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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Tolkien's famous translations and lectures on the story of two fifth-century heroes in northern Europe. Editor(s): Bliss, Alan. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 152.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
HarperCollins
Condition
New
SKU
9780261103559
ISBN
9780261103559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 9.68

Paperback. Editor(s): Michel, Paulette; Dupuis, Michel. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Dangaroo Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
198
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871049619
ISBN
9781871049619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FP; DSB; HBJF; HPDF; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153973
ISBN
9780231153973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.32

Hardback. Editor(s): De Bary, William Theodore. Num Pages: 432 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 1FP; DSB; HBJF; HPDF; HRKN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231153966
ISBN
9780231153966
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.43
€ 79.12

Hardback. Explores the intriguing life of the real d'Estoc, explaining why others came to doubt the "experts" and following the threads of evidence that the latter overlooked Num Pages: 216 pages, 9 photographs, 4 illustrations, 1 genealogy, 1 chronology. BIC Classification: 1DDF; BGH; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803240346
ISBN
9780803240346
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 38.56

Hardcover. Sets out to explore the true character and creative achievements of the author's great-grandfather Jacob Gordin, playwright extraordinaire and icon of the Yiddish stage. Shedding light on Gordin and his world, this work describes the commune he founded and led in Russia, his meteoric rise among Jewish New York's literati, and more. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 black-&-white photographs, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACY; BGL; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815608844
ISBN
9780815608844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.52

Paperback. An illuminating inside look at the life and times of playwright and author Jacob Gordin, a central presence in the Golden Age of Yiddish theater Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSG; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 119 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815609964
ISBN
9780815609964
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. Unique report on the major archaeological dig at Shakespeare's Stratford-upon-Avon home and the implications for the Shakespearian biography. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29 colour illustrations, 128 black & white illustrations, 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 13. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526106490
ISBN
9781526106490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.46

Paperback. Following its entry into the European Union, Ireland changed radically from an impoverished, provincial, former British colony to a country where a farmer takes his wife on skiing holidays in Switzerland. This work debunks a good many stereotypes that prevent our seeing Ireland for what it was, as well as what it has become. Num Pages: 272 pages, col. Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press Indiana
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268042325
ISBN
9780268042325
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. A gathering of Seamus Heaney's prose of three decades. Whether autobiographical, topical or specifically literary, these essays and lectures circle the central preoccupying questions: How should a poet live and write? What is his relationship to be to his own voice and place? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
422
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571210916
ISBN
9780571210916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.38

Hardback. Challenging the reigning view of literary historians has been that the May Fourth movement of 1919 marks the division between the traditional and the modern in Chinese literature, this book argues that signs of reform and innovation can be discerned long before May Fourth. Num Pages: 444 pages, 6 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5893 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 760.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press California
Number of pages
444
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804728454
ISBN
9780804728454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.07

Hardback. Larson's work provides the first in-depth coverage of an often forgotten sub-genre of art-the movie novelization. This book includes many author interviews and discussion on what this genre is and how it came to be. Num Pages: 623 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 147 x 40. Weight in Grams: 839.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
623
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810829282
ISBN
9780810829282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.98

Paperback. This exciting new title investigates the explosion of Shakespeare films during the 1990s and beyond. Linking fluctuating 'Shakespeares' with the growth of a global marketplace, the dissolution of national borders and technological advances, this book produces a fresh awareness of our contemporary cultural moment. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349543366
ISBN
9781349543366
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611475173
ISBN
9781611475173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.66

Paperback. Editor(s): Corrigan, Timothy. Num Pages: 488 pages, 9 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 886.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
502
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415560108
ISBN
9780415560108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.65

Hardback. "Also available as an ebook"--Title page verso. Editor(s): Manalansan, Martin F.; Espiritu, Augusto. Num Pages: 464 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; 2AB; DSB; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479829057
ISBN
9781479829057
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.43

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; 3H; DSBB; HBTB; HPCB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
286
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636900
ISBN
9780691636900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.06

Hardcover. This book examines Verga's heroines in the social and cultural context of 19th-century Italy. The work highlights the ways in which social reality and cultural fantasy clash with women's individuality. Num Pages: 209 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838640173
ISBN
9780838640173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.07

hardcover. Figuring the Feminine argues that the bodies of women are crucial to the working out of such questions as the unsettling shift from orality to literacy, textual instability, cultural dissonance, and the resistance to cultural and religious hegemony. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780802090980
ISBN
9780802090980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.61

hardcover. Through studies of such writers as Hawthorne, Melville, and Stowe, this book shows how the increased demand for salable entertainment fostered a new consciousness of authorship as a commercial and professional mode of work in the first half of the nineteenth century in America. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804728584
ISBN
9780804728584
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.89

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