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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. These four great novels take us deep into Robert Louis Stevenson's imaginative and bitter-sweet relationship with his native country. Num Pages: 864 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FV. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 53. Weight in Grams: 710.
Publisher
Canongate UK
Number of pages
900
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862415334
ISBN
9780862415334
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 14.98

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
632
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780862416874
ISBN
9780862416874
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.05

Hardback. A new definitive edition of Stevenson's famous exploration of evil and greed. Editor(s): Katz, Wendy Roberta. Series: The Collected Works of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748608379
ISBN
9780748608379
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.60

Paperback. Presents a biography of Robert Lowell (1917-77). His work "Life Studies", was a watershed in American poetry, initiating an autobiographical project, and shaped poetry on both sides of the Atlantic. His other works include "For The Union Dead" (1964), and "Day By Day" (1977), and "Collected Poems" (2003). Editor(s): Hofmann, Michael. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230402
ISBN
9780571230402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 6.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Galileo Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903385470
ISBN
9781903385470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Series: Macmillan Master Guides. Num Pages: 95 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 8. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
95
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333434093
ISBN
9780333434093
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.51

Hardcover. Num Pages: 72 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; DSBH; HBTB; HBTZ1; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 289 x 14. Weight in Grams: 724.
Publisher
Gefen Publishing House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9789652298904
ISBN
9789652298904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 17.85

Hardback. As a result, Experimental Life is a wide-ranging summation and extension of the current state of literary studies, the history of science, cultural critique, and theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421410883
ISBN
9781421410883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.51

Paperback. Sets "Pride and Prejudice" within the social contexts of female conduct books and political tales of terror, and traces criticism of the novel from the nineteenth century onwards. This title includes fourteen passages from "Pride and Prejudice". Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12, 11 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DS; YFA; YQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415268509
ISBN
9780415268509
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.86

Paperback. Disraeli: The Romance of Politics examines the relation between Disraeli's novels and his political career and illuminates both in a way not previously attempted. Num Pages: 622 pages, 17 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; DSB; HBJD1; JPHL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 155 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1020.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442627062
ISBN
9781442627062
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 46.91

Paperback. ?A wonderful introduction to twentieth-century Czech literature will undoubtedly become required reading in any course on Czech or Central and East European literature.? Slavic and East European Journal.?Competent, important, useful. Students will love it Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGZ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9781902210810
ISBN
9781902210810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.50

Paperback.
Publisher
Bristol Classical Press
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715636688
ISBN
9780715636688
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 38.48

Paperback. Black Roads traces the impact of the Famine on Irish literature from William Carlton's The Black Prophet (from which the title is taken) to more contemporary work by authors Num Pages: 44 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 283 x 231 x 5. Weight in Grams: 250.
Publisher
Quinnipiac University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780990468646
ISBN
9780990468646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.02

Paperback. This lively and accessible textbook, written by an expert in film studies, provides a fascinating introduction to the process and art of literature--to--film adaptations. Num Pages: 408 pages, 0. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
408
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405102889
ISBN
9781405102889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 46.42

Paperback. Spatiality has risen to become a key concept in literary and cultural studies, with critical focus on the 'spatial turn' presenting a new approach to the traditional literary analyses of time and history. Here, Tally explores differing aspects of the spatial in literary studies today. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415664400
ISBN
9780415664400
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 30.35

Paperback. Irish writers who were considered Irish by the English, and English by the Irish are discussed here - including Maria Edgeworth, W.B. Yeats, J.M. Synge, Sheridan le Fanu, Elizabeth Bowen and James Joyce. Num Pages: 288 pages, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 530 Paperback, white spine. Keywords: 20th Century Ireland. 280pp
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
Used, Like New
SKU
KON0819945
ISBN
9781900621076
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 28.00
€ 22.00

Paperback. An insightful tour of the great masters of the last century and an argument that challenges long-held paradigms, Mathematics in Twentieth-Century Literature and Art will appeal to mathematicians, humanists, and artists, as well as instructors teaching the connections among math, literature, and art. Num Pages: 184 pages, 19, 9 black & white halftones, 10 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: ABA; DSBH; PB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421413808
ISBN
9781421413808
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.19

Paperback. Exploring themes that preoccupied Albert Camus--absurdity, silence, revolt, fidelity, and moderation--Robert Zaretsky portrays a moralist who refused to be fooled by the nobler names we assign to our actions, and who pushed himself, and those about him, to challenge the status quo. For Camus, rebellion against injustice is the human condition. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970861
ISBN
9780674970861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.00

Paperback. On the Wonders of Land and Sea is a comparative study of travel writers in the eastern Islamic world from the eighteenth to twentieth centuries. Situating texts in their socio-historical contexts, the essays study works by male and female Muslim and Parsi/Zoroastrian travelers in the Hijaz, Iraq, Egypt, Turkey, Iran, Afghanistan, India, and Europe. Editor(s): Micallef, Roberta; Sharma, Sunil. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 185 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1QFM; 3JF; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 159 x 11. Weight in Grams: 324.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
185
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073340
ISBN
9780674073340
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.21

Paperback. With Baudelaire's critical intelligence as his inspiration, the author ranges through his life and work, focusing on two painters - Ingres and Delacroix - about whom Baudelaire wrote acutely, and then turns to Degas and Manet, who followed in the tracks Baudelaire laid down in his great essay The Painter of Modern Life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Penguin Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241957561
ISBN
9780241957561
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.35

Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 119 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Original
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199754915
ISBN
9780199754915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.77

Paperback. Series: The Open Yale Courses. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300198645
ISBN
9780300198645
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.32

Hardback. Hardback, shrinkwrapped as new. With dustjacket.
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
University Press of Florida
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
First Edition
SKU
KRF0026860
ISBN
9780813011059
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Offers an introduction to the political and historical context to Shakespeare's tragedy and history plays. This title provides an overview of the key political issues that were debated in late Elizabethan and early Stuart England. It suitable for those studying Shakespeare. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Academic
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826493064
ISBN
9780826493064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 34.84

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