Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. The "Actors on Shakespeare" series draws on the contemporary relevance of, and enjoyment to be found in, Shakespeare. Each book provides an introduction to a particular play from an individual actor's perspective; here Vanessa Redgrave offers her view of Cleopatra and "Antony and Cleopatra". Series Editor(s): Nicholson, Colin. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; ANC; APB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 178 x 112 x 7. Weight in Grams: 50. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KKD0006112
- ISBN
- 9780571212354
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. The two main themes of this book are Yeats' poetic technique and his aims for an Irish theatre. Included are several essays by Yeats himself, including the first publication of his Wildean dialogue, "The Poet and the Actress", as well as an address on the Irish National Theatre in 1934. Series: Yeats Annual. Num Pages: 325 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 639. Fine in fine dust wrapper. Showing light shelf wear, remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KSG0022144
- ISBN
- 9780333421123
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The unhappily married Lady Constantine breaks all the rules of social decorum when she falls in love with Swithin St Cleeve, an astronomer who is ten years her junior. Her husband's death leaves the lovers free to marry, but the discovery of a legacy forces them apart. Editor(s): Shuttleworth, Sally. Num Pages: 336 pages, map, chronology, notes,. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2BMH; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435368
- ISBN
- 9780140435368
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.42
€ 14.99
€ 12.42
Paperback. This fascinating 1998 book examines how the poets of classical Rome found artistic inspiration in the words and themes of their poetic predecessors. Series Editor(s): Feeney, Denis. Series: Roman Literature and Its Contexts. Num Pages: 172 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 198.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521576772
- ISBN
- 9780521576772
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.27
€ 48.27
Paperback. This Companion, first published in 2001, aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Proust's work. Editor(s): Bales, Richard. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 266 pages, 2 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 376. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 266 pages, 2 b/w illus. Editor(s): Bales, Richard. This Companion aims to provide a broad account of the major features of Proust's work. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 18. Weight: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521669610
- ISBN
- 9780521669610
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.63
€ 35.63
Paperback. The most current, wide-ranging, and accessible introduction on the post-war novel in Britain available. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 458. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 316 pages. The most current, wide-ranging, and accessible introduction on the post-war novel in Britain available. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight: 440.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521669665
- ISBN
- 9780521669665
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.37
€ 44.37
Paperback. A detailed analysis of Proust's masterpiece, aimed at students coming to the work for the first time. Num Pages: 230 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 230
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521720069
- ISBN
- 9780521720069
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.72
€ 31.72
Paperback. Challenging the conception of empowerment associated with the Black Power Movement and its political and intellectual legacies, this title contends that power can be found not only in martial resistance, but, surprisingly, where the black body has been inflicted with harm or humiliation. Series: Sexual Cultures. Num Pages: 327 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ2; JFSL3. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 327
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814740958
- ISBN
- 9780814740958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.45
€ 32.99
€ 31.45
Paperback. This accessible new translation of Sophocles' Antigone includes an analytical introduction, comprehensive notes and an essay by director Karen Libman. Num Pages: 126 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 142 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 200.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 124
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521134781
- ISBN
- 9780521134781
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.91
€ 21.91
Hardcover. In this powerful and authoritative study Borbala Farago provides the fullest account yet of the work of a major figure in twentieth-century Irish literature as well as in contemporary women's writing. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 162 x 243 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782050889
- ISBN
- 9781782050889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.00€ 38.37
€ 49.00
€ 38.37
Paperback. Ever since "Robinson Crusoe" in 1719, the novel has introduced British readers to truly unforgettable characters - people in whom we can find deeper understanding of our own lives. This book examines and celebrates the most famous and best-loved of these dazzling fictional creations and their wider impact on British culture as a whole. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- BBC Books
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- SKU
- V9781846079603
- ISBN
- 9781846079603
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.69
€ 20.99
€ 16.69
