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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. This book deals with the role that World War I played in the life and literary imagination of the Italian author and solider Gabriele D'Annunzio. D'Annunzio believed war would not only solve the mystery of death, it would also provide him with a means of redemption. Num Pages: 176 pages, 14 ill. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB; HBG; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 243 x 18. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838635872
ISBN
9780838635872
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.67

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Enitharmon Press United Kingdom
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904634300
ISBN
9781904634300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.35

Paperback. Presents an important early English poem that includes a history of the text and an updated bibliography. Editor(s): Graddon, P. O. E.; Swanton, M. J. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 124 pages, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 126 x 189 x 10. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
124
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895088
ISBN
9780859895088
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.27

Paperback. One of Shakespeare's final works, Cymbeline uses virtuoso theatrical and poetic means to dramatize a story of a marriage endangered by mistrust and painfully rebuilt, in a context of international conflict. This edition emphasizes the play's theatrical impact and pays close attention to its complex, evocative language. Editor(s): Warren, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations of the text and the play in performance,. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536504
ISBN
9780199536504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.11

Paperback. A fresh new edition of Shakespeare's magical late play, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Dominic Cooke and Emma Rice, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and an illuminating introduction to the play by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230300903
ISBN
9780230300903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.18

Paperback. This translation of the only extant satyr play of Euripides is designed for the non-specialist reader, and is accompanied by a critical introduction and notes designed to clarify obscure references and to explain the conventions of the Athenian stage. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 161 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195143034
ISBN
9780195143034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.38

Paperback. He then uses the perspective of ergodic aesthetics to reexamine literary theories of narrative, semiotics, and rhetoric and to explore the implications of applying these theories to materials for which they were not intended. Num Pages: 216 pages, 21, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; U. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801855795
ISBN
9780801855795
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.54

paperback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
498
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626362
ISBN
9781442626362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.57

Hardback. Editor(s): Callus, Ivan; Herbrechter, Stefan. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483109
ISBN
9781611483109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.17

Hardback. Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time. Translator(s): Wolfe, Michael. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSC; HBLA1; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408033
ISBN
9781421408033
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.48

Paperback. Cut These Words into My Stone provides an engaging introduction to this corner of classical literature that continues to speak eloquently in our time. Translator(s): Wolfe, Michael. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSC; HBLA1; HBTG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421408040
ISBN
9781421408040
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Bruhm, Steven; Hurley, Natasha. Num Pages: 408 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; JFC; JFSP1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 498.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816642021
ISBN
9780816642021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.17

Paperback. Barbara M. Benedict draws on the texts of the early modern period to discover the era's attitudes toward curiosity, a trait which was often depicted as an unsavoury form of transgression or cultural ambition. Num Pages: 296 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3J; DSB; GTB; JFCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226042640
ISBN
9780226042640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 36.58

Hardback. Provides a brief history of how reference works developed, but concentrates on how they reflect attitudes of their particular period of publication. Each chapter focuses on a basic reference form and highlights the major titles in its evolution. Series: History of the Book. Num Pages: 440 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810832909
ISBN
9780810832909
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.15

hardcover. The Records of Early English Drama volumes make available historical transcripts that provide evidence of early English drama. Editor(s): Douglas, Audrey; Greenfield, Peter. Series: Records of Early English Drama. Num Pages: 547 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 255 x 177 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1276.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
547
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780802056696
ISBN
9780802056696
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.30
€ 119.10

Paperback. Utilizing new historicist, feminist, and cultural studies critiques, this collection of essays provides new perspectives on early children's literary texts and the work of children's literature scholar Mitzi Myers (1939-2001). Editor(s): Ruwe, Donelle. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810851825
ISBN
9780810851825
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 105.90

hardcover. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 25. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
370
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492682
ISBN
9781611492682
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Bartlett, Anne Clark; Bestul, Thomas H. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DNF; DQ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484551
ISBN
9780801484551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.21

Paperback. Using a variety of historical sources, Brodhead reconstructs the institutionalized literary worlds that coexisted in nineteenth-century America: the domestic culture of letters; mass-produced cheap reading; the culture of post-emancipation black education. He describes how these socially structured worlds shaped literary practice for writers. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075266
ISBN
9780226075266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 28.44

Hardcover. Culture, Northern Ireland, and the Second World War presents a new cultural history of Northern Ireland during and after the Second World War, examining the often-neglected period before the onset of the Troubles and exploring work by the generation of artists and writers that preceded Seamus Heaney and his contemporaries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198716853
ISBN
9780198716853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.27

Hardback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 384 pages, 6 black & white illustrations, 1 maps, 3 recorded music items. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BBA; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231173629
ISBN
9780231173629
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.49
€ 49.91

hardcover. This book defines diagrams as tools manipulated by users to produce new kinds of understanding and demonstrates that a modern diagrammatic knowledge emerged in eighteenth-century visual culture to become the foundation of later nineteenth-century science. Num Pages: 296 pages, 48 illustrations (8 colour). BIC Classification: AB; DSB; GT; PDX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 6452 x 5817 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1134.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804745048
ISBN
9780804745048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.03

Hardback. This work chronicles the narrative transformation of accident from a philosophical dead end to an astonishing occasion for revelation and wonder in early modern religious life, dramatic practice, and experimental philosophy. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735568
ISBN
9780804735568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.11

Paperback. The British state and war machine struggled to produce a fully modernized and persuasive war culture in two world wars by freely cannibalizing art and literature. Deer explores writers' attempts to find their perspectives on the action in the face of the shattering violence and alienation of total war and an overpowering official war culture. Num Pages: 342 pages, 12 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198715580
ISBN
9780198715580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.59

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