Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
paperback. From the tenth century to the 13th, Spanish Jews belonged to a vibrant and relatively tolerant Arabic-speaking society that had a marked effect on Jewish life, thought, artistic tastes, and literary expression. The Hebrew poems here, with English translations and explanatory essays, exemplify this. Num Pages: 288 pages, line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2CSJ; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 411.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195129885
- ISBN
- 9780195129885
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.54
€ 77.54
hardcover. Examines the ways in which emotions, and talk about emotions, interacted with the ethics of the Roman upper classes in the late Republic and early Empire. This book considers how various Roman forms of fear, dismay, indignation, and revulsion created an economy of displeasure that shaped society in constructive ways. Series: Classical Culture and Society. Num Pages: 264 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA; JMA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195140781
- ISBN
- 9780195140781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.08
€ 77.08
paperback. This volume traces Langston Hughes' life from his birth in Missouri in 1902 to the winter of 1941. Portraying his association with a range of political activists, patrons and artists, Arnold Rampersad offers a sweeping panorama of culture and history in the early 20th-century. Num Pages: 528 pages, 56 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 31. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press USA United States
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Number of pages
- 528
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195146424
- ISBN
- 9780195146424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.97
€ 50.97
Paperback. This edition of the anonymously-authored, Middle English poem, "Pearl", is offered with a verse translation, Middle English text, and a commentary. On each page, the Middle English text is faced with a Modern English verse translation. The book is designed for classroom use, specialists and others. Num Pages: 272 pages, 2 bibliographies, glossary. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268038113
- ISBN
- 9780268038113
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.78
€ 36.78
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Edition
- First Paperback
- Number of pages
- 522
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300085266
- ISBN
- 9780300085266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.65
€ 38.65
Hardcover. An encyclopedia that offers information about Milton. It presents articles covering each poem and prose work by Milton; the life of Milton and the members of his family; various events and contemporary and historical figures mentioned significantly in his writings; and, those whose own writing was shaped by Milton's influence. Editor(s): Corns, Thomas N. Num Pages: 432 pages, 52 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 186 x 29. Weight in Grams: 1054.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300094442
- ISBN
- 9780300094442
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 184.06
€ 184.06
Paperback. A thoroughly revised edition of this successful undergraduate introduction to literary theory, this text includes core pieces by leading theorists from Russian Formalists to Postmodernist and Post-colonial critics. An ideal teaching resource, with helpful introductory notes to each chapter. Editor(s): Newton, K. M. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 2nd Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333677421
- ISBN
- 9780333677421
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.46
€ 56.46
paperback. Written with exceptional beauty throughout, Soldier stands and delivers an eloquent, heart-breaking, hilarious and hopeful, witness to the beginnings of a truly extraordinary, American life. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 214 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Civitas Books United States
- Edition
- Revised
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465036820
- ISBN
- 9780465036820
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.30
€ 36.30
paperback. Scholars have put forward many theories about who wrote the works of Shakespeare, suggesting it could have been Francis Bacon or the Earl of Oxford. This is an investigation of the claims and counter-claims, laying out the arguments for the various candidates, including Shakespeare himself. Num Pages: 272 pages, 116 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 167 x 27. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Thames and Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780500281130
- ISBN
- 9780500281130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.36
€ 32.36
paperback. A feature of the second edition (1953) of Counter-Statement was the Curriculum Criticum in which the author placed the book in terms of his later work. In this edition, he continues his "curve of development" in an Addendum which surveys the course of his subsequent books (up to the publication of Collected Poems, 1915-1967) and work-in-progress. Num Pages: 244 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 40.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1968
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780520001961
- ISBN
- 9780520001961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.78
€ 35.78
Paperback. Editor(s): Kermode, Lloyd Edward. Series: Revels Plays Companion Library. Num Pages: 396 pages, 2 black & white illustrations, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 158 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 396
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719072635
- ISBN
- 9780719072635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.82
€ 34.82
Paperback. "Galatea and Midas" are two of John Lyly's most engaging plays. This book presents the plays. Editor(s): Hunter, George K.; Bevington, David. Series: Revels Plays Companion Library. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078279
- ISBN
- 9780719078279
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.26
€ 37.26
Paperback. Num Pages: 164 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 267.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 164
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761834977
- ISBN
- 9780761834977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.47
€ 54.47
Paperback. This work traces the history of film and television adaptations of Jane Austen manuscripts, compares the adaptations to the manuscripts, compares the way different adaptations treat the novels, and analyzes the adaptations as examples of cinematic art. Num Pages: 229 pages, bibliography, filmography, index. BIC Classification: APFA; APT; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 13. Weight in Grams: 331.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- McFarland & Company
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780786413492
- ISBN
- 9780786413492
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.61
€ 36.61
paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Edition
- 1 New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489853
- ISBN
- 9780801489853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.16
€ 48.16
Paperback. This volume covers the period from 1940 to 1975, beginning in the "golden age" of Science Fiction and ending at a time when SF book publication was just beginning to explode and SF films ("Close Encounters of the Third Kind", "Star Wars", and "E.T.") would soon dominate box offices. Editor(s): Gunn, James E. Num Pages: 576 pages, chronology. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; FL; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 154 x 36. Weight in Grams: 944.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 576
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810842458
- ISBN
- 9780810842458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.57
€ 36.57
Series: Revived Modern Classic. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811210898
- ISBN
- 9780811210898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.65
€ 27.65
Paperback. An overview of Chaucer's work, focusing on the most canonical texts, such as Canterbury Tales and Troilus and Criseyde, while also providing some analysis of his minor works. Series: New Perspectives on Medieval Literature: Authors and Traditions. Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 349.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813060965
- ISBN
- 9780813060965
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.78
€ 28.78
Paperback. Offers a different perspective by allowing twenty-three male writers the chance to explore their artistic and emotional relationship to their favorite fairy-tale stories. Editor(s): Bernheimer, Kate. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ; YFJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Wayne State University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814332672
- ISBN
- 9780814332672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.81
€ 27.81
Hardcover. Editor(s): Morrison, Dane. Num Pages: 430 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 790.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 430
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820431017
- ISBN
- 9780820431017
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.17
€ 47.17