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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Through readings of slave narratives, fiction, poetry, nonfiction, newspaper editorials, and government documents including texts by Frederick Douglass and freed West Indian slave Mary Prince, Ifeoma Kiddoe Nwankwo explicates the growing interrelatedness of people of African descent through the Americas in the nineteenth century. Series: Rethinking the Americas. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH5; JFS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812223231
ISBN
9780812223231
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 33.91

Hardcover. No cycle of historical legends has enjoyed greater or more enduring popularity in China than that of the Three Kingdoms, which recounts the dramatic story of the civil wars (c. AD 180 220) that divided the old Han empire into the Shu-Han, Wei, and Wu states, and the eventual reunification of the realm under the Western Jin in AD 280." Translator(s): Idema, Wilt L.; West, Stephen H. Num Pages: 501 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1F; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 32. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
501
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603848145
ISBN
9781603848145
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.92
€ 72.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 157 x 11. Weight in Grams: 262.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763504935
ISBN
9788763504935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.48

Paperback. In the space of a single generation, three eighteenth-century writers - Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding - invented an entirely new genre of writing: the novel. This book explains why these authors wrote in the way that they did, and how the complex changes in society - the emergence of the middle-class and more. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847923851
ISBN
9781847923851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Hardback. By analysing relevant statues alongside the literature of the time, Ian Ward investigates Victorian anxieties about the 'condition' of its women, concentrating in particular on four 'crimes': adultery, bigamy, infanticide and prostitution. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; LAQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 233 x 15. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849462945
ISBN
9781849462945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.13
€ 69.46

Paperback. For the first time in paperback, the only annotated edition of Edwin Abbott's classic mind-bending tale of an alternate, two-dimensional universe presented side-by-side with mathematician Ian Stewart's revealing commentary and analysis. Num Pages: 272 pages, ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 190 x 18. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
The Perseus Books Group United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780465011230
ISBN
9780465011230
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.29

Paperback.
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715634769
ISBN
9780715634769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.90

Paperback. YORK NOTES ADVANCED - THE ULTIMATE LITERATURE GUIDES. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 211 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 212.
Publisher
Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405835619
ISBN
9781405835619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.34

Paperback. This full-length life of G. K. Chesterton is the first comprehensive biography of both the man and the writer. It draws on many unpublished letters and papers to evoke Chesterton's joyful humour, his humility and affinity to the common man, and his love of the ordinary things of life. Num Pages: 784 pages, 17 black and white images. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 154 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1158.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
784
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199655762
ISBN
9780199655762
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.89

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 186 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
186
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640631
ISBN
9780691640631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.20

Paperback. Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Ian Hacking looks at the issue of child abuse, and examines the ways in which advanced research on new weapons influences not the content but the form of science. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004122
ISBN
9780674004122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. .
Publisher
Rutgers University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813587516
ISBN
9780813587516
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.61

Paperback. Series: Literature in History. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 658.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691144269
ISBN
9780691144269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Hardcover. The era of Old Comedy (c. 485--c. 380 BCE), when theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through the extant plays of Aristophanes. But the work of many other poets, including Cratinus and Eupolis, the other members, with Aristophanes, of the canonical Old Comic Triad, survives in fragments. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 120 x 27. Weight in Grams: 346.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996779
ISBN
9780674996779
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.71

Paperback. This newly updated second edition features wide-ranging, systematically organized scholarship in a concise introduction to ancient Greek drama, which flourished from the sixth to third century BC. Series: Blackwell Guides to Classical Literature. Num Pages: 352 pages, illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 170 x 243 x 17. Weight in Grams: 532.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118455128
ISBN
9781118455128
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 53.99

Hardcover. The era of Old Comedy (c. 485--c. 380 BCE), when theatrical comedy was created and established, is best known through the extant plays of Aristophanes. But the work of many other poets, including Cratinus and Eupolis, the other members, with Aristophanes, of the canonical Old Comic Triad, survives in fragments. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 119 x 30. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996632
ISBN
9780674996632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.62

Hardback. The ideal guide for students and theatre-lovers alike, the Companion explores the longstanding and vibrant Scottish dramatic tradition and the important developments in Scottish dramatic writing and theatre over the last hundred years. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641086
ISBN
9780748641086
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.93
€ 91.90

Hardback. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137473356
ISBN
9781137473356
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.60

Paperback. Series: Reader's Guides. 176 pages. Written by Charles Dickens, "Great Expectations" centers around his primary themes. This guide gives an introduction to the text including its context, Dickens' style and imagery, its critical reception starting from the publication time, acts as a guide to the illustrated editions and film adaptations, and also acts as a guide to further reading. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 10. Weight: 196.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826488589
ISBN
9780826488589
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.80

Paperback. A comprehensive student guide to studying Emily Bronte's classic novel "Wuthering Heights". It introduces its contexts, language, reception and adaptation since its first publication. Series: Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260. Series: Reader's Guides. 176 pages. A comprehensive student guide to studying Emily Bronte's classic novel "Wuthering Heights". It introduces its contexts, language, reception and adaptation since its first publication. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 11. Weight: 260.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847064578
ISBN
9781847064578
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.64

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