Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. The Short Oxford History of English Literature offers an introductory guide to the literature of the British Isles from the Anglo-Saxon period to the present day covering all the major periods of English literature chronologically. This third edition has been revised and updated incorporating a greater number of female and contemporary authors. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSR. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199263387
- ISBN
- 9780199263387
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.97
€ 57.97
Paperback. This anthology provides a solid theoretical base for all those encountering the 'author' debate for the first time. It presents key readings from the main writers on authorship, including pieces from Plato, Descartes, Shelley, Freud, T. S. Eliot, Sartre, Derrida, Foucault and Borges, and puts the authorship debates into historical context. Editor(s): Burke, Dr. Sean. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606184
- ISBN
- 9780748606184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.22
€ 41.99
€ 37.22
Hardcover. Volume V of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy includes the western Greek thinkers Parmenides, Zeno, Melissus, Empedocles, Alcmaeon, and Hippo. Translator(s): Laks, Andre (Princeton University New Jersey); Most, Glenn W (Princeton University New Jersey). Series: Loeb Classical Library. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 119 x 169 x 40. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674997066
- ISBN
- 9780674997066
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.68
€ 33.99
€ 28.68
Hardcover. This biography explores the life and work of Denis Johnston, barrister, theatre director, film-maker, pioneering television producer, war correspondent, essayist and celebrated playwright. Bernard Adams brings light to the extraordinary secret life of a complex, self-doubting individual. Num Pages: 320 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BGF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 234 x 44. Weight in Grams: 736.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781901866674
- ISBN
- 9781901866674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.00€ 25.25
€ 32.00
€ 25.25
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199668427
- ISBN
- 9780199668427
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.83
€ 38.99
€ 27.83
Paperback. Henry VI was weak and feeble, but his wife Margaret of Anjou, 'a great and strong laboured woman', became a formidable political force in her own right. The dynastic struggle that became known as the Wars of the Roses brought the usurpation of Edward IV, the humiliation and exile of Margaret, and the murder of Henry in the Tower of London. Num Pages: 160 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781554692
- ISBN
- 9781781554692
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.06
€ 23.99
€ 17.06
Hardback. Tracing connections between Gary Snyder and his Romantic and Transcendentalist predecessors - Wordsworth, Blake, Emerson, Whitman, and Thoreau - this study explores the tension between urbanization and overindustrialization. The dialectical relationship between Snyder and his predecessors reminds readers that nature is never a simple concept. Series: The New Urban Atlantic. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 150 x 19. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 2013th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137340146
- ISBN
- 9781137340146
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.86
€ 64.86
Paperback. A title that takes on a very big subject: the glorious span of literature from Greek myth to graphic novels, from The Canterbury Tales to Harry Potter. With masterful digressions into various themes - censorship, narrative tricks, self-publishing, taste, creativity and madness - it demonstrates the full depth and intrigue of reading. Num Pages: 288 pages, 40 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300205312
- ISBN
- 9780300205312
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.66
€ 15.99
€ 12.66
Hardback. The most haunting and Shakespearean of Scott's novels, The Bride of Lammermoor is a fast-paced tragedy set on the eve of the 1707 Union. Editor(s): Alexander, J.H. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 560 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605712
- ISBN
- 9780748605712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.78
€ 144.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 318 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 107 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Signet Classics
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780451532169
- ISBN
- 9780451532169
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.15
€ 8.15
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474262101
- ISBN
- 9781474262101
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 67.12
€ 106.95
€ 67.12
Hardback. A collection of essays by diverse hands engaging, interrogating, and honoring the medieval scholarship of Terry Jones. Editor(s): Yeager, R. F.; Takamiya, Toshiyuki. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 265 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBAH; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112674
- ISBN
- 9780230112674
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Paperback. Adventurous, engaging and politically urgent, contemporary American novels have come to enjoy a particular prestige and, through university courses, film adaptations and cultural controversies, a global circulation. This book provides an introduction to the contemporary American novel focusing on contexts, key texts and criticism. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826436962
- ISBN
- 9780826436962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.94
€ 33.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. The most supportive, easy-to-use and focussed literature guides to help your students understand the texts they are studying at GCSE and A Level Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSB. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 7. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Pearson York Notes
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582823051
- ISBN
- 9780582823051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Paperback. Num Pages: 112 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559362528
- ISBN
- 9781559362528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.78
€ 26.99
€ 23.78
Hardback. Oliver Goldsmith arrived in England a penniless Irishman and toiled for years in the anonymity of Grub Street. Norma Clarke tells how this destitute scribbler became one of literary London's most celebrated authors, transmuting dark truths about the empire into fable and nostalgia whose undertow of Irish indignation remains just barely perceptible. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; HBLL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674736573
- ISBN
- 9780674736573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.11
€ 47.99
€ 40.11
Paperback. Herman Roth is eighty-six years old, a widower and retired insurance manager, suffering from a brain tumour and fighting death. In a remarkable act of memory, elegy and appreciation, the author creates his most irrepressible and irresistible hero - his father. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099914303
- ISBN
- 9780099914303
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Hardback. An investigation of the motif of the unspeakable as manifested in a wide range of medieval texts, from the Exeter Book to Chaucer. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844686
- ISBN
- 9781843844686
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.42
€ 98.42
Paperback. The W. Somerset Maugham Reader presents a full range of Maugham's literary capabilities, from his early works of social realism, to his dramatic tales of love and revenge, to his pieces on travel to exotic lands. Editor(s): Meyers, Jeffrey. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 778.
- Publisher
- Taylor Trade Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 584
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781589790728
- ISBN
- 9781589790728
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.92
€ 21.92
Paperback. 'Ulysses' was not brought to the screen until 1967. Norris discusses the challenges that this difficult novel of the 20th century posed to the filmmaker along with the production and censorship problems that arose before the film was released to great contemporary critical acclaim. Editor(s): Norris, Margot. Series: Ireland into film. Num Pages: 102 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 186 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 102
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859182932
- ISBN
- 9781859182932
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Paperback. Argues for the relocation of ethics to the center of our engagement with literature. Returning ethics to its root sense, this work proposes that the ethical critic will be interested in any effect on the ethos, the total character or quality of tellers and listeners. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 40. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520062108
- ISBN
- 9780520062108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.01
€ 41.99
€ 30.01
Paperback. The historical novel is not only an immensely popular genre, but also one that raises fascinating questions about the nature of key foundational concepts such as fact and fiction, history, reading and writing. This guide offers an introduction to both the genre and the critical debates around it. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 196 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415426626
- ISBN
- 9780415426626
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.35
€ 28.35
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 255 x 180 x 18. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781585101177
- ISBN
- 9781585101177
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.81
€ 52.99
€ 37.81
Paperback. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 88 pages. BIC Classification: DSR; DSRC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Workbook
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292138077
- ISBN
- 9781292138077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.82
€ 9.82