Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. The modern, unacademic idiom of A.D. Melville's translation opens the way to a fresh understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality. Editor(s): Kenney, E. J. Translator(s): Melville, A. D. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press New York
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537372
- ISBN
- 9780199537372
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.73
€ 11.99
€ 10.73
Paperback. A selection of myths at the heart of Roman mythology and literature that manages to relate many of the episodes in that world-historical march toward the Age of Augustus and accompanied by an Introduction that deftly sets them in their cosmological, theological, and Augustan contexts. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603846240
- ISBN
- 9781603846240
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.77
€ 15.99
€ 12.77
Hardcover. A selection of myths at the heart of Roman mythology and literature that manages to relate many of the episodes in that world-historical march toward the Age of Augustus and accompanied by an Introduction that deftly sets them in their cosmological, theological, and Augustan contexts. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603846257
- ISBN
- 9781603846257
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.52
€ 38.99
€ 28.52
mass_market. Tells the tales of Theseus and the Minotaur, Daedalus and Icarus, the Calydonian Boar-Hunt, and many other famous myths. This book takes us from a balloon ride over Victorian London to a garden of blossom in Japan, from Tierra del Fuego to 16th-century California and the Russian steppe. Series: Little Black Classics. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 113 x 162 x 8. Weight in Grams: 54.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141398679
- ISBN
- 9780141398679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 5.52
€ 5.52
Paperback. A brand new literary title in the renowned graphic novel-style of the Introducing Graphic Guide series. Series: Introducing.. Num Pages: 176 pages, 176 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 168 x 118. .
- Publisher
- Icon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848319042
- ISBN
- 9781848319042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 9.86
€ 11.99
€ 9.86
Hardback. Translator(s): Fowler, Edward. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSBH; JHBL; KCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801443756
- ISBN
- 9780801443756
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.10
€ 28.10
Paperback. A collection of works that have profoundly shaped the history of criticism in the Western world: they created much of the terminology still in use today and formulated enduring questions about the nature and function of literature. It features works that include "Ion", "Poetics", "Art of Poetry", and "On the Sublime". Translator(s): Murray, Penelope; Dorsch, T. S. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, chronology. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140446517
- ISBN
- 9780140446517
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.82
€ 15.99
€ 11.82
Paperback. Peter Field's new editon of the Morte Darthur has been hailed as 'our standard critical edition of Malory'. The paperback makes the complete definitive original spelling text edition available, with the same pagination as the two-volume hardback edition. Num Pages: 1120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Original Text ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844600
- ISBN
- 9781843844600
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 38.84
€ 40.99
€ 38.84
Paperback. This book deals with the historical context of ancient Greek tragic performances, with the plays themselves, and with later adaptation and re-performance, down to modern times. Editor(s): Easterling, P. E. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 410 pages, 33 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight in Grams: 588. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 410 pages, 33 b/w illus. 1 map. Editor(s): Easterling, P. E. This book deals with the historical context of ancient Greek tragic performances, with the plays themselves, and with later adaptation and re-performance, down to modern times. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 24. Weight: 658.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 410
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521423519
- ISBN
- 9780521423519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.56
€ 47.56
Hardcover. The Oxford Classical Texts, or Scriptorum Classicorum Bibliotheca Oxoniensis, are renowned for their reliability and presentation. The series consists of a text without commentary but with a brief apparatus criticus at the front of each page. There are now over 100 volumes, representing the greater part of classical Greek and Latin literature. Editor(s): Mynors, Sir Roger. Series: Oxford Classical Texts. Num Pages: 468 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DNF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 131 x 31. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 468
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1969
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198146537
- ISBN
- 9780198146537
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.16
€ 70.16
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571253586
- ISBN
- 9780571253586
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.56
€ 15.99
€ 11.56
Hardcover. From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, P.D. James shares her personal thoughts about a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years as a novelist. Widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book by P.D. James is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction. Num Pages: 160 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 206 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 310. 160 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. From the tenant of 221b Baker Street to the Golden Age of detective writing between the wars, P.D. James shares her personal thoughts about a genre which has fascinated her for nearly fifty years as a novelist. Widely regarded as the queen of the detective novel, this book by P.D. James is sure to appeal to all aficionados of crime fiction. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSK. Dimension: 206 x 139 x 19. Weight: 306.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Limited Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851243099
