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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. David D. Phillips presents a commentary on Polybius' first book. Volume includes the definitive text by Theodor Buttner-Wobst, with detailed commentary on points of linguistic and historical interest, and an introduction to Polybius' life, the Histories and Polybian language, style, and tone. An index of Greek words is also provided. Series: Cultural Legacies. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 2AHA; 3B; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 257 x 28. Weight in Grams: 608.
Publisher
Michigan Classical Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780979971372
ISBN
9780979971372
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.99

Hardcover. Text in French, with introd. and notes in English. Series: French Texts. Num Pages: 111 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 187 x 123. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
111
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631004806
ISBN
9780631004806
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; 2ADF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813932927
ISBN
9780813932927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.89

John Kinsella is one of the pre-eminent poets writing today; Polysituatedness provides a sequel to his critical work Disclosed Poetics. If offers an approach to creating poems and literary texts constituted by multiple places, considering the relationships that occur between place, individual and the natural environment. Series Editor(s): Greenway, Gerard. Series: Angelaki Humanities. Num Pages: 448 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162 x 40. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Condition
New
SKU
V9781526113344
ISBN
9781526113344
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 177.71

Paperback. Editor(s): Siddall, Gillian. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 302.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd Canada
Number of pages
243
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551111537
ISBN
9781551111537
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.25

Hardcover. One of the most memorable Shakespearean characters is Edgar in King Lear. The author asks us to rethink all those received ideas - and thus to experience King Lear as never before. He argues that Edgar is Shakespeare's most radical experiment in characterization - and also his most exhaustive model of both human and theatrical possibility. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226150642
ISBN
9780226150642
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.42

Hardback. This supplement updates the work begun in the 1993 publication. It builds upon the first volume, indexing books published between 1991 and 1997. Books are accessible through three indexes: title, date, and series. The first volume should be consulted for titles older than 1991. Num Pages: 976 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 148 x 56. Weight in Grams: 1234.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
976
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810837287
ISBN
9780810837287
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 294.27

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746308233
ISBN
9780746308233
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.77

Paperback. An original concept: in one volume, a study-size score of a major musical work, and a comprehensive body of tools for the study of that work. Editor(s): Lockwood, Lewis. Series: Norton Critical Scores. Num Pages: 152 pages, music. BIC Classification: AVGD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 161 x 8. Weight in Grams: 202.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
151
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393092424
ISBN
9780393092424
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.44

Hardback. The accommodation of popular icons on stage and the results this framing yields constitute this work's primary interests and aims. Plays studied include Sam Shepard's True West and Marsha Norman's The Holdup. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472714
ISBN
9781611472714
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.82

Lectures and research students in cultural history, medieval and early modern studies and literary studies Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; JFCA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 145 x 224 x 27. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719077999
ISBN
9780719077999
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.98

Hardcover. The German Gothic and Its International Reception, 1800-2000. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 318 pages. Editor(s): Cusack, Andrew; Murnane, Barry. The first book in English on the German Gothic in over thirty years, consisting of new essays investigating the internationality of the Gothic mode. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB; DSK. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 30. Weight: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Camden House
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
318
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135193
ISBN
9781571135193
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.77

Paperback. Ferguson argues that the emergence of pornography as a literary phenomenon in Western culture can be tied to the development of utilitarian philosophy. He contends that considering the usefulness of something rather than its individual essence diverts our attention from individual identities. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: DSA; JFMP; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226243214
ISBN
9780226243214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 27.73

Paperback. What fueled the Victorian passion for hair-jewelry and memorial rings? When would an everyday object metamorphose from commodity to precious relic? This title examines the role played by portable objects in persuading Victorian Britons that they could travel abroad with religious sentiments, family ties, and national identity intact. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBJD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691146621
ISBN
9780691146621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.94

Paperback. .
Publisher
City Lights Books United States
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872864924
ISBN
9780872864924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.32

Num Pages: 79 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publication date
1998
Publisher
The University Press of Kentucky United States
Number of pages
79
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813116556
ISBN
9780813116556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.14

Hardcover. A revelatory biography of the American master as told through the lens of his greatest novel. Num Pages: 416 pages, 10 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 33. Weight in Grams: 734.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Liveright
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871404084
ISBN
9780871404084
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.10

Hardback. Follows the intertwined threads of Jewishness and non-Jewishness that play through the life and works of Jacques Derrida. This book merges the biography and textual commentary in a portrait of the man, his works, and being (or not being) Jewish. Translator(s): Brahic, Beverly Bie. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 168 pages, 9 color illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK; HPCF; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 635.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231128247
ISBN
9780231128247
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.07
€ 72.84

Paperback. Within Shakespeare's lifetime there was already some curiosity about what the writer of such brilliant poems, sonnets and plays looked like. Yet like so much else about him, Shakespeare's appearance is mysterious. This generously illustrated book offers a new perspective on Shakespeare likenesses, as well as exploring the afterlife of these images. Num Pages: 136 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 221 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851244058
ISBN
9781851244058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.14

Hardback. Hagiography,or writing about and illustrating the lives of saints, was one of the most creative areas for artistic inspiration in the Middle Ages. This book explores the sumptuously illustrated saints' lives that were made in medieval Europe. Num Pages: 455 pages, 8 color illustrations, 149 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1D; 3F; AKLB; DSB; HBJD; HBLC; HRCC1; HRCC2; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 189 x 264 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1058.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
455
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780520223202
ISBN
9780520223202
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.92
€ 53.36

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