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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. The `sentimental novel', in the tradition established by Samuel Richardson, was very popular in post-revolutionary America. This novel and `Charlotte Temple' were two of the most successful examples. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195042399
ISBN
9780195042399
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.81

Paperback. Hannah Webster Foster's two major Early American works with a wealth of primary materials are now available in a Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Harris, Jennifer; Waterman, Bryan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
435
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393931679
ISBN
9780393931679
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.68

Hardback. More than an index to the nine volumes of letters, this volume is a concise guide to an entire cultural era seen through the lens of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; ACVM; AGB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 251 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1316.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843955
ISBN
9781843843955
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 164.42

Hardcover. This book publishes, for the first time, some 400 letters between Edith Wharton and her chief London publisher, Macmillan. The correspondence highlights Wharton's well developed understanding of the 'sociology of text' in the early twentieth century, casting new light on Wharton's working practices which will be of crucial importance for scholars. Editor(s): Towheed, Shafquat. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230008434
ISBN
9780230008434
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.43

Hardcover. A special feature of this volume is the first fully annotated translation of Erasmus' Catalogues Iucubrationum (Ep 1341 A), an extremely important document for the study of Erasmus' life and works and of the controversies they aroused. Translator(s): Mynors, Sir R. A. B. Series: Collected Works of Erasmus. Num Pages: 495 pages, facsimiles, map, portraits. BIC Classification: DN; DSBB; HPCB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 257 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1136.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
495
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802026040
ISBN
9780802026040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.76

Many of the letters in this volume, which covers the period August 1530 to March 1531, reflect Erasmus' anxieties over events at the Diet of Augsburg (June-November 1530). Editor(s): Estes, James M. Translator(s): Fantazzi, Charles. Series: Collected Works of Erasmus. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSA; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 32. Weight in Grams: 930.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648784
ISBN
9781442648784
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.36

paperback. Translated, this correspondence, from 1863-76, is unique in the history of French literature. Never have two great writers set down their ideas so candidly and over so long a period on the most varied topics, including the genesis of their own writings, a commentary on the Paris theatre, gossip from the literary world and their own domestic lives. Num Pages: 424 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 541.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Harvill Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846555619
ISBN
9781846555619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.73

Paperback. Editor(s): Moore, Rayburn S. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 365.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349115969
ISBN
9781349115969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.36

Hardback. The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate Editor(s): Strawhorn, John; Hankins, Nellie Pottle. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 420 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
420
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748606245
ISBN
9780748606245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 235.54
€ 219.99

hardcover. This collection of 266 letters, cards, and telegrams that Helen Kemp and Northrop Frye wrote to each other forms a compelling narrative of their early relationship. The letters reveal Frye's early talent as a writer. Editor(s): Denham, Robert D. Series: Collected Works of Northrop Frye. Num Pages: 505 pages, illustrations, facsimiles, ports. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 242 x 164 x 43. Weight in Grams: 935.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
505
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802007735
ISBN
9780802007735
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Finneran, Richard J. Num Pages: 68 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 6. Weight in Grams: 135.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
68
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349031566
ISBN
9781349031566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.16

paperback. Called "the most important critic of his time" by Hannah Arendt, Walter Benjamin has only become more influential over the years. Suitable for any scholar wrestling with Benjamin's work, this title offers a look at the man behind much of the twentieth century's most significant criticism. Editor(s): Scholen, Gershom; Adorno, Theodor W. Translator(s): Jacobson, Manfred R.; Jacobson, Evelyn M. Num Pages: 674 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: BJ; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 159 x 37. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780226042381
ISBN
9780226042381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.67

Hardback. Consisting of some 572 letters, with another 460 calendared, this tenth volume in a series of 12, offers a complete account of William James's known correspondence - with family, friends and colleagues - from the beginning of 1902 through to March 1905. Num Pages: 702 pages, 4 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJC; BGHA; BJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 66. Weight in Grams: 1470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
702
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813920610
ISBN
9780813920610
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.64

Paperback. 1890-1892. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. 400 pages, illustrations. Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It covers the last seven years of Whitman's life, giving an almost day-by-day account of his long struggle with various ailments, and his stoical acceptance of constant pain. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BJ; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 253 x 179 x 21. Weight: 710.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
NYU Press
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794258
ISBN
9780814794258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.36

Paperback. Discussing letter-writing, this collection of nearly 3,000 letters written over a half century reveals Whitman. It contains an insert featuring sketches and facsimile pages from the letters. Editor(s): Miller, Edwin Haviland. Series: The Collected Writings of Walt Whitman. Num Pages: 995 pages. BIC Classification: BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 6452 x 4522 x 159. Weight in Grams: 4377.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814794272
ISBN
9780814794272
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 142.91

Hardback. This highly original book explores whether globalisation might now be prompting a sub-genre of the novel adept at imagining global community. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 467.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748638154
ISBN
9780748638154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.77
€ 108.80

Paperback. Bridging the divide between American pragmatism and contemporary european thought Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 144 x 13. Weight in Grams: 258.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
Edition
Annotated
SKU
V9780252073878
ISBN
9780252073878
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
SparkNotes
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411469488
ISBN
9781411469488
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.40

Paperback. A wide-ranging study that examines the tendency in 20th-century English fiction to treat grief as an occasion for social critique, unconventional readings of works by Ford, Lessing, and Winterson demonstrate how narrative experimentation in this period responds to socio-historic conditions like post-imperial melancholy, nuclear fear and homophobia. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
191
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349366934
ISBN
9781349366934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. A wide-ranging study that examines the tendency in 20th-century English fiction to treat grief as an occasion for social critique, unconventional readings of works by Ford, Lessing, and Winterson demonstrate how narrative experimentation in this period responds to socio-historic conditions like post-imperial melancholy, nuclear fear and homophobia. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230577145
ISBN
9780230577145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.44

Paperback. Basilus, a foolish old Duke, consults an oracle, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies, he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all manner of complications ensue. Editor(s): Evans, Maurice. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 526. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KAC0001513
ISBN
9780140431117
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Revises the semiotic paradigm of the early modern 'literary system' dominant since 1983 by adapting methodsentailed in theidea that literary works emerge through a series of semiotic events.Davis analyzes Philip Sidney's Arcadia and Astrophil and Stella to demonstrate how design elements stage the scene of reading these works." Editor(s): Davis, J. Num Pages: 271 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2011
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349294473
ISBN
9781349294473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. Revises the semiotic paradigm of the early modern 'literary system' dominant since 1983 by adapting methods entailed in the idea that literary works emerge through a series of semiotic events. Davis analyzes Philip Sidney's Arcadia and Astrophil and Stella to demonstrate how design elements stage the scene of reading these works. Num Pages: 271 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230112520
ISBN
9780230112520
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.07

Paperback. Our collective notion of the city and country is irresistibly powerful. The city as the seat of enlightenment, power and greed is in profound contrast with an innocent, peaceful, backward countryside. Examining literature since the sixteenth century, this book traces the development of our conceptions of these two traditional poles of life. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784870829
ISBN
9781784870829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

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