Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Hitchens presents a George Orwell fit for the 21st century.-Boston Globe Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 135 x 16. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- The Perseus Books Group United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780465030507
- ISBN
- 9780465030507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.33
€ 18.99
€ 16.33
Paperback. Blends autobiography and fiction to describe the inner life of a writer evolving from precocious public school boy to Cambridge drop-out at large in London's Bohemia. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 17. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099561224
- ISBN
- 9780099561224
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.80
€ 14.99
€ 11.80
Paperback. In 1939, as Europe approaches war, the author, an instinctive pacifist, travels west to California, seeking a new set of beliefs to replace the failed Leftism of the thirties. There he meets Swami Prabhavananda, a Hindu monk, who will become his spiritual guide for the next thirty-seven years. This title tells his story. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK; HRGP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 21. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099561231
- ISBN
- 9780099561231
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. Tells the story of author's parents - their meeting in 1895, marriage in 1903 after his father had returned from the Boer War, and his father's death in an assault on Ypres in 1915, which left his mother a widow until her own death in 1960. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 47. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099561194
- ISBN
- 9780099561194
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Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.77
€ 21.99
€ 17.77
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911024095
- ISBN
- 9781911024095
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.29
€ 24.99
€ 21.29
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HRCG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268044244
- ISBN
- 9780268044244
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Condition: New
€ 28.47
€ 28.47
Paperback. Offers a collection of poems and songs from the eighteenth century. This title includes a selection from the work of Allan Ramsay and Robert Ferguson (Burns' 'elder brother in the muse'), as well as a wider selection from the men and women writers whose good-humoured accessibility so characterised the poetry of their time. Editor(s): MacLachlan, Christopher. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841952536
- ISBN
- 9781841952536
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 15.36
€ 20.99
€ 15.36
Paperback. Features a modernised text of Marlowe's play with annotation on the page, a comprehensive Introduction, and related texts, including selections from Machiavelli's "Prince", Gentillet's "Anti-Machiavel", and Bacon's "The Advancement of Learning". Editor(s): Lynch, Stephen J. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 102
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872209664
- ISBN
- 9780872209664
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.48
€ 16.99
€ 13.48
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719016431
- ISBN
- 9780719016431
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.68
€ 18.68
Paperback. Christopher Marlowe (1564-1593), a man of extreme passions and a playwright of immense talent, is the most important of Shakespeare's contemporaries. This edition offers his five major plays, which show the radicalism and vitality of his writing in the few years before his violent death. Editor(s): Bevington, David; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 396.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537068
- ISBN
- 9780199537068
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.87
€ 11.99
€ 10.87
Paperback. This is one of a series designed to motivate and encourage students who may be working on certain writers for the first time. Each text includes notes to explain literary and historical allusions, tasks to help students explore themes and issues, and suggestions for further reading. Series Editor(s): Croft, Steven. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, map, facsim. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; 5AN; DSBD; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 15. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198325994
- ISBN
- 9780198325994
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Condition: New
€ 19.75
€ 19.75
Paperback. 'A farce of terribly serious, even savage comic humour' T.S Eliot The Jew of Malta was arguably the most popular play of the Elizabethan era. This new student edition is freshly revised to incorporate the latest stage history and critical interpretations of the play. Editor(s): Siemon, James R. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 176 pages, n/a. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 3rd New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713677669
- ISBN
- 9780713677669
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.37
€ 13.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. A striking new collection by a poet W.S. Merwin calls "gifted, audacious, and accomplished." Num Pages: 77 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 155 x 6. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Publisher
- White Pine Press United States
- Number of pages
- 77
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781893996120
- ISBN
- 9781893996120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.64
€ 15.99
€ 14.64
Paperback. Series: Pan Heritage Classics. Num Pages: 162 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKESX; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 133 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 146.
- Publisher
- Pan Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781509821891
- ISBN
- 9781509821891
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.27
€ 14.27
Hardback. Examines three Korean authors of the 1930s - Pak T'aewon, Kim Yujong, and Yi T'aejun - whose works critique competing modes of literary representation in the period of Japanese colonial rule. This title focuses on the relationship between political discourse and aesthetics. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2GK; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 164 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674073265
- ISBN
- 9780674073265
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 37.89
€ 44.99
€ 37.89
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198768036
- ISBN
- 9780198768036
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 16.02
€ 19.99
€ 16.02
Paperback. Literary Texts and the Greek Historian provides a comprehensive and well documented survey of the ways in which non-historical texts, as well as historical ones, can be used to construct Greek history. Series: Approaching the Ancient World. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 17. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415073516
- ISBN
- 9780415073516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.37
€ 57.37
Paperback. Series: World Comics and Graphic Nonfiction Series. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AKLC1; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 240 x 20. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781477310687
- ISBN
- 9781477310687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.43
€ 32.99
€ 29.43
Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 24. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801453694
- ISBN
- 9780801453694
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.32
€ 62.32
Paperback. This is a study of the poetry of T.S. Eliot. The author sets out to discover just how his poetry, charged with coldness, antisemitism, misogyny, elitism and prissiness invites or incites prejudice. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 245.
- Publisher
- Faber Faber Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571170357
- ISBN
- 9780571170357
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.54
€ 14.99
€ 11.54
Hardcover. This book introduces and analyzes the fiction of Xu Xu and Wumingshi and shows their importance during the Sino-Japanese War (1937-45) until 1949. It makes the wider argument that their short stories and novels in this period, and popular Chinese literature more broadly, was indebted to the Shanghai modernist writers of the 1930s (Xinganjue Pai). Series: Edinburgh East Asian Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748696369
- ISBN
- 9780748696369
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 111.58€ 103.50
€ 111.58
€ 103.50
Hardcover. .
- Publisher
- Clarendon Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198127673
- ISBN
- 9780198127673
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 409.37
€ 409.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 230 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKN; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781910996089
- ISBN
- 9781910996089
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.68
€ 20.99
€ 19.68
Paperback. This book rethinks the origins and nature of magical realism and provides detailed readings of key novels by Asturias, Carpentier, Garcia Marquez, Rushdie, and Okri. Identifying two different strands of the mode, one characterized by faith, the other by irreverence, Warnes makes available a new vocabulary for the discussion of magical realism. Num Pages: 196 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 10. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137440860
- ISBN
- 9781137440860
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.14
€ 72.14