Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
paperback. Skin is a multifarious image in medieval culture: the material basis for forming a sense of self and relation to the world, as well as a powerful literary and visual image. This book explores the presence of skin in medieval literature and culture from a range of literary, religious, aesthetic, historical, medical, and theoretical perspectives. Editor(s): Walter, K. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 245 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AB; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349341771
- ISBN
- 9781349341771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 137.72
€ 137.72
Hardback. Reading Sixteenth-Century Poetry combines analysis of individual poems with a critical consideration of the historical context in which they were written. Cheney emphasises the poetry's accessibility by illuminating the dynamic and enduring nature of these works and their ability to influence readers lives. Series: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405169547
- ISBN
- 9781405169547
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.32
€ 41.32
Hardback. This text offers a systematic account of the theology behind Shakespeare's poetry. Investigating the poetic stakes of Christianity's efforts to assimilate Jewish scripture, the book reads Shakespeare through the history of Christian allegory. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123242
- ISBN
- 9780231123242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.77€ 90.75
€ 117.77
€ 90.75
Paperback. Offers a fresh and direct approach to the Shakespeare's Sonnets. This title discusses the meaning, technique, hidden structure and feverish narrative of the Sonnets, as well as the difficulties they present for the modern reader. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571245055
- ISBN
- 9780571245055
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.15
€ 23.99
€ 16.15
Hardback. Examining gendered readerships and the use of erotic works, reading practises and manuscript culture, textual forms and transmission, literary taste and the canonisation of Shakespeare, this work argues that historicist criticism can no longer ignore histories of reading. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 265 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 265
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333740149
- ISBN
- 9780333740149
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.00
€ 128.00
Hardcover. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403921925
- ISBN
- 9781403921925
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Paperback. This study examines the power of literature to affect readers' minds, bodies and souls, the theory of reading, and of mind and body. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 200 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBD; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349515677
- ISBN
- 9781349515677
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Paperback. This volume considers Sappho's poetry as a powerful, influential voice in the western cultural tradition. Contributors focus on literary history, mythic traditions, cultural studies, performance studies, recent work in feminist theory, and more. Editor(s): Greene, Ellen. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206014
- ISBN
- 9780520206014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.81
€ 35.99
€ 26.81
Paperback. Reading Romantic Poetry introduces the major themes and preoccupations, and the key poems and players of a period convulsed by revolution, prolonged warfare and political crisis. Series: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 11. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118773000
- ISBN
- 9781118773000
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.14
€ 45.14
Hardcover. In this anaysis of Roddy Doyle's first five novels, Caramine White argues that while Doyle is undoubtedly one of the most popular contemporary novelists, he also needs to be seen as a serious and gifted writer. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 152 pages, appendixes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press New York
- Edition
- 1st ed
- Number of pages
- 152
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628873
- ISBN
- 9780815628873
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 57.22
€ 57.22
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815606864
- ISBN
- 9780815606864
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.20
€ 18.99
€ 18.20
Hardcover. Explores and explains stories about the mythic outlaw, who from the middle ages to the present stands up for the values of natural law and true justice. Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 240 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 145 x 28. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719095269
- ISBN
- 9780719095269
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.80
€ 156.80
Hardback. Series: New Studies in the Age of Goethe. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611480283
- ISBN
- 9781611480283
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.52
€ 127.52
Editor(s): Mathews, Cheyenne; Haedicke, Janet V. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442234659
- ISBN
- 9781442234659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.84
€ 155.84
Paperback. This study of the short stories of Raymond Carver also takes excursions into his poetry and essays. Runyon argues that the stories are intricately linked as part of a cohesive body of work. Num Pages: 246 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815626312
- ISBN
- 9780815626312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.72
€ 24.72
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637402
- ISBN
- 9780691637402
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.57
€ 118.57
Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCX; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press Ithaca
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488252
- ISBN
- 9780801488252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 42.30
€ 46.99
€ 42.30
Combining detailed explorations of both mainstream and experimental poets with a clear historical and literary overview, Reading Postwar British and Irish Poetry offers readers at all levels an ideal guide to the rich body of poetic works published in Britain and Ireland over the last half-century. Series: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 588.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470657317
- ISBN
- 9780470657317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 103.68
€ 103.68
Paperback. With the expansion of the publishing industry between the 16th and 18th centuries, reading for pleasure became possible for an increasing number of people. This work examines the proliferation of romances in early modern England, as well as their vilification by elite writers. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; DSK; FRH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 172 x 18. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123792
- ISBN
- 9780231123792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.68
€ 36.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. This book presents a comprehensive examination of the history of print culture through the lens of a study of the innovative monthly periodical Belgravia. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230615212
- ISBN
- 9780230615212
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.37
€ 67.37
Paperback. Casting a fresh perspective on the greatest long poem in English, David Hopkins guides the reader through the inspiring poetic landscape of Milton s great epic Paradise Lost, a work of literature which has compelled and fascinated readers down the ages and which offers enduring insight into the human condition. Series: Wiley Blackwell Reading Poetry. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 163 x 6. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118918180
- ISBN
- 9781118918180
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.86
€ 29.86
Hardcover. Olympe de Gouges has been called illiterate, immoral, and insane while being mentioned solely for her Declaration of the Rights of Woman and [the female] Citizen. This book uncovers her radical views of the self, the family, and the state and accounts for her vision of increasing female agency and decreasing the entitlements of aristocratic males. Num Pages: 122 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Pivot
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137346452
- ISBN
- 9781137346452
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.00
€ 66.00
Hardback. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491586
- ISBN
- 9781611491586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.64
€ 123.64
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, viii, 237 p., illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 227 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226258881
- ISBN
- 9780226258881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.96
€ 35.99
€ 28.96