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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 800 pages. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 46. Weight in Grams: 564.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199540495
ISBN
9780199540495
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.81

Paperback. Biographies are one of the most popular and best-selling of the literary genres. Why do people like them? What does a biography do and how does it work? This Very Short Introduction examines different types of biographies, why certain people and historical events arouse so much interest, and how they are compared with history and fiction. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 b&w halftone. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 171 x 113 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199533541
ISBN
9780199533541
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 163 x 7. Weight in Grams: 58.
Edition
New
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486295770
ISBN
9780486295770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.85

Paperback. A finalist for the 1972 National Book Award, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as 'brilliant' and 'provocative,' Nathan Huggins' Harlem Renaissance was a milestone in the study of African-American life and culture. Now this classic history is being reissued, with a new foreword by acclaimed biographer Arnold Rampersad. Num Pages: 390 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195063363
ISBN
9780195063363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.10

Paperback. Translator(s): Davis, Dick. Num Pages: 206 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 147 x 16. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934211383
ISBN
9780934211383
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.88

Paperback. Designed for students new to Milton's work, this sourcebook outlines the 17th-century contexts, examines a range of responses to the poem, reprints frequently studied passages of the poem and suggests further reading. Editor(s): Kean, Margaret. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 4KL; DS; GBC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 347 x 409 x 23. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415303255
ISBN
9780415303255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Hardcover. By looking beyond the works of Henry Wadsworth Longfellow, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Walt Whitman, Grace Greenwood, Margaret Fuller and Frederick Douglass to their public commentaries in lectures, reviews, and newspaper columns, this study uncovers their startling contributions to transatlantic culture. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 23. Weight in Grams: 516.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748669370
ISBN
9780748669370
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.81
€ 102.99

Paperback. This revised edition of Arden of Faversham contains a completely re-written Introduction that brings the text up to date with the latest performance history, criticism and research and fresh insight into the context in which the play was written. Editor(s): White, Martin; Lockwood, Tom. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 138. Series: New Mermaids. 160 pages, Illustrations. Editor(s): White, Martin; Lockwood, Tom. This revised edition of Arden of Faversham contains a completely re-written Introduction that brings the text up to date with the latest performance history, criticism and research and fresh insight into the context in which the play was written. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight: 138.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713677652
ISBN
9780713677652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 299.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816674442
ISBN
9780816674442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.31

Hardcover. This book demonstrates how the competitive context in which Athenian comic drama was performed shaped the poetry and plots of Aristophanes' plays. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 620.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
302
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521764070
ISBN
9780521764070
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.22

Paperback. A multi- and interdisciplinary collection of essays addressing ethical, political and aesthetic questions raised in the ten-film cycle Decalogue (1989) by Polish filmmaker Krzysztof Kieslowski. Editor(s): Badowska, Eva. Num Pages: 256 pages, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DS; HPQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 277 x 21. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823269273
ISBN
9780823269273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.25

Hardback. Editor(s): Epstein, Marc Michael. Num Pages: 288 pages, 278 color illus. 11 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HRJS; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 289 x 232 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1556.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691165240
ISBN
9780691165240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.29
€ 63.58

paperback. .
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Corrected Centennial ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872866355
ISBN
9780872866355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.36

Hardcover. The fourteen essays of this volume engage in distinct ways with the matter of motion in early modern Spanish poetics. Los catorce ensayos de este volumen conectan de una manera perceptible con el tema del movimiento en la poesia espanola del siglo de oro Num Pages: 312 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662841
ISBN
9781855662841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.77

Paperback. The contributors to this collection of essays are all unified by their concern with the instructive power of great literature. The essays explore the polyvalent moral and political impact of classic world literatures on public ethics through the study of some of its major figures. Editor(s): Edmondson, Henry T., III. Series: Applications of Political Theory. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 144 x 14. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Lexington Books
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739101490
ISBN
9780739101490
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.04

Hardback. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 114. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163765
ISBN
9780691163765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. A gathering of Seamus Heaney's prose of three decades. Whether autobiographical, topical or specifically literary, these essays and lectures circle the central preoccupying questions: How should a poet live and write? What is his relationship to be to his own voice and place? Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 33. Weight in Grams: 518.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Number of pages
422
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
9780571210916
ISBN
9780571210916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.38

Hardback. This book examines the influence of John Marston, typically seen as a minor figure among early modern dramatists, on his colleague and rival Ben Jonson. It argues that Marston's plays represent an experiment in a new kind of satiric drama and argues for their wider significance to the theatre of the time. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 425.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137563989
ISBN
9781137563989
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 121.89

Hardback. A multi-authored book concerned with the developing interface between Gothic criticism and queer theory. Considering a range of Gothic texts produced between the eighteenth century and the present, it explores the relationship between reading Gothically and reading Queerly. Editor(s): William, Hughes; Andrew, Smith. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 21. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719078156
ISBN
9780719078156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 222 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544 222pp. Index. Keywords: Literary criticism, biography
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
222
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Edition
1st Ed.
SKU
KHS1010075
ISBN
9780231041942
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Num Pages: 222 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 544. Hardcover, with dustjacket, in acceptable condition. Some shelf wear and foxing. Some dampstains to covers and wear and tear to dustjacket, otherwise pages and text are clean.
Condition
Used, Acceptable
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
222
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1977
Edition
1st Ed.
SKU
KRF0011462
ISBN
9780231041942
Hardback
Condition: Used, Acceptable

€ 4.99

Paperback. This ground-breaking and influential study explores the complex place and function of literature within culture. It takes its place as one of the most meaningful works of the twentieth century. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; HPCF7; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415287517
ISBN
9780415287517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.07

Hardback. Representing Imperial Rivalry in the Early Modern Mediterranean explores representations of national, racial, and religious identities within a region dominated by the clash of empires. Series: UCLA Clark Memorial Library Series. Num Pages: 296 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DD; 1DS; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; HBTQ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 618.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442649026
ISBN
9781442649026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.70

Hardback. Deals with abundant, generous, other-regarding love. This book offers an engagement with Helene Cixous' philosophies of love, inviting readers to reflect on the conditions of subjectivity that just might open them to something like a divine love of the other. Series: Manchester Studies in Religion, Culture and Gender. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069604
ISBN
9780719069604
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.83

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