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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. The era of Old Comedy (c. 485--c. 380 BCE), when theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through the extant plays of Aristophanes. But the work of many other poets, including Cratinus and Eupolis, the other members, with Aristophanes, of the canonical Old Comic Triad, survives in fragments. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 120 x 27. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996779
ISBN
9780674996779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Hardcover. The era of Old Comedy (c. 485--c. 380 BCE), when theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through the extant plays of Aristophanes. But the work of many other poets, including Cratinus and Eupolis, the other members, with Aristophanes, of the canonical Old Comic Triad, survives in fragments. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 119 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996632
ISBN
9780674996632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

Hardback. In David Cope's strikingly intense new collection, Fragments for the Stars, we see the continued development of a highly original art. Rising directly out of Williams' graphic American measure, Cope's voice is everywhere infused with a characteristic stark lyricism-producing the powerful work that Carl Rakosi has called his "compassionate realism." Series: Vox Humana. Num Pages: 120 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 313.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Humana Press Inc. United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780896031722
ISBN
9780896031722
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.21

Paperback. Examining the formal characteristics of both physical manuscripts and literary works, this book argues that manuscript compilations from fourteenth-century London reward interpretation as both assemblages and fragments: as meaningfully constructed objects whose forms and textual contents shed light on the city's literary, social, and more. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 376.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226269405
ISBN
9780226269405
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.76

Hardback. Expands the ways in which we interpret medieval manuscripts, examining the formal characteristics of both physical manuscripts and literary works. In this book, the author argues that manuscript compilations from fourteenth-century London reward interpretation as both assemblages and fragments. Num Pages: 296 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226924915
ISBN
9780226924915
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 78.49

paperback. Editor(s): Amara, Radhouan Ben. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 8. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Lit Verlag
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9783825867362
ISBN
9783825867362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.59

Paperback. John Fowles' 1969 novel "The French Lieutenant's Woman" has become a modern classic but it is a complex novel. This guide offers readings of the text as well as accounts of Fowles' influences and the context of the novel's composition. It also discusses Fowles' manipulation of the story's Victorian setting and source material. Series: A Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 184. Series: Reader's Guides. 144 pages. John Fowles' 1969 novel "The French Lieutenant's Woman" has become a modern classic but it is a complex novel. This guide offers readings of the text as well as accounts of Fowles' influences and the context of the novel's composition. It also discusses Fowles' manipulation of the story's Victorian setting and source material. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 12. Weight: 184.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826490094
ISBN
9780826490094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.58

paperback. The theme of the great Shakespearean tragedies is the fall from grace of a great man due to a flaw in his nature. This title contains four tragedies. Editor(s): Hunter, George; Spencer, T.; Muir, Kenneth; Hunter, G. K. Num Pages: 960 pages, notes, further reading list. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 648.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140434583
ISBN
9780140434583
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274. Plato's "Euthyphro", "Apology of Socrates", "Crito" and Aristophanes' "Clouds". 192 pages, bibliography. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight: 270. Translator(s): West, Thomas G.; Starry, Grace.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485749
ISBN
9780801485749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.33

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFD; APTD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Delta
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780440504900
ISBN
9780440504900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. Editor(s): Herzman, Ronald B.; Drake, Graham; Salisbury, Eve. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 138 pages, 0 black and white; 4 full color. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 261 x 27. Weight in Grams: 822.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
138
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580440172
ISBN
9781580440172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.10

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Student
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408159606
ISBN
9781408159606
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. The Revenge Tragedy flourished in Britain in the late sixteenth and early seventeenth centuries. Each of the four plays here defines the problems of the revenge genre, and deals with fundamental moral questions about justice and the individual, while registering the strains of life in an increasingly fragile social hierarchy. Editor(s): Maus, Katharine Eisaman. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780199540532
ISBN
9780199540532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.35

Paperback. A large and important collection by one of Eastern Europe's major contemporary poets. Translator(s): Biggins, Michael. Series: Terra Incognita. Num Pages: 265 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGV; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
265
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877727573
ISBN
9781877727573
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.55

Paperback. .
Publisher
The University of Michigan Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472033560
ISBN
9780472033560
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.70

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 378 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637860
ISBN
9780691637860
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.60

Paperback. Chikamatsu Monzaemon (1653-1725) wrote some 130 plays, chiefly for the puppet theater, many of which are still performed today, and he is thought to have written the first major tragedies about the common man. This edition contains four of his most important plays including three popular domestic dramas and one history play. Translator(s): Keene, Donald. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 203 x 12. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231111010
ISBN
9780231111010
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.61

Hardback. This collection of essays captures the unprecedented current boom in the study of 'Shakespeare in Europe.' The contributions cover three basic areas in the history of Shakespearean reception on the European continent and in Britain: translations, productions, and appropriations in more general terms. Editor(s): Pujante, A. Luis; Hoenselaars, Ton. Series: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: The International Shakespeare Series. Num Pages: 274 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492231
ISBN
9781611492231
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.08

Paperback. Extracts from Homer, Antiphon, Euripides & Thucydidesare edited with individual introductions, comprehensive notes and vocabulary. Editor(s): Kennedy, Eberhard Christopher. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 185 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Duckworth Publishing
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853995019
ISBN
9781853995019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.67

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856685613
ISBN
9780856685613
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 30.94

Paperback. Shakespearean comedy has as much to do with the structure and movement of the drama as with the wit of its dialogue or the humour of its characters. This title contains four comedies wherein there is a near-tragic crisis at which disaster or happiness may ensue. Editor(s): Mahood, Professor M. M.; Wells, Stanley W.; Hibbard, G. R. Num Pages: 688 pages, notes, further reading list. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 436.
Edition
Reprint
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
688
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140434545
ISBN
9780140434545
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.21

Paperback. Suitable for those working on gay and lesbian studies, American literature and culture, and twentieth century history, this book analyses texts produced by American gay men and lesbians in the first half of the twentieth century. Series: Series Q. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5665 x 3963 x 10. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326977
ISBN
9780822326977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Hardcover. A cultural history of utopian writing in early modern England, this work traces the development of the genre from the publication of Thomas More's "Utopia" (1516) through Aphra Behn's "Oroonoko" (1688). Amy Boesky sees utopian literature rising alongside new social institutions that shaped England. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 b&w photographs, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 139 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820318325
ISBN
9780820318325
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.70

Hardback. Essays using feminist approaches to offer fresh insights into aspects of the texts and the material culture of the middle ages. Num Pages: 280 pages, 37 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 722.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844273
ISBN
9781843844273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 56.31

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