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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AC; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816697168
ISBN
9780816697168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Translator(s): Rose, Christine M. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801474781
ISBN
9780801474781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.31

Hardback. Though the efficacy of literary biography has been widely contested by academic theorists, attention to the lives of authors remains an enduring fact of our literary history. The essays in this collection address the relationships among American literary biography, documentation, and interpretation from a practitionerOs perspective. Editor(s): Habich, Robert D.; Hudspeth, Robert N. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472691
ISBN
9781611472691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.46

Hardcover. In their own time, Lewis Carroll, Robert Louis Stevenson and Algernon Charles Swinburne were highly successful writers. Part of the "Lives of Victorian Literary Figures" series, this three-volume facsimile edition draws together a range of biographical sources relating to these three celebrated Victorian authors. Editor(s): Pite, Ralph; Hubbard, Tom; Rooksby, Rikky. Series: Lives of Victorian Literary Figures. Num Pages: 1360 pages, Illustrations, ports, facsims. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 2494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
1360
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781851969050
ISBN
9781851969050
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 623.54

Hardback. This edition provides a fully annotated text of Sarah Fielding's The Lives of Cleopatra and Octavia based on the 1757 edition. It records Fielding's use of Greek and Roman writers, eighteenth-century historians, and Renaissance and Restoration playwrights. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838752579
ISBN
9780838752579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.52

Paperback. * 'As rich as a novel by Henry James' DAILY TELEGRAPH * 'Will do nothing less than revolutionise the way Dickinson is read for years' GUARDIAN The definitive biography, out now in paperback Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 16, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 197 x 33. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Digital original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844084548
ISBN
9781844084548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Writing about real lives takes various forms, which overlap and may be combined with each other: biography, autobiography, biographical criticism, biographical fiction, memoir, confession, diary. In these essays, the author considers some particularly interesting examples of life-writing, and contributes several of his own. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; BK; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 17. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099587767
ISBN
9780099587767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.39

Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 173 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 15. Weight in Grams: 444.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
173
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482706
ISBN
9781611482706
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.59

Paperback. Louisa May Alcott "rewrote" not only herself but also her parents and sisters in "Little Women". Yet do we understand her impulse? This study focuses on her motivations in fashioning an idealized family in her novel, suggesting ways to view both the fictional Marches and the real-world Alcotts. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 218.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820322803
ISBN
9780820322803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.01

Paperback. Raising key questions about race, class, sexuality, age, material culture, intellectual history, pedagogy, and gender, this book explores the myriad relationships between feminist thinking and Little Women. Editor(s): Alberghene, Janice M.; Lyon Clark, Beverly. Num Pages: 496 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 606.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138798977
ISBN
9781138798977
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.65

Paperback. This authoritative, accurate text of the first edition (1868-69) of Little Women is accompanied by textual variants and thorough explanatory annotations. Editor(s): Eiselein, Gregory; Phillips, Anne K. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 665 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 144 x 23. Weight in Grams: 624.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393976144
ISBN
9780393976144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.52

Paperback. Editor(s): Alderson, Valerie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538119
ISBN
9780199538119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Moves from Moss Side to Malaya recalling author's time as an education officer in the tropics, his tempestuous first marriage, his struggles with Catholicism and the beginning of his prolific writing life. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 38. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437055
ISBN
9780099437055
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWS; 1QDAR; 2AB; 3D; DSB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 134. Weight in Grams: 178.
Publisher
Brown Dog Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781785451485
ISBN
9781785451485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.33

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 352 pages, 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 271 x 2. Weight in Grams: 646.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231179768
ISBN
9780231179768
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.82

Paperback. The author's childhood was warm, bright and serene. The Hampstead and Lancing schooldays which followed were sometimes agreeable, but often not. His life at Oxford - which he evokes in Brideshead Revisited - was essentially a catalogue of friendship. This title presents a portrait of his recollection of those hedonistic days. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140183092
ISBN
9780140183092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. John Newbery is celebrated as the first successful publisher of children's books, and the founder of modern children's literature. Three classic works published by Newbery (the authors unknown) are now available for a new generation of readers. Edited by M. O. Grenby, with an introduction, explanatory notes and suggestions for further reading. Editor(s): Grenby, Matthew O. Series: Classics of Children's Literature. Num Pages: 280 pages, 100 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSY; FC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 166 x 15. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137274274
ISBN
9781137274274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.68

Paperback. .
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848425392
ISBN
9781848425392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.66

Paperback. Against a background of government incompetence and financial scandal, Arthur Clennam searches for the key to the affairs of the Dorrit family, prisoners for debt in the Marshalsea. Mixing humour and pathos, irony and satire, Little Dorrit reveals a master of fiction in top form. This new edition includes all of Phiz's original illustrations. Editor(s): Sucksmith, Harvey Peter. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 912 pages, 41 black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 42. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
912
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199596485
ISBN
9780199596485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.65

hardcover. This is a series of meditations on the question of place and the loss of place in relation to writing by one of the major voices in modern French poetry. Translator(s): Waldro, Rosmarie; Waldrop, Rosmarie. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 92 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
92
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804726832
ISBN
9780804726832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.33

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