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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Taking into account Blake's unique brand of literary and artistic production, Makdisi challenges the idea that to understand Blake one must assimilate him within the radical struggle against the order of the old regime. Num Pages: 392 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 566.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
392
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226502601
ISBN
9780226502601
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.64

Hardback. Anderson offers fresh literary and historical accounts of Bradford's accomplishment, exploring the context and the form in which the author intended his book to be read. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12, 12 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSK; HBJK; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780801870743
ISBN
9780801870743
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.88
€ 49.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 342.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075866
ISBN
9781906075866
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 21.66

Hardback. Possibly one of the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition. This biography traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of "Atlantic Monthly". Num Pages: 545 pages, 47 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
545
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520238961
ISBN
9780520238961
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 38.09

Paperback. John Haffenden's acclaimed biography of William Empson (1906-1984), the foremost English literary critic of the twentieth century, is now available in paperback. An authoritative and compelling account and the first of two volumes exploring his remarkable life and work. Num Pages: 720 pages, 16 pages of black-and-white plates. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1097.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
720
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539918
ISBN
9780199539918
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.73

Paperback. This succinct, yet comprehensive account of William Faulkner's literary career, novels, and key short stories offers an imaginative topography of his efforts to reckon with his Southern past, to acknowledge its modernization, and to develop his own modernist method. Series: Wiley Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, port. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 406.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470672402
ISBN
9780470672402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.38

paperback. A comprehensive examination of Faulkner's mythical county. It examines: recurrent symbols and archetypes in Faulkner's fiction; and 'the basic Christian humanism which underlies Williams Faulkner's existential focus on the human condition' - specifically as it relates to Time, Motion, and Change. Num Pages: 438 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 27. Weight in Grams: 720.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
438
Condition
New
Edition
21st ed.
SKU
V9780823211357
ISBN
9780823211357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.44

Hardback. Traces how the William Faulkner's fiction echoes the economic and racial traumas of the South's modernization in the mid-twentieth century. By demonstrating the interrelation of literary forms and economic systems, this book describes, the poetics of an economy. It makes helps the reader understand the relation between literature and history. Series: 20/21. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130712
ISBN
9780691130712
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.05
€ 55.28

Hardcover. This succinct, yet comprehensive account of William Faulkner's literary career, novels, and key short stories offers an imaginative topography of his efforts to reckon with his Southern past, to acknowledge its modernization, and to develop his own modernist method. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 168 x 23. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405124812
ISBN
9781405124812
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.62

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746311431
ISBN
9780746311431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.93

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714530826
ISBN
9780714530826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.47

Hardcover. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 220 x 24. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1974
Publisher
Marion Boyars Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714510125
ISBN
9780714510125
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.52

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780948877360
ISBN
9780948877360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.30

Paperback. This is a bold and original reinterpretation of almost all of Shakespearea s major plays, in the light of the Marxist, feminist and semiotic ideas of our own time. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 154 x 9. Weight in Grams: 172.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631145547
ISBN
9780631145547
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.62

Hardcover. William Shakespeare, A Very Peculiar History uniquely explores the life and works of the widely-regarded greatest writer of the English language. Through dispelling common myths and revealing fascinating trivia, this book attempts to answer many of the often-disputed questions surrounding the life of the nation's favourite playwright. Series: Very Peculiar History. Num Pages: 192 pages, black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 182. Series: Very Peculiar History. 192 pages, black and white illustrations. William Shakespeare, A Very Peculiar History uniquely explores the life and works of the widely-regarded greatest writer of the English language. Through dispelling common myths and revealing fascinating trivia, this book attempts to answer many of the often-disputed questions surrounding the life of the nation's favourite playwright. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS; WZG. Dimension: 131 x 158 x 21. Weight: 208.
Publisher
Book House
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781908177148
ISBN
9781908177148
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.38

Hardcover. In partnership with the RSC, Jonathan Bate and Eric Rasmussen present William Shakespeare and Others: Collaborative Plays. Bringing together, for the first time in a hundred years, the fascinatingly varied body of plays that became known as 'The Shakespeare Apocrypha', this is the companion to the UK bestseller The RSC Shakespeare: Complete Works. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 752 pages, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 184 x 58. Weight in Grams: 1562.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
816
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137271440
ISBN
9781137271440
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.43

Paperback. William Shakespeare in 100 Facts guides us through the lesser-known stories surrounding the 'Sweet Swan of Avon' Series: In 100 Facts. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 127 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Amberley Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781445656243
ISBN
9781445656243
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.75

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2nd
Number of pages
128
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746311400
ISBN
9780746311400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.26

Paperback. For historians William Shakespeare is both a curse and a blessing: a curse because he immortalized Tudor spin on fifteenth-century civil wars that helped justify their occupation of the throne; a blessing because without Shakespeare's 8-play history cycle, hardly anyone beyond specialists in the history of the period would know of their existence. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24 b & w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Fonthill Media
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781554159
ISBN
9781781554159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.06

Paperback. In this new offering from Stanley Wells comes an exploration of one of the world's greatest dramatists: William Shakespeare. Written with enthusiasm and flair, Wells looks at both the world Shakespeare lived in and all of his major works, to show how and why he continues to be so influential and important to society today. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 8 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 175 x 16. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198718628
ISBN
9780198718628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. * Popular, mainstream but academically rigorous biography of the millennium's most celebrated writer. Num Pages: 384 pages, Section: 16, Col/B&W. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 26. Weight in Grams: 316.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
382
Condition
New
SKU
V9780349112404
ISBN
9780349112404
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. This guide focuses on Shakespeare's "King Lear", it includes a linking narrative which puts the critical extracts in context, highlights the important concepts, explains shifts in critical thinking, and looks to the writer's place in the canon. It is part of a series designed for students. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
Publisher
Icon Books
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1997th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781874166719
ISBN
9781874166719
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

Paperback. Taking the form of a sourcebook, this guide to Shakespeare's remarkable play offers: introductory comment on the contexts, critical history and performance of the text; annotated extracts from key contextual documents, reviews, critical works and the text itself; and cross-references between documents and sections of the guide. Editor(s): McEvoy, Sean. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415314336
ISBN
9780415314336
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.12

Paperback. With a remarkable breadth of coverage and a focused, user-friendly approach, this Routledge Literary Sourcebook is the essential guide for any student of King Lear. Series: Routledge Literary Sourcebooks S. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415234726
ISBN
9780415234726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.00

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