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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. From the stages of Broadway and London to university campuses, Paris, and the bourgeoning theaters of Africa, Greek tragedy remains constantly in production. This title explains how Aeschylus, Euripides, and Sophocles conceived their works in performance. It summarizes what we know about how their tragedies were actually staged. Num Pages: 208 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; ANH; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 135 x 14. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226301280
ISBN
9780226301280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.34

Paperback. Examines constructions of racial identity through the exploration of passing narratives including forties jazz musician Mezz Mezzrow's memoir Really the Blues Series: New Americanists. Num Pages: 272 pages, 12 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; HBTB; JFC; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5969 x 3887 x 20. Weight in Grams: 449.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822325154
ISBN
9780822325154
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Hardcover. In letters to his dear friend Atticus, Cicero reveals himself as to no other, except perhaps his brother. These letters, in a four-volume series, provide a vivid picture of a momentous period in Roman history--years marked by the rise of Julius Caesar and the downfall of the Republic. Editor(s): Shackleton, Bailey. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 350 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 170 x 115 x 23. Weight in Grams: 240. LOEB
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Loeb
Condition
New
SKU
9780674995727
ISBN
9780674995727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.18

Paperback. The great English Renaissance tragedy-violent, powerful, unforgettable-in a freshly edited and annotated student edition. Editor(s): Neill, Michael. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 213 x 26. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393923254
ISBN
9780393923254
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.59

Paperback. Between Two Shores / Idir Dha Chladach Series: Reimagining Ireland. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 436. Galway. Signed and inscribed by author. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Peter Lang AG, Internationaler Verlag der Wissenschaften
Condition
Used, Very Good
Edition
New
SKU
KOG0005815
ISBN
9783034301442
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 32.00

Paperback. Editor(s): Tomarken, Edward. Series: Shakespeare Criticism. Num Pages: 672 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 35. Weight in Grams: 792.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
672
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415874328
ISBN
9780415874328
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 44.27

Hardcover. Together, O'Quinn's two books offer a dramatic account of the global shifts in British imperial culture that will be of interest to scholars in theater and performance studies, eighteenth-century studies, Romanticism, and trans-Atlantic studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18, 18 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 154 x 28. Weight in Grams: 698.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780801899317
ISBN
9780801899317
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Hardcover. Matthew Schultz maps rhetorical hauntings across a wide range of postcolonial Irish novels, and defines the spectre as a non-present presence that simultaneously symbolises and analyses an overlapping of Irish myth and Irish history. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 218 x 22. Weight in Grams: 388.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719090929
ISBN
9780719090929
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.99
€ 7.28

Hardback. This book considers a range of printed and documentary evidence, the majority previously unpublished, for the way ordinary individuals thought about their houses and households; and it then explores how writers of domestic tragedies engaged those attitudes to shape their representations of domesticity. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719065446
ISBN
9780719065446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.75

Paperback. Series: French Literature Series. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 188.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564785763
ISBN
9781564785763
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564784575
ISBN
9781564784575
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 6.23

Hardback. A fascinating look into the life and work of controversial French novelist Irene Nemirovsky Num Pages: 376 pages, 25 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 27. Weight in Grams: 692.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300171969
ISBN
9780300171969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 7.41

Hardcover. Editor(s): Friedman, Ellen G.; Martin, Richard; Firedman, Ellen G. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Condition
New
SKU
9781564780799
ISBN
9781564780799
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. 'Realism' is a term which is key to understanding, amongst other things: the novel genre, Victorian literature, modernism, and postmodernism. This study recognises that realism is every bit as complex as other modes of representation and requires a similar level of critique. Series Editor(s): Barry, Peter; McLeod, John. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 134 x 29. Weight in Grams: 334.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719072215
ISBN
9780719072215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 6.23

Paperback. This book examines the depiction of physically ugly characters in a striking range of early modern literary and visual texts, offering fascinating insights into the ways in which ugliness and deformity were perceived and represented in the era, particularly with regard to gender and the construction of identity. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780719068751
ISBN
9780719068751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 6.23

Hardback. A dedication to Stephen Spender, who in 1932 wrote almost a million words of journal entries between his September Journal in 1939 and his death in 1995. It provides a picture of the various lives Spender brought together in a autobiographical form. Editor(s): Feigel, Lara; Sutherland, John. Num Pages: 816 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1050. T
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571237579
ISBN
9780571237579
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.59
€ 6.75

Paperback. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 212 x 20. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Penguin Putnam Inc
Condition
New
SKU
9780143128465
ISBN
9780143128465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 8.02

Paperback. Editor(s): Murphy, Neil. Series: Scholarly Series. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 202 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 466. 358pp
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Dalkey Archive Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
9781564785626
ISBN
9781564785626
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.00
€ 4.99

Paperback. Reveals details about the stories written by the creator of Tarzan - Edgar Rice Burroughs. Featured here are the outlines of all of Burroughs's major novels, along with descriptions of how they were each written, and their respective sources of inspiration. Series: Bison Frontiers of Imagination. Num Pages: 308 pages, Illus. BIC Classification: DSB; FL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 478.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press United States
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803280304
ISBN
9780803280304
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2ADF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Yale University Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300028454
ISBN
9780300028454
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.61

Paperback. An exploration of modern assumptions about God, social, economic, and political structures, through the analysis of contemporary cultural expression. This is combined with a study of the locations that successively became the frontiers of modernity, such as Vienna, Moscow, Paris and Berlin, as well as America. Num Pages: 752 pages, 166 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJ; AB; ACX; AV; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 167 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1190. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Thames and Hudson Ltd
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0006766
ISBN
9780500281512
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A dialogue on the role of biography and the interpretation of self-narrative in the Middle East. The dearth of intimate source materials, the discrepancy between public and private personae of Muslim intellectuals and the sense of propriety challenge this genre. Editor(s): Kramer, Martin S. Series: Contemporary Issues in the Middle East. Num Pages: 160 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1FB; DSB; JFSR2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. . Clean copy fine in dust wrapper. DW showing some light shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KMK0006451
ISBN
9780815625483
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardcover. A collection of ten critical essays on the Prologue to Chaucer's well-known work, arranged in chronological order of their original publication. Num Pages: 226 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 164 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336. Lightly scored copy in original decorated covers. Covers showing some age and bumped to edges and corners. No dust wrapper. Remains a good copy
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1969
Publisher
The Athlone Press
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KMK0006296
ISBN
9780485610062
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. The first fifty volumes of this yearbook of Shakespeare studies are being reissued in paperback. Editor(s): Wells, Stanley. Series: Shakespeare Survey. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 246 x 189. Weight in Grams: 66. Very good copy in good dustwrapper. Ex-Libris with bookplate on FFEP. DW has small dent to top right corner, remains very good
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KCW0005386
ISBN
9780521267014
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

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