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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. .
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433777
ISBN
9780140433777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.28

Paperback. Revised and updated throughout, the third edition of this best-selling book traces the development of one of the world's richest literatures from the old English period to the present day. It now features a full chapter on the contemporary period, with more on genres and the impact of globalisation. Series: Palgrave Foundations Series. Num Pages: 464 pages, 65 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 189 x 246 x 23. Weight in Grams: 890.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
3rd edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230368316
ISBN
9780230368316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.07

Paperback. Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113227
ISBN
9781551113227
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.22

Paperback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167831
ISBN
9780691167831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.37

Hardback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 200 pages, 3 halftones. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 3JJ; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 457.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167824
ISBN
9780691167824
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.22
€ 79.38

Hardback. Cinematic Shakespeare takes the reader inside the making of a number of significant adaptations to illustrate how cinema transforms and re-imagines the dramatic form and style central to Shakespeare's imagination. Series: Genre and Beyond: A Film Studies Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742510913
ISBN
9780742510913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.96

Paperback. Cinematic Shakespeare takes the reader inside the making of a number of significant adaptations to illustrate how cinema transforms and re-imagines the dramatic form and style central to Shakespeare's imagination. Series: Genre and Beyond: A Film Studies Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: APF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780742510920
ISBN
9780742510920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.87

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. 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
V9780691643113
ISBN
9780691643113
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.59

hardcover. Michael Anesko explores Henry James's efforts to correct 'mistakes' that he later perceived in his books as first printed. He focuses on two of Henry James's most important texts, The Portrait of a Lady (1881) and The Ambassadors (1903), and the ways in which both betray (in very peculiar ways) the fallibility of James himself. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 179 x 16. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198794882
ISBN
9780198794882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.71

hardcover. This study sets out to help restore Persiles to pride of place within Cervantes's corpus by reading it as the author's summa, as a boldly new kind of prose epic that casts an original light on the major political, religious, social, and literary debates of its era. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 31. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780802090850
ISBN
9780802090850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.90

Paperback. Awarded 2013 PROSE Honorable Mention in Media & Cultural Studies With the resurgent interest in his work today, this is a timely reevaluation of this foundational figure in Cultural Studies, a critical but friendly review of both Hoggart's work and reputation. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405194945
ISBN
9781405194945
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.76

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691630632
ISBN
9780691630632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.06

Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; APFA; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141628
ISBN
9780231141628
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.43
€ 90.18

Paperback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 432 pages, 100 illus. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231141635
ISBN
9780231141635
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; JNSG2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5334 x 3556 x 25. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
NYU Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479823611
ISBN
9781479823611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.14

Paperback. Harold Pinter has acted on stage, screen and radio, he has appeared on countless political platforms, and his work has been celebrated in festivals at Dublin's Gate Theatre and New York's Lincoln Center. In 2005, he was awarded the Nobel Prize for Literature and in 2006, the European Theatre Prize. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: BG; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 38. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234769
ISBN
9780571234769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.61

Paperback. This is the first critical study of Sons and Lovers to engage with the new Cambridge edition, which prints for the first time the whole text that Lawrence wrote. Series Editor(s): Stern, J. P. Series: Landmarks of World Literature. Num Pages: 124 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 127 x 9. Weight in Grams: 154. Used paperback in good to very good condition. Some light shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
124
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
SKU
KRF0015749
ISBN
9780521369244
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Presents readings of Irish literature, history and culture that reflect some of the historical, sociological, psychological and philosophical dimensions of exile in the 1800s and 1900s. This work presents essays that combine historical, cultural, and literary analyses in their treatment of aspects of exile in Irish writing. Editor(s): Boss, Michael; Nordin, Irene Gilsenan; Olinder, Britta. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSB; JFFN; JPVH1; LNDA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9788779340107
ISBN
9788779340107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.73

Hardback. A critical rethinking of theories of national imagination, this book offers the reading to date in English of one of modern Japan's poets and novelists, Shimazaki Toson (1872-1943). It also reveals how Toson's works influenced the production of a fluid, shifting form of national imagination that has characterized twentieth-century Japan. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBH; DSC; DSK; JFC; JPFN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231129800
ISBN
9780231129800
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.60

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 22. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801443152
ISBN
9780801443152
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Hardback. A study of Catullus's influence on Horace, this work shows that the earlier poet was probably the important source of inspiration for Horace's "Odes", the later author's magnum opus. By illustrating how Horace often found his own voice even as he acknowledged Catullus's genius, it guides us to an appreciation of the earlier poet as well. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691125374
ISBN
9780691125374
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.98
€ 59.26

Paperback. Focuses on the work of Umberto Eco - one of Europe's best-known writers and intellectuals. This title covers the range of Eco's work, from his theoretical writings on semiotics to his best-selling novels. It assesses the influence of Eco's work on contemporary culture. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745608501
ISBN
9780745608501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.49

Focuses on the work of Umberto Eco - one of Europe's best-known writers and intellectuals. This title covers the range of Eco's work, from his theoretical writings on semiotics to his best-selling novels. It assesses the influence of Eco's work on contemporary culture. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; HPCF; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745608495
ISBN
9780745608495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 82.96

Paperback. Nobel Prize winning Irish writer Seamus Heaney has been an ambitious critic as well as poet, publishing five books of literary criticism in the four decades of his career. This book surveys his critical essays, setting forth Heaneys poeticshis concept of what poetry should be and what its uses areand relating them to his practice as a poet. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813218564
ISBN
9780813218564
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.00

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