did plague turn Shakespeare from a jobbing hack into a courtly poet? How did Bottom's dream rewrite the Bible? How did Shakespeare's plays lead to the deaths of an earl and a king? And why was he the one dramatist of his generation never to be imprisoned? This book helps you to understand what being Shakespeare was actually like. Num Pages: 512 pages, 20 integrated. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141015866
ISBN
9780141015866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Hutchinson
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780091796341
ISBN
9780091796341
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.03

Hardback. A dedication to Stephen Spender, who in 1932 wrote almost a million words of journal entries between his September Journal in 1939 and his death in 1995. It provides a picture of the various lives Spender brought together in a autobiographical form. Editor(s): Feigel, Lara; Sutherland, John. Num Pages: 816 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1050. T
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571237579
ISBN
9780571237579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.59
€ 6.75

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393974645
ISBN
9780393974645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Watson, Nicola J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555710
ISBN
9780199555710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Duncan, Ian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 30. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538409
ISBN
9780199538409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Sunday 20 November, 1825. With these words the author began what many regard as his greatest work, a diary which was to turn into an extraordinary day-to-day account of the last six years of his life, years of financial ruin, bereavement, and increasing ill health. This title presents memoirs of his contemporaries. Num Pages: 978 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; BGA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 196 x 53. Weight in Grams: 653.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862418281
ISBN
9780862418281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.40

Hardcover. In his ever-popular romance of Tudor England, Scott brilliantly recreates all the passion, brutality, verve and vitality of the Elizabethan world. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 542 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 34. Weight in Grams: 774.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
542
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604371
ISBN
9780748604371
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 108.73

Hardback. Chronicles of the Canongate is unique among Scott's works as it is his only collection of shorter fiction. Editor(s): Lamont, Claire. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 516 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605842
ISBN
9780748605842
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 108.45

Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 492 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 37. Weight in Grams: 842. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 155 x 223 x 37. Weight: 842.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
492
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605903
ISBN
9780748605903
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.30
€ 114.29

Hardback. The Betrothed is set at the time of the Third Crusade (1189--92) and is the first of Scott's Tales of the Crusaders. Editor(s): Ellis, J. B.; Alexander, J. H.; Hewitt, David. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 448 pages, glossaries. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605811
ISBN
9780748605811
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 108.73

Hardcover. The Tale of Old Mortality describes the lives - and often violent deaths - the hopes, and the struggles, of the Covenanters in late seventeenth-century Scotland. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 522 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 36. Weight in Grams: 796. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. 522 pages. The Tale of Old Mortality describes the lives - and often violent deaths - the hopes, and the struggles, of the Covenanters in late seventeenth-century Scotland. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Dimension: 223 x 145 x 36. Weight: 796.
Publisher
Non Basic Stock Line
Number of pages
522
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604432
ISBN
9780748604432
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.05
€ 130.63

Hardback. The third of the Waverley Novels is dominated by two old men, Jonathan Oldbuck (the Antiquary of the title) and the beggar Edie Ochiltree. Editor(s): Hewitt, David. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 542 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 778.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
542
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605378
ISBN
9780748605378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 108.45

Hardback. Against the background of Montrose's campaign of 1644-5, this spirited novel centres on one of Scott's most memorable creations - Sir Dugald Dalgetty of Drumthwacket. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 270 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
270
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605729
ISBN
9780748605729
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 108.45

Hardback. The Fair Maid of Perth centres on the merchant classes of Perth in the fourteenth century, and their commitment to the pacific values of trade, in a bloody and brutal era in which no right to life is recognised. Editor(s): Hook, Andrew; Mackenzie, D. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 532 pages, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 147 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
532
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605859
ISBN
9780748605859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 108.45

Hardback. Meg Dods, a sentimental virago, keeps a rundown inn in a derelict Tweedale village, while the young Laird is living way beyond his means. When a nearby spring becomes a Spa, life changes as a hotel and a troop of social climbers move in. Editor(s): Weinstein, Mark. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 508 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
508
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605354
ISBN
9780748605354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 108.45

Hardback. A new edition of Scott's longest, and arguably most intriguing, novel. Editor(s): Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 704 pages, None. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1006.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
704
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605781
ISBN
9780748605781
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.39
€ 108.45

Paperback. By systematically linking eighteenth-century European writing to the colonial history of India, The Stillbirth of Capital argues that the Enlightenment's vision of empire calls our own historical and theoretical paradigms into question, especially our premise that capitalism is the basis of modernity. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804775236
ISBN
9780804775236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.70

paperback. A dazzling collection of essays by the bestselling author of What I Loved - thought-provoking, engaging, illuminating reflections on what it means to be human Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Sceptre
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444732658
ISBN
9781444732658
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.05

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