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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This edition contains explanatory notes, drawing on archaeological sources, which expand on the poet's more esoteric allusions and offer background information on manners and customs. A prose translation faces the text, which should be of use to both students and the general reader. Series: Manchester Medieval Texts. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 maps. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised, Subsequent
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719051463
ISBN
9780719051463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.14

Paperback. Presents a conservative text with variant reading described in the notes. This title gives an account of the Ruthwell Cross, the sources for which are scattered and not normally familiar to students of Old English. Editor(s): Swanton, M. J. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, 3 b&w illustrations, bibliography, notes, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCQ; DSBB; HRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 182 x 125 x 13. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895033
ISBN
9780859895033
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBH; DSY; FQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 157 x 26. Weight in Grams: 574.
Publisher
Oxford University Press, USA
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199738700
ISBN
9780199738700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.00

Paperback. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJ; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230506428
ISBN
9780230506428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 30.69

Hardback. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 178 x 114. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691163765
ISBN
9780691163765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.43

Paperback. Aims to recreate the turbulent times through which William Shakespeare lived: the age of the Reformation, the Spanish Armada, the Gunpowder Plot and the colonization of the Americas. Drawing on a range of sources, this work takes us back into Elizabethan England to reveal a man who is the product of his time. Num Pages: 416 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
BBC Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780563521419
ISBN
9780563521419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
424
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521699464
ISBN
9780521699464
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107635517
ISBN
9781107635517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.50

Paperback. Fifty years after the publication of Martin Esslin's The Theatre of the Absurd, which suggests that "absurd" plays purport the meaninglessness of life, this book uses the works of five major playwrights of the 1950s to provide a timely reassessment of one of the most important theatre 'movements' of the 20th century. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: ANB; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 144 x 12. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
190
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2011th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137378767
ISBN
9781137378767
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.44
€ 47.84

Hardback. As the first collection of essays about Oscar Wilde's comedies, the contributors re-evaluate Oscar Wilde's society plays as 'comedies of manners" to see whether this is actually an apt way to read Wilde's most emblematic plays. Focusing on both the context and the texts, the collection locates Wilde both in his social and literary contexts. Editor(s): Bennett, Michael Y. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137410924
ISBN
9781137410924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

Hardback. This book brings together researchers with cognitive-scientific and literary backgrounds to present innovative research in all three variations on the possible interactions between literary studies and cognitive science. Editor(s): Burke, Michael; Troscianko, Emily T. Series: Cognition and Poetics. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSA; DSC; JMR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 34. Weight in Grams: 634.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190496869
ISBN
9780190496869
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 153.86

Hardback. Series: Princeton Essays in Literature. Num Pages: 184 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 13. Weight in Grams: 428.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691646671
ISBN
9780691646671
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.20

Paperback. Series: Theory & History of Literature S. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 16. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1986
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816614042
ISBN
9780816614042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 145 x 22. Weight in Grams: 352.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801492044
ISBN
9780801492044
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardback. Series: Global Chinese Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 29. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFD; UBW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231160827
ISBN
9780231160827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.15

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138863187
ISBN
9781138863187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 28.74

Paperback. The description for this book, Complete Poems and Selected Letters of Michelangelo, will be forthcoming.

Translator(s): Gilbert, Creighton. Num Pages: 376 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 130 x 21. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
319
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1980
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691003245
ISBN
9780691003245
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 30.89

Hardcover. New perspectives on and interpretations of the popular medieval genre of the universal chronicle. Num Pages: 272 pages, 16 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
York Medieval Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903153734
ISBN
9781903153734
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.41

Paperback. Elizabeth Barrett-Browning's ambitious and challenging epic, 'Aurora Leigh' is illuminated for twenty-first century readers by Michele C. Martinez's Reading Guide. A clear commentary on core sections of the poem, as well as a range of interpretative frameworks, offer a genuinely new appreciation of this great poem. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 310. A Reading Guide. Series: Reading Guides to Long Poems. 224 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. Elizabeth Barrett-Browning's ambitious and challenging epic, 'Aurora Leigh' is illuminated for twenty-first century readers by Michele C. Martinez's Reading Guide. A clear commentary on core sections of the poem, as well as a range of interpretative frameworks, offer a genuinely new appreciation of this great poem. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Dimension: 232 x 159 x 11. Weight: 296.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639724
ISBN
9780748639724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.87

Hardcover. An edited collection on Alan Hollinghurst, one of Britain's leading contemporary novelists with an outstanding international reputation. Editor(s): Mendelssohn, Michele; Flannery, Denis. Num Pages: 224 pages, 3 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 224 x 21. Weight in Grams: 404.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719097171
ISBN
9780719097171
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68. 8vo .Some minor shelfwear otherwise a good copy.Signed and Inscribed by the Author
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Salmon Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st edition
SKU
KEX0280831
ISBN
9781903392041
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 15.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 52 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 130 x 5. Weight in Grams: 68. 45pp
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Salmon Publishing Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st edition
SKU
KHS1029986
ISBN
9781903392041
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 6.23

Paperback. Editor(s): Beauclair, Michelle. Series: Francophone Cultures & Literatures. Num Pages: 175 pages. BIC Classification: CB; DSB; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 225 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820437392
ISBN
9780820437392
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.22

Hardback. The book will be of interest to students and academic in Literature, cultural studies, material culture and the history of medicine Editor(s): DiMeo, Michelle; Pennell, Sara. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 2 black & white tables, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 26. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719087271
ISBN
9780719087271
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 160.80

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