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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 3895 x 5830 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823233977
ISBN
9780823233977
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.45

Paperback. In Mourning Modernity, Seth Moglen offers a bold new map of American literary modernism as a psychologically and politically divided response to the injuries inflicted by modern capitalism. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804754194
ISBN
9780804754194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.83

Hardcover. This book examines how the interplay between nineteenth-century literary and visual media paralleled the emergence of a modern psychological understanding of the ways in which reading, viewing and dreaming generate moving images in the mind. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748669486
ISBN
9780748669486
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.33
€ 102.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 404. Includes CD. Good clean copy showing light shelf wear, ffep removed, remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
HANSIB PUBLICATIONS London
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0012861
ISBN
9781870518642
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 12.00

Hardcover. A reading of the letters between Mozart and his father, placing them in the context of the stylized strategies of the 18th-century epistolary tradition. The book argues that the letters reveal a rebelliousness deep within Mozart's life and work. Num Pages: 224 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 3JF; AVGC4; AVH; BGF; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300075427
ISBN
9780300075427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.27

paperback. Num Pages: 41 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 138 x 3. Weight in Grams: 45.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Josef Weinberger Plays United Kingdom
Number of pages
41
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822216872
ISBN
9780822216872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.42

Paperback. One of Bernard Shaw's greatest plays, Mrs Warren's Profession raises issues about class struggle, generational differences, the past, and female hardship through the exploration of a mother and daughter relationship put under enormous strain. Editor(s): Kent, Brad. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 224 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713679946
ISBN
9780713679946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Through Virginia Woolf's, a feminist and a bohemian, extensive diaries and letters and brilliant detective work, this title chronicles the lives of those forgotten women who worked behind the scenes in Bloomsbury, and their fraught relations with one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. It explores the hidden history of service. Num Pages: 400 pages, integrated b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140254105
ISBN
9780140254105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.79

Paperback. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 135 x 11. Weight in Grams: 222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
194
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551113975
ISBN
9781551113975
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.95

Paperback. This fresh edition of one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies offers new insights into the play on the page and in performance, offering interviews with directors Nicholas Hytner and Marianne Elliott and actress Harriet Walter alongside student-friendly scene-by-scene analysis and a new introduction from Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2009th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230232105
ISBN
9780230232105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.41

Paperback. These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. Reissue. (Plays/Drama) Editor(s): Crowther, John. Series: No Fear Shakespeare. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 192 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Spark Notes United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Trade Paperback Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411401013
ISBN
9781411401013
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Hardback. The legend of Mulan remains one of the most popular Chinese folktales despite (or because of) its lack of supernatural demonstrations or interventions. In addition to a translation of the earliest recorded version of the legend, this title offers translations of several later iterations of the tale. Translator(s): Kwa, Shiamin; Idema, Wilt L. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 15. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Edition
Tra
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Format
Hardback
SKU
V9781603841979
ISBN
9781603841979
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.97
€ 41.27

Paperback. The legend of Mulan remains one of the most popular Chinese folktales despite (or because of) its lack of supernatural demonstrations or interventions. In addition to a translation of the earliest recorded version of the legend, this title offers translations of several later iterations of the tale. Translator(s): Kwa, Shiamin; Idema, Wilt L. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841962
ISBN
9781603841962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.67

Hardback. This reference discusses the experiences of writers active since 1945 who were shaped by cultures other than their own. Editor(s): Amoia, Alba; Knapp, Bettina L. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJP; DSBH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 255 x 180 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1447.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
624
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313306884
ISBN
9780313306884
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.43
€ 79.38

Hardback. .
Publisher
Lexington Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781498500326
ISBN
9781498500326
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.97
€ 17.09

Paperback. Examines a small group of early papyrus manuscripts of Homer's Iliad, known as the Ptolemaic papyri, which, although fragmentary, are the oldest surviving physical evidence of the text of the Iliad, dating from the third to the first centuries BCE. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 9. Weight in Grams: 226.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780674053236
ISBN
9780674053236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.60

Paperback. American crime novels are often derided for containing misogynistic attitudes. This book argues that such novels are in fact psychologically complex and sophisticated works which demand that readers take responsibility for the images of masculinity that they project on to these works. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ2; JKV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
278
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814726914
ISBN
9780814726914
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardback. A resource for students and scholars alike, this volume provides information about Spark's oeuvre while featuring current, theoretically informed interpretations of individual texts. Editor(s): Herman, David. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801895531
ISBN
9780801895531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.71
€ 64.05

Paperback. Ekphrasis is the art of describing works of art. Heffernan explores this ambivalent poetry, which simultaneously celebrates the power of the silent image while circumscribing that power with the authority of the word. The canon of this work is known as the 'Museum of Words'. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226323145
ISBN
9780226323145
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GM; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271029917
ISBN
9780271029917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.01
€ 60.75

Paperback. Integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English Language. This book sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which produced it. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141043401
ISBN
9780141043401
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.03

Hardback. Music from a Speeding Train challenges the view that there was no Jewish culture in the Soviet Union by exploring over one hundred Russian and Yiddish works from the 1920s to the turn of the 21st century. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 30. Weight in Grams: 697.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804774437
ISBN
9780804774437
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 47 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AVGC; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783272006
ISBN
9781783272006
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.88

Hardcover. Illuminates unexplored dimensions of the music-literature relationship and the sometimes unrecognized talents of certain famous writers and composers. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 307 x 2. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139733
ISBN
9781571139733
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.98

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