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"King Lear" occupies a special place in the Shakespearean canon. Lear's descent into madness, the central event of this play, illustrates the extent to which humanity can be degraded by its errors. This study guide contains a selection of the finest criticism through the centuries on "King Lear". It also includes a biography of Shakespeare. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Shakespeare Through the Ages. Num Pages: 356 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 29. Weight in Grams: 757.
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791095744
- ISBN
- 9780791095744
Condition: New
€ 58.00€ 53.91
€ 58.00
€ 53.91
Paperback. Series: Master Guides. Num Pages: 96 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333397688
- ISBN
- 9780333397688
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.28
€ 30.99
€ 26.28
Paperback. Series: Macmillan Master Guides. Num Pages: 95 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 95
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333434093
- ISBN
- 9780333434093
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 26.28
€ 30.99
€ 26.28
Paperback. Num Pages: 261 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 141 x 19. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Liberty Fund Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 261
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780865971400
- ISBN
- 9780865971400
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.78
€ 11.99
€ 10.78
Hardback. In Darkest James analyzes the reviewers' struggles with James's late fiction and the movement toward a competent critique of its impressionism. The reviewers frequently lacked the cultivation and training to deal with complex fiction. But the most perceptive reviewers found imaginative ways of treating James's impressionism. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJC; ACVT; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754535
- ISBN
- 9780838754535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.16
€ 136.16
Hardback. "A fascinating look into the life and mind of poet and prose miniaturist Daniil Kharms .. Anemone and Scotto offer a wide-ranging selection of materials from Kharms's private notebooks, diaries, letters, and even documents from the KGB archives detailing Kharms's tragic end in a psychiatric prison hospital."--Page 4 of cover. Series: Cultural Revolutions: Russia in the Twentieth Century. Num Pages: 600 pages, illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 32. Weight in Grams: 993.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Academic Studies Press United States
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781936235964
- ISBN
- 9781936235964
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.88€ 138.25
€ 138.88
€ 138.25
Paperback. The author places Huckleberry Finn in the context of long standing American debate about race and culture. He points out that this quintessentially American novel, assigned to many schools as an important weapon against racism, yet including the word "nigger", arouses controversy. Series: Wisconsin Project on American Writers S. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK; JFC; JFFJ; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Wisconsin Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780299155346
- ISBN
- 9780299155346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 25.46
€ 29.99
€ 25.46
paperback. Translator(s): Palsson, Hermann. Num Pages: 144 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1971
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140442380
- ISBN
- 9780140442380
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.03
€ 15.99
€ 14.03
Hardcover. Crafted with a wit and contemporary sensibility that make them playable a millennium later, Jody Enders's translations of twelve medieval French farces take on the hilariously depressing-and depressingly hilarious-state of holy wedlock. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 552 pages, 12 illus. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2AB; 3F; 3H; DD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 35. Weight in Grams: 962.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812248746
- ISBN
- 9780812248746
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 92.88
€ 92.88
Features a complex critical portrait of one of the most influential writers in the world, bibliographic information that directs readers to additional resources for further study, a useful chronology of the writer's life, and an introductory essay by Harold Bloom. Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Views. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSN; DSG; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604135770
- ISBN
- 9781604135770
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.19€ 48.83
€ 52.19
€ 48.83
Paperback. "In Shopping and Fucking, Mark Ravenhill made theatre relevant to the Thatcher generation. Now he's put videos and Net-surfing in Faust. And it's no less stunning" (Guardian) Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 88 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 88
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413737601
- ISBN
- 9780413737601
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 15.22
€ 15.99
€ 15.22
In Shakespeare's powerful drama of destiny and revenge, "Hamlet", the troubled prince of Denmark, must overcome his own self-doubt and avenge the murder of his father. This study guides to one of Shakespeare's greatest plays. It contains a selection of contemporary criticism of "Hamlet". Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Num Pages: 224 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604136326
- ISBN
- 9781604136326
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.19€ 48.83
€ 52.19
€ 48.83
Paperback. This book traces representations of "Gypsies" that have become prevalent in the European imagination and culture and influenced the perceptions of Roma in Eastern and Western European societies. Editor(s): Glajar, Valentina; Radulescu, Domnica. Series: Studies in European Culture and History. Num Pages: 269 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; HBJ; HBJD; JFC; JHM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349371549
- ISBN
- 9781349371549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 122.61
€ 122.61
Paperback. At around the same time that Aristotle was active in ancient Greece, many students in China, including Sun Tzu, were learning the techniques of persuasion from Guiguzi, "the Master of the Ghost Valley". In "Guiguzi," China's First Treatise on Rhetoric, Hui Wu and C. Jan Swearingen present a new critical translation of this foundational work. Series: Landmarks in Rhetoric & Public Address. Num Pages: 277 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Southern Illinois University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780809335268
- ISBN
- 9780809335268
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.84€ 52.74
€ 56.84
€ 52.74
Paperback. Two plays in one volume, written by the same writer as "Peter Pan Man" and "To Be a Farmer's Boy". The first is set in Germany in the '30s and questions how humane people came to be swept along by the Nazi force. The second play is a portrait of a Newcastle working-class family in World War II. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 202 x 134 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Edition
- Revised edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413639103
- ISBN
- 9780413639103
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.17
€ 18.17
Paperback. Translator(s): Johnson-Davies, Denys. Series: Three Continents Press. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Lynne Rienner Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780894101977
- ISBN
- 9780894101977
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 20.33
€ 21.99
€ 20.33
Paperback. Re-issue of this 60s classic Series: Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 96.
- Publisher
- Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413413406
- ISBN
- 9780413413406
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.34
€ 14.99
€ 12.34
Calling Jane Austen's "Emma" charming, Harold Bloom states, 'Austen is not writing a tragedy of the will.. but a great comedy of the will.' This edition offers a selection of contemporary critical commentary on this classic novel, along with a bibliography, a chronology of Austen's life, and an index for quick reference. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Num Pages: 142 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 149
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781604138160
- ISBN
- 9781604138160
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.19€ 48.83
€ 52.19
€ 48.83
Offers an inquiry into the meaning of American Dream. This play which won the author a Pulitzer Prize and a Tony award presents the lead character, Willy Loman (played over time by Lee J Cobb, George C Scott, Dustin Hoffman, and Brian Dennehy, among others), who has come to represent the middle-class struggle. Editor(s): Bloom, Prof. Harold. Series: Bloom's Modern Critical Interpretations. Num Pages: 184 pages, chronology, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (ES) Secondary; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Chelsea House Publishers United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780791093023
- ISBN
- 9780791093023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.19€ 48.83
€ 52.19
€ 48.83
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859182604
- ISBN
- 9781859182604
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.00€ 52.59
€ 69.00
€ 52.59