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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. A lively and provocative history of the great achievements of Irish poets from 1800 to the present day. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 256 pages. A lively and provocative history of the great achievements of Irish poets from 1800 to the present day. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521609258
ISBN
9780521609258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.13

Paperback. A collection of newly commissioned essays provides a critical introduction to pastor and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Editor(s): Porte, Joel; Morris, Saundra. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 300 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521499460
ISBN
9780521499460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.44

Paperback. The essential 1997 guide to one of the theatre's most important characters, with an opening essay by Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde's grandson. Editor(s): Raby, Peter. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 330 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 330 pages, 20 b/w illus. Editor(s): Raby, Peter. The essential 1997 guide to one of the theatre's most important characters, with an opening essay by Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde's grandson. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521479875
ISBN
9780521479875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.85

Paperback. These essays examine Twain from a wide variety of critical perspectives, and include timely reflections by major critics on the hotly debated dynamics of race and slavery perceptible throughout his writing. Editor(s): Robinson, Forrest G. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 284 pages, chronology, further reading. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
284
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521445931
ISBN
9780521445931
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.49

Paperback. Wole Soyinka, winner of the Nobel Prize for Literature, here analyses the interconnecting worlds of myth, ritual and literature in Africa. Series: CANTO. Num Pages: 184 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 7. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521398343
ISBN
9780521398343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.95

Hardback. In the introduction to this collection of essays, the editor discusses the background and critical reception of "The Crying of Lot 49". Further essays provide an examination of the novel within its literary, historical and scientific contexts. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Patrick. Series Editor(s): Elliot, Emory (University of California, Riverside). Series: The American Novel. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 318 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521381635
ISBN
9780521381635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.60
€ 69.59

paperback. A 1982 anthology of studies by French literary theorists representing the most significant contributions to the field made in France in the preceding fifteen years. Editor(s): Todorov, Tzvetan. Translator(s): Carter, R. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780521297776
ISBN
9780521297776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.86

Paperback. In these essays the author explores the ways in which an understanding of Shakespeare's work can enrich other areas of knowledge, from politics to emotional experience. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1979
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521296427
ISBN
9780521296427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.00

Paperback. This edition of Women in Love reveals the work as Lawrence himself created it. Editor(s): Farmer, David; Vasey, Lindeth; Worthen, John. Series Editor(s): Boulton, James T.; Black, Michael; Vasey, Lindeth; Worthen, John. Series: Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence. Num Pages: 696 pages, map. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 39. Weight in Grams: 870.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
696
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521280419
ISBN
9780521280419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.32

Paperback. Self and Sensibility in Contemporary American Poetry is an inquiry into the cultural roles lyric poetry does and can play in our age. Series: Cambridge Studies in American Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780521274135
ISBN
9780521274135
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 41.88

Paperback. The definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. Editor(s): Wilcox, Helen. Num Pages: 788 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1176. 786 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Wilcox, Helen. The definitive scholarly edition of Herbert's complete English poems, accompanied by extensive explanatory and textual apparatus. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 160 x 229 x 35. Weight: 1222.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
786
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521177207
ISBN
9780521177207
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 46.45

Paperback. This essential Companion to Thomas Pynchon provides all the necessary tools to unlock the challenging fiction of this postmodern master. Editor(s): Dalsgaard, Inger H.; Herman, Luc; McHale, Brian. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 228 x 10. Weight in Grams: 340. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 212 pages. Editor(s): Dalsgaard, Inger H.; Herman, Luc; McHale, Brian. This essential Companion to Thomas Pynchon provides all the necessary tools to unlock the challenging fiction of this postmodern master. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 10. Weight: 348.
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
SKU
V9780521173049
ISBN
9780521173049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 30.10

Paperback. Professor Kirsch presents an original interpretations of Shakespeare's five plays using theological and psychoanalytical ideas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521134910
ISBN
9780521134910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.78

Paperback. Robert Wilcher charts the political and ideological development of 'royalism' between 1628 and 1660. Num Pages: 416 pages, 3 tones. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 610.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Illustrated
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521118972
ISBN
9780521118972
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

paperback. Explores how the ancient Greeks regarded the capacity of speech as the defining human characteristic. Num Pages: 404 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
404
Condition
New
Edition
Reissue
SKU
V9780521117784
ISBN
9780521117784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.15

Paperback. Reading Material in Early Modern England rediscovers the practices and representations of sixteenth- and seventeenth-century English readers. Num Pages: 336 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780521104159
ISBN
9780521104159
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.13

Paperback. This study of six modern dramatists argues that a study of theatrical language should be an exercise in 'practical criticism' and not merely narrowly linguistic. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1975
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780521098663
ISBN
9780521098663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.36

Paperback. Barchas explains how from the beginning of the novel's emergence in Britain, prose writers experimented with its appearance. Num Pages: 316 pages, 110 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 170 x 19. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521090575
ISBN
9780521090575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.28

Paperback. This 1993 book explores the history of French theatre in the nineteenth century. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 3JH; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 500.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780521035019
ISBN
9780521035019
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.00

Paperback. This book, first published in 2000, examines Romantic poetry in relation to the philosophical, political and anthropological discourse of the period. Series Editor(s): Butler, Marilyn; Chandler, James. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 296 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780521028202
ISBN
9780521028202
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.86

Paperback. Examines the role the fable played in the development of English literature and culture in the period 1651-1740. Series Editor(s): Erskine-Hill, Howard; Richetti, John. Series: Cambridge Studies in Eighteenth-Century English Literature & Thought. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521025317
ISBN
9780521025317
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.86

Paperback. This collection of specially commissioned essays, first published in 2003, explores key dimensions of Lacan's life and works. Editor(s): Rabate, Jean-Michel. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK; HPC; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521002035
ISBN
9780521002035
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.51

Hardcover. Editor(s): Keatinge, Benjamin; Woods, Aengus. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 31. Weight in Grams: 646. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0003209
ISBN
9780716529101
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. This introduction provides the guidance that modern readers need to come to an informed appreciation of the writings of medieval England. An introduction to English literature written in the four centuries following the Norman Conquest. Written by the well-known medievalist, Thorlac Turville-Petre. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631231721
ISBN
9780631231721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 40.40

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