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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Teenager Alan, fought over by a religious mother and an atheist father, finds release in horses, until he is driven to blind them with a spike. Why? Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 7. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Longman Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Longman Literature
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582097124
ISBN
9780582097124
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.90

Paperback. Taking her cue from a challenge thrown to her at a reading, the author energetically responds to those who say fiction has nothing to teach us today. She tells the story of a country where the villains are conformity, and orthodoxy and the only passport to entry is a free mind and a willingness to dream. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 23. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Windmill Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099558934
ISBN
9780099558934
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.08

Paperback. Provides an introduction to the context, language, themes, criticism and afterlife of the novel "Middlemarch". This guide presents an account of its critical reception. It also discusses the cultural afterlife including film and TV adaptations. It includes points for discussion and suggestions for further study. Series: A Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826495525
ISBN
9780826495525
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 25.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252082047
ISBN
9780252082047
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. Series: Jewish Lives. Num Pages: 224 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 210 x 19. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300224283
ISBN
9780300224283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.51

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474415750
ISBN
9781474415750
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.80
€ 102.99

Paperback. The classic story of the relationship between Vita Sackville-West and Harold Nicolson, and a unique portrait of the Bloomsbury Group. Num Pages: 464 pages, 16pp b&w illustratio. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BGA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 128 x 36. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
W&N
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857990614
ISBN
9781857990614
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.47

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781587299773
ISBN
9781587299773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.11

Paperback. Critical introductions to fifteen contemporary novelists whose work is of international calibre. Series: Writers of Italy. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2ADT; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 451.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748609185
ISBN
9780748609185
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APFD; APTD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 132 x 18. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Delta
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780440504900
ISBN
9780440504900
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. When Nicholas Nickleby is left penniless after his father's death, he appeals to his wealthy uncle to help him find work and to protect his mother and sister. But Ralph Nickleby proves both hard-hearted and unscrupulous, and Nicholas finds himself forced to make his own way in the world. Illustrator(s): Browne, Hablot K., (Phiz). Editor(s): Ford, Mark. Num Pages: 864 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 37. Weight in Grams: 588.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140435122
ISBN
9780140435122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.02

Hardback. This fascinating book traces the growing awareness of that epistemological gap through textbooks and natural philosophy treatises to canonical poetry and plays, presciently registering and exploring the magnitude of the human loss that accompanied the beginnings of modern science. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 236 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421415314
ISBN
9781421415314
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.49

Hardback. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137570765
ISBN
9781137570765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 88.99
€ 32.77

Hardback. Why did the 19th century poet and self-styled philosopher Gerard Manley Hopkins find metaphysics of 'formal distinction' so appealing? John Llewelyn answers this question by casting light on various neologisms introduced by Hopkins and reveals how Hopkins endorses Scotus' claim that being and existence are grounded in doing and willing. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474408943
ISBN
9781474408943
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 159.97

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415702683
ISBN
9780415702683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472588463
ISBN
9781472588463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 31.81

Hardback. A fascinating look at the gardens that helped inspire the settings for Beatrix Potter's stories. Num Pages: 339 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; DSY; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604693638
ISBN
9781604693638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.63

Paperback. Editor(s): Walshe, Eibhear. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780902561663
ISBN
9780902561663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Hardback. The Orphan in Eighteenth-Century Fiction explores how the figure of the orphan was shaped by changing social and historical circumstances. Analysing sixteen major novels from Defoe to Austen, this original study explains the undiminished popularity of literary orphans and reveals their key role in the construction of gendered subjectivity. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137382016
ISBN
9781137382016
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.38

Hardback. An analysis of the cultural role played by the printed word in Turkish-ruled Egypt Translator(s): Davies, Humphrey. Num Pages: 448 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1HBE; 2FMC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
The American University in Cairo Press Egypt
Number of pages
448
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Har/Cdr
Condition
New
SKU
V9789774163975
ISBN
9789774163975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.41

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