Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 520
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996601
- ISBN
- 9780674996601
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.68
€ 33.99
€ 28.68
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996373
- ISBN
- 9780674996373
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.05
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Paperback. Originally published: Oxford; New York: Oxford University Press, 1998. Translator(s): Waterfield, Robin. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 848 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 39. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 848
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- unknown
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535668
- ISBN
- 9780199535668
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€ 14.99€ 12.61
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Hardcover. The main part of Polybius' history covers the years 264--146 BCE, describing the rise of Rome, her destruction of Carthage, and her eventual domination of the Greek world. For this edition, W. R. Paton's excellent translation has been thoroughly revised, and explanatory notes and a new introduction added. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DB; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 624
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996588
- ISBN
- 9780674996588
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.68
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Hardcover. The historian Polybius (ca 200-118 BCE) was born into a leading family of Megalopolis in the Peloponnese (Morea) and served the Achaean League in arms and diplomacy for many years, favoring alliance with Rome. This title offers a translation of Polybius' work. Translator(s): Paton, W. R. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DB; DSBB; HBLA1; HBW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 117 x 31. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996380
- ISBN
- 9780674996380
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.96
€ 33.99
€ 32.96
Paperback. Editor(s): Dubrow, Heather; Strier, Richard. Num Pages: 388 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 521.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 388
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226167664
- ISBN
- 9780226167664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 41.39
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€ 41.39
Hardback. This text traces the development of reading tastes during the 19th century, and describes how Sir Walter Scott defined the parameters of the historical novel. It features nine other novelists in addition to Scott, among them, Walter Besant, Arthur Conan Doyle and Rafael Sabatini. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333607626
- ISBN
- 9780333607626
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.42
€ 127.42
Paperback. The historical novel is not only an immensely popular genre, but also one that raises fascinating questions about the nature of key foundational concepts such as fact and fiction, history, reading and writing. This guide offers an introduction to both the genre and the critical debates around it. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415426626
- ISBN
- 9780415426626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.75
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€ 26.75
Hardback. First modern critical edition of one of the most important and popular texts on the Crusades to survive. Editor(s): Kempf, D.; Bull, M. G. Num Pages: 195 pages, 2, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 1 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2ADL; 3H; DSBB; HBJF1; HBLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 171 x 24. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843838081
- ISBN
- 9781843838081
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Paperback. The "High Book of the Grail" (Perlesvaus) is one of the most fascinating of medieval Arthurian romances. The framework of the romance is the struggle of Arthur and his knights to impose - by force - the New Law of Christianity in place of the Old Law. This work presents this view of the Arthurian world to students of medieval literature. Num Pages: 298 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843841210
- ISBN
- 9781843841210
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 29.11
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Paperback. Num Pages: 147 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Salmon Poetry
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781908836564
- ISBN
- 9781908836564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.00€ 12.58
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Thimble Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780903355551
- ISBN
- 9780903355551
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Condition: New
€ 13.35
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Paperback. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349221585
- ISBN
- 9781349221585
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 192.97
€ 192.97
hardcover. Num Pages: 205 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 425.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 205
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1992nd Edition
- SKU
- V9780312057879
- ISBN
- 9780312057879
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.90
€ 193.90
Hardback. "The Satyricon of Petronius", a comic novel written in the first century AD, is famous primarily for its amazing banquet tale, "Trimalchio's Feast." In this discussion of Petronius' masterful use of parody, the author offers an interpretation of the "Satyricon" as a whole. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; DSG; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520207158
- ISBN
- 9780520207158
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.71€ 46.08
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Paperback. The Hidden Adult is a focused and sophisticated analysis of children's literature and a major contribution to the theory and criticism of the genre. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 408
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889806
- ISBN
- 9780801889806
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 44.46
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The Hidden Adult is a focused and sophisticated analysis of children's literature and a major contribution to the theory and criticism of the genre. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 235 x 32. Weight in Grams: 702.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801889790
- ISBN
- 9780801889790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 94.85
€ 94.85
Paperback. Describes the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. This work presents an analysis of three plays, the Antigone, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus, that emphasizes the individuality and variety of the living figures Sophocles created on the same basic armature. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 12. Weight in Grams: 266. Studies in Sophoclean Tragedy. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. 224 pages. Describes the literary phenomenon of the Sophoclean tragic hero. This work presents an analysis of three plays, the Antigone, Philoctetes, and Oedipus at Colonus, that emphasizes the individuality and variety of the living figures Sophocles created on the same basic armature. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 151 x 211 x 12. Weight: 260.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520049574
- ISBN
- 9780520049574
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.75
€ 35.99
€ 26.75
paperback. Through an in-depth analysis of the works of Saul Bellow and Don DeLillo, this book offers up a new theory of the heroic for the times we live in. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2007
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349539383
- ISBN
- 9781349539383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.02
€ 66.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AFKV; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816681105
- ISBN
- 9780816681105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.44
€ 26.99
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Hardback. This book is a genealogy of reconciliation in modern Ireland. As Seamus Deane has written, reconciliation stands at a nexus between politics and aesthetics in Irish writing, and has therefore often been a vehicle of colonial ideology. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782050681
- ISBN
- 9781782050681
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195300079
- ISBN
- 9780195300079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.08
€ 14.99
€ 14.08
Hardback. By examining how narrative strategies reinforce or contest deterministic paradigms, this work describes modern Chinese fiction's contribution to ethical and literary debates over the possibility for meaningful moral action. It analyses discourses of agency and fatalism and the ethical import of narrative structures. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 325 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 28. Weight in Grams: 598.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022676
- ISBN
- 9780674022676
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.46
€ 49.99
€ 42.46
Hardback. The Heart of Mid-Lothian is precisely focused on the trials for murder of John Porteous and of Effie Deans in 1736 and 1737. Editor(s): Hewitt, David; Lumsden, Alison. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 792 pages, geneal. table, maps. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 147 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1092.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 792
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605705
- ISBN
- 9780748605705
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 183.72
€ 183.72