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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Shakespeare's idiom is an aggregate of archaic modes of speech and codes of conduct. This book attempts to make that idiom more accessible and, in the process, to illuminate the significance of heroic concepts to a study of Shakespeare's tragedies and histories. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874132717
ISBN
9780874132717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.95

Hardback. Argues that the discipline of comparative literature should be expanded to include all of the world, not only a favored segment, and that translation represents a legitimate and indispensable tool for readers. Num Pages: 228 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
228
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874132779
ISBN
9780874132779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.12

hardcover. "Essays .. initially presented in less formal versions as independent papers .. at the James Joyce Conference, held in Philadelphia in June 1985"--Introd. Editor(s): Scott, Bonnie K. Num Pages: 257 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 250. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1988
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
257
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133288
ISBN
9780874133288
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.81

Hardback. Eighteen new essays by respected critics on Shakespeare and his dramatic antecedents, contemporaries, and successors, offering an up-to-date survey-history of Renaissance theater and examples of scholarly and critical methodology. Editor(s): Elton, W. R.; Long, William B. Num Pages: 307 pages, Illustrations plans transparencies :Includes bibliographical references. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
307
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133332
ISBN
9780874133332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.45

Hardback. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
195
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133363
ISBN
9780874133363
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.74

Hardback. A discussion of the tradition of grotesque portrayals of war and the military, especially their proliferation in Restoration and eighteenth-century English literature. Swift's the Travels is examined in particular, as well as the novels of Smollett, Fielding, and Stern. Illustrations of graphic satire by Hogarth and others. Num Pages: 229 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 250. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
229
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133691
ISBN
9780874133691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.89

Hardback. The letters in this volume record the last years of Mrs. Piozzi's life. Her correspondence from 1817 to 1821 reads like extensions of her private journals and may be seen as affirmation of hope and ambition as well as decelarations of frustration, grief, anger, and self-pity. Num Pages: 576 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; BJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 983.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
576
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874133950
ISBN
9780874133950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.28

Hardback. This work consists of eight essays selected from papers given at the Twelfth International Byron Symposium. Much of Byron's poetry is examined, but the focus is on the Mysteries and Don Juan. The subjects include the Cain figure, Byron's skepticism, his attitude toward Christianity and religion in general, and his literary use of the Bible. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874134018
ISBN
9780874134018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.79

Hardback. This study deals with the Manx poet T. E. Brown and his rustic persona in perhaps the most sustained dramatization of the trails and triumphs of storytelling in British poetry, Fo'c's'le Yarns. Num Pages: 216 pages, Illustrations plans transparencies :Includes bibliographical references (p. 202-209) and. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 20. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874134094
ISBN
9780874134094
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.50

Hardback. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD; DSBH; DSG; J. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874134421
ISBN
9780874134421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.65

Hardback. The painting and poetry of the Renaissance shared the same goal of imitating nature. This study is concerned with the various kinds of allusions and what they can tell us not only about the poets' attitudes to the visual arts but also their attitudes to their own art of representation. Illustrated. Num Pages: 292 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: AB; AFC; DCF; DSBD; DSC; WFA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
292
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874134599
ISBN
9780874134599
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 129.49

Hardback. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 520.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874134711
ISBN
9780874134711
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.07

Hardback. The nineteen essays presented in this volume reflect the development of English Renaissance studies in France over the past fifteen years. Interests run from textual history to drama and theatre poetics, myth, and iconography. Editor(s): Willems, Michele. Series: Shakespeare and His Contemporaries: The International Shakespeare Series. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, music. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135329
ISBN
9780874135329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.10

Hardback. In this book the author argues that the action of Hamlet, particularly its most puzzling and paradoxical element, Hamlet's delay, can best be understood in terms of Heinz Kohut's concept of narcissism. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSGS; JM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 530.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135336
ISBN
9780874135336
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.58

Hardback. This collection of essays on British literature of the Middle Ages and Renaissance focuses on the point of contact between an artist and society that prompts the literary imagination to respond either with the creation of a new character or with the demonstration of change in an old one. Editor(s): White, Robert A. Num Pages: 320 pages, 9ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135442
ISBN
9780874135442
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.10

Hardback. A quasi-biographical, historical, and critical study of Andrew Marvell, this book deals with the specific historical presences and pressures that led Marvell to devise his defenses of worthy men. Marvell's perception of his role as poet emerges through his reformation of conventional figures and structures. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135619
ISBN
9780874135619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.82

Hardback. This book studies the interaction in late medieval and Renaissance English literature of Augustinian theology and the modes of subversive humor Bakhtin calls carnival. This interaction produces a sustained interrogation of public identity which limits medieval culture and its major texts to those of the Renaissance. Num Pages: 197 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DD; DSBB; DSBD; DSC; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 470.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135886
ISBN
9780874135886
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.74

Hardback. Continuing radical disagreement about Measure for Measure questions criticism's ability to be answerable to Shakespearean drama. This book illustrates an eclectic historical criticism capable of manifesting this problematic play's coherence. Num Pages: 182 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
182
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874135930
ISBN
9780874135930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 114.79

Hardback. This book describes Charles Brockden Brown's novels in their Federalist-era context, exploring the dual roles of economics and gender that were changing in the 1790s alongside the growing U.S. market-capitalist economy. Hinds argues that Brown's works both recorded and contributed to this shifting ideology. Num Pages: 190 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 248 x 165. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136036
ISBN
9780874136036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.67

Hardback. This annotated edition of Clio makes available in a well-documented and illustrated modern text the autobiography of Martha Fowke Sansom. This lively account of Fowke's life is filled with illuminating material on her family background, education, and emotional and social experiences. Editor(s): Guskin, Phyllis J. Num Pages: 210 pages, 11ill. BIC Classification: BGHA; DCQ; DSBD; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
210
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136074
ISBN
9780874136074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 273 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DC; DSBF; DSC; JH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
273
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136104
ISBN
9780874136104
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.40

Hardback. Num Pages: 268 pages, plans. BIC Classification: AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 550.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
268
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136142
ISBN
9780874136142
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.53

hardcover. The fifteen essays in this volume honor Battestin's many contributions to our understanding and appreciation of the literature and art of the Augustan period. Spanning over one hundred years, the essays focus on writers such as Behn, Swift, Defoe, and Pope, as well as Fielding's connections with Richardson and Smollett's fictional heroines. Num Pages: 311 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 590.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
311
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136166
ISBN
9780874136166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.38

Hardback. Series: Apple-Zimmerman Series in Early Modern Culture. Num Pages: 247 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; HBAH; HBJD; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 159. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
247
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874136173
ISBN
9780874136173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.63

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