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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Against the lowering background of Egdon Heath, fiery Eustacia Vye passes her days, wishing only for passionate love. She believes that her escape from Egdon lies in marriage to Clym Yeobright, home from Paris and discontented with his work there. Editor(s): Slade, Tony. Num Pages: 496 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
First Printing, Notations
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435184
ISBN
9780140435184
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSBF; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 235 x 50. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173672
ISBN
9780691173672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.96

Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 133 x 5. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
SparkNotes
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411469532
ISBN
9781411469532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.15

Hardback. Eugenio Montale, the Fascist Storm, and the Jewish Sunflower uncovers one of the great hidden sagas of modern literature. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 440 pages, 18. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 34. Weight in Grams: 800.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
464
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645387
ISBN
9781442645387
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 91.91

Drawing on the disciplines of book history, translation studies, comparative literature, and visual studies, the author focuses on the book as an object, examining how specific copies of manuscripts and printed books were presented to an English readership by a variety of translators. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 496 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 35. Weight in Grams: 900.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
496
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442646032
ISBN
9781442646032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.74

Paperback. This text offers a unique combination of British, European, American and Post-Colonial perspectives on literary study from the 1920s to the present day. In the second edition, there is an increased focus on questions of gender and identity and on recent debates, such as 'Literature and Nation' and 'Literature and Value'. Editor(s): Walder, Dennis. Num Pages: 552 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 840.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
552
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199253012
ISBN
9780199253012
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.55

Hardback. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474415828
ISBN
9781474415828
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.53
€ 101.47

paperback. In this collection, Anne Carson contemplates 'decreation', an activity described by Simone Weil as 'undoing the creature in us', an undoing of self. But how can we undo self without moving through self, to the very inside of its definitions? Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224079266
ISBN
9780224079266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. This is a collection of essays that sets out to make and break the links between psychoanalysis and literature. It gives insights into anorexia and cloning, the work of Tom Stoppard and A.E. Housman, the effect of the Blitz on Londoners, Nijinsky's diary and Martin Amis's "Night Train". Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DS; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 260.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571209736
ISBN
9780571209736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.33

Hardback. Editor(s): Haslam, Associate Professor Jason (Dalhousie University). Series: Edinburgh Companions to the Gothic. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474425551
ISBN
9781474425551
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. What does it mean to come after Blanchot? Three things, at least. First, it is to recognise that it is no longer possible to believe in an essentialist determination of literary discourse or of aesthetic experience. Second, there is the question of history. Here, a third meaning to the phrase "after Blanchot" comes into view. Editor(s): Hill, Leslie; Nelson, Brian; Vardoulakis, Dimitris. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
277
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139464
ISBN
9780874139464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.89

Hardback. Hardback, shrinkwrapped as new. With dustjacket.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KRF0026860
ISBN
9780813011059
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. A compelling account of the Narnia novels, unlocking their Christian symbolism and exploring the moral and spiritual wisdom that C. S. Lewis intended to convey. Answers contemporary critics of Lewis (such as Philip Pullman) over charges of sexism, violence and racial stereotyping. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 176 x 14. Weight in Grams: 196.
Publisher
Spck
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281068951
ISBN
9780281068951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. For the first time, Guy Debord's pivotal work Society of the Spectacle appears in a definitive and authoritative English translation. Translator(s): Nicholson-Smith, Donald; Smith, Donald Nicholson-. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
154
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299793
ISBN
9780942299793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.16

Paperback. Num Pages: illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HRLM; VFX; VSPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 137 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Backlist, LLC United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
333
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623610456
ISBN
9781623610456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.21

Hardcover. Pioneering study offering a 'new comparatism' - a new world-systems' approach to the 'world' in 'world literature'. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381892
ISBN
9781781381892
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.40
€ 84.74

Paperback. In an essay of prophetic vision, Lukacs defines a critical realism: 'anyone who wants to become more intimately acquainted with the prehistory of the important ideologies of the [nineteen-] twenties and thirties .. will be helped by a critical reading of this book.' Translator(s): Bostock, A. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
The Merlin Press Ltd London
Number of pages
164
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Condition
New
SKU
V9780850362367
ISBN
9780850362367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Schaberg, Christopher (Loyola University New Orleans USA); Bogost, Professor Ian (Loyola University New Orleans USA). Series: Object Lessons. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628922653
ISBN
9781628922653
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.68

Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's tragic history, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Michael Boyd and Claus Peymann and the director/actress Fiona Shaw, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and features a completely new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
2010th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230272200
ISBN
9780230272200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.10

Hardback. Num Pages: 192 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 119 x 20. Weight in Grams: 236.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750959643
ISBN
9780750959643
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 18.13

Paperback. Quentin is a successful lawyer in New York, but inside his head he is struggling with his own sense of guilt and the shadows of his past relationships. One of these an ill-fated marriage to the charming and beautiful Maggie, who went from operating a switchboard to become a self-destructive star - a singer everyone wanted a piece of. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189994
ISBN
9780141189994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.95

Hardcover. MawlanaJalal al-Din Rumi's poem, the Mathnawi, is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscript, including the earliest, dated 1278, and preserved in the Mawlana Museum at Qonya. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Num Pages: 373 pages, 373 & 474 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1397.
Publisher
Gibb Memorial Trust
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1985
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780906094280
ISBN
9780906094280
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.22
€ 73.45

Paperback. .
Publisher
CONNELL GUIDES
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907776625
ISBN
9781907776625
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107655768
ISBN
9781107655768
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.23

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