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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. A study and edition of one of the most ignored works of early Spanish literature because of its strong sexual content, this work examines the social ideology that conditioned the reactions of people to the events it describes as well as Fernando de Rojas's masterpiece, Celestina. Num Pages: 616 pages, 18 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 257 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662896
ISBN
9781855662896
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.63

Cards. Evoking memories of book-filled libraries, this handy notecard set reproduces the original cards used to keep track of literary classics. Each card features a different beloved work of literature, straight from the storied collection of the Library of Congress. Num Pages: 30 pages, Each card is a full-colour photo of an actual catalog card. BIC Classification: DSB; WZS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 106 x 102. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
CHRONICLE GIFT/STATIONERY
Number of pages
30
Publication date
2013
Edition
Ncr
Condition
New
SKU
V9781452114323
ISBN
9781452114323
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 15.03

Paperback. How should we read a text that does not exist, or present a play the manuscript of which is lost and the identity of whose author cannot be established for certain? Such is the enigma posed by Cardenio - a play performed in England for the first time in 1612 or 1613 and attributed forty years later to Shakespeare (and Fletcher). Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661858
ISBN
9780745661858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.42

Hardcover. How should we read a text that does not exist, or present a play the manuscript of which is lost and the identity of whose author cannot be established for certain? Such is the enigma posed by Cardenio - a play performed in England for the first time in 1612 or 1613 and attributed forty years later to Shakespeare (and Fletcher). Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661841
ISBN
9780745661841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.84

Hardback. Examines the emergence of a new genre during the eighteenth century: the nostalgia poem. This genre is best understood by reconceiving the premises of nostalgia itself, examining it as first and foremost a mode of idealization rather than a longing for the past. This book traces the history of the nostalgia poem. Num Pages: 221 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139457
ISBN
9780874139457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.67

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages, Section: 8, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 126 x 29. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844087686
ISBN
9781844087686
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Hardback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 246 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611474268
ISBN
9781611474268
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.36

Hardcover. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813931982
ISBN
9780813931982
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.76

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 5. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448140
ISBN
9780801448140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.44

Paperback. Originally published: New York: Cambridge University Press, 1997. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH5. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 231 x 162 x 33. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
Peepal Tree Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
372
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Second Edition, Second edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845231071
ISBN
9781845231071
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.73

Paperback. This anthology collects descriptions, poems, narratives, satires and essays written in and about the British West Indies between 1657 and 1777. It offers period commentaries on slavery, colonialism, gender relations, African and European history, natural history, agriculture and medicine. Editor(s): Krise, Thomas W. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DQ; DSBD; HBJK; HBLH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 510.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226453927
ISBN
9780226453927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.88

Paperback. This study of Caryle and Tennyson explores their mutual influence and the effect of each on his own time. The author analyzes the specific Carlylean ideas (social, political, religious, aesthetic) and examines the ways in which Tennyson resisted and transformed these ideas and their impact. Num Pages: 284 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 389.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349093090
ISBN
9781349093090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.95

Hardback. The Carlyle Encyclopedia is the new standard, single-volume reference work on Thomas and Jane Welsh Carlyle. It offers concise, detailed accounts of central issues related to the Carlyles' lives and writings, and provides bibliographic citations that direct the reader's attention to a wide range of additional sources. Editor(s): Cumming, Mark. Num Pages: 521 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 265 x 189 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1175.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
521
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471724
ISBN
9781611471724
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 172.93

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611490046
ISBN
9781611490046
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.95

Paperback. Series: St Antony's. Num Pages: 275 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st ed. 1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349251223
ISBN
9781349251223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.13

Hardback. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137415622
ISBN
9781137415622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.54

Paperback. Carol Shields and the Writer-Critic contributes to the scholarship on life writing and autobiography, literary criticism, and feminist and critical theory. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442613959
ISBN
9781442613959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. Num Pages: 281 pages, illustrations, bibliography, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSB; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 178. Weight in Grams: 580.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
281
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874137040
ISBN
9780874137040
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.52

Hardback. Editor(s): Graham-Bertolini, Alison; Kayser, Casey. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 512.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319402918
ISBN
9783319402918
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.67

Paperback. An expansive selection of work by a celebrated Native American writer and American Book Award winner. Num Pages: 367 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
White Pine Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
367
Condition
New
SKU
V9781893996502
ISBN
9781893996502
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.69

Paperback. Translator(s): Watt, Norman. Num Pages: 270 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; FA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 402.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
270
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572410749
ISBN
9781572410749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Hardcover. The comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205--184BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. Twenty-one of his plays are extant. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996786
ISBN
9780674996786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

Hardcover. The professional and personal lives of the pioneers of an enduring magazine. Num Pages: 464 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 165 x 38. Weight in Grams: 820.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
464
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393240030
ISBN
9780393240030
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.58

Paperback. "Exuberant .. elegantly conjures an evocative group dynamic." -Sam Roberts, New York Times Num Pages: 480 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 142 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393353532
ISBN
9780393353532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.77

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