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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Series: Speculative Realism. BIC Classification: DSK; HPJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474422697
ISBN
9781474422697
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 176.28

Paperback. Series: Speculative Realism. BIC Classification: DSK; HPJ; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474422703
ISBN
9781474422703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

Hardcover. In the 1980s influential scholars argued that Shakespeare revised King Lear in light of theatrical performance, resulting in two texts by the bard's own hand. The two-text theory hardened into orthodoxy. Here Sir Brian Vickers makes the case that Shakespeare did not cut his original text. At stake is the way his greatest play is read and performed. Num Pages: 310 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504844
ISBN
9780674504844
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.51
€ 49.63

Hardback. Series: New Studies in the Age of Goethe. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480283
ISBN
9781611480283
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.45

Paperback. "Waste "explores the question: from nuclear waste to digital detritus, what can we learn about ourselves from what we let go to waste? Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 152 pages, 20 b/w images. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFCD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 123 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 142.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628924367
ISBN
9781628924367
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.57

Hardback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HB; 1KBB; 3JM; DSBH; JFC; JHMC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231174008
ISBN
9780231174008
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.40

Paperback. For quick reference to the significant authors, publications, awards, and events in the field of speculative fiction turn to this handy A to Z guide. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 496 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 215 x 28. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
Rev. Pbk. Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810853973
ISBN
9780810853973
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.37

Paperback. Series: The A to Z Guide Series. Num Pages: 568 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 141 x 37. Weight in Grams: 812.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810868298
ISBN
9780810868298
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.37

Paperback. This book focuses on the relationship of language and literature in the context of the classroom. It examines both the language of literature as it occurs in a variety of texts from different genres and the language of the classroom as teachers and learners respond in speech and writing to those texts. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CF; CJA; DS; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748612598
ISBN
9780748612598
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.62

Paperback. This Introduction surveys the full spectrum of postmodern culture, from architecture and visual art to fiction, poetry, and drama. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 251 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107605510
ISBN
9781107605510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.79

Paperback. Charm, wit and style were essential, but dangerous ingredients in the social repertoire of the Roman elite. This work explores the complexities and ambiguities of charm, wit and style in Roman literature of the late Republic by tracking the origins and development of the terms used. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20 line drawings, 2 tables. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; CFG; DNF; DSBB; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
University of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226454443
ISBN
9780226454443
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.43
€ 59.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Ward, Brian E; Bone, Martyn; Link, University William A (University of Florida, USA University of Florida University of Florida, USA University of Florida, USA University of Florida, USA University of Florida, USA University of Florida, USA University of Florida, USA University of Florida, USA). Num Pages: 282 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBS; DSB; HBJK; JHMC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813061382
ISBN
9780813061382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.14

Paperback. ESSAYISM is a personal, critical and polemical book about the genre, its history and its contemporary possibilities, itself an example of what it describes: an essay that is curious and digressive and at the same time held together by a personal voice and a polemical point. BIC Classification: DNF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 125. .
Publisher
Fitzcarraldo Editions
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910695418
ISBN
9781910695418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.99

hardcover. This book re-evaluates the relationship between Renaissance dramatists and literary posterity by examining their work in relation to post-Reformation ideas about memorialization. Num Pages: 236 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 512.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107123472
ISBN
9781107123472
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 138.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 758. 464 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 158 x 235 x 33. Weight: 758.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231158565
ISBN
9780231158565
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.05
€ 90.70

Paperback. Leads the reader step-by-step, gradually revealing the relationship between Vladimir Nabokov's ethics, aesthetics, epistemology, and metaphysics. This work shows how Nabokov's interest in discovery springs in part from his work as a scientist and scholar, and draws comparisons between the processes of readerly and scientific discovery. Num Pages: 320 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
316
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691089577
ISBN
9780691089577
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.77

Paperback. Offers a comprehensive account of the evolutionary origins of art and storytelling. This title explains why we tell stories, how our minds are shaped to understand them, and what difference an evolutionary understanding of human nature makes to stories we love. Num Pages: 560 pages, 14 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 31. Weight in Grams: 632.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
560
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057111
ISBN
9780674057111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 27.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBG; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781119249429
ISBN
9781119249429
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 19.33

Paperback. The Revenger's Tragedy is a famous Elizabethan tragedy set in a dissolute Renaissance court in Italy, a maelstrom of vice and intrigue. In this new edition, students will find a wealth of information to support their studies: an extended introduction and numerous notes and explanations throughout. Editor(s): Gibbons, Professor Brian. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713682847
ISBN
9780713682847
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.74

Paperback. This unique edition of the Book of Common Prayer includes the texts of three different versions, 1549, 1559, and 1662, to provide a panorama of the history of ritual in England from the Reformation to the present day. The first edition for the common reader, with full notes and introduction, this is one of the seminal texts of human experience. Editor(s): Cummings, Professor Brian. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 896 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBH; HBLH; HRCC2; HRCL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 41. Weight in Grams: 612.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
896
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199645206
ISBN
9780199645206
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.11

Paperback. Classical Traditions in Modern Fantasy presents fifteen all-new essays on how fantasy draws on ancient Greek and Roman mythology, philosophy, literature, history, art, and cult practice. Editor(s): Rogers, Brett M.; Stevens, Benjamin Eldon. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190610067
ISBN
9780190610067
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.36

Hardback. Hearing across media is the source of innovation in a uniquely African American sphere of art-making and performance, Brent Hayes Edwards writes. He explores this fertile interface through case studies in jazz literature both writings informed by music and the surprisingly large body of writing by jazz musicians themselves. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055438
ISBN
9780674055438
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.36

Hardback. This book changes the terms of scholarly discussion and discovers how the social structures of theatre afforded Milton resources for poetic and polemical representation and uncovers the precise contours of Milton's interest in theatre and drama. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages, 15 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474421010
ISBN
9781474421010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.10
€ 107.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 135 x 203 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555974718
ISBN
9781555974718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 15.67

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