Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. For poetry in England, the Regency years (1811-1820) were a time of cultural revolution, with key figures such as Robert Southey and Leigh Hunt. Revisiting the wide impact of this period, this collection shows not only how the Regency transformed Romanticism but also literature, re-conceptualizing how scholars view what it means to be Romantic. Editor(s): Fulford, Tim; Eberle-Sinatra, Michael; Sinatra, Michael E. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137543370
- ISBN
- 9781137543370
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. This book exploresSara Coleridge'scritical intelligence and theoretical reach. It shows her in various critical guises: editing works by her father, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, commenting on her own poetry and prose, and writing diversely brilliant criticism of classical and English literature." Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- SKU
- V9781349385010
- ISBN
- 9781349385010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.29
€ 66.29
Hardcover. This book explores Sara Coleridge's critical intelligence and theoretical reach. It shows her in various critical guises: editing works by her father, Samuel Taylor Coleridge, commenting on her own poetry and prose, and writing diversely brilliant criticism of classical and English literature. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 143 x 21. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623675
- ISBN
- 9780230623675
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780990895886
- ISBN
- 9780990895886
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.68
€ 142.68
Paperback. The concept of obscenity is an ancient one. But as Joan de Jean suggests, its modern form, the same that today's politicians decry, was invented in seventeenth century France. This work also casts a fresh light on the mythical link between sexual impropriety and all things French. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JFC; JFMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226141411
- ISBN
- 9780226141411
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.91
€ 36.99
€ 29.91
The Religions of the Book. Christian Perceptions, 1400-1660.
. Ed(S): Dimmock, Dr Matthew; Hadfield, Andre...
Hardback. This is the first study to explore the relationship between Christianity, Judaism and Islam in the Early Modern period. Contributors debate the complicated terms in which these 'Religions of the Book' interacted. The collection illuminates this area of European culture from the late Middle Ages to the end of the Seventeenth century. Editor(s): Dimmock, Dr Matthew; Hadfield, Andrew. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBJF; HBLH; HBLL; HRAX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230020047
- ISBN
- 9780230020047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.74
€ 66.74
The Religions of the Book. Christian Perceptions, 1400-1660.
. Ed(S): Dimmock, Dr Matthew; Hadfield, A.
Paperback. This book is the first study to explore the relationship between Christianity, Judaism and Islam in the Early Modern period. Editor(s): Dimmock, Dr Matthew; Hadfield, A. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJD; HBL; HRAX; JFC; PDX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349286133
- ISBN
- 9781349286133
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Condition: New
€ 70.58
€ 70.58
Paperback. * A revealing look at the Renaissance in Ireland, Wales and Scotland. * Written by leading scholars in the field. * Covers a wide range of topics, such as the printing press and book trade in Reformation Scotland, and the debate between the "old" and the "new" in Welsh poetry. Editor(s): Davies, Ceri; Law, Dr. John E. Series: Renaissance Studies Special Issues. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DBKW; 1DBR; 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405120630
- ISBN
- 9781405120630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.87
€ 30.87
Paperback. This collection of essays offers a major reassessment of the meaning and significance of emotional experience in the work of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Editor(s): Meek, Richard; Sullivan, Erin. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526116918
- ISBN
- 9781526116918
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.27
€ 40.27
Hardcover. Explores the way ancient epistolary theory and practice were understood and imitated in the European Renaissance. This study is of interest to students and scholars in a number of areas, including classical, Renaissance, and early modern studies; comparative literature; and the history of reading, rhetoric, and writing. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- y First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226184623
- ISBN
- 9780226184623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.22€ 79.85
€ 94.22
€ 79.85
Hardback. Contextualising the emergence of literary and aesthetic modernism and cultural nationalism within the popularity of the Renaissance, this volume offers new insights into high and low culture, as well as historical periodization. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230608313
- ISBN
- 9780230608313
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Paperback. Presents studies of authors who can be visualized as the islands that constitute an unknown, fragile and trembling literary and cultural Francophone archipelago. This book argues that they repair trauma through writing. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 14. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846312212
- ISBN
- 9781846312212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.64
€ 29.99
€ 27.64
Paperback. Translator(s): Maraniss, James E. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1QSC; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 153 x 28. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Second Edition
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822318651
- ISBN
- 9780822318651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.58
€ 32.99
€ 29.58
Hardcover. The Repentant Abelard is both an innovative study and English translation of the late poetic works of controversial medieval philosopher and logician Peter Abelard, written for his beloved wife Heloise and son Astralabe. This study brings to life long overlooked works of this great thinker with analyses and comprehensive notes. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 371 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC; HPCB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 158 x 25. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312240028
- ISBN
- 9780312240028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 68.19
€ 68.19
Paperback. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 371 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBAH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 565.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 371
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349387090
- ISBN
- 9781349387090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.40
€ 67.40
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403979971
- ISBN
- 9781403979971
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.62
€ 66.62
Hardback. Written for both specialist and non-specialist, this book examines T. S. Eliot's treatments of putting-in-other-words, including the necessity of putting ancient truth in 'new verse.' By means of fresh new readings of Ash-Wednesday and Four Quartets, G. Douglas Atkins carries his exploration of Eliot's religious thinking into bold new territory. Num Pages: 100 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 8. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137590572
- ISBN
- 9781137590572
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.49
€ 67.49
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662629
- ISBN
- 9781855662629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Paperback. Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her at a reading, the author energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us today. She tells the story of a country where the villains are conformity, and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Windmill Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099558934
- ISBN
- 9780099558934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.10
€ 13.99
€ 11.10
Hardback. Num Pages: 380 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939161628
- ISBN
- 9781939161628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.85
€ 52.85
Paperback. A skilled study in which each chapter brings a fresh perspective to a crucial aspect of poetry, showing that the power of language depends less on meaning than on the way in which it means. The author argues that poetry is its own best enemy. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 181 x 11. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- n Later printing
- Number of pages
- 144
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226492506
- ISBN
- 9780226492506
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Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 25.14
€ 31.99
€ 25.14
Paperback. Described by Brecht as "a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all", Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler - recast by Brecht into a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade. Editor(s): Worrall, Non. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713685114
- ISBN
- 9780713685114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.48
€ 14.99
€ 14.48
Paperback. "Fetterley s questions are often so crucial, her observations repeatedly so acute, that they force us to ask how we avoided them in the past." Women s Studies International Quarterly.". thoughtful, informed, and well written." Choice" Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1981
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253202475
- ISBN
- 9780253202475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.17
€ 26.99
€ 25.17
Hardcover. Italian novelist, poet, and filmmaker Pier Paolo Pasolini was brutally killed in Rome in 1975, a macabre end to a career that often explored humanity's capacity for violence and cruelty. This title interprets his final works: the screenplay 'Saint Paul', the scenario for "Porn-Theo-Colossal", and the immense and unfinished novel "Petrolio". Num Pages: 416 pages, 13 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; APFB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 730.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226501345
- ISBN
- 9780226501345
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.77€ 55.72
€ 64.77
€ 55.72