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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. This book reveals the genuity of Shaw's totalitarianism by looking at his material - articles, speeches, letters, etc but is especially concerned with analyzing the utopian desire that runs through so many of Shaw's plays; looking at his political and eugenic utopianism as expressed in his drama and comparing this to his political totalitarianism. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 225 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137330192
ISBN
9781137330192
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.97

Hardcover. Num Pages: 316 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; 3JF; DSA; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 263 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1872.
Publisher
Dumbarton Oaks Research Library and Collection
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780884024095
ISBN
9780884024095
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 254 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
254
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230110663
ISBN
9780230110663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.74

Paperback. Based on the authors' extensive teaching experience, this volume provides a lively route map through the main aspects of poetry such as sound effects, rhythm and metre, the typographic display of poems on the page and the language of poetry using practical examples throughout. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 156 x 235 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748644018
ISBN
9780748644018
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

Paperback. Sexual desire has long played a key role in Western judgments about the value of Arab civilization. This title reveals the history of how Arabs represented their own sexual desires. It assembles a compendium of Arabic writing to chart the changes in Arab sexual attitudes and their links to Arab notions of cultural heritage and civilization. Num Pages: 472 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSBF; DSBH; JFSL; JMU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226509594
ISBN
9780226509594
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.06

Hardback. Antony Sher's account - richly supplemented by his own paintings and sketches - of researching, rehearsing and performing one of Shakespeare's best-known and most popular characters. As heard on BBC Radio 4. From the author of the acclaimed Year of the King. Num Pages: 208 pages, Contains both colour and black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: ANB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848424616
ISBN
9781848424616
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. We can all recall at least one book which made us see the world anew. Here, the author of the popular Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide, selects the very best books which may or may not have changed the world, but which have certainly changed the lives of thousands of people who have read them. Num Pages: 160 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 108 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94. 160 pages, N/A. We can all recall at least one book which made us see the world anew. Here, the author of the popular Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide, selects the very best books which may or may not have changed the world, but which have certainly changed the lives of thousands of people who have read them. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSR. Dimension: 145 x 108 x 13. Weight: 94.
Publisher
A&C Black
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713688726
ISBN
9780713688726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.12

Paperback. Feeling Backward weighs the costs of the contemporary move to the mainstream in lesbian and gay culture. This title argues that instead of moving on, we need to look backward and consider how this history continues to affect us in the present. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
206
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032392
ISBN
9780674032392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486406619
ISBN
9780486406619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.78

Paperback. Series: The Basics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 3 black & white tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415682800
ISBN
9780415682800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Hardback. Comparing works by the two most prolific authors of the era, Byrhtferth of Ramsey and Aelfric of Eynsham, Rebecca Stephenson explains the politics that encouraged the simultaneous development of a simple English style and an esoteric Latin style. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442650589
ISBN
9781442650589
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.65

Hardback. Hearing across media is the source of innovation in a uniquely African American sphere of art-making and performance, Brent Hayes Edwards writes. He explores this fertile interface through case studies in jazz literature both writings informed by music and the surprisingly large body of writing by jazz musicians themselves. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055438
ISBN
9780674055438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 39.84

Paperback. The text of this edition is based on the Wessex Edition of 1912, which was revised and corrected by the author. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 480 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
462
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Second
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393974980
ISBN
9780393974980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Wayne State University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814341407
ISBN
9780814341407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.32

Hardcover.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
688
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996366
ISBN
9780674996366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.45

Hardback. .
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
261
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480887
ISBN
9781611480887
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 125.03

Paperback. Series: Rhetoric and Society. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476051
ISBN
9780801476051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.36

Paperback. When the author travelled to Manchester in 1966, he packed in his bags certain literary favourites which would remain central to him throughout the rest of his life and during his years in England. In this book, he reflects on six of the figures who shaped him as a person and as a writer, from Jean-Jacques Rousseau to Jan Peter Tripp. Translator(s): Catling, Jo. Num Pages: 224 pages, With 4x 4pg. full-colour insets and b/w integrated photographs throughout. BIC Classification: DSB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 200.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141037011
ISBN
9780141037011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Series: Dark Master Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations, frontispiece. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 17. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Dedalus Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517697
ISBN
9781903517697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Written like a novel, i this book same characters meet and cross paths with each other. Stravinsky and Kafka with their odd friends Ansermet and Brod; Hemingway with his biographer; Janacek with his little nation; and Rabelais with his heirs - the great novelists. In the light of their wisdom this book examines situations of our time. Translator(s): Asher, Linda. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571173372
ISBN
9780571173372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.54

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