Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Wesley Kort's Reading C. S. Lewis: A Commentary is a captivating collection of essays on individual works by C. S. Lewis that separates itself from the opinions of his fans and critics by examining Lewis's life and work as a whole. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 223 x 23. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190221348
- ISBN
- 9780190221348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.00
€ 35.99
€ 26.00
Paperback. The editor takes a broad look at the different meanings which have been attributed to "King Henry V", through a discussion of its various critical and theatrical interpretations. Editor(s): Craik, T. W. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations, maps, table, chart. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 127 x 23. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- 5Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904271086
- ISBN
- 9781904271086
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.28
€ 12.28
Paperback. Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career highs (and lows) and her institutional confinement, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years. This book presents a collection of correspondence between Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Editor(s): Barks, Cathy W.; Bryer, Jackson R. Num Pages: 432 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 324. The Love Letters of F.Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. 432 pages, Illustrations, facsims., ports. Editor(s): Barks, Cathy W.; Bryer, Jackson R. Through his alcoholism and her mental illness, his career highs (and lows) and her institutional confinement, Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald's devotion to each other endured for more than twenty-two years. This book presents a collection of correspondence between Scott and Zelda Fitzgerald. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 29. Weight: 356.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780747566014
- ISBN
- 9780747566014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.63
€ 19.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. A fully updated edition of this popular Companion, with two new essays reflecting new developments in the field. Editor(s): Curran, Stuart. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 324 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 478. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 322 pages, 12 b/w illus. Editor(s): Curran, Stuart. A fully updated edition of this popular Companion, with two new essays reflecting new developments in the field. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 17. Weight: 504.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 322
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521136051
- ISBN
- 9780521136051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.63
€ 35.63
Paperback. Presents thirty-four traditional stories about the Buddha in his previous incarnations, both human and animal. This book paints a vivid picture of life at a high point in ancient Indian culture, city life in ordinary households or at the royal court, and country life against a backdrop of mountain, desert, and jungle. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 217 x 25. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226782157
- ISBN
- 9780226782157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.01
€ 40.99
€ 31.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823058
- ISBN
- 9781933823058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.05
€ 26.99
€ 25.05
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590170656
- ISBN
- 9781590170656
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.89
€ 23.99
€ 20.89
Paperback. Num Pages: 219 pages, b/w illus & tables. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 150 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 219
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195182
- ISBN
- 9781845195182
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.28
€ 36.99
€ 33.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 203 x 24. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- NYRB Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590178287
- ISBN
- 9781590178287
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Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.37
€ 18.99
€ 18.37
Paperback. Exciting early work by the Man Booker-shortlisted author, discussing Herge's hugely popular children's books. McCarthy asks the question: is Tintin literature? and delves into a story of hushed-up royal descent in both Herge's work and the family history of the author. Num Pages: ill. BIC Classification: DSY; FZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 15. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Publisher
- Granta Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847084224
- ISBN
- 9781847084224
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.93
€ 11.99
€ 9.93
Paperback. Elizabeth Gaskell wrote some of the most enduring novels of the Victorian age. This biography traces Elizabeth's youth in rural Knutsford, her married years in the tension-ridden city of Manchester and her wide network of friends, her religious and feminist arguments of nineteenth century Britain, with enjoyment, passion and wit. Num Pages: 704 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 39. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571203598
- ISBN
- 9780571203598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 15.87
€ 21.99
€ 15.87
Paperback. One of Shakespeare's final works, Cymbeline uses virtuoso theatrical and poetic means to dramatize a story of a marriage endangered by mistrust and painfully rebuilt, in a context of international conflict. This edition emphasizes the play's theatrical impact and pays close attention to its complex, evocative language. Editor(s): Warren, Roger. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10 illustrations of the text and the play in performance,. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199536504
- ISBN
- 9780199536504
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.11
€ 13.11
Hardback. Provides an account of the philosophical and psychological theories in the British empiricist tradition that provoked some of the most radical changes in literary form between the eighteenth and the twentieth centuries. Num Pages: 336 pages, None. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748609123
- ISBN
- 9780748609123
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.61€ 112.54
€ 117.61
€ 112.54
Hardcover. Death and Tenses explores the question of what tense we should use to refer to the dead. Focusing on sixteenth- and early seventeenth-century texts in French and Latin, it compares early modern examples with modern French and English, asking whether changes in more recent beliefs in posthumous survival have led to different tense usage. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; 3JB; 3JD; CFF; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198754039
- ISBN
- 9780198754039
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 165.87
€ 165.87
Paperback. Looks at works such as Ghitany's Kitab Al-Tajalliyat [The Book of Theophanies], where the title and style imitate Ibn 'Arabi; Ouettar's Al-Waliyy Al-Taher [The Holy Saint], where the protagonist allegorizes Algerian history, and multiple works by Ibrahim Al-Koni. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSK; HRHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 15. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748695850
- ISBN
- 9780748695850
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.67
€ 38.99
€ 34.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 6, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 162 x 21. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801450358
- ISBN
- 9780801450358
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.37
€ 50.37
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662520
- ISBN
- 9781855662520
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.36
€ 26.99
€ 26.36
Paperback. Translator(s): Idema, Wilt L.; West, Stephen H. Num Pages: 240 pages, illus. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 228 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781624665233
- ISBN
- 9781624665233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.55
€ 25.99
€ 19.55
Paperback. Traces the evolution of rival "Homers" and the different versions of Homeric poetry in this pretextual period, reconstructed over a time frame extending back from the sixth century BCE to the Bronze Age. Series: Sather Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 432 pages, 14 black-and-white photographs and 2 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 3D; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520294875
- ISBN
- 9780520294875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.70
€ 40.99
€ 28.70
Paperback. Fully annotated student edition of a modern classic Editor(s): Littlewood, Joan; Lewis, Steve. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 colour, 8 page sections. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413775467
- ISBN
- 9780413775467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.15
€ 14.99
€ 14.15