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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Illustrator(s): Scanziani, Emanuele. Num Pages: 24 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 279 x 162 x 5. Weight in Grams: 120.
Publisher
Tara Books
Number of pages
24
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9788192317137
ISBN
9788192317137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.92

Paperback. An invitation to discover the two most enduring and exciting stories ever to have been told Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations (black and white). BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSC; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780742298
ISBN
9781780742298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Hardcover. Editor(s): Mundal, Else; Wellendorf, Jonas. Num Pages: 241 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
241
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763505048
ISBN
9788763505048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.41
€ 39.93

Paperback. Filled with examples of jokes and riddles that reveal humour to be a meaningful - even significant - form of expression, this title provides alternate ways of thinking about humorous expressions by examining their contexts - not just their contents. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 line drawings. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 220 x 16. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075933
ISBN
9780252075933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.14

Hardback. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 340 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674088375
ISBN
9780674088375
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486475936
ISBN
9780486475936
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.63

Paperback. This volume considers Sappho's poetry as a powerful, influential voice in the western cultural tradition. Contributors focus on literary history, mythic traditions, cultural studies, performance studies, recent work in feminist theory, and more. Editor(s): Greene, Ellen. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
303
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520206014
ISBN
9780520206014
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.10

Hardback. This book identifies and interprets the longstanding, transatlantic dialogue between the literary imaginations of Anglo-Ireland and the Anglo-American South. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBBS; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625482
ISBN
9780748625482
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.73
€ 107.06

Paperback. A quirky popular reference book for literature lovers weary in brain and body and in need of a novel cure .. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857864215
ISBN
9780857864215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.91

Hardcover. This book analyses how country house entertainments facilitated political negotiations, rethought gender roles, and crafted identities. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 297 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107134256
ISBN
9781107134256
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.53
€ 95.91

Paperback. Perfect for Woolf enthusiasts and newcomers alike, Brief Lives: Virginia Woolf offers a concise, authoritative account of the author's life, and presents an engaging overview of her afterlife in literary history. Series: Brief Lives. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 124 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843919094
ISBN
9781843919094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.80

Hardback. In The Epic of Juan Latino, Elizabeth R. Wright tells the story of Renaissance Europe's first black poet and his epic poem on the naval battle of Lepanto, Austrias Carmen (The Song of John of Austria). Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442637528
ISBN
9781442637528
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 70.24

Paperback. Fairy tales, often said to be "timeless" and fundamentally "oral," have a long written history. This book argues that however a vital part of this history has fallen by the wayside. It refocuses the lens through which we look at fairy tales. It examines the evolution of the "Anglo-American" fairy tale and its place in this variegated history. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 halftones. 5 line illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBH; DSK; JFHF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691115672
ISBN
9780691115672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.23

Paperback. Tracing the emergence and evolution of the modern discourse on boredom in French and German literary, philosophical, and sociological texts, this book fills a gap in the intellectual and cultural history of European modernity. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758604
ISBN
9780804758604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. The contributors to Critique and Postcritique evaluate literary critique's structural, methodological, and political potentials and limitations while assessing the merits of the post-critical turn and exploring a range of alternate methods of literary criticism that may be better suited to the intellectual and political challenges of the present. Editor(s): Anker, Elizabeth S.; Felski, Rita. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. .
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363767
ISBN
9780822363767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.30

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501705588
ISBN
9781501705588
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.47

Paperback. Focusing on Montgomery's memorable heroines, Epperly demonstrates that Montgomery deserves a place in the literary canon not just as the creator of Anne of Green Gables but as an artist in her chosen profession. Num Pages: 322 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442626539
ISBN
9781442626539
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.39

Paperback. This revealing autobiography illuminates the literary world of the latter half of the 20th century, as well as giving a personal insight into the life of the novelist Elizabeth Jane Howard. Num Pages: 500 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 132 x 35. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Pan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Main Market
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330484053
ISBN
9780330484053
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.09

Hardback. By illustrating how early modern English writers created their works in the context of a longstanding cultural inheritance from antiquity, Elizabeth Jane Bellamy offers a new approach to the history of early modern cartography and its influences on literature. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
216
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645011
ISBN
9781442645011
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.41

Paperback. Editor(s): Hale, Elizabeth. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSRC; FZC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 230 x 14. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Otago University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781877578847
ISBN
9781877578847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.42

Paperback. Elizabeth English explores the aesthetic dilemma prompted by the censorship of Radclyffe Hall's novel The Well of Loneliness in 1928. Faced with legal and financial reprisals, women writers were forced to question how they might represent lesbian identity and desire. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernist Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474424493
ISBN
9781474424493
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.86

Paperback. Definitions of key words and terms for the study of medievalism. Series: Medievalism. Num Pages: 296 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1D; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15 x 15. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844556
ISBN
9781843844556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.23

Paperback. Series: Critical conditions: Field Day essays & monographs. Num Pages: 315 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 599.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
315
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859182512
ISBN
9781859182512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
234
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904271598
ISBN
9781904271598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.17

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