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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. The literary career of Uchida Hyakken (1889-1971) encompassed a wide variety of styles and genres, including fiction, zuihitsu (essays), war diaries, poetry, travelogues, and children's stories. This title provides a critical corrective by locating in Hyakken's simple yet powerful literary language. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
275
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674031128
ISBN
9780674031128
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.20

Hardback. A collection of insightful articles that represent an interdisciplinary study of identity. Editor(s): Selim, Yasser Fouad; Mohamed, Eid. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 211 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781443859684
ISBN
9781443859684
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 31.52

Hardback. Covers a variety of authors and topics related to the New Criticism of the 1920s-1950s in America. This title traces the history of the New Criticism as a movement, considers theoretical and practical aspects of various proponents, and assesses the record of subsequent engagement with its tenets. Editor(s): Drake, Alfred J. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Condition
New
SKU
V9781443823302
ISBN
9781443823302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 27.96

Paperback. For most of modern history, Roman Catholics in Britain were a rejected Num Pages: 431 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 26. Weight in Grams: 662.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
The Catholic University of America Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
431
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813219820
ISBN
9780813219820
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 126 x 31. Weight in Grams: 348.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Dedalus Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903517666
ISBN
9781903517666
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Performance uses the alphabet as an organizational device to present a series of short pieces that approach performance from multiple perspectives and various compositional strategies. Num Pages: 223 pages. BIC Classification: AS; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 362.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Left Coast Press Inc United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9781611322873
ISBN
9781611322873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 259 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557536372
ISBN
9781557536372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.89

Paperback. Catullus is one of the liveliest and most appealing Roman poets. His emotion, charm, and apparent spontaneity resonate with readers as strongly today as in antiquity. This sophisticated literary and historical introduction brings Catullus to life for the modern reader and presents his poetry in all its variety of emotions, subjects, and styles. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 328.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118255353
ISBN
9781118255353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.15

Hardback. An English translation of Cervantes' final novel, an exotic romance, and the novel he considered to be his finest. Translator(s): Weller, Celia Richmond; Colahan, Clark A. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209718
ISBN
9780872209718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.22
€ 45.61

Paperback. Marie de France's beautiful poems of courtly love, enchantment and mystery are now available in a Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Gilbert, Dorothy. Translator(s): Gilbert, Dorothy. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 211 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
Edition
Critical
SKU
V9780393932683
ISBN
9780393932683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.62

Paperback. She'd been intimately his, and he hers, for twenty-seven years - which were his final twenty-seven years. She'd lasted through three wives, the Nobel Prize, and all his ruin. He'd owned her, fished her, worked her and rode her, from the waters of Key West to the Bahamas to the Dry Tortugas to the north coast and archipelagos of Cuba. Num Pages: 720 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 199 x 53. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099565994
ISBN
9780099565994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.37

Hardcover. "Cadenus" is primarily concerned with the relationship between Swift and Vanessa (Esther Van Homrigh), "Swift's Most Valuable Friend" with that between Swift and Stella (Esther Johnson). Both help to determine the precise nature of this triangle, and the impact it had on his writing and career. Illustrator(s): Brocquy, Louis Le. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; BGH; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136. . Clean copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
The Lilliput Press Ltd
Edition
New
Number of pages
320
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KEX0220095
ISBN
9781843510178
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 17.95

Hardcover. Working Girls offers a cultural and literary history of telegraphists, typists, shop-girls, and barmaids. It argues that these occupations helped to shape a distinctively new identity for emancipated young women, and explores how authors used this to navigate a precarious literary landscape. Num Pages: 304 pages, 17 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198724841
ISBN
9780198724841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.99

Hardcover. From television documentaries and a steady output of critical works to retrospective art exhibitions and Austin Powers, the sixties fascinate us. This book focuses on the major socio-political changes that marked the sixties in relationship to the development of literature over the decade. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 504.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826495570
ISBN
9780826495570
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 187.49

Hardback. This 1993 annual volume represents the continuation of the "Journal of Newspaper and Periodical History". The contents include London corantos and letters to the editor in the 17th/18th centuries, sporting journalism and celebrity in the 19th/20th centuries, and material on book reviews. Series: Newspaper and Periodical History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; DSB; GBCY; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313290503
ISBN
9780313290503
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.17
€ 62.71

Paperback. The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Part of the series "Euripides in Penguin Classics", this title contains plays such as "Phoenician Women", "Bacchae", "Iphigenia at Aulis", "Orestes", and "Rhesus". Translator(s): Vellacott, Philip. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin Books
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440447
ISBN
9780140440447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.95

Paperback.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Edition
Critical
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823228690
ISBN
9780823228690
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.81

Paperback. This book explores the act of reading as the experiencing of specific moods and atmospheres. Translator(s): Butler, Erik. Num Pages: 152 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 204.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804781220
ISBN
9780804781220
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

Hardback. Based on 19th-century French novels, this book argues that the point defining realism is the point at which the processes of representation break down, a sort of black hole of textuality, a rent in the tissue. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 149 x 23. Weight in Grams: 495.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804727877
ISBN
9780804727877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Whigham, Frank; Rebhorn, Wayne A. Num Pages: 512 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801486524
ISBN
9780801486524
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.11

Paperback. The Icelandic sagas, composed between the twelfth and the nineteenth centuries, are one of the world's great literary treasures. Num Pages: 192 pages, 29 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSK; HBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 126 x 25. Weight in Grams: 346.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
2Rev Ed
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780752428949
ISBN
9780752428949
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.41

Paperback. Matthew Bramble, a gout-ridden misanthrope, travels Britain with his nephew, niece, spinster sister and man-servant, the trusty Humphry Clinker. In poor health, Bramble sees the world as one of degeneracy and raucous overcrowding, and will not hesitate to let his companions know his feelings on the matter. Editor(s): Ross, Angus. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 344. Good clean copy showing light age. Prevous owners name to half title page otherwise internally text is clear and remains a nice copy
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
496
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KSG0020939
ISBN
9780141441429
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 18.99
€ 13.29

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. Fine in good illustrated cloth covers. Covers showing some shelf wear and previous owner's name to ffep, otherwise clean and remains a fine copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
The Athlone Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KSG0020700
ISBN
9780485610062
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 17.95

Paperback. 49 original essays on the essential terms and concepts in children's literature Editor(s): Nel, Philip; Paul, Lissa. Series: Keywords. Num Pages: 293 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 206 x 19. Weight in Grams: 594.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
New York University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814758557
ISBN
9780814758557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.36

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