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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408123119
ISBN
9781408123119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.26

Paperback. Eddie Carbone is a longshoreman and a straightforward man, with a strong sense of decency and of honour. For Eddie, it's a privilege to take in his wife's cousins, Marco and Rodolpho, straight off the boat from Italy. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189963
ISBN
9780141189963
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. In Joe and Kate Keller's family garden, an apple tree - a memorial to their son Larry, lost in the Second World War - has been torn down by a storm. But his loss is not the only part of the family's past they can't put behind them. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 7. Weight in Grams: 106.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189970
ISBN
9780141189970
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.06

Paperback. A car wreck on the slopes of Mount Morgan puts insurance tycoon Lyman Felt in the hospital. While Lyman recovers, two women meet in the hospital waiting room only to discover that they are both married to him. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 92.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241198889
ISBN
9780241198889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.58

Paperback. Quentin is a successful lawyer in New York, but inside his head he is struggling with his own sense of guilt and the shadows of his past relationships. One of these an ill-fated marriage to the charming and beautiful Maggie, who went from operating a switchboard to become a self-destructive star - a singer everyone wanted a piece of. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189994
ISBN
9780141189994
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. With detailed analysis of the text, discussions on themes, historical backgrounds and author biographies, York Notes offers students the best insight into the world of English Literature. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 9. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Trans-Atlantic Publications, Inc.
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405861809
ISBN
9781405861809
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.25

Paperback. In an unidentified Latin American country, General Felix Barriaux has captured an elusive revolutionary leader. The rebel, known by various names, is rumoured to have performed miracles throughout the countryside. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241198926
ISBN
9780241198926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. Victor, a New York cop nearing retirement, moves among furniture in the disused attic of a house marked for demolition. Cabinets, desks, a damaged harp, an overstuffed armchair - the relics of a lost life of affluence he's finally come to sell. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141189987
ISBN
9780141189987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.97

Paperback. A reticent personnel manager living with his mother, Mr Newman shares prejudices of his times and of his neighbours - and neither a Hispanic woman abused outside his window nor the persecution of the Jewish store owner he buys his paper from are any of his business. Until Newman begins wearing glasses, and others begin to mistake him for a Jew. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 182.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190044
ISBN
9780141190044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.27

Paperback. In Vichy France, 1942, a group of men sit outside an office, waiting to be interviewed. The reason they have been pulled off the street and taken there is obvious enough. They are, for the most part, Jews. But how serious an offence this is, and how they are to suffer for it, is not clear, and they hope for the best. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 6. Weight in Grams: 70.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190020
ISBN
9780141190020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Paperback. Based on exhaustive research in the Poe family archive, Quinn extracts the life from the legend, and describes how they both were distorted by prior biographies. " Num Pages: 866 pages, 48, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1312.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801857300
ISBN
9780801857300
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 36.69

Paperback. Series: Dover Occult. Num Pages: 592 pages, 17ill. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 136 x 30. Weight in Grams: 644. The Secrets of Tantric and Shaktic Yoga. 592 pages, 17ill. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 30. Weight: 622.
Publisher
Dover Publications
Number of pages
592
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486230580
ISBN
9780486230580
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.09

Paperback. Aims to say interesting things, both about the hybrid character of Anglo-American criticism and about the French theory that it imports and then proceeds to manhandle. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Later printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252060021
ISBN
9780252060021
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.49

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691636481
ISBN
9780691636481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.93

Paperback. Offering original insights into Nabokov and his interaction with other writers and art forms, this, the second volume of a two-part study, includes the work of fifteen eminent Nabokov specialists and scholars. Here, the focus is on intertextuality, literary reception and suggestions for new ways of reading. Editor(s): McMillin, Arnold; Meyer, P.; Grayson, Jane. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 258 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st ed. 2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349664375
ISBN
9781349664375
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 122.61

Paperback. Arnold Bennett's tale of murder, intrigue, and romance at a luxurious London hotel is now back in print in a Broadview Edition.

Editor(s): Saloman, Randi. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 280 pages, 28 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
Broadview Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554811885
ISBN
9781554811885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.38

Hardcover. Goethe has long been enshrined as the greatest German poet, but his admirers have always been uneasy with the idea that he did not produce a great epic poem. This title proposes that Goethe did compose an epic poem, which has been hidden in plain view: "Faust". Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 292 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571133441
ISBN
9781571133441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.69

Paperback. "Originally published as Preasens: Poetik eines Tempus, 2012 Diaphanes, Zurich" -- Verso title page. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 222 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628927641
ISBN
9781628927641
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.32

Paperback. Suitable for all students of Greek theatre and literature, this book examines the dramatic elements of plot, character, language and spectacle that combine to produce pity and fear in the audience, and asks why we derive pleasure from this apparently painful process. Editor(s): Heath, Malcolm. Translator(s): Heath, Malcolm. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446364
ISBN
9780140446364
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.93

Hardcover.
Publisher
Loeb
Number of pages
540
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995635
ISBN
9780674995635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.39

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 126 x 163 x 7. Weight in Grams: 58.
Edition
New
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486295770
ISBN
9780486295770
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.81

Paperback. A founding text of European aestheticism and literary criticism, Poetics underpins our moden understanding of imaginative writing. Anthony Kenny's new translation is accompanied by associated material from Plato, Sir Philip Sidney, P. B. Shelley, and Dorothy L. Sayers and a wide-ranging introduction. Translator(s): Kenny, Sir Anthony. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199608362
ISBN
9780199608362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.75

Hardcover. Although Problems is an accretion of multiple authorship over several centuries, it offers a fascinating technical view of Peripatetic method and thought. Rhetoric to Alexander provides practical advice to orators and was likely composed during the period of Aristotle's tutorship of Alexander, perhaps by Anaximenes, another of Alexander's tutors. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 672 pages, 1 line illustration, indexes. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 116 x 34. Weight in Grams: 462.
Publisher
Loeb Classical Library United States
Number of pages
672
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996564
ISBN
9780674996564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.22

Hardcover. Although Problems is an accretion of multiple authorship over several centuries, it offers a fascinating technical view of Peripatetic method and thought. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 624 pages, 3 line illustrations. BIC Classification: DB; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 117 x 31. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996557
ISBN
9780674996557
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.22

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