Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. A biography of one of the most important writers in English of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century. It offers fresh insights into his life and work, concentrating on the themes, patterns, relationships, ideas and language common to his life and creative output. Series: Writers Lives S. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826499714
- ISBN
- 9780826499714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.98
€ 8.98
Paperback. An original theory that connects the development of coinage to the origins of rational philosophy in ancient Greece. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560. Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy. 384 pages. An original theory that connects the development of coinage to the origins of rational philosophy in ancient Greece. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 23. Weight: 596.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521539920
- ISBN
- 9780521539920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.36
€ 59.36
Paperback. Unlike the rigidly chronological approach of many introductions to children's literature, this title presents a genre-based approach which ensures that all the principal genres are covered in detail such as: fables, fantasy, adventure stories, moral tales, family stories, school stories and children's poetry. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748649020
- ISBN
- 9780748649020
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.25
€ 29.99
€ 25.25
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099286790
- ISBN
- 9780099286790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.15
€ 17.99
€ 14.15
Paperback. Editor(s): Fein, Susanna; Raybin, David B.; Ziolkowski, Jan M. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 260 x 32. Weight in Grams: 906.
- Publisher
- The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript, Volume 3
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580441995
- ISBN
- 9781580441995
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.23
€ 54.23
Paperback. Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) once described herself as the most famous unknown writer, and although her novel "Nightwood" is celebrated, her poetry has been a well-kept secret. This selection contains work written between 1914 and the 1970s. Num Pages: 128 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 8. Weight in Grams: 137.
- Edition
- New
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd.
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547078
- ISBN
- 9781857547078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
€ 13.99
€ 11.54
paperback. Draws together leading experts from a wide range of disciplines to analyse the life and work of John Ruskin (1819-1900). Editor(s): O'Gorman, Francis. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 316 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107674240
- ISBN
- 9781107674240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.15
€ 33.15
Paperback. The discovery of a walled-up cave in northwest China led to the retrieval of a lost early Ch'an (Zen) literature of the T'ang dynasty, one of the recovered texts was the collection "Bodhidharma Anthology". This text provides a detailed study and an annotated translation of the anthology. Translator(s): Broughton, Jeffrey L. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318. The Earliest Records of Zen. 198 pages. The discovery of a walled-up cave in northwest China led to the retrieval of a lost early Ch'an (Zen) literature of the T'ang dynasty, one of the recovered texts was the collection "Bodhidharma Anthology". This text provides a detailed study and an annotated translation of the anthology. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBB; HREZ. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight: 284. Translator(s): Broughton, Jeffrey L.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 198
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520219724
- ISBN
- 9780520219724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.65
€ 33.99
€ 24.65
Paperback. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 113 x 184 x 26. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691176109
- ISBN
- 9780691176109
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.83
€ 20.99
€ 16.83
Paperback. Poet, novelist, essayist, editor, anthologist, lexicographer and painter, Clarence Major is a challenging yet underappreciated contemporary African- American artist. This collection combines poetry, prose and art by Major with critical essays that showcase his aesthetic movement across boundaries. Editor(s): Bell, Bernard W. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; ACXJ8; AGB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227726
- ISBN
- 9780807848999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HPCD; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350025684
- ISBN
- 9781350025684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.08
€ 30.99
€ 25.08
Paperback. This highly-anticipated volume has been extensively revised to reflect changes in technology, digital humanities methods and practices, and institutional culture surrounding the valuation and publication of digital scholarship. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118680643
- ISBN
- 9781118680643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.67
€ 47.67
Hardcover. The poems of Catullus have notoriously been subjected to numerous accidental corruptions. This work represents a reappraisal of his text. It recommends some 600 changes to the Oxford Text of "R A B Mynors". It suggests that Catullus' text was also subjected to significant deliberate change, much of it probably dating back to classical antiquity. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125159
- ISBN
- 9781905125159
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.30
€ 79.30
Paperback. Takes an approach - 'New Historicism' drew from history, anthropology, Marxist theory, post-structuralism, and psychoanalysis and in the process, blew apart the academic boundaries insulating literature from the world around it. This book charts the evolution of that approach and provides an exploration of a contradictory epoch. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415771603
- ISBN
- 9780415771603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.97
€ 24.99
€ 22.97
Paperback. Covering the key theoretical approaches in modern literary theory, this book offers an authoritative selection of essays and documents with helpful introductory commentary. It includes texts which do not deal directly with literature yet have a fundamental importance to the discipline from thinkers including Marx, Freud and de Beauvoir. Editor(s): Waugh, Patricia; Rice, Philip. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780340761915
- ISBN
- 9780340761915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 42.75
€ 50.99
€ 42.75
Paperback. Staring at Lakes started out as a book about depression. And then became a story about growing old, the essence of love and marriage - and sitting in cars, staring at lakes. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSBH; DSK; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Hodder & Stoughton General Division
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781473627314
- ISBN
- 9781473627314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.61
€ 13.99
€ 11.61
Paperback. The essays collected in "Persecution and the Art of Writing" all deal with one problem-the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the threat of persecution by disguising their most controversial and heterodox ideas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JPVH2; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226777115
- ISBN
- 9780226777115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.44
€ 32.99
€ 25.44
Paperback. Brings together Philip Larkin's poems. In this book, due prominence is given to the poet's comments on his poems, which often outline the circumstances that gave rise to a poem, or state what he was trying to achieve. Editor(s): Burnett, Archie. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 32. Weight in Grams: 894.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571240074
- ISBN
- 9780571240074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 21.91
€ 33.99
€ 21.91
Paperback. Includes an introduction providing historical, literary and cultural contexts for the poems. This book incorporates a revised and updated bibliography, minor changes to the text and glossary, and significant revision and updating of the explanatory notes. Editor(s): Andrew, Malcolm; Waldron, Ronald. Series: Exeter Medieval Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Number of pages
- 383
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 5th
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859897914
- ISBN
- 9780859897914
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.55
€ 40.99
€ 35.55
Paperback. Explores the many ways in which Shakespeare, the greatest writer of the English language, influences Nabokov, arguably the finest modern English prose stylist. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628922714
- ISBN
- 9781628922714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 32.60
€ 37.99
€ 32.60