Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Num Pages: 195 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018007
- ISBN
- 9780253018007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.24
€ 19.24
Hardback. This pathbreaking book offers stunning new insight into modern black literature, environmental humanities, and poetry and poetics. Series: The Callaloo African Diaspora Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422657
- ISBN
- 9781421422657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.82€ 46.63
€ 50.82
€ 46.63
Hardcover. The true story of the lives of Jane Austen's three nieces, their Pride and Prejudice-style courtships, dramas and disappointments, and their move to turbulent 19th century Ireland in a time of war and famine. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Belfast
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856408687
- ISBN
- 9780856408687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.23
€ 23.99
€ 20.23
Hardback. Sophie Duncan illuminates iconoclastic performances of Shakespeare's heroines in late Victorian theatre, through the celebrity, commentary, and careers of the actresses who played them. Duncan draws on a wealth of archival material to explore the vital ways in which fin-de-siecle Shakespeare and Victorian theatre culture conditioned each other. Series: Oxford English Monographs. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; AN; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 163 x 23. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198790846
- ISBN
- 9780198790846
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 167.32
€ 167.32
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474407632
- ISBN
- 9781474407632
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 24.73
€ 26.99
€ 24.73
Hardback. This critical study of Hardy's short stories provides a thorough account of the ruling preoccupations and recurrent writing strategies of his entire corpus as well as providing detailed readings of several individual texts. Num Pages: 208 pages, None. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748632657
- ISBN
- 9780748632657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37€ 101.60
€ 106.37
€ 101.60
Paperback. Accessible introductions to ancient tragedies discussing the main themes of a play and the developments in modern criticism, while also addressing the play's historical context and the history of its performance and adaptation. This book explores Dionysus place in Athenian religion, and what Euripides makes of him in the play. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Company
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715634301
- ISBN
- 9780715634301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.29
€ 31.99
€ 30.29
Hardcover. This volume presents, in Greek and facing English translation, a collection of fragments of texts by Sophocles. They range in length from two lines to a substantial portion of the play "The Searchers". Prefatory notes provide frameworks for the fragments of the known plays. Translator(s): Lloyd-Jones, Hugh (Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek, Oxford University). Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 118 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Loeb Classical Library
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- Loeb Classical Library
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674995321
- ISBN
- 9780674995321
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.33
€ 33.99
€ 30.33
Paperback. Antigone, defying her uncle Creon's decree that her brother should remain unburied, challenges the morality of man's law overruling the laws of the gods. The clash between her and Creon with its tragic consequences have inspired continual reinterpretation. This translation was made for a BBC TV production of the "Theban Plays" in 1986. Editor(s): Varakis, Angie. Translator(s): Taylor, Don W. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413776044
- ISBN
- 9780413776044
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.29
€ 14.29
Paperback. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. 128 pages, 1 colour book. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Cateogry: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSG. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 7. Weight: 156.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521010726
- ISBN
- 9780521010726
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.26
€ 17.26
Paperback. Sophocles' "Electra" tells the story of the revenge Orestes and Electra take on their mother, Clytemnestra, for he murder of their father Agamemnon, after he returns from the Trojan War. This edition of the play is preceded by a critical introduction and is accompanied by explanatory notes. Translator(s): Carson, Anne. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 170.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195049602
- ISBN
- 9780195049602
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.83
€ 23.83
Paperback. This original and distinctive verse translation of four of Sophocles' plays conveys the vitality of his poetry and the vigour of the plays as performed showpieces, encouraging the reader to relish the sound of the spoken verse and the potential for song within the lyrics. Translator(s): Taplin, Oliver. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192806857
- ISBN
- 9780192806857
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.60
€ 15.60
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107676718
- ISBN
- 9781107676718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.33
€ 52.33
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publisher
- Bantam Books Inc
- Publication date
- 1991
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780553213546
- ISBN
- 9780553213546
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.34
€ 9.34
Paperback. Series: The Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 126 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 258 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
- Number of pages
- 101
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195061673
- ISBN
- 9780195061673
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 13.96
€ 14.99
€ 13.96
paperback. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 498
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442626362
- ISBN
- 9781442626362
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 43.57
€ 46.99
€ 43.57
Paperback. Soren Kierkegaard, the nineteenth-century Danish philosopher rediscovered in the twentieth century, is a major influence in contemporary philosophy, religion, and literature. He regarded Either/Or as the beginning of his authorship. These pseudonymous volumes of Either/Or are the writings of a young man and of Judge William. Editor(s): Hong, Howard V.; Hong, Edna H. Series: Kierkegaard's Writings. Num Pages: 728 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSD; DNF; DSBF; HPCF3; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 139 x 44. Weight in Grams: 842.
- Edition
- n Later printing
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 728
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691020419
- ISBN
- 9780691020419
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.90
€ 54.99
€ 38.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906841034
- ISBN
- 9781906841034
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.88
€ 16.99
€ 15.88
Hardback. Breath (1969) is the focus and the only theatrical text examined in this study, which demonstrates how the piece became emblematic of the interdisciplinary exchanges that occur in Beckett's later writings, and of the cross-fertilisation of the theatre with the visual arts. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernism, Drama and Performance. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AG; DD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474421645
- ISBN
- 9781474421645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.37€ 101.56
€ 106.37
€ 101.56
Hardcover. Using Davies' archives and the archives of other authors, organizations, and publishers, Carl Spadoni and Judith Skelton Grant present A Bibliography of Robertson Davies to serve the research demands of Canadian literature and book history scholars. Num Pages: 538 pages, 14. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; GBCR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 294 x 225 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1740.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 912
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802039385
- ISBN
- 9780802039385
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 201.92
€ 201.92