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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. The Elizabethan age was a tumultuous time, when long-cherished certainties were crumbling and life was exhilaratingly uncertain. From knife crime to belief in witches, religious battles to the horizons of the New World, this title brings the past to life in a fresh, unexpected portrait of a dangerous and dynamic era. Num Pages: 240 pages, Illustrations (chiefly col.), col. maps, ports. (chiefly col.). BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; DSGS; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 197 x 19. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780718195700
ISBN
9780718195700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.95

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

€ 171.00

Hardcover. Examines the relationship between the work of James Joyce and the influences of Russian culture. Chapters look at the relationship between Russia and Joyce, Joyce and three Russian contemporaries and Joyce in Russia. Num Pages: 188 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1DVUA; 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1992nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333525913
ISBN
9780333525913
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.86

Paperback. This volume of poetry provides a collection of funeral poems, appropriate for reading at a funeral or memorial service. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC; HRA; VFJX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 7. Weight in Grams: 146. Funeral Poems. 96 pages. This volume of poetry provides a collection of funeral poems, appropriate for reading at a funeral or memorial service. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC; HRA; VFJX. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 7. Weight: 146.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852246358
ISBN
9781852246358
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.08

Paperback. The Owl and the Nightingale is one of the comic poems in the English language and one of the best-known and accomplished of all medieval literary texts. This book contains a lively parallel-text translation in modern English, as well as a glossary, notes and introduction. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2 b&2 halftones, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 176 x 15. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859896900
ISBN
9780859896900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 41.87

Hardcover. This important intervention in the critical and theoretical discourse of Shakespeare studies summarises, evaluates and ultimately calls time on the mode of criticism that has prevailed in Shakespeare studies over the past thirty years. It heralds a new, more dynamic way of reading Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 516. Rethinking Historicism. 256 pages. This important intervention in the critical and theoretical discourse of Shakespeare studies summarises, evaluates and ultimately calls time on the mode of criticism that has prevailed in Shakespeare studies over the past thirty years. It heralds a new, more dynamic way of reading Shakespeare. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 19. Weight: 520.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748646135
ISBN
9780748646135
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.71

Paperback. In this definitive collection of Stephenson's writings, journalism and meditations, the great American polymath puts the 20th Century - mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history of science and technology- under his eclectic and unflinching gaze. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848878563
ISBN
9781848878563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082047
ISBN
9780252082047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Editor(s): Bourdaghs, Michael; Ueda, Atsuko; Murphy, Joseph. Series: Weatherhead Books on Asia. Num Pages: 304 pages, ill. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146579
ISBN
9780231146579
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. After a two-year absence a husband returns to find his wife wearing the scarlet 'A' for Adulteress on her breast. Determined to find her lover, he embarks on a destructive path of revenge. This edition uses the most authoritative text, with a wide-ranging critical introduction. Editor(s): Harding, Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537808
ISBN
9780199537808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 9.11

Paperback. Editor(s): Bell, Michael Davitt. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199539123
ISBN
9780199539123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardcover. .
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170427
ISBN
9781590170427
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.66

Hardcover. Bawdier than The Canterbury Tales, The Fabliaux is the first major English translation of the most scandalous and irreverent poetry in Western literature. Translator(s): Dubin, Nathaniel E. Num Pages: 1024 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 143 x 49. Weight in Grams: 966.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
982
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780871403575
ISBN
9780871403575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.69

Hardback. This book is a genealogy of reconciliation in modern Ireland. As Seamus Deane has written, reconciliation stands at a nexus between politics and aesthetics in Irish writing, and has therefore often been a vehicle of colonial ideology. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 25. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782050681
ISBN
9781782050681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Hardback. Modernist Nowheres explores connections in the Anglo-American sphere between early literary modernist cultures, politics, and utopia. Foregrounding such writers as Conrad, Lawrence and Wyndham Lewis, it presents a new reading of early modernism in which utopianism plays a defining role prior to, during and immediately after the First World War. Num Pages: 242 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230278998
ISBN
9780230278998
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.03

Paperback. A finalist for the 1972 National Book Award, hailed by The New York Times Book Review as 'brilliant' and 'provocative,' Nathan Huggins' Harlem Renaissance was a milestone in the study of African-American life and culture. Now this classic history is being reissued, with a new foreword by acclaimed biographer Arnold Rampersad. Num Pages: 390 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC; HBJK; HBLW; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 143 x 24. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
378
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Updated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195063363
ISBN
9780195063363
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.10

Hardcover. Offers a collection of critical essays on the prize-winning contemporary British poet, Don Paterson. This book shows that Paterson is a figure who actively negotiates his place within literary history, as well as confronting that history with lyric grace, humour and directness. Editor(s): Pollard, Natalie. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 15. Weight in Grams: 402.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748669417
ISBN
9780748669417
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.37

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; BGH; DSB; JFFK; JPFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231182089
ISBN
9780231182089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 29.46

Paperback. Talks about culture and comparison. This book inquires into the idea of comparison in a postcolonial world. It argues that inclusiveness is not a sufficient response to postcolonial and multiculturalist challenges because it leaves the basis of equivalence unquestioned. Series: Cultural Memory in the Present. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 17. Weight in Grams: 413.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804731980
ISBN
9780804731980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Hardback. She draws a direct link between the disparate theories of focus articulated in eighteenth-century literature and modern experiments in neuroscience, revealing that contemporary questions surrounding short attention spans are grounded in long conversations over the nature and limits of focus. Num Pages: 304 pages, 19, 2 colour illustrations, 17 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 259 x 25. Weight in Grams: 554.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421420127
ISBN
9781421420127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 47.03

Paperback. Num Pages: 92 pages, 45 illus. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 279 x 7. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Grantha Corporation United States
Number of pages
92
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781890206567
ISBN
9781890206567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.62

Hardback. Num Pages: 196 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611478747
ISBN
9781611478747
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.41

Paperback. A collection of critical essays on the American novelist Bret Easton Ellis, examining the novels of his mature period: "American Psycho" (1991), "Glamorama" (1999), and "Lunar Park" (2005). It also examines the alchemy of acclaim and disdain that accrues to Ellis, and reviews the literary and artistic significance of his work. Editor(s): Mandel, Naomi. Series: Continuum Studies in Contemporary North America Fiction. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300. American Psycho, Glamorama, Lunar Park. Series: Continuum Studies in Contemporary North America Fiction. 176 pages. Editor(s): Mandel, Naomi. A collection of critical essays on the American novelist Bret Easton Ellis, examining the novels of his mature period: "American Psycho" (1991), "Glamorama" (1999), and "Lunar Park" (2005). It also examines the alchemy of acclaim and disdain that accrues to Ellis, and reviews the literary and artistic significance of his work. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight: 300.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826435620
ISBN
9780826435620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.44

Hardcover. This collection of 12 specially-commissioned essays focuses on the work of Felicia Hemans. It offers close readings of Heman's poetry, research on her reception, and analyses of her cultural significance. Editor(s): Sweet, Nanora; Melnyk, Julie. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
AIAA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2001st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333801093
ISBN
9780333801093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.51

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