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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This substantial new volume is a stimulating yet in-depth introduction to Scottish literature in English and Scots. From medieval to modern, the entire range of literature is introduced, examined and explored. Editor(s): Gifford, Douglas; Dickson, Beth; MacGillivray, Allan; Dunnigan, Sarah. Series: Scottish Language and Literature. Num Pages: 1248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 175 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1858.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
1248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748608256
ISBN
9780748608256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 43.81

Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 219 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 463.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
219
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483116
ISBN
9781611483116
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.52

Hardback. This innovative book proposes the expansion of the existing idea of an interwar Scottish Renaissance movement to include its international significance as a Scottish literary modernism interacting with the intellectual and artistic ideas of European modernism as well as responding to the challenges of the Scottish cultural and political context. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634743
ISBN
9780748634743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.51
€ 107.52

Paperback. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144269
ISBN
9780691144269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Paperback. A cultural studies examination of the 20th-century genre of dystopian fiction in the political and scholarly context of the evolution of science fiction studies and utopian studies since the 1960s. Num Pages: 406 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Westview Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813397689
ISBN
9780813397689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.00

Paperback.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408105924
ISBN
9781408105924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. A close study of the relationship between text and film versions of The Tempest. Literature and film studies students will find plenty of material to support their courses and essay writing on how the film versions provide different readings of the original text. Series: Screen Adaptations. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713679106
ISBN
9780713679106
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.64

Paperback. Issue 24 of Aarhus University Press's arts and humanities journal, "The Dolphin", offers a collection of academic essays on Shakespearean films, with nine contributions by Scandinavian and American scholars. The contributors include Susanne Fabricius, Ib Johansen and Bernice W. Kilman. Editor(s): Skovmand, Michael. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 148 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 264.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
148
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883755
ISBN
9788772883755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.20

Hardback. Editor(s): Palmer, R. Barton; Conner, Marc C. Series: Palgrave Studies in Adaptation and Visual Culture. Num Pages: 266 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, 18 colour illustrations, 27 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; APFA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 219 x 22. Weight in Grams: 498.
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319409276
ISBN
9783319409276
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.15

Paperback. This bold new collection offers an innovative discussion of Shakespeare on screen after the millennium. Cutting-edge, and fully up-to-date, it surveys the rich field of Bardic film representations, from Almereyda's Hamlet to the BBC 'Shakespea(Re)-Told' season, from Radford's The Merchant of Venice to Babakitis' Henry V. Editor(s): Burnett, Mark Thornton; Wray, Ramona. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; APT; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 302 x 2. Weight in Grams: 344.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623518
ISBN
9780748623518
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.54

Paperback. The theme of this book is the relationship between literature and the contemporary means of production and distribution collectively termed "the media" - film, radio and television. It attempts to explore and evaluate the mutual opportunites and restrictions in this relationship. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APFA; APT; APW; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 307.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333457931
ISBN
9780333457931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.80

Hardcover. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813218854
ISBN
9780813218854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.34

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSG; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408184301
ISBN
9781408184301
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.22

Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482430
ISBN
9781611482430
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.98

Paperback. This is a study of machines for writing and reading at the end of the 19th century in America. Its aim is to explore writing and reading as culturally contingent experiences, and at the same time to broaden our view of the relationship between technology and textuality. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSB; TDPB; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804738729
ISBN
9780804738729
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. E. Jane Burns argues that literary portraits of medieval heroines who produce and decorate silk cloth or otherwise manipulate items of silk outline a metaphorical geography that includes northern France as an important cultural player within the silk economics of the Mediterranean. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 596.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812241549
ISBN
9780812241549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.26

Paperback. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634485
ISBN
9780815634485
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 147 x 26. Weight in Grams: 686.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268040369
ISBN
9780268040369
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 52.90

Paperback. An assessment of Heaney's poetry and prose, tracing his "contrary progressions" through phases of affirmation and despair. Hart explores Heaney's work from the 1960s to "The Haw Lantern", seeking in the poems those elements and traits that Heaney allusively indicates in his prose. Num Pages: 272 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 230 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815626121
ISBN
9780815626121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.83

Hardback. A bibliography of the published work of the poet and critic, Seamus Heaney. It provides details of the circumstances of publication for his major works, including print-runs, reviews, previous appearances of individual items in periodicals and newspapers and other descriptive notes. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 148 x 46. Weight in Grams: 738.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571234394
ISBN
9780571234394
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.21
€ 40.96

Paperback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474401661
ISBN
9781474401661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.91

Paperback. The first critical guide to all Seaums Heaney's writings -- poetry, prose and translations. Arranged thematically. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Pluto Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745317342
ISBN
9780745317342
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.65

Paperback. One of a series concerning the major plays of leading 20th-century playwrights. This guide introduces, explores and analyzes in detail the principal themes and styles of the work of Sean O'Casey. It also places it in the context of modern theatre, and includes a select bibliography. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 113 x 178 x 13. Weight in Grams: 130.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571197804
ISBN
9780571197804
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 13.87

paperback. Understanding exile as flight from political persecution or types of oppression that single out women, this title concentrates on diasporic writers and filmmakers who depict the vulnerability of women to poverty and exploitation in their homelands and their search for safe refuge. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; JFSJ1; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 358.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Temple University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566395403
ISBN
9781566395403
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.91

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