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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. The most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is through performance. This new edition of Shakespeare's dazzling comedy, developed by and for the RSC, examines the play's performance history and provides insightful interviews from important directors Terry Hands, Liz Shipman and Gregory Doran, as well as outstanding on-page notes. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230217911
ISBN
9780230217911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.42

Paperback. This volume brings together Martha Nussbaum's published papers, some revised for this collection, on the relationship between literature and philosophy, especially moral philosophy. It also includes two new essays and a substantial introduction. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195074857
ISBN
9780195074857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.04

Paperback. The language we use when we are in love is not a language we speak, for it is addressed to ourselves and to our imaginary beloved. This book revives - beyond the psychological or clinical enterprises which have characterised such researches in our culture - the notion of the amorous subject. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Vintage Classics
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437420
ISBN
9780099437420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; DSA; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823271108
ISBN
9780823271108
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Hardback. Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. This title focuses on the curious artefacts that literature has to offer. It lets you find out why 16 June 1904 mattered so much to Joyce. Num Pages: 496 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 46. Weight in Grams: 844.
Publisher
Icon Books
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848311640
ISBN
9781848311640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 17.96

Paperback. Love, sex, death, boredom, ecstasy, existential angst, political upheaval - the history of literature offers a rich and varied exploration of the human condition across the centuries. This title focuses on the curious artefacts that literature has to offer. It lets you find out why 16 June 1904 mattered so much to Joyce. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 130 x 40. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Icon Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848312470
ISBN
9781848312470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.29

Hardcover. This unique collection of essays explores medieval and early modern Troilus texts from Chaucer to Shakespeare. Editor(s): Johnston, Andrew James; West-Pavlov, Russell; Kempf, Elisabeth. Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719090226
ISBN
9780719090226
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.22

Hardback. Love, H is an intimate selection of letters from a forty-year correspondence between writer Hettie Jones and painter and sculptor Helene Dorn, who both survived their time as wives in the Beat bohemia of the 1960s and went on to successful artistic careers of their own. Num Pages: 384 pages, 21 illustrations, incl. 10 in color. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; BJ; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 681.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822361466
ISBN
9780822361466
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Doniger, Wendy. Num Pages: 418 pages. BIC Classification: 1FKA; DSBB; HBJF; HRG; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
418
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190628802
ISBN
9780190628802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.65

Hardback. This book studies the retraction and its uses by Petrarchan poets of the Italian and English Renaissance, delineating the characteristics of the palinode as a genre and exploring its impact upon Renaissance lyric poetry. Num Pages: 261 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480764
ISBN
9781611480764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.15

Hardback. This analysis of the relation of erotic philosophy to homosexuality in the modern period focuses on homoerotic (mis)appropriations and subversions of homoerotic conceptions of romantic love in texts by authors including Oscar Wilde, Andre Gide, Ronald Firbank, Virginia Woolf and Gertrude Stein. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804722995
ISBN
9780804722995
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.04

paperback. Editor(s): Woudhuysen, H. R. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 392 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 23. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
A&C Black
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
3rd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904271109
ISBN
9781904271109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.38

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000312
ISBN
9781845194192
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KJE0000311
ISBN
9781845194192
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 238 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813117867
ISBN
9780813117867
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.31

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662650
ISBN
9781855662650
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.42

Paperback. John McGahern did not spread himself thinly as a writer. Nearly all of his creative energy went into what was central for him: the great novels and stories that are part of the canon of Irish and world literature. This book brings together McGahern's surviving essays, reviews and speeches. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 142 x 32. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Faber & Faber London
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571245123
ISBN
9780571245123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

hardcover. This volume offers the first translation into English of two seminal works by the seventeenth-century French woman author, Marie-Catherine Desjardins, better known as Madame de Villedieu. Editor(s): Lalande, Roxanne Decker. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473100
ISBN
9781611473100
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226777177
ISBN
9780226777177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

Hardback. A major new book by one of the leading feminist writers in France today. Cixous explores the themes of love, memory, language and loss. This is a work of literary fiction and at the same time a philosophical work: like Sartre, Camus and other great writers, Cixous blends together fiction and philosophy. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy; Chevalier, Marion Frances. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 18. Weight in Grams: 306.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745639888
ISBN
9780745639888
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.81

Paperback. A major new book by one of the leading feminist writers in France today. Cixous explores the themes of love, memory, language and loss. This is a work of literary fiction and at the same time a philosophical work: like Sartre, Camus and other great writers, Cixous blends together fiction and philosophy. Translator(s): Kamuf, Peggy; Chevalier, Marion Frances. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
148
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745639895
ISBN
9780745639895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.11

Paperback. In this perceptive and rich collection of essays, Toibin investigates the lives as well as the work of homosexual writers and artists of the nineteenth and twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330491389
ISBN
9780330491389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Contains Nancy Mitford's humorous letters to her family and friends. Mitford never wrote an autobiography, but this collection of letters provides a portrayal of her life and the times in which she lived. Editor(s): Mosley, Charlotte. Num Pages: 624 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340599211
ISBN
9780340599211
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.06

Paperback. A revelatory collection of letters from the nation's favourite storyteller. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 22. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444786286
ISBN
9781444786286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.88

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