Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Test your puzzle-solving abilities and exercise your knowledge of the classics with The Literary Puzzle Book, an engaging collection packed with crafty conundrums to keep you thoroughly entertained through the best of times and the worst of times. Series: Puzzle Book. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; WDK; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 106 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0016312
- ISBN
- 9781849537216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Confessions is a spiritual autobiography of Augustine's early life, family, associations, and explorations of alternative religious and theological viewpoints as he moved toward his conversion. Cast as a prayer addressed to God, it offers a gripping personal story and a philosophical exploration destined to have broad and lasting impact. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996854
- ISBN
- 9780674996854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.13
€ 33.99
€ 30.13
Paperback. Highly contentious and subversive at the time of its first production in Milan in 1970, this has since become one of Fo's best known and translated text. Based on a true story it throws in to relief the judicial and police corruption of 1970s Italy. Simon Nyes's superb translation brings out the parallels with our situation today. Editor(s): Farrell, Joseph. Translator(s): Nye, Simon. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413772671
- ISBN
- 9780413772671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.20
€ 14.99
€ 14.20
Hardcover. Metaphor supposes that an ordinary word could have been used, but instead something unexpected appears. The point of a metaphor is to enrich experience by bringing different associations to mind, by giving something a different life. The prophetic character of metaphor, Denis Donoghue says, changes the world by changing our sense of it. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674430662
- ISBN
- 9780674430662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.32
€ 47.99
€ 39.32
Paperback. Collected in this volume are dramas and psychological fiction by the nineteenth-century iconoclast. Also included are selections from Buchner's letters and philosophical writings. Editor(s): Reddick, John. Translator(s): Reddick, John. Num Pages: 336 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445862
- ISBN
- 9780140445862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.74
€ 17.99
€ 15.74
Paperback. Fictions, Faith and Family. 192 pages. Surveys the work of Evelyn Waugh and his literary explorations of the themes of Catholicism, society and the family. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight: 334.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441100344
- ISBN
- 9781441100344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.22
€ 45.99
€ 38.22
Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this title offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols, a review quiz and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- SparkNotes
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint, Study Guide
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411469549
- ISBN
- 9781411469549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.15
€ 8.15
Paperback. In 1932 the young writer and political activist C.L.R. James arrived in London from his native Trinidad. This volume reveals C.L.R. James's first encounter with the colonial metropolis and the values that had already shaped his intellectual development in Trinidad. Num Pages: 140 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First UK edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902669618
- ISBN
- 9781902669618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.15
€ 17.99
€ 17.15
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497674
- ISBN
- 9780801497674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.20
€ 36.99
€ 33.20
Paperback. Joseph Conrad's novella, "Heart of Darkness", has fascinated critics and readers alike, engaging them in controversial debate as it deals with fundamental issues of good and evil, civilisation, race, love and heroism. This guide provides introduction to the text and contexts of "Heart of Darkness". Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415357760
- ISBN
- 9780415357760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.70
€ 52.70
Paperback. Is your enjoyment of Brian Friel's work hampered by a lack of Irish historical knowledge? Are you studying his plays and looking for help with interpretation? Do you teach Friel and need reliable guide to the plays? This title provides answers to these questions and more. Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 113 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571197798
- ISBN
- 9780571197798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.44
€ 14.99
€ 11.44
Paperback. A survey of the development of the novel since 1900, with detailed information about individual novels, themes and subgenres. Editor(s): Caserio, Robert L. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521711159
- ISBN
- 9780521711159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.88
€ 33.99
€ 33.88
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781350028418
- ISBN
- 9781350028418
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 28.88
€ 48.99
€ 28.88
Paperback. Contains seventeen essays by pre-eminent scholars representing a variety of critical perspectives that focus on Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass". This book features contributors who treat Whitman's poetry, his biography, his politics, his reception in the United States and abroad, race and ethnic issues, and nineteenth-century America. Editor(s): Belasco, Susan; Price, Kenneth M.; Folsom, Ed. Num Pages: 503 pages, 13 photograhs, index. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260009
- ISBN
- 9780803260009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.30
€ 34.99
€ 31.30
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612196381
- ISBN
- 9781612196381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.12
€ 31.99
€ 27.12
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611486612
- ISBN
- 9781611486612
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.56
€ 59.56
Paperback. Virginia Woolf turned to her diary as to an intimate friend, to whom she could freely and spontaneously confide her thoughts on public events or the joys and trials of domestic life. Between 1st January 1915 and her death in 1941 she regularly recorded her thoughts with unfailing grace, courage, honesty and wit. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 34. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099518259
- ISBN
- 9780099518259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.33
€ 17.99
€ 13.33
Electronic book text. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Classical Arabic Literature Eup. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1H; DSB; HRAB; HRAX; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474426428
- ISBN
- 9781474426428
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.29
€ 41.99
€ 34.29
Paperback. Series: Pan Heritage Classics. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509821891
- ISBN
- 9781509821891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.87
€ 13.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. Tracing an ambivalence toward pleasure from the early modern to the modern era, McEleney shows how contemporary critics have recapitulated Renaissance humanist ideals about aesthetic value. Against a longstanding tradition that defensively advocates for t Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823272662
- ISBN
- 9780823272662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.38
€ 35.99
€ 32.38