Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. An examination of the themes in Shakespeare's plays, following on from Robert Fallon's "Theatergoer's Guide to Shakespeare". Fallon discusses the revelations about human nature that give the plays substance, weight and such an enduring quality. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566634571
- ISBN
- 9781566634571
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.29
€ 26.99
€ 26.29
Hardcover. Together, O'Quinn's two books offer a dramatic account of the global shifts in British imperial culture that will be of interest to scholars in theater and performance studies, eighteenth-century studies, Romanticism, and trans-Atlantic studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780801899317
- ISBN
- 9780801899317
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.75
€ 29.99
€ 6.75
Hardcover. Matthew Schultz maps rhetorical hauntings across a wide range of postcolonial Irish novels, and defines the spectre as a non-present presence that simultaneously symbolises and analyses an overlapping of Irish myth and Irish history. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 388.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719090929
- ISBN
- 9780719090929
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 7.28
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€ 7.28
Hardback. This book considers a range of printed and documentary evidence, the majority previously unpublished, for the way ordinary individuals thought about their houses and households; and it then explores how writers of domestic tragedies engaged those attitudes to shape their representations of domesticity. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719065446
- ISBN
- 9780719065446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.75
€ 29.99
€ 6.75
Hardcover. This is the first full critical edition of a fifteenth-century devotional work written for a Bridgettine nun at Syon Abbey by a Carthusian monk at the Sheen Charterhouse. This version of the life of Christ was owned by both monastic and lay readers and testifies to the popularity of devotional reading among a mixed audience. Editor(s): Patterson, Paul J. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 375 pages, 2 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBLC1; HRCV. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198744979
- ISBN
- 9780198744979
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.65
€ 105.65
Paperback. Series: French Literature Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564785763
- ISBN
- 9781564785763
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 6.23
€ 17.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564784575
- ISBN
- 9781564784575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 6.23
€ 24.99
€ 6.23
Hardback. A fascinating look into the life and work of controversial French novelist Irene Nemirovsky Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300171969
- ISBN
- 9780300171969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 7.55
€ 19.99
€ 7.55
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB; JHMP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First edition
- SKU
- V9780816623792
- ISBN
- 9780816623792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.14
€ 31.14
Hardcover. Editor(s): Friedman, Ellen G.; Martin, Richard; Firedman, Ellen G. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564780799
- ISBN
- 9781564780799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
Paperback. 'Realism' is a term which is key to understanding, amongst other things: the novel genre, Victorian literature, modernism, and postmodernism. This study recognises that realism is every bit as complex as other modes of representation and requires a similar level of critique. Series Editor(s): Barry, Peter; McLeod, John. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719072215
- ISBN
- 9780719072215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
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Paperback. This book examines the depiction of physically ugly characters in a striking range of early modern literary and visual texts, offering fascinating insights into the ways in which ugliness and deformity were perceived and represented in the era, particularly with regard to gender and the construction of identity. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719068751
- ISBN
- 9780719068751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.23
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Hardback. A dedication to Stephen Spender, who in 1932 wrote almost a million words of journal entries between his September Journal in 1939 and his death in 1995. It provides a picture of the various lives Spender brought together in a autobiographical form. Editor(s): Feigel, Lara; Sutherland, John. Num Pages: 816 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1050. T
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780571237579
- ISBN
- 9780571237579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.59€ 6.75
€ 51.59
€ 6.75
paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Penguin Publishing Group New York
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780143128465
- ISBN
- 9780143128465
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Editor(s): Murphy, Neil. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 466. 358pp
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564785626
- ISBN
- 9781564785626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.00€ 4.99
€ 16.00
€ 4.99
Paperback. Reveals details about the stories written by the creator of Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs. Featured here are the outlines of all of Burroughs's major novels, along with descriptions of how they were each written, and their respective sources of inspiration. Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: DSB; FL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803280304
- ISBN
- 9780803280304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.73
€ 20.99
€ 20.73
Hardcover. Focuses on women's crime writing from Spain and offers an approach to Spanish crime fiction, combining literary criticism with sociological and criminological theory. This multidisciplinary study analyses how female authors use crime and detective genres to analyse the role and position of their countrywomen. Series: Iberian and Latin American Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSK; JKV. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780708320167
- ISBN
- 9780708320167
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.57
€ 27.57
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300028454
- ISBN
- 9780300028454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.51
€ 26.99
€ 20.51
Hardcover. A dialogue on the role of biography and the interpretation of self-narrative in the Middle East. The dearth of intimate source materials, the discrepancy between public and private personae of Muslim intellectuals and the sense of propriety challenge this genre. Editor(s): Kramer, Martin S. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 160 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. . Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing some light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0006451
- ISBN
- 9780815625483
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A collection of ten critical essays on the Prologue to Chaucer's well-known work, arranged in chronological order of their original publication. Num Pages: 226 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336. Lightly scored copy in original decorated covers. Covers showing some age and bumped to edges and corners. No dust wrapper. Remains a good copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Publisher
- The Athlone Press
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KMK0006296
- ISBN
- 9780485610062
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardback. The first fifty volumes of this yearbook of Shakespeare studies are being reissued in paperback. Editor(s): Wells, Stanley. Series: Shakespeare Survey. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 246 x 189. Weight in Grams: 66. Very good copy in good dustwrapper. Ex-Libris with bookplate on FFEP. DW has small dent to top right corner, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0005386
- ISBN
- 9780521267014
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This Companion provides an introduction to major figures such as Seamus Heaney, as well as significant precursors and vital contemporary poets. Editor(s): Campbell, Matthew. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 314 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 518.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 314
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780521012454
- ISBN
- 9780521012454
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.99€ 28.95
€ 39.99
€ 28.95
Preposterous Virgil: Reading through Stoppard, Auden, Wordsworth, Hean...
Professor Juan Christian Pellicer
Paperback. Series: New Directions in Classics Series. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848856523
- ISBN
- 9781848856523
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.88
€ 39.88
Paperback. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; RG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2022
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138013346
- ISBN
- 9781138013346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.00
€ 27.00