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Literature: history & criticism

Memorialises the epic Philadelphia Yellow Fever epidemic of 1793 and connects it to the upheavals of the revolutionary era and the murderous financial networks of Atlantic slavery. This work offers selections from key contemporary texts. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 488 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 160 x 31. Weight in Grams: 766.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
442
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209220
ISBN
9780872209220
Condition: New

€ 68.60
€ 53.63

Paperback. Art's Undoing is about radical aestheticism, the term that best describes a recurring event in some of the most powerful and resonating texts of nineteenth-century British literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823251124
ISBN
9780823251124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.86

Paperback. Explores the 19th century's fascination with Dutch painting, as well as its doubts about an art that had long challenged traditional values. This book shows how persistent tensions between high theory and low genre shaped criticism of novels and pictures alike. Num Pages: 248 pages, 17 color plates. 55 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDN; 2AB; 2ADF; ACQ; AFC; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691143231
ISBN
9780691143231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. In this work, Lajos Egri examines a play from the inside out, starting with the heart of any drama: its characters. For it is people - their private natures and their inter-relationships - that move a story and give it life. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSG; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Simon & Schuster
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1972
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780671213329
ISBN
9780671213329
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.24

paperback. In examining the principles governing Gothic literature, this book proposes three new premises: that Gothic is poetic, not novelistic, in nature; that there are two parallel Gothic traditions - Male and Female; and that the Gothic and the Romantic represent a single literary tradition. Num Pages: 328 pages, 5 half-tones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 15. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226899077
ISBN
9780226899077
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852248642
ISBN
9781852248642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.99

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
302
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823253098
ISBN
9780823253098
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

paperback. Num Pages: 56 pages, 25ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 180 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 91.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
South Africa: Kwela Books South Africa
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
56
Condition
New
SKU
V9780795701610
ISBN
9780795701610
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.33

paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 179 x 17. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816627950
ISBN
9780816627950
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.62

Hardback. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; AKLC1; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 508. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781477309773
ISBN
9781477309773
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.82

Paperback. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AKLC1; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 240 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
University of Texas Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781477310687
ISBN
9781477310687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Tracing the proliferation of forms of mourning and memorial across a century increasingly concerned with their historical and temporal significance, this work offers a different view of the aesthetic, social, and political implications of emotion. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 345 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJK; HBLL; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 481.
Publisher
New York University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814752234
ISBN
9780814752234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
345
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846946684
ISBN
9781846946684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.60

paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 138. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9781871551617
ISBN
9781871551617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 274 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
Number of pages
274
Condition
New
SKU
V9788776746469
ISBN
9788776746469
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. Here is a new translation, remarkable for its accuracy and refreshing clarity of exposition, of the first major work of literary criticism. Editor(s): Hutton, James. Translator(s): Hutton, James. Num Pages: 128 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 136 x 12. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393952162
ISBN
9780393952162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 21.99

Paperback. This interpretation of Aristotle's "Poetics" seeks to demonstrate that it is a coherent statement of a challenging theory of poetic art and it hints towards a theory of mimetic art in general. The core of the book is an appraisal of Aristotle's view of tragic drama. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 142 x 22. Weight in Grams: 482.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226313948
ISBN
9780226313948
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Hardcover. A new edition of Aristophanes, replacing the previous OCT (1900-1). It incorporates a better picture of the transmission of the text from antiquity, and more accurate reports of manuscript readings. Editor(s): Wilson, N. G. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 192 x 132 x 28. Weight in Grams: 506.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198721802
ISBN
9780198721802
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.23

Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages, map/diagram. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Focus
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941051026
ISBN
9780941051026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.63

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856684586
ISBN
9780856684586
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. This vibrant collection of verse translations of Aristophanes' works-featuring Clouds, Women at the Thesmophoria (or Thesmophoriazusae), and Frogs-combines historical accuracy with a sensitive attempt to capture the rich dramatic and literary qualities of Aristophanic comedy. Editor(s): Halliwell, Stephen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 130 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Condition
New
SKU
9780192824097
ISBN
9780192824097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 10.25

Paperback. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. Num Pages: 127 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 4KL; DD; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 135 x 201 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521172578
ISBN
9780521172578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.39

Paperback. Ecclesiazusae, probably produced in 391 BC, is at once a typically Aristophanic fantasy of gender inversion, obscenity and farce, the earliest surviving work in the western Utopian tradition, and the source of a blueprint for a communist society on which Plato may well have drawn in his Republic. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Reprinted with corrections 2007. Reprinted 2015.
SKU
V9780856687082
ISBN
9780856687082
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.17

Paperback. Series: Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Aris & Phillips
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856682100
ISBN
9780856682100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.15

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