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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Explores the way ancient epistolary theory and practice were understood and imitated in the European Renaissance. This study is of interest to students and scholars in a number of areas, including classical, Renaissance, and early modern studies; comparative literature; and the history of reading, rhetoric, and writing. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 3H; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
y First printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226184623
ISBN
9780226184623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 79.38

Paperback. What does it mean to live during wartime away from the battle zone? This title considers how those left on the home front register wars and wartime in their everyday lives, particularly when military conflict remains removed from immediate perception, available only through media forms. Num Pages: 280 pages, 12 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSA; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144078
ISBN
9780691144078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555975623
ISBN
9781555975623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.74

Paperback. A major work by this prominent Caribbean author and philosopher, available for the first time in English Editor(s): Wing, Betsy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472066292
ISBN
9780472066292
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Kerrigan, Anthony; Nozick, Martin. Series: Selected Works of Miguel de Unamuno. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691613208
ISBN
9780691613208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 77.26
€ 59.93

Paperback. In a major revisionary approach to ancient Greek culture, this title invokes as a paradigm the myths surrounding Daidalos to describe the profound influence of the Near East on Greece's artistic and literary origins. Num Pages: 483 pages, 63 halftones 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 24. Weight in Grams: 942.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
411
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691001609
ISBN
9780691001609
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.20
€ 64.27

Paperback. A selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Raymond Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, "The Poodle Springs Story", left unfinished at his death. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
275
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208353
ISBN
9780520208353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Rayor, Diane J.; Batstone, William W. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138857803
ISBN
9781138857803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.71

Paperback. Shakespeare's plays continue to be circulated on a massive scale in a variety of guises - as editions, performances, and adaptations - and it is by means of such mediation that we come to know his drama. This title addresses fundamental questions about this process of mediation, making use of the fraught category of adaptation. Num Pages: 232 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415308687
ISBN
9780415308687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.50

Hardcover.
Publisher
University of Rochester Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580464369
ISBN
9781580464369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.29

Hardcover. Offers a comprehensive analysis of Northern Irish poetry focusing on the colonial, political, and cultural underpinnings that have shaped artistic expression in a variety of ways. This book also focuses on both the better-known contemporary Northern Irish poets as well as their more obscure but no less significant counterparts. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DCQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845194291
ISBN
9781845194291
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 130.40

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 10 bw illus. BIC Classification: ANF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474239837
ISBN
9781474239837
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.23

Hardback. Editor(s): Siegel, Ben; Halio, Jay L. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
University of Delaware Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491470
ISBN
9781611491470
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.55

Hardback. .
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262073035
ISBN
9780262073035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.17

Paperback. For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana. My Havana is a lyrical exploration of Varela's life and work, and of the vibrant musical, literary, and cinematic culture of his generation. Editor(s): Cumana, Maria Caridad; Dubinsky, Karen; De La Cruz, Xenia Reloba. Num Pages: 324 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVG; DSB; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442615786
ISBN
9781442615786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardcover. This chronology covers the whole sweep of Evelyn Waugh's varied and eventful life and career, including his numerous friendships, his active social life and his exotic travels. Series: Author Chronologies Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 385.
Publisher
PALGRAVE MACMILLAN
Number of pages
172
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333638941
ISBN
9780333638941
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.88
€ 48.94

Hardback. Putting Greek writer Nikos Kazantzakis's (1883-1957) vast output into the context of his lifelong spiritual quest and the turbulent politics of twentieth-century Greece, this title argues that Kazantzakis was a deeply flawed genius. It covers his life after 1938, the period in which he wrote "Zorba the Greek" and "The Last Temptation of Christ". Series: Princeton Modern Greek Studies. Num Pages: 640 pages, 3 line illus. BIC Classification: 2AHM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 39. Weight in Grams: 999.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
640
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691128139
ISBN
9780691128139
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.73

Electronic book text. This book examines the multifarious ways in which the emergence of a modern culture of portability prompts a radical, if often problematic, departure from Victorian architectural conceptions of fiction towards more movable understandings of form and character. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474419598
ISBN
9781474419598
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.86
€ 114.20

Hardback. Knights in Arms moves beyond the best-known examples of the genre, such as Philip Sidney's Arcadia, to consider the broad range of texts which featured the Eastern Mediterranean in this era. Num Pages: 256 pages, 3, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442648876
ISBN
9781442648876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.05

Paperback. Series: Other Becketts. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474419000
ISBN
9781474419000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 112.92
€ 108.83

Hardback. Presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055575
ISBN
9780674055575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.09

Hardback. Editor(s): Morris, Rosalind. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HPS; JFSL. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231143844
ISBN
9780231143844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.09
€ 73.18

Paperback. This international collection of eleven original essays on Australian Aboriginal literature provides a comprehensive critical companion that contextualizes the Aboriginal canon for scholars, researchers, students, and general readers. Editor(s): Wheeler, Belinda. Num Pages: 240 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; DSBH5; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139382
ISBN
9781571139382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 37.47

Paperback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 464 pages, 44 b 17 color illus. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSB; JFC; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 328 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164337
ISBN
9780231164337
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.47

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