Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. The book argues that the Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as category of discourse that inspired voluminous poetic production. By examining Petrarch, Du Bellay, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Hui explains how writers used the ruin to think about their relationship to classical antiquity. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 color, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273355
- ISBN
- 9780823273355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.87
€ 109.87
Paperback. The book argues that the Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as category of discourse that inspired voluminous poetic production. By examining Petrarch, Du Bellay, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Hui explains how writers used the ruin to think about their relationship to classical antiquity. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 color, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 231 x 2. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823274314
- ISBN
- 9780823274314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.01
€ 33.01
Hardback. Num Pages: 379 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 379
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611473674
- ISBN
- 9781611473674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.57
€ 152.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252062025
- ISBN
- 9780252062025
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.91
€ 24.99
€ 22.91
Paperback. This study of six modern dramatists argues that a study of theatrical language should be an exercise in 'practical criticism' and not merely narrowly linguistic. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780521098663
- ISBN
- 9780521098663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.88
€ 49.88
Paperback. Series: Student guide series. Num Pages: 135 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551648
- ISBN
- 9781871551648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.44
€ 16.99
€ 15.44
paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 140 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 110
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551839
- ISBN
- 9781871551839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.44
€ 16.99
€ 15.44
Hardcover. Wordsworth's Efficiency and Coleridge's Otherness. 200 pages. Argues that in order to appreciate the extraordinary application and industry of Wordsworth, one does not need to risk forgetting the extraordinariness of Coleridge's bursts of creativity and, in order to appreciate Coleridge, one does not need to simultaneously react against a 'dull', 'dutiful' Wordsworth. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 237 x 156 x 19. Weight: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551877
- ISBN
- 9781871551877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.49
€ 21.99
€ 20.49
Hardback. Editor(s): Teverson, Andrew (Kingston University, UK Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University, UK Kingston University, UK Kingston University, UK Kingston University); Warwick, Alexandra (University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster University of Westminster University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster); Wilson, Leigh (University of Westminster University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK). Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 30. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400237
- ISBN
- 9781474400237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.44€ 119.62
€ 123.44
€ 119.62
Hardback. This book includes critical introductions to some of Scott's most influential poems, and explores the narrative strategies and ideological interests of some of his greatest novels. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748626069
- ISBN
- 9780748626069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.69€ 107.52
€ 111.69
€ 107.52
Paperback. The definitive biography of the poet who was almost as notorious for his 'rock 'n roll' lifestyle as his artistic work Num Pages: 544 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753817872
- ISBN
- 9780753817872
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.99
€ 19.99
€ 14.99
Paperback. An engaging and accessible book looking at 1970s sf writing, film and television - alongside music and architecture - to reclaim the decade as a crucial period in the history of science fiction. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381175
- ISBN
- 9781781381175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.71
€ 73.71
Paperback. Features essays that explores literary texts in relation to the history of gynaecology and women's surgery. This title demonstrate how fiction and medicine have a long-established tradition of looking towards each other for inspiration and elucidation in questions of gender. Editor(s): Mangham, Andrew; Depledge, Greta. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318528
- ISBN
- 9781846318528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
Paperback. Three lectures on contemporary British poets and their relationship with England, its history, politics and culture, and with the continuing tradition of English poetry. Num Pages: 62 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112. Ideas of England in Contemporary Poetry: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures. 62 pages. Three lectures on contemporary British poets and their relationship with England, its history, politics and culture, and with the continuing tradition of English poetry. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 6. Weight: 112.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 62
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852249328
- ISBN
- 9781852249328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.55
€ 11.99
€ 10.55
Paperback. This user-friendly textbook for students of creative writing explores the issue of picture books, literacy and writing for children in their early years. Andrew Melrose encourages students to examine the critical questions in child literacy through an exploration of the fusion of text and images. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 7 black & white tables, 13 black & white halftones, 6 blac. BIC Classification: DSY; JNLA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 245 x 10. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415617505
- ISBN
- 9780415617505
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.44
€ 38.44
Hardcover. Poetry, Photography, Ekphrasis is a detailed study of the ekphrasis of photography in poetry since the 19th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20. BIC Classification: AJ; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381908
- ISBN
- 9781781381908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.12
€ 141.12
Paperback. A major, groundbreaking intervention into contemporary theoretical debates about SF. It effects a series of vital shifts in SF theory and criticism, away from prescriptively abstract dialectics of cognition and estrangement and towards the empirically grounded understanding of an amalgam of texts, practices and artefacts. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381168
- ISBN
- 9781781381168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.01
€ 67.01
Paperback. Can Shakespeare help us with the question of how to live? This title argues that although Shakespeare strikingly dramatizes various kinds of uncertainty and scepticism, including scepticism about what it is to be human, his work can still serve as as source of existential wisdom and guidance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748691234
- ISBN
- 9780748691234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.11
€ 38.99
€ 35.11
Paperback. This is a fascinating exploration of the influence of Shakespeare within Cambridge, both through its university and annual festival. Num Pages: 176 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445641058
- ISBN
- 9781445641058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.21
€ 17.99
€ 14.21
Hardback. Argues that cultural politics - specifically America's often covert patronage of the arts - played a highly important role in the transfer of imperial authority from Britain to the United States during a critical period after World War II. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJP; DSBH; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691154152
- ISBN
- 9780691154152
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.62
€ 54.99
€ 39.62
Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DN; APF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763507936
- ISBN
- 9788763507936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.28
€ 38.99
€ 28.28
Paperback. A collection of essays by political theorists on Agamben's Homo Sacer. Editor(s): Norris, Andrew. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822335375
- ISBN
- 9780822335375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.42
€ 31.99
€ 28.42
Paperback. This title explores how the concept of childhood in the Victorian era was constructed through ideological work in children's literature, as well as contemporary pedagogical and medical writing. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 202 pages. BIC Classification: DSYC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 303.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 202
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415514682
- ISBN
- 9780415514682
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 71.18
€ 71.18
Paperback. Andrew Parker undertakes a critical reconsideration of the frequently absent, or troubled, figure of the mother in theorists including Marx, Freud, Lacan, and Derrida. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352327
- ISBN
- 9780822352327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20