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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Aims to establish a provenance for the Holy Grail and, through the figure of Merlin, links Joseph of Arimathea with mythical British history and with the knightly adventures of Perceval's Grail quest. Series: Arthurian Studies. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2ADF; 3H; DQ; DSBB; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
182
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859917797
ISBN
9780859917797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.96

Hardback. Num Pages: 208 pages, b&w images throughout. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 217 x 22. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing USA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781620406533
ISBN
9781620406533
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.26

Paperback. This biography of Henry Thoreau offers insight into his social activism, his interest in fine arts, William Gilpin and John Ruskin's influence on his nature writing, and his involvement in, and influence by, the Agassiz-Darwin debate over "The Origin of Species.". Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 28. Weight in Grams: 664.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520063464
ISBN
9780520063464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.47

Paperback. Holding in balance the ecological and the technological, ancient and modern, this work sings languages and cultures, people and habitats burgeoning on the brink of extinction. Assured in its rhymes and cadences, it is often attentive to poetry in other tongues, not least Gaelic. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224080873
ISBN
9780224080873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.58

Paperback. Did you know the Battle of Bannockburn had its own poet-in-residence? Starting in 1314 and coming right up to the present day, the author examines how writers have set out in poetry, fiction, plays and on film the ideal of Scottish independence. It also includes the most detailed consideration of what independence meant to Robert Burns. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 366.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748685844
ISBN
9780748685844
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Statius' 'Achilleid' is perhaps the most remarkable of all Latin epic poems. Its project - to tell the whole life of Achilles - was cut short by the poet's untimely death. In relating this story, Statius explores the nature of gender and the limits of the epic genre, while playfully positioning himself in the epic - and wider - poetic tradition. Editor(s): Dilke, O.A.W. Series: Bristol Phoenix Press Classic Editions. Num Pages: 188 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 218 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904675112
ISBN
9781904675112
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.50

Hardback. A journey through the life and thought of George Orwell, from public school satirist and imperial policeman to Animal Farm and Nineteen Eighty Four. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16pp black and white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 157 x 24. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
352
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199680801
ISBN
9780199680801
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472508676
ISBN
9781472508676
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.95

Paperback. Editor(s): Evans, Robert C. Series: Arden Early Modern Drama Guides. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 200 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472520364
ISBN
9781472520364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 33.87

Hardback. Dickens, Religion and Society examines the centrality of Dickens's religious attitudes to the social criticism he is famous for, shedding new light in the process on such matters as the presentation of Fagin as a villainous Jew, the hostile portrayal of trade unions in Hard Times and Dickens's sentimentality. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137558701
ISBN
9781137558701
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.01

Paperback. Drawing on extensive scholarship and the author's own letters, this book offers information about his life, early hardships, political beliefs, and literary contexts. Editor(s): Noble, Andrew; Hogg, Patrick Scott. Series: Canongate Classics. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 127 x 51. Weight in Grams: 744. 1120 pages. Editor(s): Noble, Andrew; Hogg, Patrick Scott. Drawing on extensive scholarship and the author's own letters, this book offers information about his life, early hardships, political beliefs, and literary contexts. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 3JF; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 197 x 127 x 51. Weight: 888.
Publisher
Canongate Books
Number of pages
1120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841953809
ISBN
9781841953809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.17

Paperback. In the "Poet to Poet" series, a contemporary poet advocates a poet of the past or present whom they have particularly admired. By their selection of verses and their critical reactions, the selectors offer intriguing insights into their own work. Here, Douglas Dunn surveys Robert Browning. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 120 x 12. Weight in Grams: 126. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
SKU
KOC0013802
ISBN
9780571214839
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. Old English Shorter Poems offers tantalizing insights into the Anglo-Saxon mental landscape. These poems and charms find meaning in the loss of fortune and reputation, exile, and alienation. Wisdom also emerges as folk remedies, such as charms to treat stabbing pain, cysts, childbirth, and nightmares of witch-riding caused by a dwarf. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSBB; DSC; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674053069
ISBN
9780674053069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. Robert Bird traces Fyodor Dostoevsky's path from a political revolutionary to one who fought his battles through the printed word. The author describes how Dostoevsky's difficult background contributed to his highly acclaimed novels such as Crime and Punishment (1867) and The Brothers Karamazov. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, 32 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861899002
ISBN
9781861899002
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.20

Hardcover. Shakespeare's Money explores what archival records can reveal about Shakespeare's economic and social success, shedding light on how he elevated his family from lowly status to minor gentry and how economic concerns were ever present in his daily life. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198759249
ISBN
9780198759249
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 57.73

Paperback. A Bronte Encyclopedia is an A- Z encyclopedia of the most notable literary family of the 19th century highlighting original literary insights and the significant people and places that influenced the Brontes' lives. Num Pages: 416 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 175 x 22. Weight in Grams: 716.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118492062
ISBN
9781118492062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.53

Paperback. Editor(s): Logan, Professor Robert A. Series: Arden Early Modern Drama Guides. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 308. A Critical Reader. Series: Arden Early Modern Drama Guides. 288 pages. Editor(s): Logan, Robert A. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Dimension: 199 x 132 x 17. Weight: 304.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441110794
ISBN
9781441110794
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. This work examines the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey and their subsequent reception. Editor(s): Fowler, Robert. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 444 pages, 12 b/w illus. 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 632. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 442 pages, 12 b/w illus. 2 maps. Editor(s): Fowler, Robert. This work examines the composition of the Iliad and the Odyssey and their subsequent reception. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight: 708.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
442
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521012461
ISBN
9780521012461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.21

Paperback. Editor(s): Robbins, Hollis; Gates, Henry Louis, Jr. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSBF; JFFK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 367.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780143105992
ISBN
9780143105992
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Hardcover. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 526.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748647156
ISBN
9780748647156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.03

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