Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
In The Lily and the Thistle, William Calin argues for a reconsideration of the French impact on medieval and renaissance Scottish literature. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 802.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442646650
- ISBN
- 9781442646650
Condition: New
€ 76.76
€ 76.76
Hardcover. Paul Scheerbart (1863-1915) was a visionary German novelist, theorist, poet, and artist. He was fascinated with the potential of glass as a medium for expressionist architecture. This title describes Scheerbart's life, and explains the ways in which 'The Light Club of Batavia' inspired him to produce art of uncommon breadth. Num Pages: 104 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226514574
- ISBN
- 9780226514574
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.39
€ 37.99
€ 29.39
Paperback. A new play from the Platform initiative, which comprises big-cast plays with predominantly female casts, written specifically for youth performers. Num Pages: 87 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848425026
- ISBN
- 9781848425026
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910745472
- ISBN
- 9781910745472
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.29
€ 26.99
€ 20.29
Paperback. This book traces the development of English slang from the earliest records to the latest tweet and explores why and how slang is used. Based on inside information from real live slang users as well as the best scholarly sources, this book is guaranteed to teach you some new words that you shouldn't use in polite company. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFFD; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199679171
- ISBN
- 9780199679171
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.53
€ 30.53
Hardcover. Tells a life of Scott. This title increases our knowledge of Scott's life and work as perceived by his contemporaries, and enabling us to read James Hogg's Anecdotes in their original context. It provides a hitherto unknown contemporary perspective on Sir Walter Scott's life and work. Editor(s): Grader, Daniel. Num Pages: 256 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 167 x 240 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408. 256 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. Editor(s): Grader, Daniel. Tells a life of Scott. This title increases our knowledge of Scott's life and work as perceived by his contemporaries, and enabling us to read James Hogg's Anecdotes in their original context. It provides a hitherto unknown contemporary perspective on Sir Walter Scott's life and work. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSK. Dimension: 167 x 240 x 15. Weight: 408.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748669912
- ISBN
- 9780748669912
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.87€ 107.00
€ 112.87
€ 107.00
Hardback. The Life of Sharatchandra Chatopadhyay presents a historical critical assessment of the novelist's upbringing and the experiences that informed his work. The author exposes Sharatchandra's innate conservative worldview and his romantic platonic concept of human sexuality that informs all his love stories. Num Pages: 180 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FKA; 2BM; BGL; DSB; HBJF; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 180
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611475074
- ISBN
- 9781611475074
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.09
€ 127.09
Hardcover. A group portrait of a brilliant circle, at the centre of which Boswell captures the powerful, troubled and witty figure of Samuel Johnson. The book is also an intimate picture of domestic life, which mingles the greatest talkers of a talkative age with the hero's humbler friends. Num Pages: 1281 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DCF; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 136 x 61. Weight in Grams: 1126.
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Publisher
- Everyman's Library London
- Number of pages
- 1281
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857151015
- ISBN
- 9781857151015
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.93
€ 26.99
€ 18.93
Paperback. A biography of Samuel Johnson, one of the towering figures of English literature. Editor(s): Womersley, David. Num Pages: 1312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; CFM; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 135 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1022.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 1312
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140436624
- ISBN
- 9780140436624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 23.03
€ 33.99
€ 23.03
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862412920
- ISBN
- 9780862412920
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 13.83
€ 18.99
€ 13.83
Hardcover. Num Pages: 208 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 37 x 57 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916458362
- ISBN
- 9780916458362
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.63
€ 20.99
€ 19.63
Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486406619
- ISBN
- 9780486406619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.30
€ 8.99
€ 8.30
Paperback. The only student edition of Samuel Johnson's great eighteenth-century literary biography. Editor(s): Seager, Nicholas; Wilcox, Lance. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 301 x 15. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811557
- ISBN
- 9781554811557
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.81
€ 33.99
€ 24.81
paperback. This volume traces Langston Hughes' life from his birth in Missouri in 1902 to the winter of 1941. Portraying his association with a range of political activists, patrons and artists, Arnold Rampersad offers a sweeping panorama of culture and history in the early 20th-century. Num Pages: 528 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195146424
- ISBN
- 9780195146424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.30
€ 53.30
Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 135 x 20. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062364739
- ISBN
- 9780062364739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.86
€ 17.99
€ 15.86
Paperback. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Num Pages: 544 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940322899
- ISBN
- 9780940322899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.55
€ 31.99
€ 22.55
Paperback. In John Willett's translation, this edition contains expert notes on the author's life and work, historical and political background to the play, photographs from stage productions and a glossary of difficult words and phrases Editor(s): Rorrison, Hugh. Translator(s): Willett, John. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b&w photographs of stage productions. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 134 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413577801
- ISBN
- 9780413577801
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.17
€ 19.17
Hardcover. Complete with fresh perspectives, and drawing on the latest scholarship and biographical sources, The Life of D.H. Lawrence spans the full range of his intellectual interests and creative output to offer new insights into Lawrence s life, work, and legacy. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470654781
- ISBN
- 9780470654781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 90.95
€ 90.95
Paperback. Ivan Bunin was the first Russian writer of the twentieth century to be award the Nobel Prize in literature. Like many other Russian writers, he emigrated after the Revolution and never returned to his homeland;"The Life of Arseniev"is the major work of his emigre period." Series: Studies in Russian Literature and Theory. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810111721
- ISBN
- 9780810111721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.72
€ 38.72
Hardcover. "The range of Manas performance traditions captured here is immense. What is wonderful and remarkable is that each is presented vividly, with careful ethnographic detail, so that they become living traditions to the reader."--Susan Wadley, Syracuse University Series: Philip E.Lilienthal Books. Num Pages: 450 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BM; DSB; JFC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 39. Weight in Grams: 900.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780520066908
- ISBN
- 9780520066908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.66€ 56.52
€ 73.66
€ 56.52
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 372 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 685.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691642925
- ISBN
- 9780691642925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.77
€ 193.77
Paperback. A two-volume biography of Goethe, originally published 1855, describing his personal life and his literary and scientific work. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Num Pages: 422 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 422
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9781108027632
- ISBN
- 9781108027632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.64
€ 47.64
Paperback. A two-volume biography of Goethe, originally published 1855, describing his personal life and his literary and scientific work. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Literary Studies. Num Pages: 408 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108027625
- ISBN
- 9781108027625
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.94
€ 44.94
Paperback. Series: American Literatures Initiative. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813935294
- ISBN
- 9780813935294
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.39
€ 41.39