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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. This is an examination of female rivalry as a distinctive theme in women's fiction and an analysis of the female-identified erotic triangle. Diana Wallace offers a reconsideration of inter-war women's writing and an examination of the links and rivalries between women writers themselves. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJF; 3JJG; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333774007
ISBN
9780333774007
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.66

Paperback. Americans, expatriates, and virtually orphans, Gertrude and Leo Stein, lived together for almost forty years, collaborating in one of the great artistic and literary adventures of the twentieth century. This biography tells the story of that adventure and relationship. Num Pages: 68 illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780803217539
ISBN
9780803217539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.17

Hardback. Introduces the "Westernesque femme fatale," an alluring figure who is ethnically Japanese but evokes the West in her physical appearance, lifestyle, behavior, and, most important, her use of language. Num Pages: 344 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 27. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231137867
ISBN
9780231137867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.64
€ 79.32

Hardback. This book presents a selection of the writings of Sir Walter Wilson Greg (1875-1959), one of the leading bibliographers of the 20th century and, along with R. B. McKerrow and A. W. Pollard, the founder of the New Bibliography that dominated 20th-century textual studies. Series: Great Bibliographers S. Num Pages: 272 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810833999
ISBN
9780810833999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.09

Hardback. Sir Walter Ralegh created a public identity by means of the prose texts he wrote from prison. This study not only offers an analysis of these political writings, but also demonstrates the ways in which his readers modified Ralegh's public identity in a series of posthumous reinterpretations. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 218 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333660768
ISBN
9780333660768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.60

Paperback. A book that chronicles bestselling author's long friendship with writer from its beginning to untimely end with both funny and moving moments and stark honesty. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 25. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241950548
ISBN
9780241950548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.87

Paperback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 122 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 262 x 12. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580442503
ISBN
9781580442503
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.69

Paperback. Peter Field's new editon of the Morte Darthur has been hailed as 'our standard critical edition of Malory'. The paperback makes the complete definitive original spelling text edition available, with the same pagination as the two-volume hardback edition. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Original Text ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844600
ISBN
9781843844600
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 38.90

Hardback. A new edition of Malory's Morte Darthur based on the Winchester and other source manuscripts. Editor(s): Field, P. J. C. Series: Arthurian Studies. Num Pages: 984 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 182 x 115. Weight in Grams: 3712.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
984
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843146
ISBN
9781843843146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 244.55

Hardback. This study analyzes Sir Philip Sidney's reputation from his own day to the present by discussing his reception in the work of authors as diverse in time and type as Sir Fulke Greville, Christopher Hill, Charles Lamb, Edmund Waller, and Thomas Warton the elder. Num Pages: 243 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230102385
ISBN
9780230102385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.82

Hardcover. This book rejects the Calvinist and deconstructionist interpretations of Sidney and argues instead for a man of humane and generous sympathies who thought deeply about human experience and the art and function of writing. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 165 x 15. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470956
ISBN
9781611470956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.97

Hardback. Num Pages: 187 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 224 x 18. Weight in Grams: 908.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
187
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471052
ISBN
9781611471052
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.26

Paperback. .
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445654669
ISBN
9781445654669
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.32

Paperback. Editor(s): Battles, Paul. Num Pages: 260 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
260
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810192
ISBN
9781554810192
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.03

Paperback. Composed during the fourteenth century in the English Midlands, this work describes the events that follow when a mysterious green-coloured knight rides into King Arthur's Camelot in deep mid-winter. Blending Celtic myth and Christian faith, it is among the Middle English poems: a tale of magic, chivalry and seduction. Editor(s): O'Donoghue, Bernard. Translator(s): O'Donoghue, Bernard. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424539
ISBN
9780140424539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.33

Paperback. This is the best translation of Sir Gawain Gordon Teskey, Cornell University Translator(s): Winny, James. Num Pages: 192 pages, Plans transparencies :Includes bibliographical references. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
Broadview Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780921149927
ISBN
9780921149927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 20.03

Paperback. This edition focuses on the Middle English text, with a Modern English Verse translation on facing pages and extensive notes at the bottom of the pages. It discusses the manuscript, the anonymous poet and his other poems, and the structure of the poem and its audience, themes and characterization. Translator(s): Vantuono, William. Num Pages: 368 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 608.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268017675
ISBN
9780268017675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.79

Paperback. Features a classic poem, translated from Middle English. This title includes a translator's preface, sample lines from the original Middle English, and suggestions for further reading. It also includes a comprehensive Introduction that addresses questions of authorship, the plot and structure of the poem, and England in the fourteenth-century. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846189
ISBN
9781603846189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.40

Features a classic poem, translated from Middle English. This title includes a translator's preface, sample lines from the original Middle English, and suggestions for further reading. It also includes a comprehensive Introduction that addresses questions of authorship, the plot and structure of the poem, and England in the fourteenth-century. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846196
ISBN
9781603846196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 32.93

paperback. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 448 pages, 0 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 185 x 264 x 25. Weight in Grams: 824.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Edition
New
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781879288591
ISBN
9781879288591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.76

Hardcover. Part of the "Macmillan Interviews and Recollections" series, this book reviews Doyle's life and career through a compilation of memoirs by contemporaries, interviews, and selections from his autobiography "Memoirs and Adventures". Editor(s): Orel, Harold. Series: Interviews & Recollections. Num Pages: 295 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 26. Weight in Grams: 501.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333510223
ISBN
9780333510223
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.60

Hardback. This ground-breaking study is the first to consider Spanish Golden Age comedias as an archive of moral knowledge. Num Pages: 476 pages, 15. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 275 x 36. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
476
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644588
ISBN
9781442644588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.31

Hardcover. Showing how the Gothic can be read as a complex reaction to Enlightenment methods of historical representation, Sinister histories uncovers hitherto neglected relationships between Gothic texts and prominent works of eighteenth-century history. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 26. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719095979
ISBN
9780719095979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.73

Hardcover. This groundbreaking volume is the first to mount a sustained and wide-ranging critical treatment of Singularity (the irrevocable transformation of the nature of human existence by technological advancement) as a subject for theory and cultural studies. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846319723
ISBN
9781846319723
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.98

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