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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. America is a nation making itself up as it goes along. From the first conception of a New World in the sixteenth century to the latest re-envisioning of that world in cartoons, television, science fiction, and hip hop, this book gives us a fresh, kaleidoscopic view of what Made in America means. Editor(s): Marcus, Greil; Sollors, Werner. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1580.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
1128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064102
ISBN
9780674064102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.91

Hardback. Her book is a history of the literary act, a history of words, a history of ideas and works-monuments rather than documents-that calls into question modern concepts of literature. Translator(s): Preisig, Sara L. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 232 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421403038
ISBN
9781421403038
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.68
€ 63.02

Paperback. A collection of twenty-five essays which explore the place of the stage within the larger society, as well as issues of performance and physical space. It examines the settings in which plays were acted; and juxtaposes the theater with such contemporary subcultures as the church, the city, and the court. Editor(s): Cox, John D.; Kastan, David Scott. Num Pages: 384 pages, 18 photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 840.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231102438
ISBN
9780231102438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.44

Paperback. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801048685
ISBN
9780801048685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 22.87

Hardback. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 582 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 253 x 182 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd Australia
Number of pages
582
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118624494
ISBN
9781118624494
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.99

Paperback. Thoroughly expanded and updated, this widely acclaimed Companion provides a series of stimulating insights into Gothic writing, its history and genealogy. The New Companion offers comprehensive coverage of the criticism of Gothic writing, and of the various theoretical approaches that it has inspired. Editor(s): Punter, David. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 171 x 27. Weight in Grams: 862.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119062509
ISBN
9781119062509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.11

Hardback. In this revised and greatly expanded edition of the original Companion, some 80 of the very best modern scholars come together to offer an original assessment of English Renaissance literature and culture. Editor(s): Hattaway, Michael. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 1264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; 3JB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250 x 174 x 76. Weight in Grams: 2492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1264
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405187626
ISBN
9781405187626
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.60

Paperback. This highly-anticipated volume has been extensively revised to reflect changes in technology, digital humanities methods and practices, and institutional culture surrounding the valuation and publication of digital scholarship. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118680643
ISBN
9781118680643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.66

Hardcover. This highly-anticipated volume has been extensively revised to reflect changes in technology, digital humanities methods and practices, and institutional culture surrounding the valuation and publication of digital scholarship. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 170. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
592
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118680599
ISBN
9781118680599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 90.43

Paperback. Pamela Regis argues that the romance novel, the most popular but least respected of literary genres, does not enslave women but celebrates their freedom and joy. Regis provides critics with an expanded vocabulary for discussing a genre that is both classic and contemporary, sexy and entertaining. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215229
ISBN
9780812215229
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Exploring the narratives that orient the lives of women scholars Editor(s): Hearne, Betsy; Hearne, Betsy Gould; Trites, Roberta Seelinger. Num Pages: 264 pages, 9 black and white photographs. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 151 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252076114
ISBN
9780252076114
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.59

paperback. Looking back not only at author's own much younger self, but also at the other writers who shared Paris with him - James Joyce, Wyndham Lewis, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald - he recalls the time when, poor, happy and writing in cafes, he discovered his vocation. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Condition
New
Edition
01st Edition
SKU
9780099285045
ISBN
9780099285045
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.45

Hardback. A catalogue of items drawn from the "Donald & Mary Hyde Collection of Dr Samuel Johnson", bequeathed to the library in 2004 by Mary Hyde Eccles. Num Pages: 130 pages, 50 color illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 264 x 211 x 16. Weight in Grams: 638.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Houghton Library of the Harvard College Library United States
Number of pages
130
Condition
New
SKU
V9780981885827
ISBN
9780981885827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.07

Paperback. Reinterprets Stendhal's metaphor and tracks the different worlds of an array of twentieth-century writers ranging from realists to wildly inventive postwar writers. This book puts forward an argument that fiction yields rich insight into its subject, and that literature can also be a form of historical understanding. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130330
ISBN
9780691130330
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Paperback. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 104 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSGS. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 211 x 296 x 5. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447948841
ISBN
9781447948841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 17. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199535866
ISBN
9780199535866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

paperback. A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular comedy, and also a profound, archetypal play. Editor(s): Foakes, R. A. Series Editor(s): Gibbons, Professor Brian; Braunmuller, A. R. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 168 pages, 14 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 155 x 7. Weight in Grams: 290. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. 168 pages, 14 b/w illus. Editor(s): Foakes, R. A. A Midsummer Night's Dream is perhaps Shakespeare's most popular comedy, and also a profound, archetypal play. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 7. Weight: 280. Series Editor(s) :Gibbons, Brian; Braunmuller, A. R.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Updated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521532471
ISBN
9780521532471
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.06

Paperback. From the Royal Shakespeare Company, this fresh new edition of Shakespeare's most loved comedy presents a historical overview of A Midsummer Night's Dream in performance, recommends film versions, takes a detailed look at specific productions and includes interviews with three leading Directors - Michael Boyd, Gregory Doran and Tim Supple. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 202.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230217898
ISBN
9780230217898
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.19

Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 132 x 5. Weight in Grams: 100.
Publisher
SparkNotes
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411469617
ISBN
9781411469617
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.36

Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 147 x 6. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582424487
ISBN
9780582424487
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.37

Paperback. This unique edition brings together for the first time Austen-Leigh's memoir of his aunt Jane Austen, together with shorter recollections by James Edward's two sisters. It also includes Jane's brother Henry's two biographical accounts. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 haltones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed. /
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540778
ISBN
9780199540778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.83

Hardcover. Examines Bogdanov's roles as revolutionary, novelist, and scientist, presenting his protagonist as a coherent thinker who pursued his ideas in a wide range of venues. This title offers an analysis of the interactions between scientific ideas and societal values. Num Pages: 184 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226454122
ISBN
9780226454122
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.16

Paperback. A manifesto for literary studies that intends to remind us of the specificity of what it means to ask literary questions, and the pleasure of thinking through and with literature. Series: Short Studies from the Walter Chapin Simpson Center for the Humanities. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 6466 x 4531 x 13. Weight in Grams: 159.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295983448
ISBN
9780295983448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.92

Paperback. Series: The Press UWI biography series. Num Pages: 120 pages, 1 facsim., 1 map, 1 plan, ports. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; 3JJP; BG; DSBH; DSC; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 259.
Publisher
University of the West Indies Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
9789766400347
ISBN
9789766400347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.70

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