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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This guide provides a detailed introduction to each of the major Renaissance literary genres and key Renaissance texts and authors. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625840
ISBN
9780748625840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Hardcover. Delving into the inspirations behind his masterworks and the influences of generations of performers, this book reveals the incredible variety of ways Shakespeare's plays have been adapted for stage and screen. Commemorating the 400th anniversary of his death, it looks at the facts and myths of Shakespeare's life and times. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 165 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Publisher
Andre Deutsch
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
9780233004969
ISBN
9780233004969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 4.99

Hardback. This casebook probes the many layers of meaning in Golding's "Lord of the Flies". It examines its literary, philosophical, historical, scientific and religious significance, integrating primary and secondary documents, with extracts from texts as diverse as the Bible and war crimes interviews. Series: The Greenwood Press Literature in Context. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 501.
Publisher
ABC-CLIO
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780313307232
ISBN
9780313307232
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.15
€ 37.89

Paperback. Editor(s): MacGowan, Christopher J. Num Pages: 328 pages, 1 port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811212984
ISBN
9780811212984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 18.18

Paperback. To find more information about Rowman and Littlefield titles, please visit www.rowmanlittlefield.com. Editor(s): Moore, Rayburn S. Series: Masterworks of Literature. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DS; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1967
Condition
New
SKU
V9780808401322
ISBN
9780808401322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.10

Paperback. Lucid, entertaining and full of insight, How To Read A Poem is designed to banish the intimidation that too often attends the subject of poetry, and in doing so to bring it into the personal possession of the students and the general reader. * Offers a detailed examination of poetic form and its relation to content. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405151412
ISBN
9781405151412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.16

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 274. Plato's "Euthyphro", "Apology of Socrates", "Crito" and Aristophanes' "Clouds". 192 pages, bibliography. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight: 270. Translator(s): West, Thomas G.; Starry, Grace.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801485749
ISBN
9780801485749
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.33

Hardback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 352 pages, 42 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: ACVT; APFA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231164061
ISBN
9780231164061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.27
€ 50.82

Paperback. Suitable for all students of Greek theatre and literature, this book examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Editor(s): Heath, Malcolm. Translator(s): Heath, Malcolm. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446364
ISBN
9780140446364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859182604
ISBN
9781859182604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.00
€ 52.59

Paperback. Editor(s): Lustig, T. J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; FK; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536177
ISBN
9780199536177
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.67

Hardcover. Editor(s): Cockshut, A. O. J. Series: The Whitehouse Edition of John Ruskin. Num Pages: 624 pages, 4ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1074.
Publisher
Clearway Logistics Phase 2-3
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853310454
ISBN
9781853310454
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.80
€ 102.99

Paperback. The term mimesis has long been used to refer to the relationship between an image and its 'real' original. A multidisciplinary study of a term returning to the forefront of contemporary theory, this is a guide for readers in such fields as literature, performance and cultural studies. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 218.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415700306
ISBN
9780415700306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. When do we start going to war and why? And what did it mean to go to war from World War I to World War II and beyond, in Italy, before and after Mussolini, before and after, that is, that warring spirit of the age which keeps nations in fighting mode? This book explores these questions. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 312.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Pap/DVD Bl
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748668724
ISBN
9780748668724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 108 x 13. Weight in Grams: 113.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Bantam Doubleday Dell Publishing Group Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Publication date
1990
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780553213805
ISBN
9780553213805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.76

Paperback. Explores a specific site - the Reading Room of the British Museum - as a space of imaginative potential in relation to the emergence of modern women writers in Victorian and early 20th-century London. This book challenges an assessment of the Reading Room of the British Museum as a bastion of class and gender privilege. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748697946
ISBN
9780748697946
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

Paperback. Describes and analyses contemporary discourse seems to provide a choice in the way sexual identities and sexual difference. This title includes essays that elaborate on different aspects of this deadlock of sexual difference. Editor(s): Salecl, Renata. Series: [SIC] Series. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 figures. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822324737
ISBN
9780822324737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.51

Paperback. Deals with Virginia Woolf's lesbianism. This title focuses on how Woolf's private and public experience and knowledge of same-sex love influences her shorter fiction and novels. Editor(s): Barrett, Eileen; Cramer, Patricia. Series: Virginia Woolf. Num Pages: 306 pages, 3 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
306
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814712641
ISBN
9780814712641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 568 pages, 30. BIC Classification: 2AGP; BGL; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 245 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1046.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801444715
ISBN
9780801444715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.67

Paperback. The influential readings collected for this volume reflect not just the textual and discursive nature of colonial and postcolonial discourse in relation to gender, but also the material effects of the postcolonial condition and practices developed in relation to it. Editor(s): Lewis, Reina; Mills, Sara. Num Pages: 754 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSA; GTF; JFC; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1290. A Reader. 754 pages, bibliography. Editor(s): Lewis, Reina; Mills, Sara. The influential readings collected for this volume reflect not just the textual and discursive nature of colonial and postcolonial discourse in relation to gender, but also the material effects of the postcolonial condition and practices developed in relation to it. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSA; GTF; JFC; JFFK. Dimension: 243 x 173 x 43. Weight: 1270.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
754
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748613496
ISBN
9780748613496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 35.08

Hardback. Ethics and Form in Fantasy Literature: Tolkien, Rowling and Meyer by Lykke Guanio-Uluru examines formal and ethical aspects of The Lord of the Rings, Harry Potter and the Twilight series in order to discover what best-selling fantasy texts can tell us about the values of contemporary Western culture. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137469687
ISBN
9781137469687
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 216 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 133 x 204 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
New Directions Publishing Corporation United States
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1964
Edition
18TH
Condition
New
SKU
V9780811201124
ISBN
9780811201124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.46

Paperback. "Fetterley s questions are often so crucial, her observations repeatedly so acute, that they force us to ask how we avoided them in the past." Women s Studies International Quarterly.". thoughtful, informed, and well written." Choice" Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1981
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253202475
ISBN
9780253202475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.20

Paperback. For years Helene Cixous has been dreaming about The Book-I-Don t-Write but each time she approaches The Book, it withdraws. The-Book-I-Don t Write is always just out of reach. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 138. .
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509500550
ISBN
9781509500550
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.80

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