Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Harold Bloom, the doyen of American literary critics and author of The Western Canon, has spent a professional lifetime reading, writing about and teaching Shakespeare. In this magisterial interpretation, Bloom explains Shakespeare's genius in a radical and provocative re-reading of the plays. Num Pages: 768 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 40. Weight in Grams: 986.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 768
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1St Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007292844
- ISBN
- 9780007292844
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.06
€ 26.99
€ 18.06
Paperback. Reading the King James Bible alongside Tyndale's Bible, the Geneva Bible, and the original Hebrew and Greek texts, the author highlights how the translators and editors improved upon - or, in some cases, diminished - the earlier versions. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; HRCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 203 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300187946
- ISBN
- 9780300187946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.92
€ 23.99
€ 17.92
Paperback. A new book by America's leading literary critic on the uses of deep reading. Practical, inspirational and learned, How to Read and Why is Bloom's manifesto for the preponderance of written culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Harpercollins Pb
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841150390
- ISBN
- 9781841150390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.87
€ 17.99
€ 12.87
Paperback. Uncovers the mystery of both Prince Hamlet and the play, how both prince and drama are able to break through the conventions of theatrical mimesis and the representation of character, making us question the very nature of theatrical illusion. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 41. Weight in Grams: 124.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841954615
- ISBN
- 9781841954615
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.73
€ 13.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 236 x 34. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1980
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801491856
- ISBN
- 9780801491856
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.60
€ 32.99
€ 29.60
Paperback. Featuring extended analyses of the author's most cherished poets - Shakespeare, Whitman, and Crane - as well as inspired appreciations of Emerson, Tennyson, Browning, Yeats, Ashbery, and others, this title adapts his classic work "The Anxiety of Influence" to show us what great literature is, how it comes to be, and why it matters. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 148 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300181449
- ISBN
- 9780300181449
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.86
€ 23.99
€ 17.86
Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 131 x 197 x 20. Weight in Grams: 106.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474277396
- ISBN
- 9781474277396
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.50
€ 16.99
€ 15.50
Paperback. This is one of a series of books that provide a guide to Shakespeare's plays. The prefaces include endorsements by both actors and directors. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 116 x 9. Weight in Grams: 94.
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781854591111
- ISBN
- 9781854591111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.26
€ 9.26
Hardcover. Editor(s): Hardie, Senior Research Fellow and Honorary Professor of Latin Literature Philip (University of Cambridge); Powell, Dr Anton (University of Wales Institute of Classics UK). BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 422.
- Publisher
- The Classical Press of Wales
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910589618
- ISBN
- 9781910589618
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 86.14
€ 86.14
Hardback. Maps out many of the changes in Cairo's geopolitics and urban fabric, while tracing spatial and social forms of polarization, and new patterns of inclusion and exclusion. It shows a century of development in modes of literary production, and presents an h Num Pages: 400 pages, 25 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- THE LITERARY ATLAS OF CAIRO: One Hundred Years in the Life of the City
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789774163470
- ISBN
- 9789774163470
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 34.21
€ 34.21
Paperback. Contains character, book, painting and place indices. This work is a database of Anthony Powell's imagination and England's cultural landscape. It details over four hundred characters and one million words of Powell's fifty-year dance of fiction and fact. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099484363
- ISBN
- 9780099484363
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2ADF; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Staging Beckett in Ireland and Northern Ireland
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474240550
- ISBN
- 9781474240550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.84
€ 103.84
Paperback. A gorgeous faux leather volume full of exquisite sketches and colourful illustrations of Middle-earth - ideal for the true Tolkien fan. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSR; FZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 203 x 26. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753729373
- ISBN
- 9780753729373
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.47
€ 11.99
€ 10.47
Paperback. As a bestselling phenomenon and queen of the Regency Romance, Georgette Heyer is one of the most beloved historical novelists. This biography offers a glimpse into Georgette Heyer's world and that of her most memorable characters. It reveals a formidable, energetic woman, with an impeccable sense of style and, a love for all things Regency. Num Pages: 240 pages, b/w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 19. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Publisher
- Cornerstone United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099493495
- ISBN
- 9780099493495
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardback. One of our most acclaimed translators of Chinese drama and a specialist of Ming period literature translates one of the greatest Chinese tragedies of the first half of the seventeenth century, available for the first time in English. Translator(s): Birch, Cyril. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0227798
- ISBN
- 9780231121682
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Translator(s): Stoltzfus, Ben. Num Pages: 115 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 224 x 14. Weight in Grams: 653.
- Publisher
- The Target: Alain Robbe-Grillet and Jasper Johns
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611473209
- ISBN
- 9781611473209
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.91
€ 108.91
Hardcover. Stahl's new monograph is the most thorough study so far to question modern Virgilian criticism on philological grounds. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Publisher
- The Classical Press of Wales
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910589045
- ISBN
- 9781910589045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.69
€ 97.69
Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 243 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 243
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Edition
- First edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816610372
- ISBN
- 9780816610372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.20
€ 26.99
€ 25.20
Paperback. Translator(s): Green, Malcolm. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Atlas Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781900565592
- ISBN
- 9781900565592
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.50
€ 16.99
€ 16.50
Paperback. I lived the same life as everyone else, the life of ordinary people, the masses. Sitting in a prison cell in the autumn of 1944, the German author Hans Fallada sums up his life under the National Socialist dictatorship, the time of inward emigration . BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 136 x 204 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Polity
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745669892
- ISBN
- 9780745669892
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 21.03
€ 25.99
€ 21.03
Hardback. Translator(s): Driscoll, Kari. Series: SB-The German List. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857424303
- ISBN
- 9780857424303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 22.04
€ 26.99
€ 22.04
Paperback. Series: The Basics. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 21. Weight in Grams: 310.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415538077
- ISBN
- 9780415538077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 28.35
€ 28.35
Hardcover. This work gives an overview of trends in American crime fiction. It focuses on the work of popular and award-winning authors since 1985. Attention is given to writers who have re-worked established conventions and explored new directions, especially women and those from ethnic minorities. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 248 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 493.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2001 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333674550
- ISBN
- 9780333674550
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.26
€ 124.26
Paperback. This book is a must-have for English A Literature students aiming for the strongest achievement in the course. Focused, challenging and directly aligned with the 2011 syllabus, it is packed with skills development activities, examiner feedback and more to ensure students fully develop all the key skills central to assessment. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4MB; DSB. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 297 x 8. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199129706
- ISBN
- 9780199129706
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.76
€ 62.76