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Paperback. One of the world's most revered theatre directors reflects on a fascinating variety of Shakespearean topics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 10. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848424104
ISBN
9781848424104
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.76

Paperback. Part of the Longman Critical Readers series, which explores the theoretical issues and conflicts embodied in the essays selected and locates areas of disagreement between positions. This text examines modernist and postmodernist theories in literary criticism. Series: Longman Critical Readers. Num Pages: 280 pages, index. BIC Classification: DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Routledge
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582063570
ISBN
9780582063570
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Paperback. This text argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the 1800s, the author looks at Balzac and Henry James, to show how these "realist" novelists created fiction using rhetoric and excess of melodrama. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; AN; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
251
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300065534
ISBN
9780300065534
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 24.18

Paperback. A book which should appeal to both literary theorists and to readers of the novel, this study invites the reader to consider how the plot reflects the patterns of human destiny and seeks to impose a new meaning on life. Num Pages: 392 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674748927
ISBN
9780674748927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.06

Paperback. This text juxtaposes cases from law and literature to view the kinds of truth we associate with confessions, and why we both rely on them and regard them with suspicion. By questioning the truths of confession, Brooks challenges us to reconsider how we demand confessions and what we do with them. Num Pages: 212 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226075860
ISBN
9780226075860
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 23.23

Paperback. aeo Peter Brooks is highly regarded in the field, particularly in the USA. aeo Relationship between psychoanalysis and literature is attracting increasingly sophisticated attention, and Brooks is a leading figure in this. Series: Bucknell Lectures in Literary Theory. Num Pages: 160 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 195 x 215 x 9. Weight in Grams: 198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631190080
ISBN
9780631190080
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.16

Hardback. Draws on literature, law, and psychoanalysis to examine important aspects of the emergence of identity as a peculiarly modern preoccupation. This book addresses the social, legal, and personal anxieties provoked by the rise of individualism and selfhood in modern culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 color illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HPM; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691151588
ISBN
9780691151588
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.44

Paperback. Draws on literature, law, and psychoanalysis to examine important aspects of the emergence of identity as a peculiarly modern preoccupation. This book addresses the social, legal, and personal anxieties provoked by the rise of individualism and selfhood in modern culture. Num Pages: 232 pages, 1 color illus. BIC Classification: DSB; JMAF; JMS; LA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691159539
ISBN
9780691159539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Presents the story of the year - 1875 to 1876 - when the young novelist Henry James moved to Paris, drawn by his literary idols living at the center of the early modern movement in art. This narrative combines biography and criticism and uses James' writings to tell the story from his point of view. Num Pages: 272 pages, 18 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138428
ISBN
9780691138428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.68

Paperback. The main aim of this text is to advance a method devised through experience of teaching Chaucer's poetry over many years. The method is explained in the introduction, and its underlying objective is a shared experience of reading, and of trying to understand the "Canterbury Tales". Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780582013193
ISBN
9780582013193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardback. * A ground-breaking collection of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture. * Encourages students to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries. * Reflects the erosion of the traditional, rigid boundary between medieval and early modern literature. Editor(s): Brown, Peter. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 688 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 179 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1336.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631219736
ISBN
9780631219736
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 215.88

Paperback. A ground-breaking collection of newly-commissioned essays on medieval literature and culture. Encourages students to think beyond a narrowly defined canon and conventional disciplinary boundaries. Reflects the erosion of the traditional, rigid boundary between medieval and early modern literature. Editor(s): Brown, Peter. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 688 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 248 x 173 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1198.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
688
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405195522
ISBN
9781405195522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.89

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198393450
ISBN
9780198393450
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.79

Paperback. Helen who has always been faithful to her husband Menelaus; who never went to Troy, but was carried off to Egypt, where she remains throughout the Trojan War, waiting faithfully for her husband Menelaus to rescue her. Meanwhile, Helen of Troy - a mere phantom fashioned by the gods - has blighted the real Helen's life with undeserved hatred. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 209 x 150 x 24. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856686511
ISBN
9780856686511
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.39

Paperback. Jan Opolsky has primarily been viewed as an undistinguished hanger-on in the era of Czech literary decadence. This title evaluates archival sources and private correspondence between Opolsky and other literary figures, and includes a classified bibliography of Opolsky's work. It is suitable for students of Slavic and European literary history. Num Pages: 300 pages, 4 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AGZ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 172. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Karolinum,Nakladatelstvi Univerzity Karlovy,Czech Republic Czech Republic
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9788024625713
ISBN
9788024625713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.66

Paperback. A Short History of Early Modern England presents the historical and cultural information necessary for a richer understanding of English Renaissance literature. Num Pages: 280 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405195591
ISBN
9781405195591
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.86

Hardback. A Short History of Early Modern England presents the historical and cultural information necessary for a richer understanding of English Renaissance literature. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 620.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405195607
ISBN
9781405195607
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.30

paperback. In this debut collection, the author explores both the gaps and the connections between the self and others. Like the "night blooming jasmine leaving its warm trace," these poems arise out of the dark. With great poise, keen insight, and formal skill, he moves between shared experience and interior life in the shifting textures of Other People. Series: Phoenix Poets. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 157 x 6. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226092751
ISBN
9780226092751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. A collection of poems that discusses about the struggle of making a life in America, and about the urge 'to carve a space' for love and family from out of the vast sweep of modern life. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 156 x 9. Weight in Grams: 132.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
80
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226093109
ISBN
9780226093109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 21.32

Paperback. Some shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
SKU
KTK0095788
ISBN
9780571279982
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Melbourne, the late 1940s. A young conservative Australian poet named Christopher Chubb decides to teach his country a lesson about pretension and authenticity. Choosing as his target the most avant-garde of the literary magazines, he submits for publication the entire oeuvre of one Bob McCorkle, a working-class poet. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Re-issue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571216208
ISBN
9780571216208
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.27

Paperback.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Main
SKU
9780571279982
ISBN
9780571279982
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback.
Edition
Export - Airside ed
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
9780571231539
ISBN
9780571231539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. The first collection of short stories published by Peter Carey, whose other books include "Bliss", "Illywhacker" and "Oscar and Lucinda", which was awarded the 1988 Booker Prize. The stories, set in an ominous near-future that has a feel of contemporary life, are by turn bizarre and funny. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: FA; FYB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Faber and Faber
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571144389
ISBN
9780571144389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.81

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