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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Anderson offers fresh literary and historical accounts of Bradford's accomplishment, exploring the context and the form in which the author intended his book to be read. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSK; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801870743
ISBN
9780801870743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.00
€ 50.15

Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761816560
ISBN
9780761816560
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DS; GB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761816577
ISBN
9780761816577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.23

Hardback. This book re-examines the literary significance of poet and translator William Cowper (1731-1800). Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 485.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481914
ISBN
9781611481914
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.09

Hardback. Possibly one of the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition. This biography traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of "Atlantic Monthly". Num Pages: 545 pages, 47 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
545
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238961
ISBN
9780520238961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.20

Paperback. John Haffenden's acclaimed biography of William Empson (1906-1984), the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century, is now available in paperback. An authoritative and compelling account and the first of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white plates. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1097.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539918
ISBN
9780199539918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.12

Paperback. This succinct, yet comprehensive account of William Faulkner's literary career, novels, and key short stories offers an imaginative topography of his efforts to reckon with his Southern past, to acknowledge its modernization, and to develop his own modernist method. Series: Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470672402
ISBN
9780470672402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 602 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 154 x 39. Weight in Grams: 917.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
602
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810867413
ISBN
9780810867413
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 217.53

paperback. A comprehensive examination of Faulkner's mythical county. It examines: recurrent symbols and archetypes in Faulkner's fiction; and 'the basic Christian humanism which underlies Williams Faulkner's existential focus on the human condition' - specifically as it relates to Time, Motion, and Change. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
Edition
21st ed.
SKU
V9780823211357
ISBN
9780823211357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.84

Hardback. Traces how the William Faulkner's fiction echoes the economic and racial traumas of the South's modernization in the mid-twentieth century. By demonstrating the interrelation of literary forms and economic systems, this book describes, the poetics of an economy. It makes helps the reader understand the relation between literature and history. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130712
ISBN
9780691130712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.21
€ 55.58

Hardcover. This succinct, yet comprehensive account of William Faulkner's literary career, novels, and key short stories offers an imaginative topography of his efforts to reckon with his Southern past, to acknowledge its modernization, and to develop his own modernist method. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405124812
ISBN
9781405124812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.93

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746311431
ISBN
9780746311431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.99

Paperback. An examination of the intriguing question: what happens when the ideas of a thinker such as William James, who, despite his originality, was deeply rooted in American traditions, are refracted through a culture that draws on a heritage profoundly different from his own? Editor(s): Grossman, Joan Delaney; Rischin, Ruth. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HPCD; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739105276
ISBN
9780739105276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948877360
ISBN
9780948877360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.38

Hardback. This well illustrated book celebrates every aspect of the wide-ranging achievements of William Morris - writer, designer, cultural critic, revolutionary socialist - with particular emphasis on their relevance to our own times. The book makes available up-to-date Morris scholarship in accessible form. Editor(s): Faulkner, Peter; Preston, Peter. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 illustrations, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; ACVM; AGB; AK; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 735.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Exeter Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895774
ISBN
9780859895774
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.59

Hardback. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Anthem Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857283191
ISBN
9780857283191
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.21

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hamalian, Leo. Num Pages: 259 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838633083
ISBN
9780838633083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.83

Paperback. This is a bold and original reinterpretation of almost all of Shakespearea s major plays, in the light of the Marxist, feminist and semiotic ideas of our own time. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631145547
ISBN
9780631145547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.78

Paperback. This new edition has been brought up to date with the latest Shakespearian scholarship. Num Pages: 416 pages, 52 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 201 x 134 x 25. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
406
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195051612
ISBN
9780195051612
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.09

Hardcover. William Shakespeare, A Very Peculiar History uniquely explores the life and works of the widely-regarded greatest writer of the English language. Through dispelling common myths and revealing fascinating trivia, this book attempts to answer many of the often-disputed questions surrounding the life of the nation's favourite playwright. Series: Very Peculiar History. Num Pages: 192 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 182. Series: Very Peculiar History. 192 pages, black and white illustrations. William Shakespeare, A Very Peculiar History uniquely explores the life and works of the widely-regarded greatest writer of the English language. Through dispelling common myths and revealing fascinating trivia, this book attempts to answer many of the often-disputed questions surrounding the life of the nation's favourite playwright. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS; WZG. Dimension: 131 x 158 x 21. Weight: 208.
Publisher
Book House
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908177148
ISBN
9781908177148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.39

Hardcover. In partnership with the RSC, Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen present William Shakespeare and Others: Collaborative Plays. Bringing together, for the first time in a hundred years, the fascinatingly varied body of plays that became known as 'The Shakespeare Apocrypha', this is the companion to the UK bestseller The RSC Shakespeare: Complete Works. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 752 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 184 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1562.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
816
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137271440
ISBN
9781137271440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 50.94

Paperback. William Shakespeare in 100 Facts guides us through the lesser-known stories surrounding the 'Sweet Swan of Avon' Series: In 100 Facts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445656243
ISBN
9781445656243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.88

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746311400
ISBN
9780746311400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.40

Paperback. Series: Writers & Their Work S. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 7. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746311417
ISBN
9780746311417
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.38

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