Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Editor(s): Denecke, Wiebke; Li, Wai-yee; Tian, Xiaofei. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 600 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 248 x 171. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199356591
- ISBN
- 9780199356591
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 244.75
€ 244.75
Hardcover. What was Tragedy reconstructs the early modern poetics of tragedy with which practicing dramatists worked. In doing so, it not only illuminates recognized masterpieces but also encourages readers to explore a rich repertoire of tragic drama previously relegated to obscurity only because we lacked the language to interpret it. Num Pages: 384 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 736.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198749165
- ISBN
- 9780198749165
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 173.90
€ 173.90
Hardcover. Louis MacNeice and the Irish Poetry of his Time draws on new archival research to suggest ways in which MacNeice's poetry is closely linked to contemporaneous developments in Irish literature and culture. Series: Oxford English Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 22. Weight in Grams: 404.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198745150
- ISBN
- 9780198745150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 172.89
€ 172.89
Hardcover. This volume considers the phenomenon of mimetic contagion, whereby works of art draw viewers into direct imitation of themselves, and how it operates within specific historical contexts. Terence's Eunuch is used as a case study, situating the motif within the peculiarities of mid-second-century BC Rome and its anxieties about the power of art. Series: Oxford Studies in Ancient Culture Representation. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; DSBB; DSG; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 602.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198738732
- ISBN
- 9780198738732
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.99
€ 149.99
Hardcover. The Absence of America: the London Stage 1576-1642 looks at London theater at the time of Shakespeare and how it represented the New World, considering whether early modern drama was anti-American, as some contemporaries suggested. Num Pages: 288 pages, 10 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 149 x 223 x 25. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198734321
- ISBN
- 9780198734321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.00
€ 155.00
Hardcover. In an ambitious overview of a thousand years of history, from the formation of the city-state of Rome to the establishment of a fully Christian culture, T. P. Wiseman examines the evidence for the oral delivery of Roman 'literature' to mass public audiences. Num Pages: 352 pages, 27 illustrations, including a four-page colour plates section. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 247 x 29. Weight in Grams: 756.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198718352
- ISBN
- 9780198718352
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.35
€ 185.35
Hardcover. Culture, Northern Ireland, and the Second World War presents a new cultural history of Northern Ireland during and after the Second World War, examining the often-neglected period before the onset of the Troubles and exploring work by the generation of artists and writers that preceded Seamus Heaney and his contemporaries. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW; HBWQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 480.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198716853
- ISBN
- 9780198716853
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 149.27
€ 149.27
Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of Edmund Spenser examines the entire canon of Spenser's work and the social and intellectual environments in which it was produced. It explores technical matters of style, language, and metre, the poet's use of sources and subtexts, and the reception of his work amongst editors, critics, writers, and visual artists. Editor(s): McCabe, Richard A. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 852 pages, 23 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 245 x 173 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1496.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709671
- ISBN
- 9780198709671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.08
€ 77.08
Hardcover. William Hazlitt is regarded as the finest prose stylist of the English Romantic period, by virtue of his work as an essayist, metaphysician, and a critic of literature and the fine arts. William Hazlitt: Political Essayist makes the case for including politics in this achievement. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 698.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198709312
- ISBN
- 9780198709312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.86
€ 167.86
Hardcover. This volume reveals how Apuleius' Metamorphoses - the only fully extant Roman novel and a classic of world literature - works as a piece of literature, exploring its poetics and the way in which questions of production and reception are reflected in its text. Num Pages: 204 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198706830
- ISBN
- 9780198706830
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.65
€ 148.65
Hardcover. Great Shakespeare Actors provides a series of well-informed, well-written, illuminating, and entertaining accounts of many of the most famous stage performers of Shakespeare in both England and America, offering a concise, actor-centred history of Shakespeare on the stage. Num Pages: 314 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 27. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198703297
- ISBN
- 9780198703297
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 34.87
€ 34.99
€ 34.87
Hardcover. (Bellum Gallicum, cum A. Hirti supplemento.) Edited by R. L. A. Du Pontet. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 194 x 135 x 19. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198146025
- ISBN
- 9780198146025
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.91
€ 50.91
A two-volume critical edition of a previously unpublished sermon series, which was popular among preachers in the late Middle Ages in England. A detailed introduction, explanatory notes, and glossary are provided. Editor(s): Morrison, Stephen. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 650 pages, Four black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1; HRCP. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 222 x 146 x 69. Weight in Grams: 1248.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 650
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197265116
- ISBN
- 9780197265116
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.49
€ 165.49
Paperback. These essays lead the reader into the political and intellectual worlds within which John Milton wrote his verse and prose, and into the later worlds within which his reputation evolved and fluctuated. The illuminating and entertaining range of perspectives will appeal to specialists and non-specialists alike. Editor(s): Hammond, Paul; Worden, Blair. Series: British Academy Original Paperbacks. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 12. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780197264706
- ISBN
- 9780197264706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.40
€ 45.40
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- OUP India India
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195699944
- ISBN
- 9780195699944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.73
€ 32.73
Paperback. This volume collects for the first time four plays of Euripides in the acclaimed Greek Tragedy in New Translations series, each previously published individually: Alcestis, Medea, Helen, and Cyclops. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 196 x 25. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195388718
- ISBN
- 9780195388718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.79
€ 20.79
Paperback. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195388695
- ISBN
- 9780195388695
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.74
€ 16.74
Paperback. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 136 x 20. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 400
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195388671
- ISBN
- 9780195388671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.89
€ 16.89
Paperback. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 162 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195373400
- ISBN
- 9780195373400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.18
€ 17.18
Paperback. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 23. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195373301
- ISBN
- 9780195373301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.31
€ 17.31
Paperback. Editor(s): Burian, Peter; Shapiro, Alan. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 202 x 22. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 426
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195373288
- ISBN
- 9780195373288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.46
€ 17.46
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages, 60 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; PB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195334579
- ISBN
- 9780195334579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.95
€ 47.95
Paperback. This book not only introduces readers to ancient scholarship, but also teaches them how to read it. It includes a detailed, step-by-step introduction to the language, a glossary of over 1500 grammatical terms, and a set of more than 200 passages for translation, each accompanied by commentary. Series: American Philological Association Classical Resources Series. Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195312935
- ISBN
- 9780195312935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.83
€ 56.83
Paperback. A revision of George Kennedy's translation of, introdution to, and commentary on Aristotle's On Rhetoric. His translation is most accurate, his general introduction is the most thorough and insightful, and his brief introductions to sections of the work, along with his explanatory footnotes, are the most useful available. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195305098
- ISBN
- 9780195305098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 129.82
€ 129.82