Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
paperback. Editor(s): Editors of The Believer. Num Pages: 80 pages, black & white illustrations, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 280 x 216 x 5. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Believer Magazine
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936365043
- ISBN
- 9781936365043
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.46
€ 10.99
€ 9.46
Hardcover. A wide-ranging analysis of the depiction of the beloved in Middle Eastern literatures, encompassing both classical Persian poetry and the modern Arabic novel. Editor(s): Korangy, Alireza; Al-Samman, Hanadi; Beard, Michael. Series: Library of Middle East History. Num Pages: 352 pages, 6 integrated bw. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2C; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- I.B. Tauris & Co. Ltd.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784532918
- ISBN
- 9781784532918
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.23€ 125.03
€ 142.23
€ 125.03
Paperback. Robert C. Benchley's sketches and articles, published in periodicals like "Life", "Vanity Fair" and "The New Yorker", earned him a reputation as one of the sharpest humourists of his time. This is a collection of pieces, selected by his son Nathaniel. Num Pages: 346 pages, 48 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; WH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226042183
- ISBN
- 9780226042183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.05
€ 25.99
€ 21.05
Hardback. Designed as an aid for librarians and teachers who are interested in exposing students to the cultures of Latino people, this reference provides grades K-12 with an understanding of the people, history, and art, as well as the political and social problems of Latin America and Spain. Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KL; 3JJPR; 3JM; DSB; GBC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810846692
- ISBN
- 9780810846692
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 101.04
€ 101.04
paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; UMB; VSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141982489
- ISBN
- 9780141982489
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Condition: New
€ 12.99€ 11.14
€ 12.99
€ 11.14
Paperback. Scathing attack on Hitchens and others who have used Orwell to justify reactionary responses to the 'war on terror'. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745321974
- ISBN
- 9780745321974
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 24.41
€ 31.99
€ 24.41
Hardback. The Betrothed is set at the time of the Third Crusade (1189--92) and is the first of Scott's Tales of the Crusaders. Editor(s): Ellis, J. B.; Alexander, J. H.; Hewitt, David. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 448 pages, glossaries. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605811
- ISBN
- 9780748605811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.60€ 107.80
€ 112.60
€ 107.80
Paperback. aeo Provides an accessible introduction to the study of the biblea s importance for Western literature. aeo Offers students the opportunity to study the intertextual relations between literature and the bible. aeo Contains a section of additional suggested reading and a full bibliography. Editor(s): Jasper, David; Prickett, Stephen. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd Oxford
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631208570
- ISBN
- 9780631208570
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.57
€ 54.57
Hardcover. A panoramic vision of the Chinese literary landscape across the twentieth century. Editor(s): Huang, Yunte. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DQ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 752
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393239485
- ISBN
- 9780393239485
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.57
€ 41.99
€ 37.57
Paperback. This book develops the theory that 'Wuthering Heights' was recast and expanded between its first submission to a publisher in 1846 and its final acceptance and publication in 1847, argues that the chronological coherence of the book was an innovation of the second version and explores the anomolies which still remain. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333945452
- ISBN
- 9780333945452
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 120.57
€ 120.57
Hardback. This book develops the theory that 'Wuthering Heights' was recast and expanded between its first submission to a publisher in 1846 and its final acceptance and publication in 1847, argues that the chronological coherence of the book was an innovation of the second version and explores the anomolies which still remain. Num Pages: 226 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333683521
- ISBN
- 9780333683521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.45
€ 122.45
The Birth of Comedy. Texts, Documents, and Art from Athenian Comic Com...
