Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Described by Brecht as "a gangster play that would recall certain events familiar to us all", Arturo Ui is a witty and savage satire of the rise of Hitler - recast by Brecht into a small-time Chicago gangster's takeover of the city's greengrocery trade. Editor(s): Worrall, Non. Translator(s): Manheim, Ralph. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 132 x 13. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713685114
- ISBN
- 9780713685114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.43
€ 15.99
€ 14.43
Hardcover. "Kapnick Foundation Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Lectures for 2014." Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813939056
- ISBN
- 9780813939056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.18
€ 20.99
€ 19.18
Paperback. Presents the author's recollection of his childhood in an upper-middle-class Jewish home in Berlin's West End. This book focuses not on persons or events but on places and things, all seen from the perspective of a child, a collector, flaneur, and allegorist in one. It tells about the parks, streets, schoolrooms, and interiors of the metropolis. Translator(s): Eiland, Howard. Num Pages: 208 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JJC; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 190 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 246.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674022225
- ISBN
- 9780674022225
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.56
€ 25.99
€ 22.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 242
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226901619
- ISBN
- 9780226901619
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 37.18
€ 47.99
€ 37.18
Paperback. In The School for Scandal, Sheridan's artificial world of heightened wit and heightened folly delights its audience, but at times it engages them with moments of human pain and happiness, before delivering them back to its comedy. Editor(s): Blake, Prof. Ann. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 192 pages, approx 4 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713662900
- ISBN
- 9780713662900
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.47
€ 13.99
€ 13.47
Hardback. This original study explores a vital aspect of early modern cultural history: the way that warfare is represented in the theatre of Shakespeare and his contemporaries. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748627653
- ISBN
- 9780748627653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 108.53
€ 112.89
€ 108.53
Paperback. From Hannah Arendt's 'banality of evil' to Joseph Conrad's 'fascination of the abomination', humankind has struggled to make sense of human-upon-human violence. This book explores the social, literary, and philosophical theories of violence. Editor(s): Scheper-Hughes, Nancy; Bourgois, Philippe I. Series: Wiley Blackwell Readers in Anthropology. Num Pages: 512 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 173 x 27. Weight in Grams: 772.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631223498
- ISBN
- 9780631223498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 48.24
€ 48.99
€ 48.24
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Macmillan Collector's Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781909621848
- ISBN
- 9781909621848
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.94
€ 13.99
€ 10.94
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verlag Peter Lang
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783039113613
- ISBN
- 9783039113613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 84.46
€ 84.46
Paperback. This book presents one of the first systematic assessments of aesthetic insights into world politics. It examines the nature of aesthetic approaches and outlines how they differ from traditional analysis of politics. The book explores the potential and limits of aesthetics through a series of case studies on language and poetics. Series: Rethinking Peace and Conflict Studies. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC; HPS; JHB; JPA; JPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349542260
- ISBN
- 9781349542260
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 124.23
€ 124.23
Hardback. Analysis of how emotion is pictured in Arthurian legend. Editor(s): Brandsma, Frank; Larrington, Carolyne; Saunders, Corinne. Series: Arthurian Studies. Num Pages: 221 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 245 x 21. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844211
- ISBN
- 9781843844211
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.42
€ 98.42
Hardcover. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Ashgate Publishing Limited
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0211754
- ISBN
- 9780754602835
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. An illuminating examination of writer and lay theologian Dorothy L. Sayers' Trinitarian understanding of human creativity, and how it offers a theologically authentic basis for a socially-committed Christian life. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBH; DSK; HRCX6. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 159 x 216 x 9. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- James Clarke & Co Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893347
- ISBN
- 9780718893347
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.92
€ 39.92
Paperback. Key scholars in the field of lesbian and sexuality studies take part in an innovative conversation that offers a radical new methodology for writing lesbian history and geography, drawing new conclusions on the important and often overlooked work being done on female same-sex desire and identity in relation to premodern cultures. Editor(s): Giffney, Noreen; Sauer, Michelle M.; Watt, Diane. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349380183
- ISBN
- 9781349380183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 123.23
€ 123.23
Paperback. Translator(s): Sturrock, John. Num Pages: 544 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGH; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 34. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780940322899
- ISBN
- 9780940322899
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 22.87
€ 31.99
€ 22.87
Paperback. An unforgettable book of passion, ambition, and what it means to become a writer. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447250708
- ISBN
- 9781447250708
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.28
€ 17.99
€ 13.28
Paperback. Translator(s): Lewin, Jane E. Num Pages: 168 pages, 8. BIC Classification: DQ; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 222. 168 pages, 8 illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DQ; DSA. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight: 92. Translator(s): Lewin, Jane E.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801495359
- ISBN
- 9780801495359
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Paperback. A revised edition of Peter Brook's take on Shakespeare, with a new chapter. The book addresses a number of questions about performing Shakespeare today: Why is Shakespeare not out of date? What do we mean by Shakespeare's "genius" or "creativity". Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 129 x 4. Weight in Grams: 66.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Expanded ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854597120
- ISBN
- 9781854597120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.50
€ 16.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. A study of sixteenth-century life and literature that spawned an era of scholarly inquiry. The author examines the structure of selfhood as evidenced in major literary figures of the English Renaissance and finds that in the early modern period new questions surrounding the nature of identity heavily influenced the literature of the era. Num Pages: 332 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 332
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226306599
- ISBN
- 9780226306599
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.85
€ 32.99
€ 25.85
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713685510
- ISBN
- 9780713685510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.47
€ 15.99
€ 14.47
Paperback. Editor(s): Clarke, Nana Ayebia; Currey, James. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFDN; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 232 x 26. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Ayebia Clarke Publishing Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780956930767
- ISBN
- 9780956930767
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 28.82
€ 34.99
€ 28.82
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Master Series. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Edition
- 2003rd Edition
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403900777
- ISBN
- 9781403900777
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.68
€ 48.68
Hardback. Examining hardboiled fiction through Flaubert, New Yorker cartoons through modernist painting, and Bette Davis through Hegel and Marx, Transatlantic Aliens challenges and changes the way we understand modernism's place in midcentury American culture. Series: Hopkins Studies in Modernism. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26, 18 black & white halftones, 8 colour plates. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 266 x 24. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421420943
- ISBN
- 9781421420943
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.23
€ 55.23
Paperback. Presents the work of one of America's greatest poets, increasingly recognised as one of the greatest English-language poets of the twentieth century, loved by poets and readers alike. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 233 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780701186289
- ISBN
- 9780701186289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.86
€ 19.99
€ 15.86