Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Former Chief Theatre Critic for the Times newspaper Benedict Nightingale, gathers together his greatest moments in theatre. A delightful and inspiring read, this is an entertaining whistle stop tour of theatre, from ancient Greece to modern day. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 348.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849432337
- ISBN
- 9781849432337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.24
€ 20.99
€ 19.24
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415435635
- ISBN
- 9780415435635
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 30.31
€ 30.99
€ 30.31
Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 352 pages, 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 166 x 271 x 2. Weight in Grams: 646.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231179768
- ISBN
- 9780231179768
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.86€ 50.27
€ 63.86
€ 50.27
Paperback. Editor(s): Lewisohn, Leonard. Num Pages: 360 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FBN; 2BXF; 3H; DSBB; DSC; HRHX; JFSR2. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 33. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784532123
- ISBN
- 9781784532123
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.44
€ 33.99
€ 28.44
Paperback. Editor(s): Michaud, Nicolas. Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; HPX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Publisher
- Open Court
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812699197
- ISBN
- 9780812699197
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 31.33
€ 36.99
€ 31.33
Paperback. * Fascinating and perceptive new biography of one of the most brilliant writers of his age: novelist, essayist and born-again mystic Aldous Huxley (1894-1963), author of BRAVE NEW WORLD and EYELESS IN GAZA Num Pages: 512 pages, Section: 16, b/w. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 127 x 33. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780349113487
- ISBN
- 9780349113487
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 16.41
€ 21.99
€ 16.41
Paperback. This book focuses on the relationship of language and literature in the context of the classroom. It examines both the language of literature as it occurs in a variety of texts from different genres and the language of the classroom as teachers and learners respond in speech and writing to those texts. Series: Edinburgh Textbooks in Applied Linguistics. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: CF; CJA; DS; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 169 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748612598
- ISBN
- 9780748612598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.74
€ 36.74
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
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.49
€ 19.49
Paperback. Test your puzzle-solving abilities and exercise your knowledge of the classics with The Literary Puzzle Book, an engaging collection packed with crafty conundrums to keep you thoroughly entertained through the best of times and the worst of times. Series: Puzzle Book. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; WDK; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 106 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174. Good clean copy with some wear to the cover.
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- SKU
- KTG0015715
- ISBN
- 9781849537216
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Test your puzzle-solving abilities and exercise your knowledge of the classics with The Literary Puzzle Book, an engaging collection packed with crafty conundrums to keep you thoroughly entertained through the best of times and the worst of times. Series: Puzzle Book. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; WDK; WZG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 106 x 16. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Octopus Publishing Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KTG0016312
- ISBN
- 9781849537216
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Confessions is a spiritual autobiography of Augustine's early life, family, associations, and explorations of alternative religious and theological viewpoints as he moved toward his conversion. Cast as a prayer addressed to God, it offers a gripping personal story and a philosophical exploration destined to have broad and lasting impact. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 163 x 25. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Loeb
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996854
- ISBN
- 9780674996854
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 30.22
€ 32.99
€ 30.22
Paperback. Highly contentious and subversive at the time of its first production in Milan in 1970, this has since become one of Fo's best known and translated text. Based on a true story it throws in to relief the judicial and police corruption of 1970s Italy. Simon Nyes's superb translation brings out the parallels with our situation today. Editor(s): Farrell, Joseph. Translator(s): Nye, Simon. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 199 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 174.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413772671
- ISBN
- 9780413772671
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.21
€ 14.99
€ 14.21
Hardcover. Metaphor supposes that an ordinary word could have been used, but instead something unexpected appears. The point of a metaphor is to enrich experience by bringing different associations to mind, by giving something a different life. The prophetic character of metaphor, Denis Donoghue says, changes the world by changing our sense of it. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: CFG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 149 x 21. Weight in Grams: 392.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674430662
- ISBN
- 9780674430662
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.30
€ 46.99
€ 39.30
Paperback. Collected in this volume are dramas and psychological fiction by the nineteenth-century iconoclast. Also included are selections from Buchner's letters and philosophical writings. Editor(s): Reddick, John. Translator(s): Reddick, John. Num Pages: 336 pages, chronology, bibliog. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140445862
- ISBN
- 9780140445862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.99
€ 17.99
€ 15.99
Paperback. Fictions, Faith and Family. 192 pages. Surveys the work of Evelyn Waugh and his literary explorations of the themes of Catholicism, society and the family. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 234 x 159 x 13. Weight: 334.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441100344
- ISBN
- 9781441100344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.36
€ 45.99
€ 38.36
Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this title offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs, and symbols, a review quiz and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 6. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- SparkNotes
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint, Study Guide
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411469549
- ISBN
- 9781411469549
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.16
€ 8.16
Paperback. In 1932 the young writer and political activist C.L.R. James arrived in London from his native Trinidad. This volume reveals C.L.R. James's first encounter with the colonial metropolis and the values that had already shaped his intellectual development in Trinidad. Num Pages: 140 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2ABM; 3JJ; BG; DSBH; DSK; HBTB; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 116 x 19. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Signal Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- First UK edition.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781902669618
- ISBN
- 9781902669618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.31
€ 17.99
€ 17.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497674
- ISBN
- 9780801497674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.47
€ 36.99
€ 33.47
Paperback. Joseph Conrad's novella, "Heart of Darkness", has fascinated critics and readers alike, engaging them in controversial debate as it deals with fundamental issues of good and evil, civilisation, race, love and heroism. This guide provides introduction to the text and contexts of "Heart of Darkness". Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415357760
- ISBN
- 9780415357760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.64
€ 52.64
Paperback. Is your enjoyment of Brian Friel's work hampered by a lack of Irish historical knowledge? Are you studying his plays and looking for help with interpretation? Do you teach Friel and need reliable guide to the plays? This title provides answers to these questions and more. Num Pages: 192 pages, map. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 179 x 113 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571197798
- ISBN
- 9780571197798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.34
€ 14.99
€ 12.34