Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Adventurous, engaging and politically urgent, contemporary American novels have come to enjoy a particular prestige and, through university courses, film adaptations and cultural controversies, a global circulation. This book provides an introduction to the contemporary American novel focusing on contexts, key texts and criticism. Series: Texts and Contexts. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; 3JM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826436962
- ISBN
- 9780826436962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.26
€ 33.99
€ 28.26
Paperback. Public spectacle formed a crucial component of the language of power in ancient Rome. This text presents a description of Rome's early history, by the historian Livy (16 BCE-17 CE). He presents his account of the growth of the Roman state itself as a visual monument and public spectacle. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; DSBB; HBG; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520210271
- ISBN
- 9780520210271
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 27.84
€ 38.99
€ 27.84
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Melville House Publishing United States
- Number of pages
- 384
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781612196381
- ISBN
- 9781612196381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.12
€ 30.99
€ 27.12
Hardback. A major study of ideas of truth and falsehood in early modern England from the advent of the Reformation to the aftermath of the failed Gunpowder Plot. Num Pages: 408 pages, 5 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS; HBLH. Dimension: 234 x 153. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198789468
- ISBN
- 9780198789468
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.19
€ 156.19
Hardcover. Complete with fresh perspectives, and drawing on the latest scholarship and biographical sources, The Life of D.H. Lawrence spans the full range of his intellectual interests and creative output to offer new insights into Lawrence s life, work, and legacy. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 472 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470654781
- ISBN
- 9780470654781
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.51
€ 88.51
Paperback. A Critical Guide. Series: Continuum Renaissance Drama. 224 pages, illustrations. Editor(s): Hiscock, Andrew. Thomas Middleton's intense study of betrayal, corruption, lust and violence, "Women Beware Women", is one of the revenge tragedies most commonly studied and performed. This guide offers an introduction to its critical and performance history, including notable stage productions, TV, audio and film versions and dramatic and text adaptations. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight: 338.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847060938
- ISBN
- 9781847060938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 35.64
€ 42.99
€ 35.64
Paperback. Editor(s): Connell, Jolyon. BIC Classification: 4KLR; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level. .
- Publisher
- Connell Guides
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907776663
- ISBN
- 9781907776663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 9.06
€ 9.99
€ 9.06
Hardback. The book argues that the Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as category of discourse that inspired voluminous poetic production. By examining Petrarch, Du Bellay, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Hui explains how writers used the ruin to think about their relationship to classical antiquity. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 color, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823273355
- ISBN
- 9780823273355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.37
€ 108.37
Paperback. The book argues that the Renaissance was the Ruin-naissance, the birth of the ruin as category of discourse that inspired voluminous poetic production. By examining Petrarch, Du Bellay, the Hypnerotomachia Poliphili, Spenser, and Shakespeare, Hui explains how writers used the ruin to think about their relationship to classical antiquity. Series: Verbal Arts: Studies in Poetics. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 color, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 231 x 2. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823274314
- ISBN
- 9780823274314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 32.37
€ 35.99
€ 32.37
Paperback. Series: Student guide series. Num Pages: 135 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 134 x 10. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551648
- ISBN
- 9781871551648
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.28
€ 16.99
€ 15.28
Hardback. Editor(s): Teverson, Andrew (Kingston University, UK Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University Kingston University, UK Kingston University, UK Kingston University, UK Kingston University); Warwick, Alexandra (University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster University of Westminster University of Westminster University of Warwick University of Westminster); Wilson, Leigh (University of Westminster University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK University of Westminster, UK). Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 163 x 234 x 30. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474400237
- ISBN
- 9781474400237
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.12€ 118.01
€ 123.12
€ 118.01
Hardback. This book includes critical introductions to some of Scott's most influential poems, and explores the narrative strategies and ideological interests of some of his greatest novels. Num Pages: 264 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 264
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748626069
- ISBN
- 9780748626069
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.40€ 106.42
€ 111.40
€ 106.42
Paperback. An engaging and accessible book looking at 1970s sf writing, film and television - alongside music and architecture - to reclaim the decade as a crucial period in the history of science fiction. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381175
- ISBN
- 9781781381175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.65
€ 72.65
Paperback. Features essays that explores literary texts in relation to the history of gynaecology and women's surgery. This title demonstrate how fiction and medicine have a long-established tradition of looking towards each other for inspiration and elucidation in questions of gender. Editor(s): Mangham, Andrew; Depledge, Greta. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318528
- ISBN
- 9781846318528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.80
€ 65.80
Paperback. Three lectures on contemporary British poets and their relationship with England, its history, politics and culture, and with the continuing tradition of English poetry. Num Pages: 62 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112. Ideas of England in Contemporary Poetry: Newcastle/Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures. 62 pages. Three lectures on contemporary British poets and their relationship with England, its history, politics and culture, and with the continuing tradition of English poetry. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 6. Weight: 112.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 62
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852249328
- ISBN
- 9781852249328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.41
€ 11.99
€ 10.41
Hardcover. Poetry, Photography, Ekphrasis is a detailed study of the ekphrasis of photography in poetry since the 19th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 20. BIC Classification: AJ; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 25. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381908
- ISBN
- 9781781381908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.50
€ 138.50
Paperback. A major, groundbreaking intervention into contemporary theoretical debates about SF. It effects a series of vital shifts in SF theory and criticism, away from prescriptively abstract dialectics of cognition and estrangement and towards the empirically grounded understanding of an amalgam of texts, practices and artefacts. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 244 pages, 7 figures. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381168
- ISBN
- 9781781381168
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Paperback. Can Shakespeare help us with the question of how to live? This title argues that although Shakespeare strikingly dramatizes various kinds of uncertainty and scepticism, including scepticism about what it is to be human, his work can still serve as as source of existential wisdom and guidance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748691234
- ISBN
- 9780748691234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.86
€ 34.86
Paperback. This is a fascinating exploration of the influence of Shakespeare within Cambridge, both through its university and annual festival. Num Pages: 176 pages, 32. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 17. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Amberley Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781445641058
- ISBN
- 9781445641058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.13
€ 17.99
€ 14.13
Hardcover. Num Pages: 326 pages, 20 b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1DN; APF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 326
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788763507936
- ISBN
- 9788763507936
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 27.95
€ 33.99
€ 27.95
Paperback. Andrew Parker undertakes a critical reconsideration of the frequently absent, or troubled, figure of the mother in theorists including Marx, Freud, Lacan, and Derrida. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSJ; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822352327
- ISBN
- 9780822352327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.09
€ 27.09
Paperback. The extraordinary history of news and its dissemination, from medieval pilgrim tales to the birth of the newspaper Num Pages: 456 pages, 64 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 159 x 35. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300212761
- ISBN
- 9780300212761
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.61
€ 21.99
€ 17.61
Paperback. A Concise Companion to Shakespeare and the Text introduces the early editions, editing practices, and publishing history of Shakespeare's plays and poems, and examines their influence on bibliographic studies as a whole. Editor(s): Murphy, Andrew R. Series: Concise Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 280
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444332056
- ISBN
- 9781444332056
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.73
€ 57.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Helm Information Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903206140
- ISBN
- 9781903206140
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.13
€ 25.13