Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
paperback. Beautifully illustrated, The Authentic Shakespeare is about how the modern constructs the past, how the texts that were performed on the Elizabethan stage became the books and editions that are, for our time, Renaissance drama. Num Pages: 296 pages, 23 line drawings, 75 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415912136
- ISBN
- 9780415912136
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.97
€ 53.97
Hardcover. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJP; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 37. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Ecco
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062564504
- ISBN
- 9780062564504
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.49
€ 30.99
€ 26.49
Paperback. From a modernist/postmodernist perspective, this title addresses questions of literary and cultural nationalism. It reveals that since 17th century, American writing has reflected the political and historical climate and helped define America's cultural and social parameters. It argues that American literature has always been essentially modern. Num Pages: 480 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Penguin
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140144352
- ISBN
- 9780140144352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.53
€ 21.99
€ 19.53
Paperback. Features the plays "Misanthrope", "Such Preposterously Precious Ladies", "Tartuffe", "A Doctor Despite Himself", "The Would-Be Gentleman", and "Those Learned Ladies". Translator(s): Wood, John C.; Coward, David. Num Pages: 352 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447309
- ISBN
- 9780140447309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.84
€ 11.84
Hardcover. In Robert Southey, Andrews argues that Robert Southey's denunciation of global Catholicism is essential to understanding his life, works, and times. On this issue, Southey was absolutely consistent in all his work and the Poet Laureate's partisan rhetoric reveals much about the religious culture of this stormy period in England. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 270 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 145 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230115132
- ISBN
- 9780230115132
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
A Poetics of Relation fosters a dialogue across islands and languages between established and lesser-known authors, bringing together archipelagic and diasporic voices from the Francophone and Hispanic Antilles. In this pan-diasporic study, Ferly shows that a comparative analysis of female narratives is often most pertinent across linguistic zones. Num Pages: 220 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ADF; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 144 x 217 x 18. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230120440
- ISBN
- 9780230120440
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.56€ 53.21
€ 53.56
€ 53.21
Hardback. Provides key word and subject indexes to a collection of the most memorable lines written by the best British and American poets. Editor(s): Hazen, Edith P. Num Pages: 1132 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DC; DSC; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 174 x 60. Weight in Grams: 2112.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 1132
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231075466
- ISBN
- 9780231075466
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 270.97
€ 270.97
Paperback. A reissue of the 1974 Columbia U. Press edition of the letters of Florentine humanist Poggius (1380-1459) to his friend de Niccolis regarding the rediscovery of lost classical texts. Translated (from the Latin) with notes by Phyllis Walter Goodhart Gordon. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portla Translator(s): Gordan, Phyllis Goodhart. Series: Records of Western Civilization Series. Num Pages: 393 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSBD; WCS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 393
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231096331
- ISBN
- 9780231096331
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.60
€ 53.60
Paperback. Bray explores how men who engaged in sodomy reconciled this behavior with their society's violent loathing for the sodomite, and shows how a social more that had remained stable for centuries changed dramatically toward the end of the seventeenth century. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 165 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 130 x 203 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 165
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231102896
- ISBN
- 9780231102896
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 35.36
€ 40.99
€ 35.36
Hardback. Written in the mid-thirteenth century, this book chronicles the epic Genpei war, a civil conflict that marked the end of the power of the Heike clan and changed the course of Japanese history. It depicts the emerging world of the medieval samurai. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 232 pages, 24 figures, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231138024
- ISBN
- 9780231138024
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.35
€ 129.35
Paperback. A collection of sixteen retrospectives which include interviews with some of America's greatest writers as well short literary works and an assortment of their personal photographs spanning several decades of their lives. Editor(s): McElroy, Colleen J. Num Pages: 448 pages, 64 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 135 x 25. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295985183
- ISBN
- 9780295985183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.19
€ 42.19
Hardcover. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield Publishers
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780389208808
- ISBN
- 9780389208808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.61
€ 159.61
Hardcover. "Stanley Corngold's translation is a triumph. This is a glorious achievement, a Werther for the ages."-Christopher Prendergast Translator(s): Corngold, Stanley. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393079388
- ISBN
- 9780393079388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.21
€ 25.99
€ 23.21
Paperback. "Psychologically rich.. Matteson's book restores the heroism of [Fuller's] life and work."-The New Yorker Num Pages: 528 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 140 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 510
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393343595
- ISBN
- 9780393343595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.84
€ 21.99
€ 20.84
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Penguin Putnam Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 234
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780452298156
- ISBN
- 9780452298156
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.37
€ 18.99
€ 16.37
This collection offers students and scholars of Eliot s work a timely critical reappraisal of her corpus, including her poetry and non-fiction, reflecting the latest developments in literary criticism. Editor(s): Anderson, Amanda; Shaw, Harry E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 532 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 249 x 179 x 30. Weight in Grams: 978.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 532
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655993
- ISBN
- 9780470655993
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 235.65
€ 235.65
This cutting-edge Companion is a comprehensive resource for the study of the modern American novel. Published at a time when literary modernism is being thoroughly reassessed, it reflects current investigations into the origins and character of the movement as a whole. Editor(s): Matthews, John T. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 616 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 256 x 180 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1198.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 616
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631206873
- ISBN
- 9780631206873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 283.56
€ 283.56
Brings Christian theology, creative literature and literary critical theory into dialogue on the theme of 'the end'. This book also considers scientific views on the nature of time. It provides an exegesis of novels, plays and poems by such writers as John Fowles, Julian Barnes, Doris Lessing, Samuel Beckett, T S Eliot, and Virginia Woolf. Series: Challenges in Contemporary Theology. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; HRCM; PGZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220848
- ISBN
- 9780631220848
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 187.14
€ 187.14
Paperback. A comprehensive guide to Dante's life and literature, with an emphasis on his Commedia. This text looks at the influences that shaped Dante's writing, and the reception of his work by later readers, from the 14th century to the present. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631228530
- ISBN
- 9780631228530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36