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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This fresh new edition of Shakespeare's epic retelling of the Wars of the Roses, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with directors Edward Hall and Michael Boyd, and designer Tom Piper, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and includes an illuminating introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 24. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230361911
ISBN
9780230361911
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2AB; 3JJC; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 284 x 169 x 17. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Otago University Press New Zealand
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877133718
ISBN
9781877133718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 29. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Inner Traditions Bear and Company United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892810024
ISBN
9780892810024
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.10

Hardcover. An Anglican priest who took his calling with deep seriousness, Herbert brought to his work a religious reverence richly allied with literary and musical gifts of the highest order. His best-loved poems, from "The Collar" and "Jordan" to "The Altar" and "Easter Wings," achieve a perfection of form and feeling and a timeless metaphysical grandeur. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 117 x 18. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Everyman United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841597638
ISBN
9781841597638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.87

paperback. Traces sentimentality in 19th-century imaginative literature by focusing on six major writers: Tennyson and Dickens as the giants of Victorian domestic sentimentality; Hopkins and Hardy as transitional figures; and Lawrence and Eliot as representatives, in different ways, of that era. Num Pages: 207 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 15. Weight in Grams: 367.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823214969
ISBN
9780823214969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.49

Hardcover. The emergence of Zionism in the late nineteenth century and the evolution of Zionist society in Palestine were profoundly influenced by the Hebrew literature of the day. This book traces the tensions between the extraliterary - the historical, social, and political - and the literary - the aesthetic, formal, and stylistic - in Hebrew fiction. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2CSJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631576
ISBN
9780815631576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.16

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099584223
ISBN
9780099584223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.49

Hardback. Now Tintinologists have the opportunity to better understand the complex and sometimes dark personality of Tintin's creator and his carefully crafted public persona. Translator(s): Kover, Tina A. Num Pages: 424 pages, 14, 14 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; AKLC; BGF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 164 x 34. Weight in Grams: 702.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
424
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421404547
ISBN
9781421404547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 12.40

hardcover. This volume includes alphabetically arranged entries for all of Melville's works and characters, and for his family members, friends and acquaintances. It gives special attention to the 19th-century women who influenced Melville. An chronology overviews the main events in Melville's life. Num Pages: 560 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBF; DSK; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 34. Weight in Grams: 985.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
ABC-CLIO United States
Number of pages
560
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313290114
ISBN
9780313290114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.41

Paperback. The concluding volume of Herman Melville: A Biography confirms Hershel Parker's position as the world's leading Melville scholar, demonstrating his unrivaled biographical, literary, and historical imagination and providing a rich new portrait of a great-and profoundly American-artist. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 63, 63 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1339.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
1056
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801881862
ISBN
9780801881862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.37

Hardback. This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd-"a writer whom few know. " Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Dick, this book traces his development as a writer while providing the basic tools for successful critical reading of his novels. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 19. Weight in Grams: 518.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405131575
ISBN
9781405131575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.44

Paperback. This unique introduction explores Herman Melville as he described himself in Billy Budd-"a writer whom few know. " Moving beyond the recurring depiction of Melville as the famous author of Moby-Dick, this book traces his development as a writer while providing the basic tools for successful critical reading of his novels. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405131582
ISBN
9781405131582
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.29

Paperback. Presents the study of nineteenth-century American literature. This title examines the contexts of and critical responses to the author's work. Editor(s): Davey, Michael J. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415247719
ISBN
9780415247719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.94

Paperback. Num Pages: 412 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 24. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
New Ed
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520041523
ISBN
9780520041523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.13

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 362 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 23. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691606316
ISBN
9780691606316
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.15
€ 47.36

Paperback. * Paul Ricoeur (1913-2005) is one of the most important French philosophers of the second half of the 20th century. * This volume makes available some of his key writings on the theory of interpretation, or hermeneutics, written between 1972 and 2006. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745661223
ISBN
9780745661223
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.42

paperback. A collection of essays that question how the human sciences, particularly anthropology and psychoanalysis, articulate their fields of study; Crapananzo addresses the enormous problem of describing the self in both its individual and collective projections. Num Pages: 404 pages, notes, references, index. BIC Classification: DSB; JHM; JMAF; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 565.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Edition
New
SKU
V9780674389816
ISBN
9780674389816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.69
€ 47.77

Hardback. In this new edition of Herodotus' Histories, Nigel Wilson has revised the original Oxford Classical Text by the Danish scholar C. Hude, published in 1906 and last revised in 1927, incorporating much of the valuable work on the text that has been conducted since the original edition, in particular that of J. Enoch Powell and Paul Maas. Editor(s): Wilson, N. G. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 36. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199560707
ISBN
9780199560707
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.44

Hardback. In this new edition of Herodotus' Histories, Nigel Wilson has revised the original Oxford Classical Text by the Danish scholar C. Hude, published in 1906 and last revised in 1927, incorporating much of the valuable work on the text that has been conducted since the original edition, in particular that of J. Enoch Powell and Paul Maas. Editor(s): Wilson, N. G. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 450 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSK; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 133 x 33. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199560714
ISBN
9780199560714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.28

Hardback. Investigations into the heroic - or not - behaviour of the protagonists of medieval romance. Editor(s): Cartlidge, Neil. Series: Studies in Medieval Romance. Num Pages: 258 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843047
ISBN
9781843843047
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.00

This work analyzes by subgenre the ways in which Restoration playwrights attempted to reinscribe feudal aristocratic ideology after the English Civil War. It demonstrates, for example, how heroic romance and romantic tragedy reaffirm the older ideology after it was tested in the fires of conflict. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813121253
ISBN
9780813121253
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.89

Hardback. Literary scholars of colonial studies have fashioned points of focus in their investigations of imperialist narratives, including women, cannibalism, the romance of the first encounter, and the tropicopolitan. This book offers a new focal point: the evolution of the British imperial hero in America. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 19. Weight in Grams: 517.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
227
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874138795
ISBN
9780874138795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.56

In Cervantes and the Literature of War, Stephen Rupp connects Cervantes's complex and inventive approach to literary genre and his many representations of early modern warfare. Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DS; DSB; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 592.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649125
ISBN
9781442649125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

Hardback. Shakespeare's idiom is an aggregate of archaic modes of speech and codes of conduct. This book attempts to make that idiom more accessible and, in the process, to illuminate the significance of heroic concepts to a study of Shakespeare's tragedies and histories. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874132717
ISBN
9780874132717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.96

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