Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Against the background of Montrose's campaign of 1644-5, this spirited novel centres on one of Scott's most memorable creations - Sir Dugald Dalgetty of Drumthwacket. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 270 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 146 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 270
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605729
- ISBN
- 9780748605729
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 108.45
€ 112.89
€ 108.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- New Island Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848402874
- ISBN
- 9781848402874
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 19.68
€ 24.99
€ 19.68
Paperback. Editor(s): Wall, Robert W; Nienhuis, David R. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Baker Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801049835
- ISBN
- 9780801049835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 22.90
€ 22.90
Paperback. Editor(s): Fender, Stephen Allen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 448 pages, 2 maps, frontispiece. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199538065
- ISBN
- 9780199538065
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
Paperback. Series: National Association for the Teaching of English NATE. Num Pages: 232 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JNLC; JNU. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 177 x 13. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415528238
- ISBN
- 9780415528238
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.30
€ 52.30
Hardback. Translator(s): Fiaccadori, Elisa. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857424372
- ISBN
- 9780857424372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 19.14
€ 23.99
€ 19.14
Paperback. The contributors to Critique and Postcritique evaluate literary critique's structural, methodological, and political potentials and limitations while assessing the merits of the post-critical turn and exploring a range of alternate methods of literary criticism that may be better suited to the intellectual and political challenges of the present. Editor(s): Anker, Elizabeth S.; Felski, Rita. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822363767
- ISBN
- 9780822363767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.70
€ 31.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Powers of Horror is an excellent introduction to an aspect of contemporary French literature which has been allowed to become somewhat neglected in the current emphasis on para-philosophical modes of discourse." Translator(s): Roudiez, Leon S. Num Pages: 219 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 318. An Essay on Abjection. 219 pages, Ill. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 149 x 16. Weight: 318. Translator(s): Roudiez, Leon S.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 219
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- Reprinted Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231053471
- ISBN
- 9780231053471
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.93
€ 45.93
Paperback. Poetry can be a great way to get people talking about difficult issues around mental health. This book is a complete guide to using poetry for this purpose. It includes a collection of over 100 poems written by the author with accompanying activities, as well as a 50 prompts to encourage clients to write their own poems. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSC; MMJT; MQTC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 247 x 174 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- Jessica Kingsley Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781785920530
- ISBN
- 9781785920530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.10
€ 32.10
Paperback. Ted Hughes's "Birthday letters", published in 1998, was greeted with astonishment and acclaim. In "Ariel's gift", Erica Wagner provides a commentary to the poems, pointing the reader towards the events that shaped them, and, crucially, showing how they draw upon Plath's own work. Num Pages: 240 pages, 8pp b&w halftones, indexes. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DC; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571205264
- ISBN
- 9780571205264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.53
€ 15.99
€ 11.53
Paperback. This book includes essays, unpublished sketches, Woolf's social realist 1919 novel Night and Day, and her final, visionary novel Between the Acts. This approach to Woolf's writing takes an integrated view, incorporating her juvenilia and foregrounding Woolf's critically neglected early novels. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DN; DS; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474423168
- ISBN
- 9781474423168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.67
€ 32.99
€ 29.67
Paperback. Editor(s): Roudiez, Leon S.; Jardine, Alice A. Translator(s): Gora, Thomas. Num Pages: 305 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 231 x 17. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 305
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231048071
- ISBN
- 9780231048071
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.18
€ 43.18
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230616769
- ISBN
- 9780230616769
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.82€ 74.05
€ 118.82
€ 74.05
Paperback. The bewitched Lucius passes from owner to owner - encountering a desperate gang of robbers and being forced to perform lewd 'human' tricks on stage - until the Goddess Isis finally breaks the spell and Lucius is initiated into her cult. Editor(s): Kenney, E. J. Translator(s): Kenney, E. J. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435900
- ISBN
- 9780140435900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.77
€ 15.99
€ 13.77
Hardback. The perfect gift for every occasion. Packed with 4,000 quotable quotes new and old, this little book offers the words of famous thinkers and great wits on any subject or special event. Find out what Shakespeare had to say about Friendship, Mark Twain on Dogs, or Oprah Winfrey on Exercise. Editor(s): Ratcliffe, Susan. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: DSR; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 5th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199654505
- ISBN
- 9780199654505
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.29
€ 17.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. Features an account of the swordfighter Wallace was to symbolise the cause of liberty and independence to many other countries and cultures in the centuries to come. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 464 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 29. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 464
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841954134
- ISBN
- 9781841954134
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.56
€ 19.99
€ 14.56
Paperback. Two years after its disastrous opening in 1896, "The Seagull" was successfully revived at the Moscow Art Theatre. Checkhov's self-mocking description of the play was: "A comedy - 3F, 6M, four acts, rural scenery (a view over a lake); much talk of literature, little action, five bushels of love". Translator(s): Frayn, Michael. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, annotation, chronology. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413771001
- ISBN
- 9780413771001
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.39
€ 15.99
€ 15.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; C; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- On Demand
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509859405
- ISBN
- 9781509859405
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.85
€ 26.99
€ 18.85
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Havel, Hippolyte. Editor(s): Berkman, Alexander. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJC; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; JPFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 205 x 37. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- AK Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849352567
- ISBN
- 9781849352567
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.81
€ 17.99
€ 17.81
Paperback. Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature. Num Pages: 130 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSB; YQC. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight in Grams: 202. Series: Cambridge Contexts in Literature. 128 pages, 1 colour book. Critical introductions to a range of literary topics and genres. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSB; YQC. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 7. Weight: 216.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521753722
- ISBN
- 9780521753722
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.21
€ 14.21
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AFS; DCF; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 2/27/00
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780375708428
- ISBN
- 9780375708428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.50
€ 19.00
€ 15.50
Hardback. Other than his name, we have no biographical details of Cynewulf, not even where or when he lived. Yet his Old English poems attest to a powerfully inventive imagination, deeply learned in Christian doctrine and traditional verse-craft. He reveals an expert control of structure and a flair for extended similes and dramatic dialogue. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 144 x 20. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674072633
- ISBN
- 9780674072633
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.83
€ 40.99
€ 33.83
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 2006th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403992130
- ISBN
- 9781403992130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.94
€ 64.94
Paperback. Series: Nation of Nations. Num Pages: 304 pages, 16 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KLCM; 2AB; 3JM; DSBH; HBJK; JFFN; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 24. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Publisher
- NYU Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781479858538
- ISBN
- 9781479858538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60