Paperback. Presents an account of the author's Irish rural upbringing that describes a patriarchal society surviving on the edge of poverty, sustained by the land and an insatiable love of gossip. This title includes tales of schoolboy skirmishes, blackberrying and night-time salmon-poaching. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; BG; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780141184203
- ISBN
- 9780141184203
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.37
€ 15.99
€ 12.37
Paperback. A critical book on Virgina Woolf that places her world of class, politics, feminism, pacifism, and the family into firm historical perspective. It is a penetrating, learned, wide-ranging appreciation of Virginia Woolf in her social and political context, documenting what muscle and thought there was in her allegedly gossamer work. Num Pages: 375 pages, 2Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 28. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 375
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520061842
- ISBN
- 9780520061842
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.83
€ 37.99
€ 27.83
Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Good clean copy with some minor shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KKD0006315
- ISBN
- 9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Paperback. 'Dazzling' John Updike Num Pages: 224 pages, b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on cover but otherwise clean
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Picador
- Condition
- Used, Good
- Edition
- 1st
- SKU
- KSS0004963
- ISBN
- 9780330354912
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 17.95
€ 17.95
Hardcover. An examination of the career of William Butler Yeats with special emphasis upon his connection with English Renaissance literature. Amongst other topics, it looks at the influence on his work of such writers as Arnold, Spenser, Jonson, Milton and Donne. Series: Studies in Anglo-Irish literature. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 566. Clean copy with some shelf wear, minor nicks and bumps on dustwrapper but otherwise clean
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Schol, Print UK
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KSS0005158
- ISBN
- 9780333521779
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. The stories of Giovanni Verga (1840-1922) are wonderful evocations of ordinary Italian life, focusing in particular on his native, Sicily. In an original and dynamic prose style, he portrays such eternal human themes as love, honour and adultery with rich and colourful language. Translator(s): McWilliam, G.H. Num Pages: 272 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2ADT; 2AHA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; FA; FC; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447415
- ISBN
- 9780140447415
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.01
€ 17.99
€ 14.01
Paperback. A discourse on the connection between sex, eroticism and love in literature by the Nobel Prize-winning poet and essayist. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 135 x 17. Weight in Grams: 240.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846554360
- ISBN
- 9781846554360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.50
€ 20.99
€ 16.50
Hardback. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 124 x 192 x 23. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780691154114
- ISBN
- 9780691154114
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.10
€ 19.99
€ 15.10
Paperback. Humans have long turned to gardens - both real and imaginary - for sanctuary from the frenzy and tumult that surrounds them. This book offers an examination of the many ways gardens evoke the human condition. It shows how the garden has served as a check against the destruction and losses of history. Num Pages: 264 pages, 2 halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC; WMB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 17. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226317908
- ISBN
- 9780226317908
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.18
€ 19.99
€ 17.18
Paperback. With "A La Recherche Du Temps Perdu" Marcel Proust achieved a perfect rendering of life in art, of the past created through memory. It is both a portrait of the artist and a discovery of the aesthetic by which the portrait is painted, and it was to have a seminal influence on 20th-century literature. This title presents the life of this writer. Num Pages: 816 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 235 x 43. Weight in Grams: 800.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Pimlico
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712674799
- ISBN
- 9780712674799
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.17
€ 25.99
€ 19.17
Paperback. This innovative work sets two texts by two different authors on facing pages, designed so that they read in tandem--Miller's text on the right, Asensi's on the left. Miller analyzes the changes in the contemporary research university in the West; Asensi provides the first comprehensive interpretation of Miller's work. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 31. Weight in Grams: 735.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804732444
- ISBN
- 9780804732444
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.16
€ 56.16
Paperback. This series introduces students to more sophisticated analysis and wider critical perspectives to enbable students to appreciate contrasting interpretations of the text and to develop critical thinking. This volume explores "Jude the Obscure" by Thomas Hardy. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 145 x 7. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Longman
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- SKU
- 9780582431638
- ISBN
- 9780582431638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 8.69
€ 10.99
€ 8.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 128 x 18. Weight in Grams: 196.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Reprint
- SKU
- 9780099365006
- ISBN
- 9780099365006
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.01
€ 14.99
€ 11.01