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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Marina Warner's study of the products of fantasy deepens our understanding of the supernatural in relation to self and society. This surprising story explores the metaphors and media that have been the stock in trade of poets, scientists, magicians, and visionaries, including wax and cloud, smoke and mirrors, ether, ectoplasm, and celluloid. Num Pages: 496 pages, 8pp color plates, numerous halftones. BIC Classification: DSB; HPJ; HRQ; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 742.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
496
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199239238
ISBN
9780199239238
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.01

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
First Vintage
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099739814
ISBN
9780099739814
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.03

Hardcover. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Maria Curie-Sklodowska University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9788377845950
ISBN
9788377845950
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 18.02

Paperback. Offers not just a psychological portrait, but also a searing account of Latin America's political scene. Translator(s): MacAdam, A. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571149049
ISBN
9780571149049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. The celebrated Peruvian novelist, Mario Vargas Llosa, gives an account of his ultimately unsuccessful attempt to run his country, and of his childhood and career. Translator(s): Lane, Helen R. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KLSR; 2ADS; BGHA; DSBH; DSK; FA; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly. Dimension: 128 x 198 x 43. Weight in Grams: 369.
Publisher
FABER AND FABER
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571175123
ISBN
9780571175123
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571148189
ISBN
9780571148189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.79

Hardcover. Num Pages: 167 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845195755
ISBN
9781845195755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.85

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 157 x 221 x 9. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196769
ISBN
9781845196769
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.16

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649245
ISBN
9780691649245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 171.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, Color illustrations, B&W photos and illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSRC; GBCS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 190 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
Publisher
Los Angeles Review of Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Fall 2013 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781940660011
ISBN
9781940660011
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.97

Paperback. "Concise, learned, revisionary.. should enrich the passionate conversation about poetic forms for years to come."- Edward Hirsch, author of How to Read a Poem and Fall in Love with Poetry Editor(s): Boland, Eavan; Strand, Mark. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 510.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393321784
ISBN
9780393321784
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.77

Paperback. For decades, hobbits and the other fantastical creatures of Middle-earth have captured the imaginations of a fiercely loyal tribe of J R R Tolkien readers, all enhanced by the immense success of Peter Jackson's films: first 'The Lord of the Rings', and now his new 'The Hobbit'. This book explores the chief influences on J R R Tolkien's work. Num Pages: 320 pages, 46 integrated bw. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 218 x 21. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780769271
ISBN
9781780769271
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Bould, Mark; Butler, Andrew M.; Roberts, Adam; Vint, Sherryl. Series: Routledge Literature Companions. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 246 x 174 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1042.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415453790
ISBN
9780415453790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 87.76

Paperback. Why have theorists approached narrative primarily as a form of retrospect? Mark Currie argues that anticipation and other forms of projection into the future are vital for an understanding of narrative and its effects in the world. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748642465
ISBN
9780748642465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.90

Paperback. Explores the relationship between unexpected events in narrative and life. Focusing on surprise, spontaneous eruption and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories help us to reconcile what we expect with what we experience. It also provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402354
ISBN
9781474402354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardcover. Asks how stories affect the way we think about time and, in particular, how they condition thinking about the future. Focusing on surprise and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories are mechanisms that reconcile what is taking place with what can have been. It provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 240 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 444.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748676293
ISBN
9780748676293
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.10
€ 108.92

paperback. Num Pages: 140 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 176 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Graywolf Press,U.S.
Number of pages
140
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555975630
ISBN
9781555975630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 13.84

Paperback. Num Pages: 135 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Repeater
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910924389
ISBN
9781910924389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.90

Hardback. Richard Jefferies' After London is uncanny and intriguing, an adventure story, quest romance, dystopia, and Darwinian novel rolled into one, but also a pioneering work of Victorian science fiction. Editor(s): Frost, Mark. Series: Edinburgh critical editions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402392
ISBN
9781474402392
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 119.05
€ 112.46

Hardback. Num Pages: 392 pages, 50 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 160 x 29. Weight in Grams: 662.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
392
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231146708
ISBN
9780231146708
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 87.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173290
ISBN
9780691173290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.20

Hardback. Leading scholars show how laughter and satire in early modern Britain functioned in a variety of contexts both to affirm communal boundaries and to undermine them. Num Pages: 264 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, 8 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JB; 3JD; 3JF; AN; DSBD; HBTB; HR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783272037
ISBN
9781783272037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.65

Paperback. Offers a fundamental reinterpretation of postwar American fiction, asserting that it can be properly understood only in relation to the rise of mass higher education and the creative writing program. Num Pages: 480 pages, 9 halftones, 13 line illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 163 x 30. Weight in Grams: 558.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674062092
ISBN
9780674062092
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.45

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSB; HPM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474405324
ISBN
9781474405324
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.69

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