Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. This study considers a broad range of plays dating from the fifteenth century to the closing of the theaters in 1642; however, seperate chapters are devoted to extensive analysis ofApius and Virginia,2 Henry VI, andDoctor Faustus. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 24. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492644
- ISBN
- 9781611492644
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.63
€ 144.63
Paperback. While offering an alternative history of modernist theater and literature, Puchner provides a new account of the contradictory forces within modernism. Num Pages: 248 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421403991
- ISBN
- 9781421403991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 32.74
€ 38.99
€ 32.74
Hardback. Covers half a lifetime and the range of Frayn's theatrical writing. This title reflects on his path into theatre: the 'doubtful beginnings' of his childhood, his subsequent scorn as a young man and, surprisingly late in life, his reluctant conversion. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; BGF; BGL; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0003665
- ISBN
- 9780571240555
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback / so. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; GBC; HP; KJM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Deutscher Universitatsverlag United States
- Number of pages
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783824443413
- ISBN
- 9783824443413
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.93
€ 47.93
Hardback. Series: Anthologies of English literature. Num Pages: 584 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 44. Weight in Grams: 928.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312044770
- ISBN
- 9780312044770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.08
€ 67.08
Paperback. An accessible short introduction to Hamlet, ideal for students and theatre-goers alike Series: Springboard Shakespeare. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408164662
- ISBN
- 9781408164662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.38
€ 16.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. Shakespearean author and actor Ben Crystal gives a unique introduction to Macbeth before, during and after you see or study the play. Series: Springboard Shakespeare. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 138.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408164624
- ISBN
- 9781408164624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.38
€ 16.99
€ 16.38
Paperback. A short introduction to King Lear by Shakespearean author and actor Ben Crystal giving insights before during and after you see or study the play Series: Springboard Shakespeare. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 144
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408164679
- ISBN
- 9781408164679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.43
€ 16.99
€ 15.43
Paperback. Shakespearean author and actor Ben Crystal gives a unique introduction to A Midsummer Night's Dream with guidance on what to think about before, during and after you see or study the play. Series: Springboard Shakespeare. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 6. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408164631
- ISBN
- 9781408164631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.23
€ 15.99
€ 15.23
Paperback. A Student Edition of Wedekind's classic 1891 expressionist play about adolescent sexuality. Editor(s): Newberry, Rachel; Ryland, Charlotte. Translator(s): Bond, Edward. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Student
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408140895
- ISBN
- 9781408140895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.40
€ 15.99
€ 14.40
Paperback. Verlyn Flieger's expanded and updated edition of "Splintered Light", a study of Tolkien's fiction first published in 1983, examines "The Silmarillion" and "The Lord of the Rings" in light of Owen Barfield's linguistic theory of the fragmentation of meaning. Num Pages: 208 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Kent State University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780873387446
- ISBN
- 9780873387446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.98
€ 24.98
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Manic D Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780916397791
- ISBN
- 9780916397791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.92
€ 17.99
€ 15.92
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252040467
- ISBN
- 9780252040467
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.40
€ 117.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252081927
- ISBN
- 9780252081927
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.51
€ 32.99
€ 29.51
Paperback. Given the ways in which spirituality functions in the work of Black women writers and filmmakers, the author proposes that what these women embrace in their narrative construction and characterization is the responsibility of the priestess, bearing and distributing "life-force" to sustain the community of people who read and view their work. Num Pages: 208 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813923703
- ISBN
- 9780813923703
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.46
€ 29.46
Hardback. Offers several models of correct political behavior for the benefit of both Otto and the noblemen who constituted his base of power. In her stories and plays, the author demonstrates God's inexhaustible love and the infinite resources of forgiveness and reconciliation that are offered to even the most flagrant sinner, provided that person repents. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 290
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575911007
- ISBN
- 9781575911007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.75
€ 138.75
Hardback. Demonstrates the centrality of Gloria Anzaldua s concept of spiritual mestizaje to the queer feminist Chicana theorist s life and thought, and its utility as a framework for interpreting contemporary Chicana narratives. Series: Latin America Otherwise. Num Pages: 296 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL4. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822350293
- ISBN
- 9780822350293
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.64
€ 110.64
Hardback. As seen in fiction, newspaper accounts, and magic shows, the presence of ghosts pervaded the Victorian period. This book examines supernatural encounters in a wide range of Victorian writers including Dickens and Kipling. Cadwallader argues that these fictional spirits reflect how Victorians were adapting to rapid scientific and religious changes. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137559920
- ISBN
- 9781137559920
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.38
€ 97.38
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 272 pages, 60 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 211 x 35. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153027
- ISBN
- 9780231153027
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.49€ 42.14
€ 53.49
€ 42.14
Paperback. This book offers a detailed account of Spinozaa s influence on various schools of present--day critical thought. That influence extends from Althusserian Marxism to hermeneutics, deconstruction, narrative poetics, new historicism, and the unclassifiable writings of a thinker like Giles Deleuze. Num Pages: 330 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 330
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631175575
- ISBN
- 9780631175575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.88
€ 49.88
Paperback. Conversations with Writers and Artists. 308 pages, black & white illustrations. Since the 1980s, a prolific "second wave" of Chicanolandia writers and artists has tremendously expanded the range of genres and subject matter in Chicanolandia literature and art. This book presents interviews with twenty-one "second wave" Chicanolandia poets, fiction writers, dramatists, documentary filmmakers, and playwrights. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KLCM; DSB; GTB; JFC. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 19. Weight: 516.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292713123
- ISBN
- 9780292713123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Hardback. In Spill poet, independent scholar, and activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs presents a commanding collection of poetry inspired by Black feminist literary critic Hortense Spillers depicting scenes of fugitive Black women and girls seeking freedom from gendered violence and racism. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362562
- ISBN
- 9780822362562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 107.77
€ 107.77
Paperback. In Spill poet, independent scholar, and activist Alexis Pauline Gumbs presents a commanding collection of poetry inspired by Black feminist literary critic Hortense Spillers depicting scenes of fugitive Black women and girls seeking freedom from gendered violence and racism. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; HBTB; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 10. Weight in Grams: 227.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362722
- ISBN
- 9780822362722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.07
€ 25.99
€ 24.07
Paperback. Designed to meet the requirements for students at IGCSE and A level, this guide offers detailed analyses of character, setting and theme; close examination of the novel's plot, structure and narrative techniques; and, key quotations and activities both for the student working alone and in the classroom. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 4KHT; 4KLR; DSK; YQEF; YQZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Education Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571335794
- ISBN
- 9780571335794
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.77
€ 13.99
€ 10.77