Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. A Critical Guide. Series: Continuum Renaissance Drama. 224 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Hiscock, Andrew. Thomas Middleton's intense study of betrayal, corruption, lust and violence, "Women Beware Women", is one of the revenge tragedies most commonly studied and performed. This guide offers an introduction to its critical and performance history, including notable stage productions, TV, audio and film versions and dramatic and text adaptations. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight: 338.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847060938
- ISBN
- 9781847060938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 35.26
€ 41.99
€ 35.26
Paperback. Challenges the commonly held notion that post-World War II American fiction eschewed the economic for the psychological or the spiritual. This title shows how both the form and content of postwar fiction responded to the transformation of the American middle class from small property owners to white-collar employees. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 243 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691121468
- ISBN
- 9780691121468
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.31
€ 58.31
paperback. Alan Turing was the extraordinary Cambridge mathematician who masterminded the cracking of the German Enigma ciphers and transformed the Second World War. But his vision went far beyond this crucial achievement. This book tells his story. Num Pages: 768 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSK; U. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 41. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099116417
- ISBN
- 9780099116417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.90
€ 19.99
€ 14.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Connell, Jolyon. BIC Classification: 4KLR; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level. .
- Publisher
- Connell Guides
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907776663
- ISBN
- 9781907776663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.11
€ 9.99
€ 9.11
Hardcover. Texas Poet Laureate Walt McDonald has published more than eighteen volumes of award-winning poetry. This title includes essays that analyze McDonalds writings about war and the veterans return to civilian life, the regional grounding of his far-reaching verities, and the writer himself. Editor(s): Whittington, Janice. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 25. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Texas Tech University Press
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780896724877
- ISBN
- 9780896724877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.36
€ 34.99
€ 32.36
Paperback. This new edition updates the bibliography and the new preface by Hughes presents his recent thoughts about terminology and methods of liturgical abbreviation. Num Pages: 470 pages, music, facsims. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCR; WCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 173 x 32. Weight in Grams: 920.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 470
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780802076694
- ISBN
- 9780802076694
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.97
€ 70.97
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
€ 106.25
€ 106.25
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
€ 155.95
€ 155.95
Paperback. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSGS. Category: (UA) A / AS level. .
- Publisher
- Connell Guides
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911187394
- ISBN
- 9781911187394
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.54
€ 11.99
€ 10.54
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
€ 15.99€ 15.40
€ 15.99
€ 15.40
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
€ 15.99€ 15.40
€ 15.99
€ 15.40
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€ 20.52
€ 21.99
€ 20.52
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
€ 126.22€ 124.30
€ 126.22
€ 124.30
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
€ 114.74€ 113.29
€ 114.74
€ 113.29
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€ 15.02
€ 19.99
€ 15.02
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
€ 50.59
€ 50.59
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
€ 66.92
€ 66.92
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€ 10.30
€ 11.99
€ 10.30
hardcover. A scholarly edition of Rehearsal Transpros'd by Donal Ian Brice Smith. The edition presents an authoritative text, together with an introduction, commentary notes, and scholarly apparatus. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2facsims. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 34. Weight in Grams: 674. Good clean copy with minor age & shelfwear. DJ price clipped & has some minor nicks and tears, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Publisher
- OUP Oxford
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0035337
- ISBN
- 9780198124221
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.91
€ 5.91
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
€ 39.65
€ 39.65
Paperback. Series: Writers & Their Work S. Num Pages: 128 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 136 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746308790
- ISBN
- 9780746308790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.58
€ 31.58
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
€ 140.49
€ 140.49
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
€ 42.54
€ 42.54
Hardcover. 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: DSB; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318429
- ISBN
- 9781846318429
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.16
€ 176.16