Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. The book argues that the Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as category of discourse that inspired voluminous poetic production. By examining Petrarch, Du Bellay, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Hui explains how writers used the ruin to think about their relationship to classical antiquity. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 color, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273355
- ISBN
- 9780823273355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.37
€ 108.37
Paperback. A Critical Guide. Series: Continuum Renaissance Drama. 224 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Hiscock, Andrew. Thomas Middleton's intense study of betrayal, corruption, lust and violence, "Women Beware Women", is one of the revenge tragedies most commonly studied and performed. This guide offers an introduction to its critical and performance history, including notable stage productions, TV, audio and film versions and dramatic and text adaptations. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight: 338.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847060938
- ISBN
- 9781847060938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.64
€ 42.99
€ 35.64
Hardcover. Complete with fresh perspectives, and drawing on the latest scholarship and biographical sources, The Life of D.H. Lawrence spans the full range of his intellectual interests and creative output to offer new insights into Lawrence s life, work, and legacy. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470654781
- ISBN
- 9780470654781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.51
€ 88.51
Hardback. A major study of ideas of truth and falsehood in early modern England from the advent of the Reformation to the aftermath of the failed Gunpowder Plot. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS; HBLH. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198789468
- ISBN
- 9780198789468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.19
€ 156.19
Paperback. Public spectacle formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. This text presents a description of Rome's early history, by the historian Livy (16 BCE-17 CE). He presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as a visual monument and public spectacle. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210271
- ISBN
- 9780520210271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.84
€ 38.99
€ 27.84
Paperback. Adventurous, engaging and politically urgent, contemporary American novels have come to enjoy a particular prestige and, through university courses, film adaptations and cultural controversies, a global circulation. This book provides an introduction to the contemporary American novel focusing on contexts, key texts and criticism. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826436962
- ISBN
- 9780826436962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.26
€ 33.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. Series: York Notes Companions. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSR. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 148 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- First Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408266649
- ISBN
- 9781408266649
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.63
€ 15.99
€ 14.63
Paperback. Drawing on a range of material by and about J.M. Barrie, this is a biography of the novelist, playwright, and author of "Peter Pan or The Boy Who Wouldn't Grow Up". It includes material from recorded interviews with the Llewelyn Davies family and is reissued to mark the centenary of "Peter Pan". Num Pages: 336 pages, 120 illustrations, bibliog , index. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 167 x 18. Weight in Grams: 808.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300098228
- ISBN
- 9780300098228
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.32
€ 26.99
€ 20.32
Hardback. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AGH; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748640539
- ISBN
- 9780748640539
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.92€ 128.17
€ 135.92
€ 128.17
Paperback. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight in Grams: 334. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. 208 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. In developing his own conception of the 'figure', Andrew Benjamin has written an innovative and provocative study of the complex relationship between philosophy, the history of painting and their presentation of both Jews and animals. Newly available in paperback. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA; HPN; JFSR1. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 13. Weight: 334.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748643172
- ISBN
- 9780748643172
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.49
€ 33.99
€ 30.49
Paperback. For most English-speaking readers, Russian literature consists of a small number of individual writers - nineteenth-century masters such as Dostoevsky, Tolstoy and Turgenev - or a few well-known works - Chekhov's plays, Brodsky's poems, and perhaps Master and Margarita and Doctor Zhivago from the twentieth century. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 330 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Polity Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745636863
- ISBN
- 9780745636863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 31.90
€ 31.99
€ 31.90
Hardcover. First critical study of prize-winning French author Marie NDiaye. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319464
- ISBN
- 9781846319464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. The Edinburgh Companion to the Victorian Gothic is an essential resource for students and scholars working on the Gothic, Victorian literature and culture, and critical theory. Editor(s): Hughes, William. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 241 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748642496
- ISBN
- 9780748642496
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.28€ 107.06
€ 112.28
€ 107.06
Paperback. The birth of cinema coincided with the heyday of the short story. This book studies the relationship between popular magazine short stories and the very early British films. Editor(s): Shail, Andrew. Series: Exeter Studies in Film History. Num Pages: 336 pages, 40 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBH; DSK; FYB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Publisher
- University of Exeter Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859898546
- ISBN
- 9780859898546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.83
€ 43.83
Paperback. An introduction to how the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and its impact on later periods. Editor(s): Feldherr, Andrew. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 488 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBAH; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 665. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 488 pages, 4 b/w illus. Editor(s): Feldherr, Andrew. A 2009 introduction to how the history of Rome was written in the ancient world, and its impact on later periods. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBAH; HBLA1. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 22. Weight: 656.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 488
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521670937
- ISBN
- 9780521670937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.76
€ 45.99
€ 45.76
Paperback. This volume is a broad-ranging guide to Othello, providing an introduction to the contexts of the play, the range of critical responses to the play and the play in performance. Editor(s): Hadfield, Andrew. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 196 pages, 8 b&w photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415227346
- ISBN
- 9780415227346
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.02
€ 26.99
€ 25.02
Hardback. Translator(s): Yastremski, Slava I. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180801
- ISBN
- 9780231180801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 32.90
€ 46.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. Translator(s): Yastremski, Slava I. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180818
- ISBN
- 9780231180818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.84
€ 23.99
€ 17.84
Paperback. Inscribed after 264 BCE, the Parian Marble gives a chronological list of events, emphasizing literary matters. It has not been the subject of a comprehensive study for almost a century. Andrea Rotstein offers new analysis and updated information about the inscription, including a revision of Felix Jacoby's Greek text and a complete translation. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417236
- ISBN
- 9780674417236
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.38
€ 25.99
€ 22.38
Hardcover. Examines the impact of the royal politics of amnesia on tragedy and national historiography in France. This study argues that the political and legislative process of forgetting internal differences, undertaken in France after the civil wars of the 16th century. It deals with historiography and tragedy in the era of the French Wars of Religion. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Renaissance Culture. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 242 x 16. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694396
- ISBN
- 9780748694396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37€ 101.60
€ 106.37
€ 101.60
Hardback. Translator(s): Fiaccadori, Elisa. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857424372
- ISBN
- 9780857424372
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 18.93
€ 23.99
€ 18.93
Hardback. Postscript is the first collection of writings on the subject of conceptual writing by a diverse field of scholars in the realms of art, literature, media, as well as the artists themselves Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: ACXJ5; DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649842
- ISBN
- 9781442649842
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.70
€ 77.70
Paperback. Series: Routledge Translation Classics. Num Pages: 150 pages. BIC Classification: CFP; DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138208742
- ISBN
- 9781138208742
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.78
€ 50.78
Paperback. A seminal text in literary theory available in English for the first time Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 20. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Verso Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784784935
- ISBN
- 9781784784935
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 25.20
€ 30.99
€ 25.20