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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Features witty illustrations and inspirational quotes. This title covers every work, from the comedies of Twelfth Night and As You Like It to the tragedies of Julius Caesar and Hamlet, and lost plays and less well-known works of poetry. Series: Big Ideas. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 203 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1162.
Publisher
Dorling Kindersley
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241182611
ISBN
9780241182611
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.12

Paperback. 'Oxford Student Texts' provide an accessible approach to the works of great poets and playwrights. Up-to-date to meet today's curriculum requirements for post-16 study, this series is designed to motivate and encourage students working on these challenging writers for the first time. Editor(s): Moore, Jackie. Series Editor(s): Croft, Steven. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations, map, facsim., photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
FIRST EDITION
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198325741
ISBN
9780198325741
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.75

Paperback. Examines the anglophone literatures of the archipelago from 1890 to 1970 for what they tell us about changing identities, geographies, and ecologies. This book questions established terms such as 'Modernism' or 'the Angry Young Men' and explores new terms such as 'critical realism' and literary developments such as 'the Scottish New Wave'. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643356
ISBN
9780748643356
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.39

Paperback. Literature analysis made easy. Build your students' confidence in their language abilities and help them develop the skills needed to critique their chosen work; putting it into context, understanding the themes and narrative technique, as well as specialist terminology. Series: Film and Literature Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 4KLR; CJB; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 246 x 189. .
Publisher
Hodder Education
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Bilingual, Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781471890161
ISBN
9781471890161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.79

Paperback. Aesthetics of Nostalgia reads Anglo-Saxon historical verse in terms of how its aesthetic form interacted with the culture and politics of the period. Series: Toronto Anglo-Saxon Series. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 478.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781487521530
ISBN
9781487521530
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.59

Paperback. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Inc United Kingdom
Number of pages
212
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781612051598
ISBN
9781612051598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.64

Hardcover. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226041506
ISBN
9780226041506
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.12
€ 79.61

Paperback. This is a revised and enlarged edition. It is designed to help the reader of Eliot's "Selected Poems" by identifying and explaining the wide and often baffling range of quotations, allusions and references, literary, factual and historical. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
6th
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571170821
ISBN
9780571170821
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.33

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
237
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2005th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403965240
ISBN
9781403965240
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.11
€ 60.35

hardcover. This book argues that elements of modernist texts that are meaningless in themselves are motivated by their authors' psychic crises. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107136076
ISBN
9781107136076
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.40

Hardback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 336 pages, 25 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165945
ISBN
9780231165945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.77

Paperback. In Visible Voices Nicolas Barker traces the history of the 'translation' of poetry from a spoken medium to a written, or printed, medium. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847772121
ISBN
9781847772121
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 24.69

Paperback. This book provides an engaging, systematic introduction to religion in the Roman empire. Covers both mainstream Graeco-Roman religion and regional religious traditions, from Egypt to Western Europe. Examines the shared assumptions and underlying dynamics that characterized religious life as a whole. Series: Blackwell Ancient Religions. Num Pages: 256 pages, 16. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405106566
ISBN
9781405106566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.87

Paperback. A stunning new collection from the US Poet Laureate and one of the world's most popular poets. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 116.
Publisher
Picador
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Reprints
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330413046
ISBN
9780330413046
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

Paperback. This guide has been specifically written for AS and A2 students and is filled with in-depth analysis on contexts, character, key themes and critical perspectives. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 7. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447913153
ISBN
9781447913153
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.41

Paperback. The Twilight Symbols is a rich A to Z guide of symbols in the Twilight Saga that will lead you to discover whole new worlds, both real and mystical. It will delight and inform Twilight fans, symbol seekers, and the keenest literature detectives. Num Pages: 478 pages. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 214 x 137 x 30. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publisher
John Hunt Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
478
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780994352
ISBN
9781780994352
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 26.80

paperback. Editor(s): Avsey, Ignat. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 1056 pages, 1 chart. BIC Classification: FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 50. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
1056
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536375
ISBN
9780199536375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.73

Hardback. DiMaria delves into how playwrights not only brought inventive new dramaturgical methods to the genre, but also incorporated significant aspects of the morals and aesthetic preferences familiar to contemporary spectators into their works. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442647121
ISBN
9781442647121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.06

Hardcover. Guides readers to a deeper appreciation of Elinor and Marianne Dashwood as they experience love, romance, and heartbreak. This edition includes numerous color reproductions that vividly recreate the author's world. Num Pages: 390 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 241 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1464.
Publisher
Belknap Press
Number of pages
390
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674724556
ISBN
9780674724556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 34.27

Hardback. Imagined or actual returns to a "homeland" in African literature are examined in relation to changing concepts of identity, belonging, migration and space. Editor(s): Emenyonu, Ernest N.; Cousins, Dr Helen; Dodgson-Katiyo, Pauline. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 223 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
James Currey
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847011480
ISBN
9781847011480
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.73

Paperback. Accessible edition with commentary of this widely read but highly complex and challenging play. Editor(s): Schein, Seth L. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 21. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
385
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521681438
ISBN
9780521681438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.82

Paperback. Editor(s): Connell, Jolyon. Num Pages: Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 110 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Connell Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907776175
ISBN
9781907776175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.89

Paperback. A successful New York madam frankly discusses her life, customers, and problems with the law. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
ReganBooks,U.S.
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
30th Anniversary ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780060014162
ISBN
9780060014162
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.17

Paperback. Catullus' poetry is by turns ribald, lyric, romantic, satirical; it offers us vivid pictures of the poet's friends, enemies, and lovers. This work is a bilingual translation of Catullus' poems. It provides an essay on the poet's life and literary background, and a historical sketch of the politically fraught late Roman Republic in which he lived. Translator(s): Green, Peter. Num Pages: 359 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 221 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554. A Bilingual Edition. 359 pages. Catullus' poetry is by turns ribald, lyric, romantic, satirical; it offers us vivid pictures of the poet's friends, enemies, and lovers. This work is a bilingual translation of Catullus' poems. It provides an essay on the poet's life and literary background, and a historical sketch of the politically fraught late Roman Republic in which he lived. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 156 x 221 x 25. Weight: 554. Translator(s): Green, Peter.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
359
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1 Blg
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520253865
ISBN
9780520253865
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 23.31

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