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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781842820858
ISBN
9781842820858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

Hardcover. This guide follows a trail of places associated with Robert Louis Stevenson. John Cairney, perhaps best known for writing and starring in "The Robert Burns Story", is one of the few people to have visited all the places on the RLS trail. Series: Quest for. Num Pages: 192 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 210 x 29. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780946487875
ISBN
9780946487875
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

hardcover. An original and challenging work, The Quest for Epic documents the development of Italian narrative from the chivalric romance at the end of the fifteenth century to the genre of epic in the sixteenth century. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802090317
ISBN
9780802090317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 126 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
NYRB Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780940322615
ISBN
9780940322615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.28

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816692798
ISBN
9780816692798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 270 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814755556
ISBN
9780814755556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Hardcover. During the Elizabethan era, writers such as Shakespeare, Spenser, Sidney, Daniel, and others frequently expounded on mercy, exploring the sources and outcomes of clemency. This fresh reading of such depictions shows that the concept of mercy was a contested one, directly shaped by tensions over the exercise of judgment by a woman on the throne. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 217 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137371744
ISBN
9781137371744
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.63

Paperback. One of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848424104
ISBN
9781848424104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

Paperback. Editor(s): Henderson, Bill. Num Pages: 595 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 208 x 140 x 43. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Pushcart Press United States
Edition
2013 Edition
Number of pages
595
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888889659
ISBN
9781888889659
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.09

Hardback. Editor(s): Henderson, Bill; The Pushcart Prize Editors. Series: The Pushcart Prize. Num Pages: 580 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1010.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Pushcart Press United States
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888889598
ISBN
9781888889598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.03

Hardback. Editor(s): The Pushcart Prize Editors. Series: The Pushcart Prize. Num Pages: 650 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JMG; DSB; GBCY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 170 x 50. Weight in Grams: 890.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Pushcart Press United States
Number of pages
650
Condition
New
SKU
V9781888889796
ISBN
9781888889796
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.27

Paperback. Here this immensely influential 20 year old title is reissued due to its continuing relevance as a tool in understanding the literary movement that has dominated recent Anglo-American literary criticism. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415253826
ISBN
9780415253826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 17.58

Hardcover. Little attention has been paid to the ties between producing and performing verse and processes of economic, ideological, political, and social change in the Heian. This book addresses such issues by investigating how different members of the court deployed poems in the pursuit of power. Num Pages: 433 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell East Asia Program
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947099
ISBN
9781933947099
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. Little attention has been paid to the ties between producing and performing verse and processes of economic, ideological, political, and social change in the Heian. This book addresses such issues by investigating how different members of the court deployed poems in the pursuit of power. Series: Cornell East Asia. Num Pages: 433 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 142 x 29. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University East Asia Program United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9781933947396
ISBN
9781933947396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Paperback. This work refigures the social and cultural context within which Elizabethan drama was created. It concentrates upon the formal means by which Shakespeare's Elizabethan plays called into question the absolutist assertions of the Elizabethan state. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226534831
ISBN
9780226534831
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.06

Hardback. Num Pages: 718 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 168 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1189.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
718
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472769
ISBN
9781611472769
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 182.80

Paperback. Offers the first book-length exploration of literary and cultural exchanges between the United States and the Caribbean during the roughly eighty-year period of their greatest interaction, from the close of the Spanish-American War to the Cuban Revolution. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813930879
ISBN
9780813930879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.49

Paperback. Deals with the development of the concept of American identity. Centering upon the interaction of language, myth, and society, this title explores the Puritan achievement in its broadest cultural context. Num Pages: 260 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HBJK; HBLL; HRCC93. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300172416
ISBN
9780300172416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Hardback. This book focuses on the meaning and function of George Herbert's poetic form from a psychohistorical perspective, demonstrating what close attention to prosody can contribute to critical discussions about the devices of self-representation, the dynamics of the self-other relation, and the depths of self-transformation in The Temple. Num Pages: 270 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136791
ISBN
9780874136791
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739145111
ISBN
9780739145111
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.72

Paperback. Pairing close readings of Moliere's comedies with accounts of French social history and aesthetics, this book aims to show how Moliere perceived satire as a "public mirror" provoking dynamic exchange and conflict with audience members obsessed with their own images. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226591520
ISBN
9780226591520
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804714846
ISBN
9780804714846
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.35

Paperback. .
Publisher
BenBella Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781932100884
ISBN
9781932100884
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.17

Paperback. This collection of essays studies the seemingly permanent racial undercurrents of society, focusing on unconscious fantasies and identities. The essays engage with postcolonial, political and psychoanalytic theory, as well as a wide range of texts and theories. Editor(s): Lane, Christopher. Num Pages: 432 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231109475
ISBN
9780231109475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 31.10

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