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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition reprints the original 1850 text of Dickens' most autobiographical novel, and his own personal favorite, including all of the line drawings by Phiz. Editor(s): Buckley, Jerome Hamilton. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 864 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 614.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
Norton Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393958287
ISBN
9780393958287
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition of Elizabeth Barrett Browning's 1856 verse-novel is based on Margaret Reynolds' variorum edition, which the British Academy awarded the 1993 Rose Mary Crawshay Prize and which is reprinted here by special arrangement with the Ohio University Press. Editor(s): Reynolds, Margaret. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 212 x 129 x 27. Weight in Grams: 546.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393962987
ISBN
9780393962987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.69

Paperback. The Second Edition of this Norton Critical Edition of Fielding's great novel reprints the definitive fourth edition text (1749, dated 1750), "Carefully revis'd and corrected/By Henry Fielding, Esq;", the last in his lifetime. Editor(s): Baker, Sheridan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 144 x 231 x 27. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
810
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393965940
ISBN
9780393965940
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; JFSP1; JMA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816675838
ISBN
9780816675838
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Translator(s): Maraniss, James E. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSC; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Second Edition
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822318651
ISBN
9780822318651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 32.13

Paperback. Good Irish short stories will always be a delight. In this selection by Frank O'Connor, himself a distinguished short-story writer, the richly varied Irish tradition of spinning a yarn is triumphantly displayed. Editor(s): O'Connor, Frank. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 260 334pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
9780192819185
ISBN
9780192819185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.19

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 296.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199535972
ISBN
9780199535972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.12

Paperback. Editor(s): Warren, Roger; Wells, Stanley W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199536092
ISBN
9780199536092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.58

Paperback. One of the most significant literary works of the twentieth century, and one of the most innovative. Young Irish Catholic, Stephen Dedalus, rejects religion and national ties to develop unfettered as an artist. Stronly autobiographical, the novel is one of the founding texts of Modernism and the precursor of Ulysses. Editor(s): Johnson, Jeri. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199536443
ISBN
9780199536443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.61

Paperback. First published as a World's classics paperback in 1997. Editor(s): Murray, Isobel. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199554706
ISBN
9780199554706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.43

Hardback. A study devoted to exploring the use of a Russian version of the Jewish stereotype (the ridiculous Jew) in the works of three of the greatest writers of the nineteenth century. It examines how stereotypes are used to further the very different artistic, cultural, and ideological agendas of each writer. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804759526
ISBN
9780804759526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.19

Paperback. Offers a genesis and genealogy for medieval romance and the King Arthur legend through the history of Europe's encounters with the East in crusades, travel, missionizing, and empire formation. This book provides definitions of "race" and "nation" for the medieval period. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 27. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
521
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231125277
ISBN
9780231125277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Jacob's Room is Virginia Woolf's experimental third novel, set in England during the halcyon days before World War I. The text reprinted here is the first British edition, which Woolf approved, and which retains her original layout, including paragraph spacing. Editor(s): Raitt, Suzanne. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
324
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393926323
ISBN
9780393926323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.61

Paperback. Written by eminent scholar David O. Ross, this guide helps readers to engage with the poetry, thought, and background of Virgil's great epic, suggesting both the depth and the beauty of Virgil's poetic images and the mental images with which the Romans lived. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159739
ISBN
9781405159739
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.14

Hardcover. This a book about a poet, about a poem, about a city, and about a world at a point of change. More than a work of literary criticism or literary biography, it is a record of why and how we create and respond to great poetry. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2019
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Condition
New
SKU
9780007557219
ISBN
9780007557219
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Hardcover. Analyzes literary works in the contexts of natural science, consumer culture, and philosophical change to show how and why the perception and representation of space in the eighteenth-century novel and other prose narratives became so textually visible. This title examines maps, scientific publications, country house guides, and auction catalogs. Num Pages: 288 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 704.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780226871585
ISBN
9780226871585
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.94
€ 79.61

Paperback. Covering both established terminology as well as the specialist vocabulary of modern theoretical schools, this is a guide to the principal terms and concepts encountered in debates over literary studies in the twenty-first century. It includes a range of entries, covering topics such as genre, form, cultural theory and literary technique. Editor(s): Childs, Peter; Fowler, Roger. Series: Routledge Dictionaries. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
3rd Edition
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415340175
ISBN
9780415340175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.29

Paperback. IBeautifully designed with 21 color and 15 halftone illustrations, this first substantial study of Emily Dickinson's devotion to flowers and gardening seeks to join both poet and gardener in one creative personality. Num Pages: 368 pages, 24 color illustrations, 12 tritone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; WM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 15. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674018297
ISBN
9780674018297
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 31.06

Hardcover. The Story of Manu, by poet Allasani Peddana, is the definitive literary monument of Telugu civilization and a powerful embodiment of the imperial culture of Vijayanagara, the last of the great premodern south Indian states. It is a book about kingship at the time of Krishnadevaraya, who was a close friend and patron of the poet. Series: Murty Classical Library of India. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 135 x 37. Weight in Grams: 768.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674427761
ISBN
9780674427761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.17

Hardcover. The fascinus, or phallus, was at the heart of classical Roman art and life. No god was more represented in ancient Rome than the phallic deity Priapus, and the fescennine verses, one of the earliest forms of Roman poetry, accompanied the celebrations of Priapus, the harvest, and fertility. This title looks closely at this delicate interplay. Translator(s): Turner, Chris. Series: The French List. Num Pages: 320 pages, 30 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; ACG; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 198 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906497866
ISBN
9781906497866
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.61

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