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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Explores the questions of language and canon-formation in philosophy and 'theory'. Editor(s): Helgeson, Dr. James. Series: Paragraph Special Issues. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 9. Weight in Grams: 288. Series: Paragraph Special Issues. 128 pages. Editor(s): Helgeson, Dr. James. Explores the questions of language and canon-formation in philosophy and 'theory'. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Dimension: 235 x 163 x 9. Weight: 288.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748642519
ISBN
9780748642519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.81

Hardcover. Investigates the connections between German writers H.G. Adler and W.G. Sebald and reveals a new hybrid paradigm of writing about the Holocaust in light of the wider literary-political implications of Holocaust representation since 1945. Editor(s): Finch, Helen; Wolff, Lynn L. Series: Dialogue and Disjunction: Studies in Jewish German Literature, Culture & Thought. Num Pages: 332 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 242 x 30. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Camden House
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135896
ISBN
9781571135896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.88

Paperback. This study offers fresh readings of milestones in twentieth-century Chinese fiction, film, and drama and argues that they have questioned the faith in historical progress and in the viability of a sphere of free debate. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; AN; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804758499
ISBN
9780804758499
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

paperback. Num Pages: 125 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Barzan Publishing Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
125
Condition
New
SKU
V9780954970161
ISBN
9780954970161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Angelyn. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822315445
ISBN
9780822315445
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.17

Hardcover. Editor(s): Fenton, Mary C.; Schwartz, Louis. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 574.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duquesne
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820704883
ISBN
9780820704883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.47
€ 62.96

Paperback. An impressionistic study of Bruce Chatwin's life and work by one of his friends. It is not a biography, but a collection of Clapp's own memories of Chatwin and those of his friends and colleagues. Both a solitary and a socialite, he has been described as the person who reinvented travel-writing. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 175. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KRA0010579
ISBN
9780099733713
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 10.00

Paperback. Introduces Ellen Webb, who lives in the dryland wheat country of central Montana during the early 1940s. This title is about growing up, becoming a woman, mentally, emotionally, spiritually, and within the space of a year and a half. Num Pages: 306 pages, 1 b&w photograph. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; FC; FJW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5182 x 3404 x 17. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
306
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803297418
ISBN
9780803297418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.59

Paperback. A collection of prose pieces by the Poet Laureate, on literary matters and on writers as diverse as Emily Dickinson, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Walter de la Mare, T.S. Eliot, Wilfred Owen and Sylvia Plath. Hughes also expresses concerns about education, the environment, and the arts in general. Num Pages: 480 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 135 x 35. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571174263
ISBN
9780571174263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.40

Paperback. 'You think it will never happen to you, that it cannot happen to you, that you are the only person world to whom none of these things will ever happen, and then, one by one, they all begin to happen to you, in the same way they happen to everyone else.' From the point of view of his life now, the author moves you through the events of his life. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571283248
ISBN
9780571283248
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.00
€ 11.54

Paperback. Editor(s): Early, Len; Peterman, Michael A. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 334 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 401.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551117096
ISBN
9781551117096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.66

paperback. The Jewish poets of medieval Spain combined elements of the dominant Arabic-Islamic culture with Jewish religious and literary traditions to create a rich new Hebrew literature. This volume presents the poems alongside English translations and explanatory notes on context. Num Pages: 216 pages, line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Oxford University Press United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780195129878
ISBN
9780195129878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.30

Hardcover. Editor(s): Krajka, Wieslaw. Series: Conrad, Eastern and Western Perspectives. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 25. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press Poland
Number of pages
325
Condition
New
SKU
V9788377843017
ISBN
9788377843017
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.00

Paperback. Covering a wide range of the poetry, John Williams discusses the critical issues that have dominated discussions of Wordsworth's work, from the end of the 18th century up to 2002. Series: Critical Issues. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333687338
ISBN
9780333687338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.26

paperback. This biography of William Wordsworth attempts to tell the story of his life through a rigourous reading of key and representative works of the poet. Its reading of the poems, in tune with current theoretical practice, offers a sense of the continuities in Wordsworth's life. Num Pages: 301 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
301
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823217168
ISBN
9780823217168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.92

Hardback. Features a contemporary poet who selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the authors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Heaney, Seamus. Series: Faber Nature Poets. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 234.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571328789
ISBN
9780571328789
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.03

hardcover. Offers a comprehensive examination of the oeuvre of William Trevor Editor(s): Delaney, Paul; Parker, Michael. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 155 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719087905
ISBN
9780719087905
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 4.82

Paperback. Suitable for those beginning detailed study of "Twelfth Night". Editor(s): Massai, Sonia. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415303330
ISBN
9780415303330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.19

Paperback. This volume is a broad-ranging guide to Othello, providing an introduction to the contexts of the play, the range of critical responses to the play and the play in performance. Editor(s): Hadfield, Andrew. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 196 pages, 8 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415227346
ISBN
9780415227346
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.28

Paperback. With a remarkable breadth of coverage and a focused, user-friendly approach, this Routledge Literary Sourcebook is the essential guide for any student of King Lear. Series: Routledge Literary Sourcebooks S. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415234726
ISBN
9780415234726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.00

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