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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691117669
ISBN
9780691117669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.41
€ 68.12

Paperback. Translator(s): Sryfi, Mbarek; Sellin, Eric. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Syracuse University Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815635185
ISBN
9780815635185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.95

Paperback. Arabic literary salons emerged in ninth-century Iraq and, by the tenth, were flourishing in Baghdad and other urban centers. Looking at the period from 500 to 1250 AD, this title interprets Arabic manuscripts in order to answer fundamental questions about literary salons as a social institution. Series: Poetics of Orality & Literacy S. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB; HBLC1; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268020323
ISBN
9780268020323
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.01

Paperback. Editor(s): Mack, Robert L. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 976 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 197 x 44. Weight in Grams: 654.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
976
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199555871
ISBN
9780199555871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.15

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198337485
ISBN
9780198337485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.30

Paperback. This book helps students meet the demands of the 2015 AQA A Level English Language and Literature specification. With up-to-date material, and flagging AS specification requirements, it builds the skills on which students will be assessed. From a very experienced author team, this entirely new book aims to help all students achieve their potential. Series Editor(s): Goddard, Angela. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; CJB; DSB. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 278 x 222 x 16. Weight in Grams: 604.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198337492
ISBN
9780198337492
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.25

Paperback. .
Publisher
Imprint unknown
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292186207
ISBN
9781292186207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.83

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198336006
ISBN
9780198336006
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.05

Hardcover. This volume reveals how Apuleius' Metamorphoses - the only fully extant Roman novel and a classic of world literature - works as a piece of literature, exploring its poetics and the way in which questions of production and reception are reflected in its text. Num Pages: 204 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198706830
ISBN
9780198706830
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.74

Hardback. Zimmerman presents a new edition of Apuleius' Metamorphoses, which was written in the second century AD and is the only ancient Latin novel to survive in its entirety. In establishing her new text edition, Zimmerman has built on important recent research on the language and style of the literary artist Apuleius. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 192 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199277025
ISBN
9780199277025
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.33

Paperback. Critical Currents and Crosscurrents Since 1960. Series: Literary Criticism in Perspective. 244 pages, black & white illustrations. An examination of the past half-century's critical reassessments of one of the most-studied American poets. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 15. Weight: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
BOYE6
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134776
ISBN
9781571134776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.37

Hardback. This volume explores a wide range of Victorian texts, including novels, poems, sermons, and some less easily categorized writings, in terms of their use of language and imagery suggestive of the Apocalypse. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 513.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482379
ISBN
9781611482379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.55

Hardback. .
Publisher
Modern Language Association of America
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603292092
ISBN
9781603292092
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.19

Hardcover. Essays showcasing Ali and Nino as particularly topical for today's readers both in and out of the classroom, and providing a number of diverse approaches to it. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 286 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139900
ISBN
9781571139900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.32

Hardcover.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125043
ISBN
9781905125043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.03

paperback. Traces the production and circulation of knowledge about the criminal in nineteenth-century discourse Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822312710
ISBN
9780822312710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Through analyses of The History of Miss Betsy Thoughless, The Female Quixote, Evelina, Emma, Pride and Prejudice, and Jane Eyre, this genre study explores the ways in which the eighteenth- and nineteenth-century British female Bildungsroman fuses female power and autonomy with a conservative reintegration with society. Num Pages: 205 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
205
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481075
ISBN
9781611481075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.20

Paperback. Offers an investigation into what is known in Tibet as 'secret autobiography', a literary genre that presents an exploration of religious experiences. This book translates and studies the autobiographies by a Tibetan Buddhist visionary, Jigme Lingpa (1730 - 1798). Num Pages: 384 pages, 12 halftones 1 map 1 line illus. BIC Classification: 1FPCT; DSBD; HREX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691009483
ISBN
9780691009483
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.84
€ 51.06

Paperback. Governor-General's award-winning poet E.D. Blodgett continues his series of meditations on love, living, and loss. This intelligent collection offers more of Blodgett's lush imagery and deep questioning within the apostrophe form. A lovely offering from one of Canada's leading writers. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 80 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 164 x 8. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
66
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643520
ISBN
9780888643520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.15

Paperback. Here, in the second volume of a series, E.D. Blodgett extends the meditations of" Apostrophes: woman at a piano," which won the Governor General's award for poetry in 1996. An astonishing hybrid of Symboliste vision and Elizabethan form, through you I is a lovely offering from one of Canada's leading writers. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 80 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 165 x 7. Weight in Grams: 108.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
74
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643049
ISBN
9780888643049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.28

Hardcover. Apuleius (born ca. 125 AD), one of the great stylists of Latin literature, was a prominent figure in Roman Africa best known for his picaresque novel Metamorphoses or The Golden Ass. This edition, new to the Loeb Classical Library, contains Apuleius' other surviving works that are considered genuine. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 452 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 16 x 10. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674997110
ISBN
9780674997110
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. Contains the English translations of Apollodorus' "Library" and Hyginus' "Fabulae" - the two important surviving 'handbooks' of classical mythography. This work discusses the issues of authorship, aim, and influence. It also includes an index of people and geographic locations, and an index of authors and works cited by the mythographers. Translator(s): Trzaskoma, Stephen M.; Smith, R. Scott. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps, geneal. tables. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
247
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872208209
ISBN
9780872208209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.73

Hardcover. Federico Garcia Lorca (1898-1936) had an enormous impact on the generation of American poets who came of age during the cold war, from Robert Duncan and Allen Ginsberg to Robert Creeley and Jerome Rothenberg. This book offers an exploration of the afterlife of this Spanish writer in the poetic culture of the United States. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226512037
ISBN
9780226512037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.76
€ 49.71

Paperback. Tackles head on a fundamental question about Christian-inspired eschatology: Does it sanction, as theologically sacred or philosophically ultimate, the kind of 'last battles' between good and evil that provoke human beings to demonize and destroy The Other? Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268033804
ISBN
9780268033804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.51

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