Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Guy Mannering, or The Astrologer, first published in 1815, was Walter Scott's second novel Editor(s): Garside, Professor P. D. (University of Edinburgh). Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 616 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 148 x 35. Weight in Grams: 806.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 616
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605682
- ISBN
- 9780748605682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 145.11
€ 145.11
paperback. A collection of letters that forms a day-by-day account of the author's writing of "East of Eden". It features many subjects such as textual discussion, trial flights of workmanship, and family matters and offer an illuminating perspective of the author. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141186344
- ISBN
- 9780141186344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.17
€ 17.99
€ 14.17
Paperback. Marcus Valerius Martialis is celebrated for his droll, frequently salacious, portrayal of Roman high and low society during first century rule of the emperors Domitian, Nerva and Trajan. This title provides an overview - for students of classics and ancient history, as well as comparative literature - of the chief themes of his sardonic writings. Series: Understanding Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780766379
- ISBN
- 9781780766379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.51
€ 31.99
€ 26.51
Paperback. With discussions of various fundamental issues in Tolkien scholarship, this book introduces and explores the author and scholar's life and work within their historical and cultural contexts. Editor(s): Drout, Michael D. C. Num Pages: 808 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 276 x 218 x 54. Weight in Grams: 2026.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415865111
- ISBN
- 9780415865111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 76.42
€ 76.42
Paperback. Follows a woman's Herculean struggle against the curse of infertility. The woman's barrenness becomes a metaphor for her marriage in a traditional society that denies women sexual or social equality. Her desperate desire for a child drives her to commit a terrible crime. Editor(s): Edwards, Gwynne. Translator(s): Edwards, Gwynne. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713683264
- ISBN
- 9780713683264
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.24
€ 14.24
Paperback. Features a satire on the moral failure of the "Jazz Age". This book explores the intricate patterns of the novel, its chronology, locations, imagery and use of colour, and how these contribute to a seamless interplay of social comedy and symbolic landscape. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Edition
- Stg
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140771978
- ISBN
- 9780140771978
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.31
€ 10.99
€ 9.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559361446
- ISBN
- 9781559361446
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.57
€ 17.99
€ 16.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Jeffares, A. Norman. Num Pages: 563 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 203 x 39. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1968
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349001651
- ISBN
- 9781349001651
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.57
€ 58.57
Paperback. Marc Redfield provides the first single-authored book on the Yale School-the critical event associated with the confluence at that university of Jacques Derrida, Paul de Man, Geoffrey Hartman, J. Hillis Miller, Harold Bloom, and others, an event that helped to determine how literary theory reached America from Europe. Series: Lit Z. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSA; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823268672
- ISBN
- 9780823268672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 33.44
€ 37.99
€ 33.44
Paperback. Described as the Mona Lisa literature and the world's first detective story, Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" is a major text from the ancient Greek world and an iconic work of world literature. This book covers the afterlife of the play in depth and provides a comprehensive guide to further reading for students. Series: Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258. A Reader's Guide. Series: Reader's Guides. 176 pages. Described as the Mona Lisa literature and the world's first detective story, Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" is a major text from the ancient Greek world and an iconic work of world literature. This book covers the afterlife of the play in depth and provides a comprehensive guide to further reading for students. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight: 258.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441198242
- ISBN
- 9781441198242
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.54
€ 33.99
€ 28.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 822.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300208306
- ISBN
- 9780300208306
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 15.00
€ 15.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801478536
- ISBN
- 9780801478536
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 35.59
€ 37.99
€ 35.59
Hardcover. Translator(s): Fagan, Teresa Lavender. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 139. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226350387
- ISBN
- 9780226350387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 21.71
€ 26.99
€ 21.71
Hardcover. Just as the art of the table became a centrepiece of French mores, Balzac used it as a connecting thread in his novels, showing how food can evoke character, atmosphere, class, and social climbing. This title describes the ways food and the art of the table feature in Honore de Balzac's writings. Translator(s): Hunter, Adriana. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSRC; JFCV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907973222
- ISBN
- 9781907973222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.24
€ 17.99
€ 13.24
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction introduces the ways in which Spanish literature has been read, in and outside Spain, explaining misconceptions, outlining the insights of recent scholarship, and suggesting new readings. It explores the relationship between Spanish literature and modernity and issues of gender and sexuality. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 112 x 9. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199208050
- ISBN
- 9780199208050
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. This introductory guide to one of Marlowe's most widely-studied plays offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of screen adaptations, and a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading. Series: Shakespeare Handbooks. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426338
- ISBN
- 9781137426338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.45
€ 32.45
Paperback. Translator(s): Chandler, Robert; Jackson, Anne Marie; Steinberg, Irina. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJG; BM; DSK; HBTV4; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Pushkin Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782272991
- ISBN
- 9781782272991
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.80
€ 17.99
€ 12.80
Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3F; DSBB; DSK; HRCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 134 x 12. Weight in Grams: 142.
- Publisher
- HarperOne
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- abridged edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780060750664
- ISBN
- 9780060750664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.26
€ 16.99
€ 15.26
Hardback. This pathbreaking book offers stunning new insight into modern black literature, environmental humanities, and poetry and poetics. Series: The Callaloo African Diaspora Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422657
- ISBN
- 9781421422657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.75€ 46.63
€ 50.75
€ 46.63
Paperback. This fully illustrated volume includes the celebrated figures and influential groups in English literature who knew Cambridge. Series: Britain in Old Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; DS; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750922883
- ISBN
- 9780750922883
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.27
€ 17.99
€ 16.27