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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity. Editor(s): Steel, Catherine. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 441 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 441
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521729802
- ISBN
- 9780521729802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.47
€ 42.47
Hardcover. This book explores Yeats' background and influences, as well as how his works shaped early twentieth-century Irish culture. Editor(s): Holdeman, David; Levitas, Ben. Series: Literature in Context. Num Pages: 460 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 227 x 26. Weight in Grams: 798. 8vo. Original cloth Irish Literature.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0279630
- ISBN
- 9780521897051
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 35.00
€ 35.00
Paperback. Describes the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. This work presents an analysis of three plays, the Antigone, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus, that emphasizes the individuality and variety of the living figures Sophocles created on the same basic armature. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266. Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 224 pages. Describes the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. This work presents an analysis of three plays, the Antigone, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus, that emphasizes the individuality and variety of the living figures Sophocles created on the same basic armature. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 12. Weight: 260.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520049574
- ISBN
- 9780520049574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.81
€ 36.99
€ 26.81
Hardback. In this edition of Boswell's "Life of Johnson", Marshall Waingrow offers a fresh reading of Boswell's work. He charts the changes made during composition and at the proof stage, and corrects and explains the printer's misreadings and author's errors which crept into the final edition. Editor(s): Redford, Bruce; Goldring, Elizabeth. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606061
- ISBN
- 9780748606061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 207.69€ 197.75
€ 207.69
€ 197.75
Paperback. The Water-Babies is an extraordinary children's book that combines fantasy, satire, social comment, and evolutionary theory to create a fairy tale like no other. This attractive new edition reprints the original complete text and illustrations with a lively introduction and notes that reveal the full richness of Kingsley's exuberant story. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 2 black and white, plus 8 wood-engraved chapter initials. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSY; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 202.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199685455
- ISBN
- 9780199685455
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Paperback. Presents an exploration of the lives and works of some two dozen American, English, and French women whose talent shaped the Paris expatriate experience in the century's early years. Num Pages: 566 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 41. Weight in Grams: 896.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292790407
- ISBN
- 9780292790407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.64
€ 51.99
€ 46.64
Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this title offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 136 x 6. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- SparkNotes
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint, Study Guide
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411469778
- ISBN
- 9781411469778
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.40
€ 8.99
€ 8.40
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748690848
- ISBN
- 9780748690848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.81€ 103.24
€ 106.81
€ 103.24
Paperback. Shakespearean author and actor Ben Crystal gives a unique introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream with guidance on what to think about before, during and after you see or study the play. Series: Springboard Shakespeare. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408164631
- ISBN
- 9781408164631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.42
€ 15.99
€ 15.42
Paperback. Exploring Eliot's poetry, drama and essays in relation to his life in America and England, and to four quite different women who offer clues to his guarded character, this book sees his life and work as reciprocal parts of one design, the search for faith. Num Pages: 672 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 43. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- Little Brown
- Number of pages
- 672
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844088935
- ISBN
- 9781844088935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. Rainer Maria Rilke (1875-1926) is one of the leading poets of European Modernism, whose poetry explores themes of death, love, and loss. This bilingual edition fully reflects Rilke's poetic development and includes the full text of the Duino Elegies and the Sonnets to Orpheus in accurate and sensitive new translations. Editor(s): Vilain, Robert. Translator(s): Ranson, Susan; Sutherland, Marielle. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199569410
- ISBN
- 9780199569410
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.58
€ 15.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: CFK; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816616114
- ISBN
- 9780816616114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 23.21
€ 24.99
€ 23.21
Hardcover. Matthew Fraleigh examines the life and works of Narushima Ryuhoku (1837-1884): Confucian scholar, world traveler, pioneering journalist, and irrepressible satirist. This is the first book-length study of Ryuhoku in a Western language and one of the first Western-language monographs to examine Sinitic poetry and prose composition in modern Japan. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJF; HBLL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 263 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1070.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674425224
- ISBN
- 9780674425224
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.21€ 60.05
€ 65.21
€ 60.05
Paperback. This Introduction surveys the full spectrum of postmodern culture, from architecture and visual art to fiction, poetry, and drama. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 251 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107605510
- ISBN
- 9781107605510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.90
€ 29.90
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472429544
- ISBN
- 9781472429544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 154.28€ 96.34
€ 154.28
€ 96.34
Hardback. Katherine Mansfield had a lifelong interest in literatures in translation and in literary translating. From her early notebooks until letters written just before her death, she records the joy of learning foreign languages, often using transformative, inter-lingual games of her own as a source of creativity. Editor(s): Davison, Claire; Kimber, Gerri; Martin, Todd. Series: Katherine Mansfield Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; CFP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400381
- ISBN
- 9781474400381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.81€ 103.50
€ 106.81
€ 103.50
Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, 'York Notes Advanced' introduce students to sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 146 x 8. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Longman
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582823082
- ISBN
- 9780582823082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.41
€ 11.41
Hardback. Charting the construction of sexual perversions in nineteenth- and early twentieth-century medical, psychiatric and psychological discourse, Schaffner argues that sexologists' preoccupation with these perversions was a response to specifically modern concerns, and illuminates the role of literary texts in the formation of sexological knowledge. Series: Modernism and.. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 133 x 208 x 24. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231627
- ISBN
- 9780230231627
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.93€ 35.02
€ 94.93
€ 35.02
Hardback. Emptiness and Temporality is an account of classical Japanese poetics that takes its starting point in the two Buddhist concepts of emptiness (J. ku) and temporality (mujo) that ground the medieval understanding of poetry, and examines their affinity with contemporary Western theory, particularly Derridean differance and deconstruction. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1F; DSC; GTB; HRE. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 458. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804748889
- ISBN
- 9780804748889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.40
€ 82.40
Paperback. Offers a translation of one of the greatest accounts of ancient Rome. This title recounts the major historical events from the years shortly before the death of Augustus to the death of Nero in AD 68. Translator(s): Damon, Cynthia. Num Pages: 544 pages, 1 map (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140455649
- ISBN
- 9780140455649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Spark Notes United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411499195
- ISBN
- 9781411499195
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 10.03
€ 10.99
€ 10.03
Hardback. Print Culture Histories Beyond the Metropolis focuses attention to how the residents of smaller cities, provincial districts, rural settings, and colonial outposts have produced, disseminated, and read print materials. Editor(s): Connolly, James J.; Collier, Patrick; Felsenstein, Frank; Hall, Kenneth R.; Hall, Robert. Series: Studies in Book & Print Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, 45, 1 map. BIC Classification: DSB; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442650626
- ISBN
- 9781442650626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 93.62
€ 93.62
Paperback. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801482083
- ISBN
- 9780801482083
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.47
€ 38.99
€ 35.47
Hardcover. Demonstrates the ways post colonial studies has adapted Bourdieu's sociology of literature to examine the institutions that structure the creation, dissemination, and reception of world literature; the foundational values of postcolonialism as a field and its sometimes ambivalent relationship to the popular; and more. Editor(s): Dalleo, Raphael. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5, 5 black & white illustrations, Black and White. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 241 x 18. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382967
- ISBN
- 9781781382967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.95€ 81.44
€ 129.95
€ 81.44