Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. The most enjoyable way to understand a Shakespeare play is through performance. This new edition of Shakespeare's dazzling comedy, developed by and for the RSC, examines the play's performance history and provides insightful interviews from important directors Terry Hands, Liz Shipman and Gregory Doran, as well as outstanding on-page notes. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217911
- ISBN
- 9780230217911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.42
€ 12.42
Paperback. Keatley's play is about three generations of women in one family. It is widely studied for A level and this volume is equipped with a substantial introduction by the author, featuring the background and a discussion of themes and character Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, 1 colour, 8 page sections. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 188. Series: Student Editions. 192 pages, 1 colour, 8 page sections. Keatley's play is about three generations of women in one family. It is widely studied for A level and this volume is equipped with a substantial introduction by the author, featuring the background and a discussion of themes and character. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight: 176.
- Publisher
- Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413684707
- ISBN
- 9780413684707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.43
€ 16.99
€ 15.43
Hardcover. The dictionary makes a contribution to the knowledge of writing in Munster in both Irish and English over the past 200 years. It has entries on 560 writers, including 220 in Irish. Each entry contains a bibliographical note, a list of key references, and a bibliography where applicable. Editor(s): O'Toole, Tina. Num Pages: 330 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 154 x 26. Weight in Grams: 750.
- Edition
- 1st edition
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 330
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183885
- ISBN
- 9781859183885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.00€ 24.15
€ 29.00
€ 24.15
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
€ 20.84
€ 20.84
Paperback. Glorifies the spectacular achievements of Iranian civilization from its mythologized beginnings to the time of the Arab Conquest. This book takes a fresh look at the reception of Ferdowsi's poetry, especially in the twelfth through fifteenth centuries. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674726802
- ISBN
- 9780674726802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.41
€ 19.99
€ 18.41
Paperback. In The Official World Mark Seltzer analyzes the suspense fiction, films, and performance art of Patricia Highsmith, Tom McCarthy, Cormac McCarthy, J.G. Ballard, Karl Ove Knausgaard, and others to demonstrate that the modern world continuously establishes itself through the staging of its own conditions. Num Pages: 288 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 185 x 285 x 18. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361008
- ISBN
- 9780822361008
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardcover. Jerome McGann takes his readers on a spirited tour through a wide range of Poe's verse as well as the critical and theoretical writings in which he laid out his arresting ideas about poetry and poetics. In a bold reassessment, McGann argues that Poe belongs alongside Whitman and Dickinson as a foundational American poet and cultural presence. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 147 x 212 x 23. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674416666
- ISBN
- 9780674416666
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 39.84
€ 47.99
€ 39.84
Hardcover. A collection of essays that broadens the critical framework of Elizabeth Bowen scholarship and extends Bowen criticism by mapping her work's position in relation to contemporary critical concerns and its location in relation to twentieth-century literature generally. Editor(s): Osborn, Susan. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 238 x 166 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 172
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- first edition, edited by Susan Osborn
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859184356
- ISBN
- 9781859184356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 39.00€ 31.26
€ 39.00
€ 31.26
Paperback. Series: Religion, Culture and Public Life. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; HRAM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 197 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 584.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231160414
- ISBN
- 9780231160414
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 22.15
€ 30.99
€ 22.15
Paperback. Great Shakespeare Actors provides a series of well-informed, well-written, illuminating, and entertaining accounts of many of the most famous stage performers of Shakespeare in both England and America, offering a concise, actor-centred history of Shakespeare on the stage. Num Pages: 314 pages, Numerous black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; ANB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198769729
- ISBN
- 9780198769729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 15.06
€ 18.99
€ 15.06
Paperback. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801483684
- ISBN
- 9780801483684
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 43.81
€ 48.99
€ 43.81
Paperback. A new series of bespoke, full-coverage resources developed for the 2015 A Level English qualifications. Editor(s): Giovanelli, Marcello. Series: A Level (AS) English Literature AQA. Num Pages: 326 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSB. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (XS) Student text. Dimension: 279 x 219 x 15. Weight in Grams: 816.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Student
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107468023
- ISBN
- 9781107468023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.76
€ 40.99
€ 40.76
Paperback. David Scott Kastan's lucid exploration of the remarkable richness and ambitious design of "King Henry IV Part I" reveals the play to be almost a treatise on the central relationship between value and political authority. Series: The Arden Shakespeare. Num Pages: 398 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS; YQE. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 128 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- The Arden Shakespeare
