Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. This book introduces and analyzes the fiction of Xu Xu and Wumingshi and shows their importance during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) until 1949. It makes the wider argument that their short stories and novels in this period, and popular Chinese literature more broadly, was indebted to the Shanghai modernist writers of the 1930s (Xinganjue Pai). Series: Edinburgh East Asian Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748696369
- ISBN
- 9780748696369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.81€ 102.41
€ 105.81
€ 102.41
Hardcover. Volume VIII of the nine-volume Loeb edition of Early Greek Philosophy includes the so-called sophists Protagoras, Gorgias, Prodicus, Thrasymachus, and Hippias, along with testimonia relating to the life, views, and argumentative style of Socrates. Translator(s): Laks, Andre (Princeton University New Jersey); Most, Glenn W (Princeton University New Jersey). Series: Loeb Classical Library. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 118 x 245 x 31. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674997097
- ISBN
- 9780674997097
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.71
€ 33.99
€ 28.71
Hardback. This book argues that Woolf's preoccupation with the literary past had a profound impact on the content and structure of her novels. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748623495
- ISBN
- 9780748623495
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.20€ 129.49
€ 135.20
€ 129.49
Paperback. The 12 contributions to this book amply demonstrate the richness, vitality, and complexity of the multifaceted literary and cultural traffic between Britain and India in the colonial period. Editor(s): Melikoglu, Koray. Num Pages: 340 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 15. Weight in Grams: 1000.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783898216739
- ISBN
- 9783898216739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 32.60
€ 44.99
€ 32.60
Paperback. Editor(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537259
- ISBN
- 9780199537259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Explores the theater's unprecedented focus on the contemporary city in early modern London. Examines plays by Shakespeare and his contemporaries to consider how this new, experimental theater created a medium for urban plurality, opening up a reflexive space within which diverse populations might begin to "practice" the city. Num Pages: 208 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823267873
- ISBN
- 9780823267873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.48
€ 29.99
€ 27.48
Hardcover. Many of the West's best writers fought in duels or wrote about them, seduced by glamour or risk or recklessness. A gift as a plot device, the duel also offered a way to discover how we face fears of humiliation, pain, and death. John Leigh's literary history of the duel illuminates these and other tensions attending the birth of the modern world. Num Pages: 342 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; JHBT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 163 x 32. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504387
- ISBN
- 9780674504387
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Hardcover. A show stopper a classic work: the edition translated by A.T. Murray that is cited in BCL3 (this revision is by by George E. Dimock). This set is in the handy, even cuddly, standard Loeb..Library format (4.5 x 6.5"). The facing Greek and English text is crisply printed on soothing off-white paper, Editor(s): Murray, A.T. Translator(s): Murray, A.T. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 171 x 110 x 27. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1919
- Edition
- Subsequent
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995628
- ISBN
- 9780674995628
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.80
€ 33.99
€ 28.80
Hardback. Exploring medieval literary representations of the Islamic conquest of Spain in 711, Hazbun discusses chronicles, epic and clerical poetry, and early historical novels. While material on the conquest of Spain is substantial, it is understudied and this book works to fill that gap. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; 3F; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520517
- ISBN
- 9781137520517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.97
€ 121.97
Hardback. Editor(s): Dewey, Joseph O., PhD; Kellman, Professor Steven G.; Malin, Irving. Num Pages: 219 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 166 x 18. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492125
- ISBN
- 9781611492125
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.10
€ 111.10
Paperback. The faith of Charles Dickens, the most influential and popular author of the Victorian era. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGX; DSK; HRLK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130. .
- Publisher
- Lion Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745968513
- ISBN
- 9780745968513
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.53
€ 14.99
€ 12.53
Paperback. Surveys the schemes, patterns and forms of English verse, and illustrates each variation with an original and witty self-descriptive example. In this fourth edition, the authors offer a personal take on why the book has played such an important role in the education of young poets and student scholars. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 152.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 4th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300206296
- ISBN
- 9780300206296
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.06
€ 17.06
Hardback. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: AMK; AMX; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Unbound
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783523801
- ISBN
- 9781783523801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 14.13
€ 14.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226433653
- ISBN
- 9780226433653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 40.15
€ 50.99
€ 40.15
Paperback. Christopher Marlowe's story of a Scythian shepherd who through using his brutality, lust for power and also his charm becomes a mighty conqueror and the King of Persia. Editor(s): Dawson, Anthony B. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 224 pages, c 5 photographs/line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713668148
- ISBN
- 9780713668148
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.39
€ 13.99
€ 13.39
Paperback. Num Pages: 108 pages. BIC Classification: AS; DSB; HB; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 8. Weight in Grams: 163.
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 108
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559362337
- ISBN
- 9781559362337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.32
€ 13.99
€ 13.32
Paperback. Presents war stories that are often shocking accounts of the incivilities perpetrated by and on men suddenly confronting their own mortality. This book presents stories that center on the subject of the awareness of imminent violent death. It includes the classic "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge", "Chickamauga", "The Mocking Bird," and others. Editor(s): Hopkins, Ernest Jerome. Num Pages: 139 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 203 x 133 x 6. Weight in Grams: 159.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Number of pages
- 139
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260870
- ISBN
- 9780803260870
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.33
€ 16.99
€ 16.33
paperback. Horace exposes the vices and follies of his Roman contemporaries in his Satires, and the Epistles include the famous Art of Poetry, whose advice on poetic style influenced many later writers and dramatists. John Davie's new prose translations perfectly capture the ribald style of the original. Translator(s): Davie, John. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199563289
- ISBN
- 9780199563289
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.68
€ 13.99
€ 11.68
Paperback. Paris, Capital of the Black Atlantic is unique both in its focus on literary fiction as a formal and sociological category and in the range of examples it brings to bear on the question of Paris as an imaginary capital of diasporic consciousness. Editor(s): Braddock, Jeremy; Eburne, Jonathan P. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 376 pages, 10, 10 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 227 x 25. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421407791
- ISBN
- 9781421407791
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 36.94
€ 43.99
€ 36.94
Paperback. Series Editor(s): Melikoglu, Koray. Num Pages: 252 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DS. Dimension: 152 x 214 x 15. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783838207247
- ISBN
- 9783838207247
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 23.07
€ 30.99
€ 23.07
Hardcover. Bawdier than The Canterbury Tales, The Fabliaux is the first major English translation of the most scandalous and irreverent poetry in Western literature. Translator(s): Dubin, Nathaniel E. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 143 x 49. Weight in Grams: 966.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 982
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871403575
- ISBN
- 9780871403575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.69
€ 32.99
€ 27.69
Paperback. A tale that contains elements of a beast fable, an exemplum, a satire, and other genres. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 658.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268042356
- ISBN
- 9780268042356
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 38.44
€ 42.99
€ 38.44
Paperback. This book argues that we should regard walking and talking in a single rhythmic vision. In doing so, it contributes to the theory of prosody, our understanding of respiration and looking, and, in sum, to the particular links, across the board, between the human characteristics of bipedal walking and meaningful talk. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 224 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. .
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823256839
- ISBN
- 9780823256839
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.69
€ 31.99
€ 30.69
Paperback. When Elfrise Swanston meets Stephen Smith, she is attracted to his handsome face and the sense of mystery which surrounds him. But, societal pressures, and the advent of the superior Henry Knight, eventually displace her affections. But, Knight proves to be an uncompromising moralist. This book is about the struggle between classes and sexes. Editor(s): Dalziel, Pamela. Num Pages: 480 pages, Illustrations, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ACD; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435290
- ISBN
- 9780140435290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.81
€ 14.99
€ 11.81