Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This second edition continues the excellent tradition of the volume, offering students a comprehensive introduction to Chaucer's work and life. Editor(s): Boitani, Piero; Mann, Jill. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 480. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 334 pages. Editor(s): Boitani, Piero; Mann, Jill. This second edition continues the excellent tradition of the volume, offering students a comprehensive introduction to Chaucer's work and life. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 16. Weight: 506.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 334
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521894678
- ISBN
- 9780521894678
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99
€ 35.99
Hardcover. The Cambridge Companion to Charles Dickens offers a valuable introduction to Dickens for students and general readers. Editor(s): Jordan, Professor John O. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 260 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521660167
- ISBN
- 9780521660167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.54
€ 111.54
Paperback. The Cambridge Companion to Charles Dickens offers a valuable introduction to Dickens for students and general readers. Editor(s): Jordan, Professor John O. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 258 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 394. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 258 pages, 15 b/w illus. Editor(s): Jordan, John O. The Cambridge Companion to Charles Dickens offers a valuable introduction to Dickens for students and general readers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight: 412.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 258
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521669641
- ISBN
- 9780521669641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
Paperback. An engaging collection of new essays covering Romantic poetry, its historical and literary contexts, its forms, and its enduring appeal. Editor(s): Chandler, James K. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 16. Weight in Grams: 474. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 328 pages. Editor(s): Chandler, James K. An engaging collection of new essays covering Romantic poetry, its historical and literary contexts, its forms, and its enduring appeal. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 14. Weight: 526.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521680837
- ISBN
- 9780521680837
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.91
€ 35.91
Paperback. Combining anthropology, history, and postmodern theory, this book examines the changing relation of writing and authority in a Muslim society from the late nineteenth century onwards. It raises important issues that are of comparative significance for understanding political life in other Muslim and nonwestern states as well. Series: Comparative Studies on Muslim Societies. Num Pages: 324 pages, 16 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HBG; HBLL; HBLW; HRH; JFSL9; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 324
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520205154
- ISBN
- 9780520205154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.38
€ 38.99
€ 28.38
Hardback. An innovative and moving study, The Calendar of Loss illuminates how AIDS mourning confounds and traverses how we have come to think about loss and grief, insisting that the bereaved can confront death in the face of shame and stigma in eloquent ways that imply a fierce political sensibility and a longing for justice. Series: The Callaloo African Diaspora Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 19, 19 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSK; JFSL3; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416557
- ISBN
- 9781421416557
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.32
€ 49.32
The late-imperial legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the "Butterfly Lovers" - a story as central to Chinese culture as Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is to Western culture - also relates a tale of two lovers held apart by social strictures. This volume offers translations of the earliest versions of the popular ballad. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841955
- ISBN
- 9781603841955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.39€ 42.14
€ 53.39
€ 42.14
Hardback. The Business of Letters is a broad-ranging study of authorial economics in antebellum America that describes writers' exchange practices as profoundly rooted in, and constitutive of, social bonds. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 603.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757058
- ISBN
- 9780804757058
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.11
€ 47.11
Hardback. A meticulous study of a significant early modern manuscript. Editor(s): Redford, Peter. Series Editor(s): Lethbridge, J. B. Series: The Manchester Spenser. Num Pages: 464 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 3 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 30. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526104489
- ISBN
- 9781526104489
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.17
€ 162.17
Paperback. Showing why Victorian fiction conveys both the pleasure and anguish of intimacy, this text examines works by Bulwer-Lytton, Swinburne, Schreiner, Hardy, James, Santayana, and Forster, he argues that these writers struggled with aspects of psychology that undermined the utilitarian ethos of the age. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780226468600
- ISBN
- 9780226468600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.41
€ 40.99
€ 31.41
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 568 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 32. Weight in Grams: 971.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 568
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691651101
- ISBN
- 9780691651101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 273.90
€ 273.90
Hardcover. Critical edition of an important Scottish poem, highlighting its striking poetic features. Editor(s): Hanna, Ralph, III. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 226 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 145 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Scottish Text Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897976395
- ISBN
- 9781897976395
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.37
€ 52.99
€ 50.37
Paperback. Editor(s): McGlathery, James M. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 29. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252061912
- ISBN
- 9780252061912
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.75
€ 32.99
€ 29.75
Paperback. Most of the fairy tales that we grew up with we know thanks to the Brothers Grimm. This book guides us through the world of fairy tales and their criticism and looks at the romantic's mythology of the wandering brothers. Num Pages: 351 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DSBD; DSK; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 21. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293802
- ISBN
- 9780312293802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.49
€ 70.49
Hardback. In the year of Charlotte's bicentenary, a light-hearted miscellany on all things Bronte. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 206 x 23. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785781438
- ISBN
- 9781785781438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 7.87
€ 7.87
Paperback. This anthology contains autobiographical commentaries by the Brontes themselves, but because these are so scarce they are supplemented by first-hand statements made not only by various inhabitants of Haworth, but by those who met members of the Bronte family in Yorkshire, London, and elsewhere. Editor(s): Orel, Harold. Series: Interviews & Recollections S. Num Pages: 221 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 305.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 221
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- SKU
- V9780333663141
- ISBN
- 9780333663141
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.04
€ 70.04
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- 1988th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333407110
- ISBN
- 9780333407110
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.65€ 85.60
€ 137.65
€ 85.60
paperback. Since 1857, hardly a year has gone by without some sort of Bronte 'biography' appearing. These range from pious accounts in Victorian conduct books to Freudian psychobiographies, from plays, films and ballets to tourist brochures and images on tea-towels. This work aims to offer a fresh life to our understanding of the novelists and their culture. Num Pages: 336 pages, facsimiles, , portraits. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099287148
- ISBN
- 9780099287148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.40
€ 17.99
€ 13.40
Paperback. An intimate portrait of the lives and writings of the Bronte sisters, drawn from the objects they possessed. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393352702
- ISBN
- 9780393352702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.49
€ 17.99
€ 16.49
Paperback. Covering topics from the dawn of print to hypertext, this anthology is a current and comprehensive look at book history. Editor(s): Levy, Michelle; Mole, Tom. Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; KNTP; KNTR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 774.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810888
- ISBN
- 9781554810888
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 82.74
€ 82.74
Paperback. Num Pages: 163 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 154.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554811670
- ISBN
- 9781554811670
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.11
€ 19.99
€ 16.11
Paperback. A long-overdue collection that balances representative and canonical works with traditionally under-represented ones. Barbara Gates, University of Delaware Editor(s): Collins, Thomas J. Num Pages: 692 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 902.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Edition
- 1st
- Number of pages
- 692
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551113661
- ISBN
- 9781551113661
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 80.10€ 61.64
€ 80.10
€ 61.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Fitzgerald, Christina M.; Sebastian, John T. Num Pages: 700 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: DD; DQ; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 742.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Edition
- Pap/Psc
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810567
- ISBN
- 9781554810567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 87.75€ 67.59
€ 87.75
€ 67.59
Paperback. This is a new edition of the second volume of an anthology that has been called "the new standard." Editor(s): Black, Rabbi Joseph; Conolly, Leonard; Flint, Kate; Grundy, Isobel; LePan, Don; Liuzza, Roy; McGann, Jerome J.; Prescott, Ms. Anne Lake; Qualls, Barry V.; Waters, Claire. Num Pages: 1720 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DQ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 201 x 244 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1684.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554813124
- ISBN
- 9781554813124
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 102.01
€ 102.01