- ISBN
- 9781851243099
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.43
€ 17.99
€ 14.43
Hardback. Series: Shakespeare in the Theatre. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 bw illus. BIC Classification: AN; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472587077
- ISBN
- 9781472587077
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 49.92
€ 49.92
Hardcover. Set in south-west Scotland in the immediate aftermath of the 1707 Union, The Black Dwarf was intended to be a story about the first, abortive, Jacobite uprising of 1708. Instead it developed into a gothic tale of the supernatural. Editor(s): Garside, Professor P. D. (University of Edinburgh). Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 238 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 238
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748604517
- ISBN
- 9780748604517
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.86€ 136.56
€ 142.86
€ 136.56
Paperback. Nobel Prize winner Pablo Neruda wrote often about the natural world and the beloved objects he surrounded himself with. Translator(s): Reid, Alastair. Num Pages: 192 pages, 84 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KLSH; 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 241 x 15. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393306439
- ISBN
- 9780393306439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.88
€ 37.99
€ 31.88
Paperback. This volume provides an annotated critical edition of Galdos' Tristana (1892). Set in fin de siecle Madrid, this unique text reflects upon the ruling elites' political appropriation and exploitation of feminism and the human rights movement, and a variety of literary and philosophical issues associated with late-romantic thought. Editor(s): Valdivia, Pablo. Series Editor(s): Davies, Catherine. Series: Hispanic Texts. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099212
- ISBN
- 9780719099212
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.59
€ 30.59
Hardcover. Chinese martial arts novels from the late nineteenth century are full of suggestive sounds. Characters curse in colorful dialect accents, and action scenes come to life with the loud clash of swords. Paize Keulemans examines the relationship between these novels and earlier storyteller manuscripts to explain the purpose and history of these sounds. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 231 x 25. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417120
- ISBN
- 9780674417120
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.53
€ 54.99
€ 46.53
Hardback. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 240 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474419130
- ISBN
- 9781474419130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.10€ 107.00
€ 113.10
€ 107.00
Paperback. Coming to prominence with the 19th-century novel, literary realism has most often been associated with the insistence that art cannot turn away from the more sordid and harsh aspects of human existence. This volume offers a clear, reader-friendly guide to debates around realism. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 200 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415229395
- ISBN
- 9780415229395
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.57
€ 26.99
€ 26.57
Paperback. Editor(s): Farvolden, Pamela. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 210 x 13. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Publisher
- Medieval Institute Publications
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781580442466
- ISBN
- 9781580442466
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.87
€ 30.87
Paperback. "York Notes Advanced" aim to help make the study of literature more fulfilling and lead to exam success. They should also be of interest to the general reader, as they cover the widest range of popular literature titles. This title covers "The Merchant's Tale" by Geoffrey Chaucer. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Canada
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582772304
- ISBN
- 9780582772304
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 11.33
€ 11.99
€ 11.33
Paperback. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 162 x 10. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 137
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772891637
- ISBN
- 9788772891637
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.39
€ 30.99
€ 22.39
Hardcover. Investigates medieval narratives 'between history and fiction' by looking at literature in Medieval Europe from 1100 to 1400. Editor(s): Agapitos, Panagiotis A.; Mortensen, Lars Boje. Num Pages: 397 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 248 x 174 x 33. Weight in Grams: 982.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 397
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763538091
- ISBN
- 9788763538091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.85€ 53.01
€ 67.85
€ 53.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 212 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 348. The Rise of Maori Literature. 288 pages, black & white illustrations. From Silence to Voice portrays the early 'silence' of Maori in New Zealand literature - characterised in caricature by colonial writers, then in increasingly sympathetic portraits from the likes of Frank Sargeson, Janet Frame and Noel Hilliard - through to the new and challenging works presented by Maori writers themselves. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1MBN; DSBH5. Dimension: 212 x 148 x 16. Weight: 346.
- Publisher
- Oratia Media
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781877514111
- ISBN
- 9781877514111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 30.98
€ 46.99
€ 30.98