Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Just as the art of the table became a centrepiece of French mores, Balzac used it as a connecting thread in his novels, showing how food can evoke character, atmosphere, class, and social climbing. This title describes the ways food and the art of the table feature in Honore de Balzac's writings. Translator(s): Hunter, Adriana. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2ADF; DSRC; JFCV; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- The Armchair Traveller at the Bookhaus United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907973222
- ISBN
- 9781907973222
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.20
€ 17.99
€ 13.20
Paperback. Anais Nin, the diarist, novelist, and provocateur, occupied a singular space in twentieth-century culture, not only as a literary figure and voice of female sexual liberation but as a celebrity and symbol of shifting social mores in postwar America. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 228 x 21. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Swallow Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804011761
- ISBN
- 9780804011761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.30
€ 31.30
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138807181
- ISBN
- 9781138807181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.05
€ 39.05
Hardback. After recovering these lost chapters of our democratic past, Comic Democracies concludes with a draft for the future, using the old methods of comedy to envision a modern democracy rooted in the diversity, ingenuity, and power of popular art. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; HBJK; HBLA1; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Edition Unstated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421419343
- ISBN
- 9781421419343
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.12€ 46.40
€ 50.12
€ 46.40
Paperback. Revealing the immense richness of the allegorical tradition, this book demonstrates how allegory works in literature and art, as well as everyday speech, sales pitches, and religious and political appeals. It shows how allegor expresses fundamental emotional and cognitive drives, and relates it to a wide variety of aesthetic devices. Num Pages: 472 pages, 23 halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 684.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 496
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- With a New afterword by the author
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691151809
- ISBN
- 9780691151809
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.93
€ 45.99
€ 32.93
Hardcover. Angelo Poliziano was one of the great scholar-poets of the Renaissance. His "Sylvae" are poetical introductions to his courses in literature at the University of Florence, written in Latin hexameters. Editor(s): Fantazzi, Charles. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674014800
- ISBN
- 9780674014800
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.28
€ 38.99
€ 33.28
Paperback. Getting a play written and produced is a daunting process. From creating story ideas, formatting the script, to marketing and financing your project, and incorporating professional insights on writing, there are plenty of ins and outs that every aspiring playwright needs to know. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CBV; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 188 x 22. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118017227
- ISBN
- 9781118017227
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 20.77
€ 25.99
€ 20.77
Paperback. This stimulating collection is the first to take on the issue of form and what it means to the future of scholarly writing. A wide range of distinguished scholars from fields including law, literature, and anthropology shed light on the ways scholars can write for different publics and still adhere to the standards of quality scholarship. Editor(s): Bammer, Angelika; Boetcher, Joeres Ruth-Ellen. Num Pages: 260 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JNM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137520531
- ISBN
- 9781137520531
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 90.18
€ 90.18
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719063015
- ISBN
- 9780719063015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.46
€ 38.46
Paperback. The record of the young Angelica Garnett's struggle to emerge from the extraordinary and intense milieu of the Bloomsbury Set as a mature and independent woman. She creates a poignant picture of her mother, Vanessa Bell, of her own emerging individuality, and of the Bloomsbury era. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJG; 3JJH; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712662666
- ISBN
- 9780712662666
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.93
€ 13.99
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Paperback. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 5. Weight in Grams: 90. Series: Focus on. 48 pages. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 5. Weight: 86.
- Publisher
- Non Basic Stock Line
- Number of pages
- 48
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075255
- ISBN
- 9781906075255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.28
€ 13.99
€ 13.28
Hardcover. The first of its kind - a biography of Rosalind, Shakespeare's greatest comic heroine. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20+ images. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 225 x 32. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Publisher
- Oberon Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783198559
- ISBN
- 9781783198559
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.27
€ 26.99
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Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Truran United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 292
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781850221784
- ISBN
- 9781850221784
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.15
€ 8.15
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415780094
- ISBN
- 9780415780094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.12
€ 43.99
€ 42.12
Paperback. Suitable for Beowulf study. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 632. 420 pages, black & white illustrations. Suitable for Beowulf study. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Dimension: 232 x 155 x 23. Weight: 596.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843840299
- ISBN
- 9781843840299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 33.65
€ 38.99
€ 33.65
Paperback. In this series of detailed studies, Andy Orchard demonstrates the changing range of Anglo-Saxon attitudes towards the monstrous by reconsidering the monsters of Beowulf against the background of early medieval and patristic teratology and with reference to specific Anglo-Saxon texts. Series: Heritage. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 222 x 13. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802085832
- ISBN
- 9780802085832
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 48.64
€ 53.99
€ 48.64
Paperback. A working father whose life no longer feels like his own discovers the transforming powers of great (and downright terrible) literature in this laugh-out-loud memoir. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 31. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007255764
- ISBN
- 9780007255764
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.25
€ 14.99
€ 11.25
Paperback. Existentialism meets the philosophy of the Absurd. They should have been a dream-team. It turned into a duel to the death. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JJ; BGH; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 22. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Publisher
- Simon & Schuster Ltd
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847394255
- ISBN
- 9781847394255
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.57
€ 19.99
€ 19.57
Hardcover. Focusing insistently on the practice of rhetorical reading, this book demonstrates how self-undoing of tropological systems necessarily generates narratives which turn out to be allegories of their own conditions of impossibility. It contains two essays on Paul de Man and literary theory, and an interview on the topic of 'Deconstruction at Yale'. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 20. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748681228
- ISBN
- 9780748681228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.91€ 101.23
€ 104.91
€ 101.23
Paperback. Features works of Wyndham Lewis as writer, novelist, and critic. This guide explains about the role of his work in the formation, development, and criticism of modernism. It offers a biographical overview. Editor(s): Gasiorek, Professor Andrzej; Waddell, Dr. Nathan. Num Pages: 288 pages, 12 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748685684
- ISBN
- 9780748685684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.56
€ 37.99
€ 34.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Whitehead, Andrew; White, Jerry. Num Pages: 280 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Five Leaves Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- F First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907869662
- ISBN
- 9781907869662
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.34
€ 19.99
€ 18.34
Paperback. Introduces a Renaissance masterpiece to a modern audience. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 162 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748639571
- ISBN
- 9780748639571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 26.97
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€ 26.97
Paperback. This Reader's Guide synthesises the key criticism on Pinter's work over the last half century. Andrew Wyllie and Catherine Rees examine critical approaches and reactions to the major plays from academics and the press, along themes such as Absurdism, politics and gender identity. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 152 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 167 x 16. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230299641
- ISBN
- 9780230299641
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.28
€ 31.99
€ 27.28
Paperback. Richard Wright's "Native Son" (1940) presents an account of crime and racism which remain the source of profound disagreement both within African-American culture and throughout the world. Part of the "Routledge Guides to Literature" series, this book acts as a guide to this novel and provides a range of perspectives. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 224.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415344487
- ISBN
- 9780415344487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.68
€ 54.68