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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Lay Sermons offers, playfully, a series of lay sermons on good principles and good breeding - the last thing that one would expect from the pen of Blackwood's Ettrick Shepherd Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S.; Hughes, Gillian. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748607464
ISBN
9780748607464
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.73
€ 107.06

Hardback. Includes prose translations of "The Lays of Marie de France"; a general introduction; a map; commentaries on the lays; two anonymous Breton lays - "The Lay of Melion" and "The Lay of Tyolet"; a glossary of proper names; a glossary of specialised terms; and an appendix of selected texts in the Old French, including Marie's Prologue, and Yonec. Translator(s): Gallagher, Edward J. Num Pages: 225 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841894
ISBN
9781603841894
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 37.99

paperback. Anonymously published in 1554, Lazarillo de Tormes remains a centrepiece of Renaissance literature and is arguably the most popular example of the picaresque novel. Editor(s): Stavans, Ilan. Translator(s): Stavans, Ilan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DS; 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780393938050
ISBN
9780393938050
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.18

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
752
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393974645
ISBN
9780393974645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.34

A fully annotated edition of the most dramatic part of the most famous story of the Arthurian legend. It is presented with the original spelling to bring it as close as possible to the medieval original. Editor(s): Malory, Sir Thomas. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 22. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
218
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209473
ISBN
9780872209473
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.56
€ 39.93

Paperback. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 174 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 200 x 136 x 15. Weight in Grams: 236.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
174
Condition
New
SKU
V9788798013174
ISBN
9788798013174
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.50

Paperback. An account of Wittgenstein's "Philosophical Investigations", interpreting the text as displaying the human need to pursue an ideal of expressive freedom within the limits set by culture. The author sees Wittgenstein as a Romantic protagonist pondering on the nature of intentional consciousness. Num Pages: 308 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFA; 2ACG; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226203133
ISBN
9780226203133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.01

Paperback. 'Bond's greatest (and biggest) play .. it is even more topical now and will become more so as man's inhumanity gains subtle sophistication' The Times Editor(s): Hern, Patricia. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, photographs, notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413519504
ISBN
9780413519504
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781316506196
ISBN
9781316506196
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.18

Hardback. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 166 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSYC; GL; YXAX; YXFT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 324.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Edition
35 ed
Number of pages
166
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810859869
ISBN
9780810859869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.92

hardcover. In Learning from Lying the lens of mystification reveals a singular literary history. Analyses of works by Diderot, Merimee, and Hildesheimer follow out the cosmopolitan roots of the genre in the Republic of Letters and show how it theorizes literature through practical experiment. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611492699
ISBN
9781611492699
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.17

hardcover. Num Pages: 310 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 631.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611490916
ISBN
9781611490916
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.45

Paperback. Takes an approach - 'New Historicism' drew from history, anthropology, Marxist theory, post-structuralism, and psychoanalysis and in the process, blew apart the academic boundaries insulating literature from the world around it. This book charts the evolution of that approach and provides an exploration of a contradictory epoch. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415771603
ISBN
9780415771603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.97

Hardcover. A literary testament showing how Mary Lee Settle's great novels followed the map of her remarkable life. Editor(s): Freeman, Anne. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8 pages of illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780393057324
ISBN
9780393057324
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.26

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2GJ; AN; DSB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 676.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166508
ISBN
9780231166508
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.94

Paperback. Translator(s): Benderson, Bruce. Series: Semiotext(e) / Native Agents. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BM; DSBH; DSK; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Autonomedia
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584351863
ISBN
9781584351863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.47

Hardback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2HCBZ; CFF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691167565
ISBN
9780691167565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.92
€ 41.59

Paperback. Features the poem of the author. Editor(s): Cowley, Malcolm. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 142.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1961
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
New
SKU
9780140421996
ISBN
9780140421996
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.92

Hardcover. Series: Modern Library. Num Pages: 736 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 188 x 123 x 47. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Random House Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679600763
ISBN
9780679600763
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 19.84

Paperback. This new annotated edition inlcudes "Live Oak, with Moss" and prose selections from "Democratic Vistas" and "Specimen Days". The text also presents a collection of Whitman's statements about his role as a poet taken from his notebooks, letters, conversations and newspaper articles. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 944 pages, 11 illustrations, chronology, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1KB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSC; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 143 x 27. Weight in Grams: 812.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Edition
2 Sub
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393974966
ISBN
9780393974966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.21

Paperback. Contains seventeen essays by pre-eminent scholars representing a variety of critical perspectives that focus on Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass". This book features contributors who treat Whitman's poetry, his biography, his politics, his reception in the United States and abroad, race and ethnic issues, and nineteenth-century America. Editor(s): Belasco, Susan; Price, Kenneth M.; Folsom, Ed. Num Pages: 503 pages, 13 photograhs, index. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803260009
ISBN
9780803260009
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. A monograph on English Ukrainian writing. Featuring fresher images of Ukrainian culture in Canada, it concludes with a fresh reading of enduring cultural stereotypes. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888644527
ISBN
9780888644527
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.80

hardcover. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838639146
ISBN
9780838639146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.96

Paperback. Contains commentary on the Purgatorio by various scholars. This book presents to the nonspecialist reader one of the cantos of the transitional middle cantica of Dante's unique Christian epic. It provides awareness of Dante's timeless aspirations and achievements. Editor(s): Mandelbaum, Allen; Oldcorn, Anthony; Ross, Charles. Num Pages: 412 pages, 1 b/w photograph. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
412
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520250567
ISBN
9780520250567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 29.54

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