Jeffrey S. . Ed(S): Rusten
The Birth of Comedy makes accessible for the first time the rich evidence for all aspects of classical Greek comedy. Editor(s): Rusten, Jeffrey S. Translator(s): Henderson, Jeffrey; Konstan, David; Rosen, Ralph M.; Rusten, Jeffrey S.; Slater, Niall W. Num Pages: 816 pages, 43, 42 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 260 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1598.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 816
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894480
- ISBN
- 9780801894480
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Paperback. A full index includes not only authors, play titles, and persons mentioned, but themes from the whole Greek comic sphere (including politics, literature and philosophy, celebrities and social scandals, cookery and wine, sex, and wealth). Editor(s): Rusten, Jeffrey S. Translator(s): Henderson, Jeffrey; Konstan, David; Rosen, Ralph M.; Rusten, Jeffrey S.; Slater, Niall W. Num Pages: 816 pages, 43, 42 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 254 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1274.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421421186
- ISBN
- 9781421421186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.97€ 46.84
€ 50.97
€ 46.84
Paperback. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 14. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781564786401
- ISBN
- 9781564786401
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.39
€ 25.99
€ 21.39
Paperback. Alice A. Kuzniar critically examines the alternative medical practice of homeopathy within the Romantic culture in which it arose. In The Birth of Homeopathy out of the Spirit of Romanticism, Kuzniar argues that Hahnemann was a product of his time rather than an iconoclast and visionary. Num Pages: 264 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSB; HBJD; MBX; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781487521264
- ISBN
- 9781487521264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.70
€ 34.99
€ 31.70
Paperback. Part of a series, this collection contains essays delivered as papers, which focus on 18th-century British culture. Other titles in the series, by various authors, include "The Crisis in Historical Materialism", "The Freudian Subject" and "Alice Doesn't: Feminism, Semiotics and Cinema". Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 280 pages, 43 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333482889
- ISBN
- 9780333482889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.03
€ 69.03
Paperback. Presents an argument for the necessity for art in life. This book is based on the author's enthusiasms for Greek tragedy, for the philosophy of Schopenhauer and for the music of Wagner. It outlines a distinction between two central forces: the Apolline, representing beauty and order, and the Dionysiac, a primal or ecstatic reaction to the sublime. Editor(s): Tanner, Michael. Translator(s): Whiteside, Shaun. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 8. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140433395
- ISBN
- 9780140433395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.26
€ 11.99
€ 10.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811224659
- ISBN
- 9780811224659
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.50
€ 17.99
€ 16.50
Hardback. Num Pages: 310 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 139 x 22. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 310
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810818262
- ISBN
- 9780810818262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.72
€ 108.72
Hardcover. Set in south-west Scotland in the immediate aftermath of the 1707 Union, The Black Dwarf was intended to be a story about the first, abortive, Jacobite uprising of 1708. Instead it developed into a gothic tale of the supernatural. Editor(s): Garside, Professor P. D. (University of Edinburgh). Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604517
- ISBN
- 9780748604517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.30€ 128.95
€ 136.30
€ 128.95
Paperback. A compilation of essays by authorities on Black Elk. The introduction explores his life and texts, and the essays demonstrate Black Elk's relevance to today's scholarly discussions, and consider his work from postcolonial, anthropological and cultural perspectives. Editor(s): Holler, Clyde. Num Pages: 224 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; DSK; HRKT; HRQ; JFC; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815628361
- ISBN
- 9780815628361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.21
€ 34.21
Hardback. The Black Hole of Auschwitz brings together Levi's writings on the Holocaust and his experiences of the concentration camp, as well as those on his own accidental status as a writer and his chosen profession of chemist. Translator(s): Wood, Sharon. Num Pages: 240 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745632407
- ISBN
- 9780745632407
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.21
€ 72.21
Hardcover. The first book-length study of the figure of the black Indian in American Literature, this project explores themes of nation, culture, and performativity. Moving from the Post-Independence period to the Contemporary era, Byars-Nichols re-centers a marginalized group challenges stereotypes and conventional ways of thinking about race and culture. Num Pages: 137 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KB; 1KBB; 3J; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 148
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137389176
- ISBN
- 9781137389176
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.73
€ 78.73
Paperback. Containing a wealth of new scholarship and rare primary documents, The Black Jacobins Reader provides a comprehensive analysis of C. L. R. James's classic history of the Haitian Revolution. Editor(s): Forsdick, Charles; Hogsbjerg, Christian. Series: The C. L. R. James Archives. Num Pages: 464 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 1KJH; 3JF; 3JH; DSR; HBJK; HBTQ; HBTV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 231 x 32. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822362012
- ISBN
- 9780822362012
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.04
€ 34.99
€ 32.04