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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 205 x 167 x 12. Weight in Grams: 166. 160 pages. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Dimension: 205 x 167 x 12. Weight: 166.
Publisher
Riverrun Pr
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714542836
ISBN
9780714542836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Hardcover. Essential readings in the philosophy of literature are brought together for the first time in this anthology. Editor(s): John, Eileen; Lopes, Dominic McIver. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 176 x 32. Weight in Grams: 802.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405112093
ISBN
9781405112093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 170.01

Paperback. Essential readings in the philosophy of literature are brought together for the first time in this anthology. Editor(s): John, Eileen; Lopes, Dominic McIver. Series: Blackwell Philosophy Anthologies. Num Pages: 384 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 171 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405112086
ISBN
9781405112086
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.25

Hardcover. By exploring central issues in the philosophy of literature, illustrated by a wide range of novels, poems, and plays, Philosophy of Literature gets to the heart of why literature matters to us and sheds new light on the nature and interpretation of literary works. Series: Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121972
ISBN
9781405121972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 107.57

Paperback. By exploring central issues in the philosophy of literature, illustrated by a wide range of novels, poems, and plays, Philosophy of Literature gets to the heart of why literature matters to us and sheds new light on the nature and interpretation of literary works. Series: Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121989
ISBN
9781405121989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 38.57

Paperback. Probes the nature of linguistic or symbolic action as it relates to specific novels, plays, and poems. Num Pages: 463 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 34. Weight in Grams: 708.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
University of California Press
Edition
3rd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520024830
ISBN
9780520024830
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.99

Paperback. This is a lively, freshly invited collection of papers by a number of well-known philosophers and other specialists who have focused very pointedly on certain central conceptual puzzles posed by the general practice of interpretation in the arts, literature, history, and the natural and human sciences. Editor(s): Margolis, Joseph; Rockmore, Tom. Series: Metaphilosophy. Num Pages: 248 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220473
ISBN
9780631220473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.63

Hardcover. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226267890
ISBN
9780226267890
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.22
€ 79.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 57. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226267920
ISBN
9780226267920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 28.00

Hardcover. Ancient biographies were more than accounts of the deeds of past heroes and guides for moral living. They were also arenas for debating pressing philosophical questions and establishing intellectual credentials, as Arthur P. Urbano argues in this study of biographies composed in Late Antiquity. Series: Patristic Monograph Series (Naps). Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813221625
ISBN
9780813221625
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; HPCF3; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 237.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
164
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349203000
ISBN
9781349203000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.52

Hardback. Explores the tension in European drama between allegory and neoclassicism from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century. This work reveals the allegorical survivals in the works of major figures such as Shakespeare, Calderon, Racine, Vondel, Metastasio, Goethe, and Wagner and reads tragedy, comedy, masque, opera, and school drama. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812239669
ISBN
9780812239669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.07

Hardcover. The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230343269
ISBN
9780230343269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.11

Paperback. The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349344611
ISBN
9781349344611
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.02

Hardcover. Established accounts of the child in nineteenth century literature tend to focus on those who occupy a central position within narratives. This book is concerned with children who are not so easily recognized or remembered, the peripheral or overlooked children to be read in works by Dickens, Bronte, Austen and Rossetti. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137452443
ISBN
9781137452443
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.65

paperback. Established accounts of the child in nineteenth century literature tend to focus on those who occupy a central position within narratives. This book is concerned with children who are not so easily recognized or remembered, the peripheral or overlooked children to be read in works by Dickens, Bronte, Austen and Rossetti." Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC; JFSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
215
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2014
SKU
V9781349497416
ISBN
9781349497416
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.90

Paperback. Applies and brings up to date the methods of interpretation Berger has developed during the past half-century in his studies of literature, drama, philosophy, social and cultural studies, and the visual arts Num Pages: 336 pages, 3 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 148 x 14. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823245178
ISBN
9780823245178
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Hardcover. This collection of essays illustrates various pressures and concerns-both practical and theoretical-related to the study of print culture. Procedural difficulties range from doubts about the reliability of digitized resources to concerns with the limiting parameters of 'national' book history. Editor(s): Patten, Eve. Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF; KNTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 137 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137415318
ISBN
9781137415318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.90

Paperback. "This book arises from a conference entitled 'The Perils of Print Culture' organised .. at Trinity College Dublin in September 2010." Series: New Directions in Book History. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349490554
ISBN
9781349490554
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.14

Hardcover. This book looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. On subjects as varied as the vogue for fairy plays to the representation of economics to the work of a parliamentary committee in regulating theatres, the authors redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be. Editor(s): Davis, Tracy C.; Holland, Peter. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 595.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230572560
ISBN
9780230572560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.88

Paperback. This book looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. On subjects as varied as the vogue for fairy plays to the representation of economics to the work of a parliamentary committee in regulating theatres, the authors redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be. Editor(s): Davis, T.; Holland, P. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349364305
ISBN
9781349364305
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. This book, now available for the first time in paperback, looks at modes of performance and forms of theatre in Nineteenth-century Britain and Ireland. On a variety of subjects, the authors redefine what theatre and performance in the Nineteenth century might be. Editor(s): Davis, Tracy C.; Holland, Peter. Series: Redefining British Theatre History. Num Pages: 285 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; AN; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 442.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
285
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230250406
ISBN
9780230250406
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.89

Hardback. Offering theatrically informed readings of plays by a broad range of Renaissance dramatists including Marlowe, Jonson, Marston, Webster, Middleton and Ford, this volume addresses the question of pleasure: both erotic pleasure and aesthetic pleasure. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 146 x 294 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333995570
ISBN
9780333995570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
September Publishing
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910463291
ISBN
9781910463291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.59

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