Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. In 18 essays, Brooke Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. These writers embody in their very different ways the various attitudes of their contentious century. Num Pages: 256 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635202
- ISBN
- 9781566635202
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Condition: New
€ 34.13
€ 34.13
Paperback. In eighteen enlightening essays, the critic Brooke Allen explores the lives and work of some of the last century's most brilliant and eccentric literary talents. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSBH; GT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 147 x 18. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566635974
- ISBN
- 9781566635974
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.72
€ 16.99
€ 15.72
Paperback. Featuring contributions from some of the major critics of contemporary poetry, Twentieth-Century British and Irish Poetry offers an accessible, imaginative, and highly stimulating body of critical work on the evolution of British and Irish poetry in the twentieth-century. Editor(s): O'Neill, Michael; Callaghan, Madeleine. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631215103
- ISBN
- 9780631215103
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Condition: New
€ 42.12
€ 42.12
Hardcover. A collection of essays which examine the way in which fantasy literature functions as cultural and social criticism. Essays on Tolkien, Le Guin, Angela Carter, H.G. Wells and C.S. Lewis are included, as well as works by William Burroughs, Ford Madox Ford and Salman Rushdie are discussed. Editor(s): Filmer, Kath. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333569542
- ISBN
- 9780333569542
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Condition: New
€ 187.09
€ 187.09
paperback. Revisits the work and place of eight scholars contemporary with Anglo-American New Criticism. This work considers the achievements of each critic, examining his methodology and basic presuppositions as well as the critiques marshalled against him. It also explores their relation to history, to canon-formation, and to our theoretical debates. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press, Scholarly Publishing Division Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802094759
- ISBN
- 9780802094759
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Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.54
€ 43.99
€ 38.54
hardcover. The Twentieth-Century Humanist Critics brings together humanist critical traditions from Europe, the United Kingdom, and North America and reveals the surprising extent to which, in various languages and academic systems, critics were posing similar questions and offering a gamut of similar responses. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802092830
- ISBN
- 9780802092830
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Condition: New
€ 78.10
€ 78.10
Hardback. This work explores the best of contemporary Italian theatre, from Luigi Pirandello to Massimo Bontempelli. It covers the period from the end of the 19th century to the aftermath of World War II, and includes a number of translations of plays never before published in English. Editor(s): House, Jane; Attisani, Antonio. Num Pages: 622 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1135.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 622
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231071185
- ISBN
- 9780231071185
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Condition: New
€ 99.82€ 75.92
€ 99.82
€ 75.92
Paperback. A thoroughly revised edition of this successful undergraduate introduction to literary theory, this text includes core pieces by leading theorists from Russian Formalists to Postmodernist and Post-colonial critics. An ideal teaching resource, with helpful introductory notes to each chapter. Editor(s): Newton, K. M. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333677421
- ISBN
- 9780333677421
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Condition: New
€ 56.46
€ 56.46
Hardcover. An extended treatment of the complex, changing relationship between poetry and the visual arts. Num Pages: 274 pages, 28 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 274
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521887953
- ISBN
- 9780521887953
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.78
€ 78.78
Paperback. It was an energetic 'No' to provincialism, and a vigorous 'Yes' to nationalism as an enabler of poetry. This work is a Douglas Dunn's anthology of poetry. Editor(s): Dunn, Douglas. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DCQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 36. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571228386
- ISBN
- 9780571228386
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.09
€ 23.99
€ 16.09
Paperback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474426107
- ISBN
- 9781474426107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.36
€ 38.99
€ 35.36
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590170427
- ISBN
- 9781590170427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.66
€ 17.99
€ 15.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555976941
- ISBN
- 9781555976941
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.91
€ 17.99
€ 15.91
Hardback. One of America's finest poet-critics leads readers into the mysteries of poetry: how it draws on our lives, and how it leads back into them. In a series of linked essays progressing from the autobiographical to the critical--and closing with a remarkable translation of Horace's Ars Poetica unavailable elsewhere. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231111720
- ISBN
- 9780231111720
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Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.41
€ 104.58
€ 79.41
Paperback. This lively new volume of essays examines what happens now in 21st century fiction. Fresh theoretical approaches to writers such as Salman Rushdie, David Peace, Margaret Atwood, and Hilary Mantel, and identifications of 21st-century themes, tropes and styles combine to produce a timely critical intervention into genuinely contemporary fiction. Editor(s): Adiseshiah, Sian; Hildyard, Rupert. Num Pages: 239 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349442171
- ISBN
- 9781349442171
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Condition: New
€ 64.13
€ 64.13
Hardback. Provides a collection of in-depth readings of British writers that have come to prominence in the twenty-first century. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 24. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719081491
- ISBN
- 9780719081491
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.00
€ 150.00
Paperback. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474414852
- ISBN
- 9781474414852
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 22.97
€ 24.99
€ 22.97
Hardcover. The first complete collection of extant Medieval French Lays. Lays are short (typically 600-1000 lines), rhymed tales of love and chivalry. Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 300 x 26. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781383360
- ISBN
- 9781781383360
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 191.15
€ 191.15
Paperback. The first complete collection of extant Medieval French Lays. Lays are short (typically 600-1000 lines), rhymed tales of love and chivalry. Series: Exeter Studies in Medieval Europe. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 243 x 26. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781383377
- ISBN
- 9781781383377
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.46
€ 73.46
Paperback. Fairy tales, often said to be "timeless" and fundamentally "oral," have a long written history. This book argues that however a vital part of this history has fallen by the wayside. It refocuses the lens through which we look at fairy tales. It examines the evolution of the "Anglo-American" fairy tale and its place in this variegated history. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 halftones. 5 line illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBH; DSK; JFHF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115672
- ISBN
- 9780691115672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48