Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; BGL; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089291
- ISBN
- 9781844089291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. What is the fascination that decollation holds for us, as individuals and as a culture? Why does the idea make us laugh and the act make us close our eyes? "Losing Our Heads" explores in both artistic and cultural contexts the role of the chopped-off head. Num Pages: 255 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 255
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814742709
- ISBN
- 9780814742709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SparkNotes
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411469860
- ISBN
- 9781411469860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.24
€ 8.24
Hardcover. How did Byron become "Byron"? The author of this text locates one origin of the poet's personae in the dramatic recitations he performed at Harrow School, in this examination of the four critically formative years of Byron's public school experience. Throughout, the poet is recognized in the boy. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801863431
- ISBN
- 9780801863431
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.99
€ 64.99
Hardback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491234
- ISBN
- 9781611491234
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.19
€ 136.19
Paperback. George Gordon was born in London in 1788, of Scottish, French and English extraction. He succeeded to a baronetcy in 1798, and as Lord Byron he was soon to become the most famous poet of his age - with the publication of "Childe Harold", in 1812, and one of its most notorious characters. His career spanned a momentous period in European history. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 121 x 11. Weight in Grams: 102.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main - Poet to Poet
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571236633
- ISBN
- 9780571236633
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.91
€ 11.99
€ 9.91
Paperback. Three of Federico Garcia Lorca's most famous plays in a single volume, translated from the Spanish and introduced by one of Scotland's finest playwrights, Jo Clifford. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; 3JJP; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848426320
- ISBN
- 9781848426320
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
€ 17.99
€ 14.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 16 colour, 87 duotone illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; ACV; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1057.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Pennsylvania State University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271027029
- ISBN
- 9780271027029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.44€ 69.03
€ 83.44
€ 69.03
Paperback. Series: Critical Voices in Art, Theory and Culture. Num Pages: 308 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; JFC; JFFK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Gordon and Breach United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789057011122
- ISBN
- 9789057011122
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.32
€ 55.32
Hardcover. Num Pages: 304 pages, 40 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; BGLA; DSBH; DSK; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 223 x 30. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780295999364
- ISBN
- 9780295999364
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.10
€ 120.10
Hardback. This book collects a number of Richard LevinOs essays, beginning with his well-known PMLA article of 1988 on OFeminist Thematics and Shakesperean TragedyO and continuing through the 1990s. Num Pages: 309 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 309
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472479
- ISBN
- 9781611472479
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.96
€ 137.96
Paperback. e single-volume edition of Osborne's two autobiographical works, "A Better Class of Person: 1929-1956" and "Almost a Gentleman: 1955-1966". The book also contains a review of the former by Alan Bennett entitled "Bad John", and David Hare's eulogy delivered at Osborne's memorial service in 1995. Num Pages: 624 pages, 32pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 50. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571196494
- ISBN
- 9780571196494
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.06
€ 26.99
€ 18.06
Hardcover. Examines the careers, talents, and styles of three women who were acknowledged, each in her time, as the greatest interpreter of Shakespeare's heroines: Sarah Siddons, Ellen Terry, and Judi Dench. Series: Georgia Southern University Jack N. and Addie D. Averitt Lecture Series. Num Pages: 192 pages, 18 b&w photos. BIC Classification: ANB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325064
- ISBN
- 9780820325064
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.04
€ 39.04
hardcover. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 1356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 736
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138177192
- ISBN
- 9781138177192
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 193.51
€ 193.51
Paperback. Editor(s): North, Richard; Allard, Joe; Gillies, Patricia. Num Pages: 888 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; 2ACSX; DQ; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1310.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 888
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408247709
- ISBN
- 9781408247709
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Paperback. An autobiography that explains what it means to be a black ""rebel sojourner"" and presents the exposes of the Harlem Renaissance. This book challenges readers to rethink the author's articulation of identity, art, race, and politics and situate these topics in terms of his oeuvre and his literary contemporaries between the World Wars. Editor(s): Jarrett, Gene Andrew. Series: Multi-Ethnic Literatures of the Americas (MELA). Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Rutgers University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813539683
- ISBN
- 9780813539683
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02
Hardcover. This volume explores the centrality of the theme of exile as a way of understanding Robert Penn Warren's artistry, demonstrating that the exile figure is both a key to Warren's relation to much of 20th-century southern literature as well as an index to his growth as an artist. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820321783
- ISBN
- 9780820321783
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.89
€ 58.89
Hardback. London: An Illustrated Literary Companion, compiled by Rosemary Gray, captures the varying moods of the great city of London over recent centuries, through diary entries, with quotations, poems, essays and extracts from great works written in its honor. It is beautifully illustrated with drawings and engravings from distinguished artists. Editor(s): Gray, Rosemary. Series: Macmillan Collector's Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DQ; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 104 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Illustrated, Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509827688
- ISBN
- 9781509827688
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.30
€ 16.99
€ 12.30
Paperback. A cultural and literary history of London, looking at the capital's development from Roman times to its modern-day role, as financial and tourist metropolis. Series: Cities of the Imagination. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b&w drawings. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DSB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Signal Books
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904955214
- ISBN
- 9781904955214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.34
€ 19.99
€ 19.34
Paperback. The first book about the literature of the Irish in London examines over 30 novels, short stories and autobiographies set in London since the Second World War, to investigate the complex psychological landscapes of belonging and cultural allegiance found in these unique and intensely personal perspectives on the Irish experience of migration. Num Pages: 222 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 231 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781380154
- ISBN
- 9781781380154
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.21
€ 29.99
€ 27.21
Paperback. On ten strolls through some of the most interesting areas of London, this work explores the literary landscape of the capital. It introduces Shakespeare, Heine and Hogarth south of the river, finds Virginia Woolf and Lady Ottoline Morell in Bloomsbury, discovers Blake and Trollope in Westminster, and comes across John Keats in beautiful Hampstead. Series: Armchair Traveller. Num Pages: 224 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; DSRC; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906598730
- ISBN
- 9781906598730
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.39
€ 10.99
€ 9.39
Paperback. Editor(s): Whitehead, Andrew; White, Jerry. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907869662
- ISBN
- 9781907869662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.32
€ 19.99
€ 18.32
paperback. Loiterature distracts attention the way a street conjurer diverts us with his sleight of hand Series: Stages. Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803263925
- ISBN
- 9780803263925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 35.55
€ 36.99
€ 35.55
Hardback. This book shows how, in his enormously influential Essay Concerning Human Understanding (1689), John Locke embraces the new rhetoric of seventeenth-century natural philosophy, adopting the strategies of his scientific contemporaries to create a highly original natural history of the human mind. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 199 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 199
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611481822
- ISBN
- 9781611481822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.87
€ 109.87