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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Features a satire on the moral failure of the "Jazz Age". This book explores the intricate patterns of the novel, its chronology, locations, imagery and use of colour, and how these contribute to a seamless interplay of social comedy and symbolic landscape. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Stg
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140771978
ISBN
9780140771978
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.50

Paperback. In the REVELS PLAYS series. An anthology of plays which illustrate the ways in which both theatrical pleasures and social relations complicate the connection between women and plays in early modern drama. The plays are annotated and introduced by McLuskie using contemporary and feminist critical approaches. Aimed at students of Elizabethan drama. Editor(s): McLuskie, Kathleen. Series: Revels Student Editions. Num Pages: 426 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 26. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Student
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719016462
ISBN
9780719016462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.66

Hardcover. Images for Classicists shows how text and image taken together complicate and enrich our understanding of ancient culture. Working to dissolve distinctions between text- and artifact-based scholarship, it explores challenges the digital revolution poses to curators and sketches ways that image-based collections may be deployed in the future. Series: Loeb Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 184 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ACG; DSBB; JHBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Harvard University Department of the Classics
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674428362
ISBN
9780674428362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.68

Hardback. The first biography of Katherine Mansfield for a quarter of a century and the first to take advantage of the complete transcriptions of the diaries and letters of both Katherine Mansfield and her editor husband John Middleton Murry. Num Pages: 528 pages, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 954.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748643547
ISBN
9780748643547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 45.46

Paperback. Weaving together intimate details from Katherine Mansfield's letters and journals with the writings of her friends and acquaintances, Kathleen Jones creates a captivating drama of this fragile yet feisty author: her life, loves and passion for writing. Num Pages: 528 pages, 55 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 822. The Story-Teller. 528 pages, 55 black & white illustrations. Weaving together intimate details from Katherine Mansfield's letters and journals with the writings of her friends and acquaintances, Kathleen Jones creates a captivating drama of this fragile yet feisty author: her life, loves and passion for writing. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 29. Weight: 822.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748650651
ISBN
9780748650651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.42

Paperback. .
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442630802
ISBN
9781442630802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 128 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 230. 128 pages, ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 11. Weight: 230.
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746308431
ISBN
9780746308431
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.68

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474403764
ISBN
9781474403764
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.11

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801450426
ISBN
9780801450426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.60

Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Shakespeare and Philosophy. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474417716
ISBN
9781474417716
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.81
€ 112.46

Paperback. Within Shakespeare's lifetime there was already some curiosity about what the writer of such brilliant poems, sonnets and plays looked like. Yet like so much else about him, Shakespeare's appearance is mysterious. This generously illustrated book offers a new perspective on Shakespeare likenesses, as well as exploring the afterlife of these images. Num Pages: 136 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 221 x 14. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851244058
ISBN
9781851244058
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 16.27

Hardcover. Series: Anthem Scholarship in the Digital Age. Num Pages: 256 pages, 30+ tables and figures. BIC Classification: 1MBF; 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857284549
ISBN
9780857284549
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Johns, Jorun B. Num Pages: 309 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Publisher
Ariadne Press United States
Number of pages
309
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781572411456
ISBN
9781572411456
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.86

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415286015
ISBN
9780415286015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.68

Paperback. An extravaganza of beautiful princesses and stout stable boys, sour-faced witches and king with hearts of gold. Each tale is a masterpiece of storytelling from the hilarious Three Sillies to the delightfully macabre Sammles ghost. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 390 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; FQ; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
392
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415286022
ISBN
9780415286022
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 19.81

Paperback. Presents a selection of the works of Hrotsvit, the first-known woman dramatist, that contain legends, dramas, and epics. Series: Library of Medieval Women. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ADL; DNF; DQ; DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859914895
ISBN
9780859914895
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 23.78

Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 672.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174244
ISBN
9780231174244
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 83.17
€ 64.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174251
ISBN
9780231174251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.26

Hardcover. Explores how Walter Pater and his contemporary aesthetes were influenced by modern philosophies. Repositioning Walter Pater at philosophical nexus of Aestheticism, this title presents the discussion of how Pater redefines Romantic Individualism through his engagements with modern philosophical discourses and in the context of modernity in Britain. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; HPN. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 502.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748646258
ISBN
9780748646258
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.87
€ 108.93

Paperback. Kate Grenville's "The Secret River" was one of the most loved novels of 2006. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize. This book tells the story of how Grenville came to write this book. It maps this creative journey into fiction, and illuminates the importance of family in our lives. Num Pages: 240 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBF; DSBH; DSK; WQY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 168. The Story Behind the Bestselling Novel. 240 pages, Illustrations. Kate Grenville's "The Secret River" was one of the most loved novels of 2006. It was shortlisted for the Booker Prize and awarded the Commonwealth Writer's Prize. This book tells the story of how Grenville came to write this book. It maps this creative journey into fiction, and illuminates the importance of family in our lives. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1MBF; DSBH; DSK; WQY. Dimension: 197 x 128 x 16. Weight: 176.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847670021
ISBN
9781847670021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.08

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