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Literature: history & criticism

hardcover. In this volume of essays the author casts new light on aspects of the writer's life and tackles his writings from a critical angle. Evelyn Waugh emerges as a diffident artist and sensitive recorder of the 1920s. This book looks at both Waugh's private and public lives. Editor(s): Blayac, Alain. Num Pages: 173 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 375.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
Edition
1992nd Edition
SKU
V9780333538395
ISBN
9780333538395
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.65

Paperback. Fictions, Faith and Family. 192 pages. Surveys the work of Evelyn Waugh and his literary explorations of the themes of Catholicism, society and the family. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight: 334.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441100344
ISBN
9781441100344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.69

Paperback. A scintillating new biography of the novelist Evelyn Waugh, published fifty years after his death in 1966. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3x8pp plate sections. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Orion Publishing Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780224862
ISBN
9781780224862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

Hardcover. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
198
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472097
ISBN
9781611472097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.92

Paperback. Evelyn Waugh was an autobiographical novelist whose literary life and personal life were closely linked. This study argues that the complex ideas Waugh held about himself as a writer are essential for an understanding of his work. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333611388
ISBN
9780333611388
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 118.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Blayac, Alain. Num Pages: 160 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349218059
ISBN
9781349218059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 117.75

Hardback. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Edition
annotated ed
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312225087
ISBN
9780312225087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.13

Paperback. This study focuses on the work of four Victorian anti-feminist women writers - Eliza Lynn Linton, Charlotte M. Yonge, Mrs Humphry Ward and Margaret Oliphant - examining their self-contradictory responses to the debate about women's role in family life and society. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
249
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333663134
ISBN
9780333663134
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.68

Paperback. A study of Homeric myth-making in the first and longest dialogue of Penelope and Odysseus ("Odyssey 19"). It makes a case for seeing virtuoso myth-making as an essential part of this conversation, a register of communication important for the interaction between the two speakers. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053359
ISBN
9780674053359
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.21

Hardback. Driscoll argues that the attempted cultural erasure of class in Great Britain in the period since Thatcher has only generated its return as a troubling subterranean element in literature and theory. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230615274
ISBN
9780230615274
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.51

Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 329.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2009
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349379033
ISBN
9781349379033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Paperback. One of the most significant contributors to late antique literary culture, Eusebius of Caesarea has received only limited attention as a writer and thinker in his own right. Focusing on the full range of Eusebius's works, the new studies in Eusebius of Caesarea will change how classicists, theologians, and historians think about this major figure. Editor(s): Johnson, Aaron; Schott, Jeremy M. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 500 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
500
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073296
ISBN
9780674073296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.23

Paperback. Placing Eusebius in the context of his age the author provides a full account his life, including the period when Eusebius controversially sought to assist the heretic Arius. Series: Understanding Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd. United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780765563
ISBN
9781780765563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.36

Hardback. A study of the nurse in Greek literature from Homer to Euripides. Depicted as a central figure of authority, the author focuses on the verbal manifestations of the nurse's authority - advice, approval, diasapproval, directions and orders. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822630661
ISBN
9780822630661
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.62

Paperback. Editor(s): Prickett, Stephen. Num Pages: 1064 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 171 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1772.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
1032
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472535443
ISBN
9781472535443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 94.72
€ 84.41

Paperback. Specialists on both sides of the doctrinal-ideological divide regarding the European philosophy of Derrida, Foucault, Deleuze and Lyotard offer their views here. Some see the influence of Derrida and others as benign or insignificant; others perceive it as bad for academic standards. Editor(s): Smith, Barry. Num Pages: 240 pages, indexes. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; DSA; HPCF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 381.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914417071
ISBN
9780914417071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.30

Paperback. Series: Difference Incorporated. Num Pages: 320 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 217 x 20. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816670161
ISBN
9780816670161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.17

Hardback. Demonstrates that Nabokov's Pale Fire has a classical unity and represents a direct attack on T.S. Eliot's philosophical position, particularly as given in The Waste Land and as represented by Eliot's later tendency for conservatism in literature, politics and religion. Series: Studies in Russian and Slavic Literatures, Cultures and History. Num Pages: 235 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Academic Studies Press United States
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936235650
ISBN
9781936235650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.59

Hardback. Mallette examines Orientalist philology in southern Europe produced between the mid-nineteenth and mid-twentieth century. Focusing on Italy, Spain, and Malta, she conducts close comparative readings of a wide range of philological narratives to reveal the influences Arab and Islamic traditions have had on the development of modern European culture. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; 3J; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812242416
ISBN
9780812242416
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.88

Hardback. During the 50 years since the end of hostilities, European literary memories of the war have undergone considerable change, influenced by the personal experiences of writers as well as changing political, social, and cultural factors. This volume examines changing ways of remembering the war in the literatures of France, Germany, and Italy.. Editor(s): Peitsch, Helmut; Burdett, Charles; Gorrara, Claire. Num Pages: 350 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB; HBG; HBWQ; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 579.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571819369
ISBN
9781571819369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.55

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