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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Drawing on cognitive science, evolutionary theory, anthropology, psychology, literary theory, and other fields, this book presents a nuanced argument about how fairy tales originated in ancient oral cultures, how they evolved through the rise of literary culture and print, and how, in our own time, they continue to change through their adaptation. Num Pages: 256 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: DSK; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
F First Edition, 1st Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691153384
ISBN
9780691153384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.43

Paperback. Written by some of the world's finest contemporary literature specialists, the newly commissioned essays in this volume examine the work of more than twenty major British novelists. Editor(s): Acheson, James; Ross, Sarah C. E. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748618958
ISBN
9780748618958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 35.26

Paperback. This Companion represents the myriad ways of thinking aboutthe remarkable achievement of Shakespeare s sonnets. * An authoritative reference guide and extended introduction toShakespeare s sonnets. * Contains more than 20 newly-commissioned essays by bothestablished and younger scholars. Editor(s): Schoenfeldt, Michael. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 534 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 245 x 172 x 30. Weight in Grams: 918.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
534
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444332063
ISBN
9781444332063
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.47

Hardcover.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125562
ISBN
9781905125562
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.80

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448218
ISBN
9780801448218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 89.00

Paperback. Num Pages: 111 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 174 x 112 x 11. Weight in Grams: 148.
Publisher
Connell Guides
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781907776281
ISBN
9781907776281
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.54

Paperback. This anthology is a guide to the Modernist movement in literature providing students, researchers and teachers of Modernism with a comprehensive documentary resource. Covering a wide range of intellectual concerns of the period 1850-1940 in Britain, Europe and America the anthology brings together contemporary essays, reviews, articles and manifestos of the political and aesthetic avant-garde. Editor(s): Kolocotroni, Vassiliki; Goldman, Jane A.; Taxidou, Olga. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 174 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1112.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609734
ISBN
9780748609734
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.34

Hardcover. New essays exploring the tension between the versions of the past in secret police files and the subjects' own personal memories-and creative workings-through-of events. Num Pages: 256 pages, 13 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFGE; 2ACG; 3JJP; DSBH; HBTW; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 165 x 241 x 24. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139269
ISBN
9781571139269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.80

Paperback. Victorian Poets: A Critical Reader features a collection of critical essays focusing on various aspects of Victorian-era poetry from the 1830s to the 1890s. Editor(s): Cunningham, Valentine. Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 230 x 21. Weight in Grams: 568.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
440
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631199144
ISBN
9780631199144
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.87

Hardcover. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857284181
ISBN
9780857284181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.27

Hardback. The Oxford Handbook of Shakespeare and Embodiment brings together 40 of the most important scholars writing on the subject today. They explore representations of gender in the context of race, ethnicity, sexuality, disability, and religion, and consider Shakespeare's life, contemporary editing practices, and the performance of his plays. Editor(s): Traub, Valerie. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 816 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JFFK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 184 x 254 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1514.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199663408
ISBN
9780199663408
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 258.09

paperback. How to Read a Book, originally published in 1940, has become a rare phenomenon, a living classic. It is the best and most successful guide to reading Series: A Touchstone book. Num Pages: 426 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 144 x 28. Weight in Grams: 374.
Publisher
Touchstone
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Revised and Updated ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780671212094
ISBN
9780671212094
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.48

Hardback. The Cup of Song explores the symbiotic relationship of the symposion and poetry across Greek literary history. Each chapter discusses one aspect of sympotic engagement by key authors across the major genres of Greek poetry, leading to a characterization of the full spectrum of sympotic poetry from its beginnings through to the Hellenistic age. Editor(s): Cazzato, Vanessa; Obbink, Dirk; Prodi, Enrico Emanuele. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 692.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199687688
ISBN
9780199687688
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 207.96

Paperback. One of a series of thematic collections of texts. Each includes general notes on the texts, as well as discussion of themes, issues and context. Editor(s): Geddes, Julia; Ince, Helen. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198328803
ISBN
9780198328803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.16

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
9781408113462
ISBN
9781408113462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 21.96

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198398981
ISBN
9780198398981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198374817
ISBN
9780198374817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.16

Hardback. Covers the movements, concepts and figures associated with European modernism. This title provides a ranging resource both to the canon of 'High Modernism' and to theoretical perspectives that have contributed to the renewed interest in Modernism and have lent it renewed range and critical rigour in the early twenty-first century. Editor(s): Kolocotroni, Vassiliki; Taxidou, Olga. Num Pages: 504 pages. BIC Classification: ACX; DSBH; GBC; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748637027
ISBN
9780748637027
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 213.28
€ 207.54

Paperback. Owing to the rich storehouse of information it contains, the poetry of Venantius Fortunatus (c 535-600) has long been mined as a historical source for Merovingian society, a focus that overshadows an appreciation of the poems' literary value. This title offers free-verse translations of Fortunatus' personal poetry. Editor(s): Pucci, Joseph. Translator(s): Pucci, Joseph. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 12. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
155
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603841863
ISBN
9781603841863
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.49

Paperback. .
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102259
ISBN
9781585102259
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.04

Paperback.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102303
ISBN
9781585102303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. .
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102280
ISBN
9781585102280
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 19.17

Paperback. Veronica Franco was a 16th-century Venetian beauty, poet, and protofeminist. This collection presents the eroticism and eloquence that set her apart from the chaste, silent woman prescribed by Renaissance gender ideology. Translator(s): Jones, Professor Ann Rosalind; Rosenthal, Margaret F. Series: Other Voice in Early Modern Europe. Num Pages: 318 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADT; BG; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
318
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226259871
ISBN
9780226259871
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.04

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 252 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637945
ISBN
9780691637945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.61

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