Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Full of analysis and interpretation, historical background, discussions and commentaries, York Notes will help you get right to the heart of the text you're studying, whether it's poetry, a play or a novel. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 149 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405896184
- ISBN
- 9781405896184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.25
€ 11.25
Paperback. The definitive guide to the origin of J.R.R. Tolkien's books, from The Hobbit to The History of Middle-earth series - includes unpublished Tolkien extracts and poetry. Num Pages: 432 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- Revised Enlarged Third edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780261102750
- ISBN
- 9780261102750
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.38
€ 14.99
€ 11.38
Hardcover. An exploration of politics and the role of the 'soft sciences' in Science Fiction. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781382615
- ISBN
- 9781781382615
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 69.30
€ 69.30
Paperback. Most people know Roald Dahl as a famous writer of children's books and adult short stories, but few are aware of his fascination with medicine. Taking examples from Dahl's life, and illustrated with excerpts from his writing, this book uses Dahl's medical interactions as a starting point to explore some extraordinary areas of medical science. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; BGT; DSBB; DSK; MBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 232 x 19. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781383391
- ISBN
- 9781781383391
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.20
€ 29.20
Hardback. Translator(s): Anderson, James. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127. .
- Publisher
- Seagull Books London Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857424426
- ISBN
- 9780857424426
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.25
€ 23.25
Paperback. The illuminating letters of Nobel Prize winning poet Tomas Transtromer and celebrated American writer and poet Robert Bly offer insights into their life and times, and the processes of translation. Editor(s): Smith, Thomas R.; Schmidt, Torbjorn. Translator(s): Moffett, Judith; Svensson, Lars-Hakan. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 35. Weight in Grams: 878.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- First UK edition of title published in the US in A
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852249953
- ISBN
- 9781852249953
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.23
€ 19.99
€ 15.23
Paperback. Examines the historical formation of modern Japanese literature through a fundamental reassessment of its most characteristic form, the "I-novel," an autobiographical narrative thought to recount the details of the writer's personal life thinly veiled as fiction. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804731621
- ISBN
- 9780804731621
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408179741
- ISBN
- 9781408179741
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 27.23
€ 31.99
€ 27.23
Hardcover. Morrison discusses the effect that living in a historically racialized society has had on American writing in the 19th and 20th centuries. She argues that race has become a metaphor, a way of referring to forces, events and forms of social decay, economic division and human panic. Series: The William E. Massey Sr. Lectures in the History of American Civilization. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ACG; 3JH; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 147 x 14. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 110
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674673779
- ISBN
- 9780674673779
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.61
€ 50.61
Paperback. Editor(s): Bekker-Nielsen, Tonnes; Pad, Marianne. Num Pages: 353 pages. BIC Classification: 3D; 3F; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 353
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763536707
- ISBN
- 9788763536707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.85€ 50.81
€ 65.85
€ 50.81
Paperback. Examines the relationship between distinct periods of creative ferment in New Brunswick and the socio-cultural conditions in which those periods emerged. Contributes to current critical discussions about what constitutes "the creative" in Canadian society, especially in bilingual, rural, non-central spaces like New Brunswick. Editor(s): Tremblay, Tony. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2AB; DSA; DSB; GTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Wilfrid Laurier University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781771122078
- ISBN
- 9781771122078
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.88
€ 59.88
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Matthews, Tom. Num Pages: 120 pages, 5ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBW; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164. 113pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Poetry Society
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0197833
- ISBN
- 9781902121000
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Highland Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897913871
- ISBN
- 9781897913871
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 13.08
€ 15.99
€ 13.08
Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781559361378
- ISBN
- 9781559361378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 16.39
€ 16.99
€ 16.39
Hardcover. A Neat and accessible introduction the life, work and times of W. B. Yeats. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 134 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Gill Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780717173259
- ISBN
- 9780717173259
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 8.04
€ 8.04
Paperback. In the final ten years of his life, the author tackled the largest project any critic in English can take on - writing a preface to each of Shakespeare's plays. This title collects these prefaces. It introduces some of the most significant scholarship on Shakespeare to show the reader how certain critics frame large issues in a useful way. Num Pages: 848 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 161 x 42. Weight in Grams: 1020.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 848
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674064249
- ISBN
- 9780674064249
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.12
€ 52.12
Hardback. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 167 x 243 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691170312
- ISBN
- 9780691170312
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.58
€ 71.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; DSA; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823271108
- ISBN
- 9780823271108
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.93
€ 39.93
Paperback. A theoretical attempt to grapple with the writings of women of color. It is suitable for those who are struggling to understand voices and experiences of those 'we' label 'other'. Num Pages: 184 pages, 138 b&w photos. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 10. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Underlining/margin Notes
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253205032
- ISBN
- 9780253205032
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.67
€ 27.67
Hardcover. Explores Thomas Hardy's engagement with Victorian legal debates in his prose fiction. This book demonstrates that throughout his prose fiction Hardy engages with contentious legal issues that were debated by legal professionals and literary figures of his day. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 174 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748673247
- ISBN
- 9780748673247
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.78€ 108.35
€ 109.78
€ 108.35
Hardback. Series: Critical Companions. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; ANB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472570307
- ISBN
- 9781472570307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.55€ 103.50
€ 115.55
€ 103.50
paperback. An insightful biography of one of Ireland's most exuberent characters: the inspiration for buck Mulligan in Ulysses, a senator, playwright, champion athlete and surgeon, Gogarty was called 'one of the greatest lyric poets of the age' by Yeats. Num Pages: 330 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JH; 3JJ; BGH; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- O’Brien Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780862785970
- ISBN
- 9780862785970
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.44
€ 19.99
€ 16.44
Paperback. Series: Methuen Drama Engage. Num Pages: 272 pages, 10 bw illus. BIC Classification: AN; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472580214
- ISBN
- 9781472580214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.23
€ 35.99
€ 30.23
Paperback. Faced with cancer and financial ruin, the Civil War's greatest general and former president, Ulysses S Grant wrote his personal memoirs to secure his family's future. In doing so, he won himself a unique place in American letters. This title deals with his life as a soldier. Num Pages: 704 pages, 48 pp b&w illustrations & maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGHA; DSBF; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 195 x 33. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 704
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140437010
- ISBN
- 9780140437010
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39