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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Takes an approach - 'New Historicism' drew from history, anthropology, Marxist theory, post-structuralism, and psychoanalysis and in the process, blew apart the academic boundaries insulating literature from the world around it. This book charts the evolution of that approach and provides an exploration of a contradictory epoch. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415771603
ISBN
9780415771603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.30

Hardcover. 'Marks of Genius' pays tribute to the most remarkable testaments to genius throughout human history. Bringing together some of the most impressive treasures from the collections of the Bodleian Libraries, it tells the story of the creation of each work and its afterlife, offering insight into the breadth and depth of its influence. Num Pages: 360 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 256 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2162.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851242665
ISBN
9781851242665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.24

Paperback. Drawing on the archives of both the Bodleian and New York Public Library, this book offers a uniquely visual and insightful account of the lives and posthumous reputations of Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary Shelley, and Mary's parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Num Pages: 192 pages, 83 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 250 x 183 x 18. Weight in Grams: 732. Reshaping the Image of a Literary Family. 192 pages, 83 colour illustrations. Drawing on the archives of both the Bodleian and New York Public Library, this book offers a uniquely visual and insightful account of the lives and posthumous reputations of Percy Bysshe Shelley, his wife Mary Shelley, and Mary's parents, William Godwin and Mary Wollstonecraft. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Dimension: 250 x 183 x 18. Weight: 732.
Publisher
Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851243396
ISBN
9781851243396
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Legenda
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900755191
ISBN
9781900755191
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 31.58

Hardback. Stephen J. Ross examines the concept of nature in the work of John Ashbery. Through close readings of Ashbery's poetry and critical prose, he reveals Ashbery's work to be a case study of the dramatic transformation of nature in art and literature since World War II. Series: Oxford English Monographs. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198798385
ISBN
9780198798385
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 150.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 216 x 15. Weight in Grams: 244.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559365420
ISBN
9781559365420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.92

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages, 25. BIC Classification: DSB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801443657
ISBN
9780801443657
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.53

Paperback. A refreshing new interdisciplinary slant on magical realism as an international literary phenomenon emerging from the trauma of colonial dispossession. Editor(s): Hart, Stephen M.; Ouyang, Wen-chin. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight in Grams: 442. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. 304 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Hart, Stephen M.; Ouyang, Wen-chin. A refreshing new interdisciplinary slant on magical realism as an international literary phenomenon emerging from the trauma of colonial dispossession. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 17. Weight: 470.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662131
ISBN
9781855662131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.04

Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801473678
ISBN
9780801473678
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.00

Paperback. Uncovers the hidden influence of Shakespeare in our culture, including these tidbits: Shakespeare coined over 1,700 words, including hobnob, glow, lackluster, and dawn; Paul Robeson's 1943 performance as "Othello on Broadway" was a seminal moment in black history; and, more. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 126 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061965548
ISBN
9780061965548
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 16.25

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation United States
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781623562007
ISBN
9781623562007
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.60

Hardback. This broad-ranging survey considers the importance of the Western in American history. It explores the interconnections between the Western (in literature, film and history) and America in the 20th century Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJ; APFA; DSBH; DSK; HBJK; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621408
ISBN
9780748621408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.50
€ 118.50

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415229357
ISBN
9780415229357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.93

Paperback. Examines JM Coetzee's writings about Elizabeth Costello, and the ways in which philosophers have responded to them. This book considers the relations among reason, language, and the imagination, as well as more specific ethical issues concerning the moral status of animals, the meaning of mortality, the nature of evil, and the demands of religion. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; HPQ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137377
ISBN
9780691137377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 42.23

Hardcover. The Reader in the Book examines the history, archaeology, and sociology of the use of margins and other blank spaces in early modern books to shed light on reading practices, how books were read, and what early modern readerse wanted texts to tell them. Series: Oxford Textual Perspectives. Num Pages: 192 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 145 x 209 x 20. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198737568
ISBN
9780198737568
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.76

Hardcover. Adopts a double approach to the poetry composed between the end of the 1st Century BC and the 3rd Century AD. This book examines extant material from this period synchronically with some poems attached to authors and some not. It argues that this was 'one poetry,' created from a shared poetic repertoire and compositional practices. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 370 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 165 x 30. Weight in Grams: 684.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674021365
ISBN
9780674021365
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Paperback. An essential chronological framework for students of Portuguese literature. Editor(s): Parkinson, Stephen; Alonso, Claudia Pazos; Earle, T. F. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADP; DSRC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 161 x 13. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662674
ISBN
9781855662674
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. After decades of neglect, the screenplay is finally being recognised as a form that deserves serious critical analysis. This book for the first time combines detailed study of the theory and practice of screenwriting with new approaches to criticism and original studies of individual texts. Num Pages: 225 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APFA; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230223622
ISBN
9780230223622
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.27
€ 58.29

Paperback. Rethinking digital literary criticism by situating computational work within the broader context of the humanities Num Pages: 128 pages, 2 line drawings, 10 tables. BIC Classification: DSA; UY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 230 x 9. Weight in Grams: 184.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252078200
ISBN
9780252078200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.22

Paperback. Robert Herrick was born in London, in 1591, the seventh child of a prosperous goldsmith. He graduated from St John's College, Cambridge in 1617, and became a Cavalier poet in the mould of Ben Jonson, mixing in literary circles in London. This title introduces Herrick. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 120 x 11. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571236800
ISBN
9780571236800
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.72

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