Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. An unforgettable book of passion, ambition, and what it means to become a writer. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447250708
- ISBN
- 9781447250708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.24
€ 17.99
€ 13.24
Paperback. Miners, people of Hiroshima, and others labour under the false sun of uranium. Cast of 5 women and 12 men. Num Pages: 128 pages, map. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 185.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Talon Books,Canada Canada
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780889224728
- ISBN
- 9780889224728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.10
€ 18.99
€ 17.10
Hardback. Home is a powerful metaphor guiding the literature of African Americans throughout the twentieth century. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134408
- ISBN
- 9780231134408
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 152.87
€ 152.87
Paperback. Examines the innovative and technically accomplished nature of Burns' poetry. This book features essays on Burns' special place in Scottish, English and Irish literary culture. It demonstrates how Burns drew on Scottish vernacular traditions, English poetry and 18th-century sentimentalism to create his own, new kind of poetry. Editor(s): Sergeant, David; Stafford, Fiona. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748664887
- ISBN
- 9780748664887
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 31.07
€ 33.99
€ 31.07
Hardback. This book explores the history of prose fiction in Iran in the context of contemporary legal reforms and examines marriage as a metaphor that unites them. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 585. Weight in Grams: 383.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804775892
- ISBN
- 9780804775892
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.64
€ 73.64
Paperback. The late-imperial legend of Liang Shanbo and Zhu Yingtai, the "Butterfly Lovers" - a story as central to Chinese culture as Shakespeare's "Romeo and Juliet" is to Western culture - also relates a tale of two lovers held apart by social strictures. This volume offers translations of the earliest versions of the popular ballad. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841948
- ISBN
- 9781603841948
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.98
€ 20.99
€ 16.98
paperback. H.D. called By Avon River "the first book that really made me happy." In this annotated edition, Lara Vetter argues that the volume represented a turning point in H.D.'s career, a major shift from lyric poetry to the experimental forms of writing that would dominate her later works. Editor(s): Vetter, Lara. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Edition
- Annotated
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813062372
- ISBN
- 9780813062372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.02
€ 22.02
Hardback. By Design is a study of instances of poets enacting literary history by the ways they use and alter key elements of earlier poems, sometimes the work of predecessors, sometimes their own poems, in order to create new designs. Num Pages: 240 pages, 3 figures. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804757997
- ISBN
- 9780804757997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 78.22
€ 78.22
Paperback. Every Sunday, readers of The New York Times Book Review turn with anticipation to see which novelist, historian or artist will be the subject of the By the Book feature. These wide-ranging interviews are conducted by Pamela Paul, the editor of the Book Review, and here she brings together sixty-five of the most intriguing and fascinating exchanges. Editor(s): Paul, Pamela. Num Pages: 336 pages, 65 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Picador USA United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781250074690
- ISBN
- 9781250074690
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.56
€ 20.99
€ 19.56
Paperback. The growth of industrialism, the rise of professionalism and the decline of slavery led to debates in 19th-century America about the concept of work. This book examines the literary view of this debate, arguing that many writers felt an affinity between the mental labour of writing and manual work. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; HBTB; JFC; JHBL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075556
- ISBN
- 9780226075556
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.55
€ 50.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJD; HBTZ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226233369
- ISBN
- 9780226233369
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.72
€ 45.72
Hardback. Byron: The Erotic Liberal explores the relationship between Byron's erotic life and his political commitments, placing his poetry in the context of the work of other aristocratic liberals such as Madame de Stael. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511613
- ISBN
- 9780742511613
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 198.83
€ 198.83
Paperback. Byron: The Erotic Liberal explores the relationship between Byron's erotic life and his political commitments, placing his poetry in the context of the work of other aristocratic liberals such as Madame de Stael. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 325.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780742511620
- ISBN
- 9780742511620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.42
€ 55.42
Hardback. Editor(s): Kenyon-Jones, Christine. Num Pages: 129 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 291 x 225 x 14. Weight in Grams: 699.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 129
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611493337
- ISBN
- 9781611493337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.99
€ 117.99
Hardcover. The first comprehensive account of the relationship between Byron and John Murray, the man who published his poetry for over ten years. Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 474.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381335
- ISBN
- 9781781381335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 175.97
€ 175.97
Hardcover. A study of Byron as a poet and thinker. While informed by recent work on Byron's philosophical contexts, it questions attempts to describe Byron as a philosopher of a particular kind. It approaches Byron, rather, as a writer fascinated by the different ways of thinking philosophy and poetry are taken to represent. Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319716
- ISBN
- 9781846319716
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 44.62
€ 44.99
€ 44.62
Hardback. In 1816, following the scandalous collapse of his marriage, Lord Byron left England forever. His first destination was the Villa Diodati by Lake Geneva where he stayed together with Percy Bysshe Shelley, Mary Godwin, Claire Clairmont and John Polidori. This title focuses on the poet's life in the summer of that year. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 1DFH; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846316432
- ISBN
- 9781846316432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.51
€ 54.51
Hardcover. Reflecting on the poet's claim that 'immaterialism's a serious matter', this interdisciplinary collection of essays, from British and American scholars, calls into question the prevailing 'materialist' consensus, and offers a fresh and theoretically inflected reading of Byron's poetry. Editor(s): Hopps, Gavin. Series: Liverpool English Texts and Studies. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319709
- ISBN
- 9781846319709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 176.16
€ 176.16
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107470385
- ISBN
- 9781107470385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.00
€ 32.00
Hardback. This work consists of eight essays selected from papers given at the Twelfth International Byron Symposium. Much of Byron's poetry is examined, but the focus is on the Mysteries and Don Juan. The subjects include the Cain figure, Byron's skepticism, his attitude toward Christianity and religion in general, and his literary use of the Bible. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874134018
- ISBN
- 9780874134018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.22
€ 113.22