Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Offers essays by leading scholars on the writing of history globally during the early modern era, from c.1400 to c.1800. Editor(s): Rabasa, Jose; Sato, Masayuki; Tortarolo, Edoardo; Woolf, Daniel. Series: Oxford History of Historical Writing. Num Pages: 750 pages, 8 maps and 13 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: HBAH; HBG; HBLH; HBLL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1238.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199219179
- ISBN
- 9780199219179
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 288.95
€ 288.95
Hardback. The Novel in Africa and the Caribbean since 1950 examines the institutional and social peculiarities that make fiction produced in Africa and the Atlantic World since 1950 important to the history of the novel in English. Editor(s): Gikandi, Simon. Series: Oxford History of the Novel in English. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 185 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1104.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199765096
- ISBN
- 9780199765096
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.29
€ 186.29
Paperback. A unique account of one of history's most intriguing literary groups. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8pp colour and b&w plate section. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745956343
- ISBN
- 9780745956343
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.43
€ 15.99
€ 14.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 119 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750959643
- ISBN
- 9780750959643
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.14
€ 19.99
€ 18.14
Hardcover. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937670
- ISBN
- 9780813937670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.13
€ 79.13
Paperback. Series: Studies in Religion and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HRKP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813937687
- ISBN
- 9780813937687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.82
€ 38.82
Hardback. Spaulding examines a group of picture books by such innovative modern American and English authors/illustrators as Sendak, Briggs, Stevenson, and Pienkowski, considering them from a new perspective: dramatic literature presented on stage. Num Pages: 292 pages, 65ill. BIC Classification: AKLB; AN; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810828926
- ISBN
- 9780810828926
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.08
€ 113.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 25. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780823239108
- ISBN
- 9780823239108
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.17
€ 66.17
Hardback. This book focuses on specific moments of deliberated decision in the epic poems of Ariosto, Tasso, Spenser, and Milton. By exploring the difference between Aristotle's notion of proairesis and structuralist literary critics' use of the term, the author argues that decision making provides a link between ethical structures and narrative forms. Num Pages: 196 pages, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 171 x 18. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874136357
- ISBN
- 9780874136357
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 110.82
€ 110.82
Hardcover. Editor(s): Morgan, Christopher. Num Pages: 394 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DS; WDK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Lewis Carroll Society of North America
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780930326029
- ISBN
- 9780930326029
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 100.60
€ 100.60
hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936659
- ISBN
- 9780813936659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.85
€ 79.85
Paperback. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1K; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936666
- ISBN
- 9780813936666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.12
€ 39.12
Paperback. No modern Japanese writer was more idolized than Shiga Naoya. This work showcases the art of this writer who is often called "the god of the Japanese short story." Translator(s): Dunlop, Lane. Series: Modern Asian Literature Series. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 191 x 11. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231121576
- ISBN
- 9780231121576
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.22
€ 30.99
€ 22.22
Paperback. "Originally published in Hebrew in 1973 under the title Hamashal vehanimshal, having appeared as one of several stories in the volume Ir u-meloah." Translator(s): Diamond, James. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804788724
- ISBN
- 9780804788724
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 24.09
€ 25.99
€ 24.09
Paperback. From William Faulkner's famous reply, 'The writer's only responsibility is to his art,' to James Salter's confession 'What is the ultimate impulse to write? Because all this is going to vanish', the Paris Review has elicited many of the most arresting, illuminating, and revealing discussions of life and craft from the greatest writers of our age. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 524 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 35. Weight in Grams: 562. 448 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. For more than half a century, the "Paris Review" magazine has spoken with most of the leading novelists, poets and playwrights, and the interviews themselves have come to be recognised as an essential record of the writing life. This book contains an original selection of sixteen of these most celebrated interviews. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 35. Weight: 562.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 524
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841959252
- ISBN
- 9781841959252
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Brings together another rich, varied crop of literary voices, comprising: Graham Greene, James Thurber, William Faulkner, Robert Lowell, Isaac Bashevis Singer, Eudora Welty, John Gardner, Gabriel Garcia Marquez, Philip Larkin, James Baldwin, William Gaddis, Harold Bloom, Toni Morrison, Alice Munro, Peter Carey and Stephen King. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 528 pages, facsims. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 141 x 27. Weight in Grams: 552. 448 pages, facsims. Editor(s): Gourevitch, Philip. Includes interviews from one of the world's best literary magazines. This volume is suitable for reading for those who cares about writers and writing. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Dimension: 210 x 141 x 27. Weight: 640.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 524
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847670335
- ISBN
- 9781847670335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.51
€ 19.99
€ 14.51
Paperback. Suitable for all writers and readers, this volume builds on the success and acclaim of the first two editions. Series: The Paris Review. Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 35. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847671134
- ISBN
- 9781847671134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.50
€ 19.99
€ 14.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488436
- ISBN
- 9780801488436
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.28
€ 38.99
€ 35.28
Paperback. This text explores the desire, suffering, exultation, spiritual rapture and dedication to art that characterizes the poetry of Emily Dickinson, and attempts to decipher their many complex and witty references to texts and paintings of her time. Num Pages: 416 pages, 8 color illustrations in an 8 page insert plus 9 halftones scattered throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 602.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674656666
- ISBN
- 9780674656666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.68
€ 37.99
€ 31.68
Hardcover. Num Pages: 262 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674656765
- ISBN
- 9780674656765
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 79.45€ 70.50
€ 79.45
€ 70.50