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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; DSBH; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 289 x 14. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652298904
ISBN
9789652298904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 18.17

Paperback. The authorized biography of a literary legend, written with unique access to all of Sassoon's previously unseen papers Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 199 x 43. Weight in Grams: 506.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Number of pages
656
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main Market Ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447243281
ISBN
9781447243281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312172770
ISBN
9780312172770
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.03

Hardback. This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 556.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780745629612
ISBN
9780745629612
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Paperback.

This major new book offers a much-needed introduction to the work of Siegfried Kracauer, one of the main intellectual figures in the orbit of the Frankfurt School of Critical Theory. Series: Key Contemporary Thinkers. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; APFA; BG; DSK; JHB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 434.

Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745629629
ISBN
9780745629629
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.49

Paperback. Includes George Puttenham's "Art of English Poesy", Samuel Daniel's "Defense of Rhyme", and passages by writers such as Ben Jonson, Francis Bacon and George Gascoigne. Editor(s): Alexander, Gavin. Num Pages: 544 pages, glossary, chronology, bibliography, notes. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 31. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141439389
ISBN
9780141439389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.91

Paperback. influential treatise, Apologie for Poetrie (c. 1582), Michael Mack also Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813221168
ISBN
9780813221168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.77

Hardback. Franciscus Junius the Younger (1591-1677) is famous as virtually the founder of Germanic philology. But he also composed, at the request of the Earl of Arundel, whom he served as librarian, an influential treatise on the art of painting as it is viewed in ancient literature. This book discusses his marginalia to the works of Philip Sidney. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AFC; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139822
ISBN
9780874139822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.17

Paperback. A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005393
ISBN
9780226005393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 204 x 132 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1957
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
122
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811200684
ISBN
9780811200684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Sick Heroes examines the cultural practices that created those remarkably offensive, though strangely appealing, romantic heroes that appeared in European and especially in French literature in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895507
ISBN
9780859895507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.39

Hardback. Sick Heroes examines the cultural practices that created those remarkably offensive, though strangely appealing, romantic heroes that appeared in European and especially in French literature in the latter half of the eighteenth century. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; HBTB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895491
ISBN
9780859895491
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.89

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
140
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714529394
ISBN
9780714529394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought: Translation S. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 23. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
378
Condition
New
SKU
V9780929497686
ISBN
9780929497686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.28

Paperback. Shyness needs no cure, claim the authors of thoughtful, raw, and humorous essays and poems. Editor(s): Lewis, Naomi K.; Altrows, Rona. Series: Robert Kroetsch Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 141 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888646705
ISBN
9780888646705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Opitz, May; etc. Translator(s): Adams, Anne V. Num Pages: 256 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780870237607
ISBN
9780870237607
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.24

Hardcover. Editor(s): Marcus, Leonard S. Num Pages: 304 pages, Illustrations (some col.), photographs. BIC Classification: AC; DSB. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 240 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 859.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Candlewick Press,U.S. United States
Edition
Candlewick ed.
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780763635060
ISBN
9780763635060
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.72

Hardcover. First modern edition of four romances from the medieval Scottish tradition. Editor(s): Purdie, Rhiannon. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 302 pages, 4, 3 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings, 3 black and white, 1 lin. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 28. Weight in Grams: 502.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Scottish Text Society United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9781897976364
ISBN
9781897976364
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.25

Paperback. Seventy-five writers including Verlyn Klinkenborg, Jo Ann Beard, David Sedaris, Dorothy Allison, Salman Rushdie, Jerry Tempest Williams, Michael Perry, Mark Spragg, and Jane Brox reflect on the power of short works to move, persuade, and change readers. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 139 x 25. Weight in Grams: 320.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393326000
ISBN
9780393326000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.76

Paperback. The Short Oxford History of English Literature offers an introductory guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day covering all the major periods of English literature chronologically. This third edition has been revised and updated incorporating a greater number of female and contemporary authors. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1166.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
768
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199263387
ISBN
9780199263387
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.97

Paperback. This volume provides new insights into some of the best examples of this form of writing in the twentieth century and also includes a chapter which explores ways in which the genre is evolving as the century draws to a close. Editor(s): Flower, John. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 12. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895705
ISBN
9780859895705
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.36

Hardback. This volume provides new insights into some of the best examples of this form of writing in the twentieth century and also includes a chapter which explores ways in which the genre is evolving as the century draws to a close. Editor(s): Flower, John; Flower, J.E. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895699
ISBN
9780859895699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.80

paperback. A catalogue of mass slaughter, torture and slavery, which showed that the evangelizing vision of Columbus had descended under later conquistadors into genocide. It demands that the Indians be entitled to the basic rights of humankind. Editor(s): Griffin, Nigel. Translator(s): Griffin, Nigel. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLS; 2ADS; 3JB; DSBB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140445626
ISBN
9780140445626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.75

paperback. What qualities helped Primo Levi survive the demented laboratory of Auschwitz? What does Milan Kundera make of being denounced as a subversive writer in communist Czechoslovakia? What does Edna O'Brien think drove generations of Irish writers into exile? This book explores the importance of region, politics and history in their work. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428435
ISBN
9780099428435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 10.27

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