- Number of pages
- 398
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904271352
- ISBN
- 9781904271352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.43
€ 16.99
€ 15.43
Hardback. Explores the influences that triggered the Arabic awakening, the nahdah, from the 1800s onwards. This title enhances our understanding of the nahdah and its intellectuals, taking into account important internal factors alongside external forces. It also explores the key factors that contributed to the rise and development of the nahdah. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; DSBF; DSBH; HBTB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748640690
- ISBN
- 9780748640690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.91
€ 138.91
Paperback. Bringing together an interdisciplinary group of scholars, this volume explores nineteenth-century Italian sexualities from a variety of viewpoints, illuminating in particular personal and political relationships, same-sex desires, gender roles that defy societal norms, sexual behaviours of different classes and transnational encounters. Series: Genders and Sexualities in History. Num Pages: 341 pages, biography. BIC Classification: D; DS; HBJD; HBL; HBTB; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349484775
- ISBN
- 9781349484775
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 91.02
€ 91.02
Paperback. Influencing Darwin, Tennyson and Dickens among others, Lyell's "Principles" was an ambitious attempt to forge links between observable causes - volcanoes, earthquakes, rivers, tides and storms - and the current state of the earth. This edition has an introduction by Jim Secord. Num Pages: 528 pages, b&w maps and diagrams. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DNF; DSBF; PSAJ; WNW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 31. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Abridged
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140435283
- ISBN
- 9780140435283
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.95
€ 19.99
€ 14.95
Paperback. Editor(s): Antoine-Dunne, Jean. Num Pages: 224 pages, colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Publisher
- Peepal Tree Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845232207
- ISBN
- 9781845232207
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 29.42
€ 34.99
€ 29.42
Hardback. Features a contemporary poet who selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the authors offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Farley, Paul. Series: Faber Nature Poets. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571328741
- ISBN
- 9780571328741
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.07
€ 17.99
€ 13.07
Hardcover. Editor(s): Russell, Richard Rankin. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 157 x 224 x 28. Weight in Grams: 502.
- Publisher
- Irish Academic Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780716531593
- ISBN
- 9780716531593
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.84
€ 25.99
€ 19.84
Paperback. Aimed at presenting the known and, especially, the unknown Mark Twain, this book covers his works as well as the rambling and often wildly psyche and contradictory life. It presents his unforgettable characters - Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher, Pudd'nhead Wilson and many others. It is suitable for general readers, students, and scholars. Series: Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight in Grams: 370. Series: Bedside, Bathtub & Armchair Companions. 224 pages, Illustrations, maps. Aimed at presenting the known and, especially, the unknown Mark Twain, this book covers his works as well as the rambling and often wildly psyche and contradictory life. It presents his unforgettable characters - Tom Sawyer, Huck Finn, Becky Thatcher, Pudd'nhead Wilson and many others. It is suitable for general readers, students, and scholars. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 17. Weight: 370.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826418135
- ISBN
- 9780826418135
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.15
€ 27.99
€ 21.15
Hardback. Taking a fresh approach to Byron, this book argues that he should be understood as a poet whose major works develop a carefully reasoned philosophy. Situating him with reference to the thought of the period, it argues for Byron as an active thinker, whose final philosophical stance - reader-centred scepticism - has extensive practical implications. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; HPK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416. Certain in Uncertainty. 240 pages. Taking a fresh approach to Byron, this book argues that he should be understood as a poet whose major works develop a carefully reasoned philosophy. Situating him with reference to the thought of the period, it argues for Byron as an active thinker, whose final philosophical stance - reader-centred scepticism - has extensive practical implications. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC; HPK. Dimension: 223 x 148 x 20. Weight: 416.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 242
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010 ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230231511
- ISBN
- 9780230231511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.03
€ 65.03
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Workbook
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292138107
- ISBN
- 9781292138107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.82
€ 9.82
Hardback. In The Epic of Juan Latino, Elizabeth R. Wright tells the story of Renaissance Europe's first black poet and his epic poem on the naval battle of Lepanto, Austrias Carmen (The Song of John of Austria). Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442637528
- ISBN
- 9781442637528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.19
€ 67.19
Paperback. An advanced introduction to Benjamin's work and its actualization for our own times. Num Pages: 328 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139696
- ISBN
- 9781571139696
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.62
€ 41.99
€ 39.62