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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. First English translation of an important twelfth-century romance, giving an account of the Trojan war and its consequences. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 460 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Translation
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844693
ISBN
9781843844693
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.46

Paperback. New edition with facing-page translation of a highly significant and influential Old English text. Editor(s): Rauer, Christine. Translator(s): Rauer, Christine. Num Pages: 416 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB; HRCC2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 29. Weight in Grams: 636.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844310
ISBN
9781843844310
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.63

Hardback. "Beowulf" is one of the finest works of vernacular literature from the European Middle Ages and as such is a fitting title to head the Old English family of texts published in the Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. This title provides readers as well as established scholars with fresh insights into "Beowulf", and the four other texts. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 521.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052956
ISBN
9780674052956
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 33.48

Paperback. The 3 Estaites is - by common consent - Scotland's greatest play. First performed in Cupar, Fife in June 1552, it is the earliest Scottish play to have survived. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748617463
ISBN
9780748617463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

Paperback. A fun and thoughtful exploration is offered of imaginary people who have affected our lives and culture, from Jim Crow and Sherlock Holmes to James Bond and Archie Bunker to Mickey Mouse and Santa Claus. Num Pages: 336 pages, 214. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 136 x 19. Weight in Grams: 266.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
Number of pages
317
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
English Language
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061132216
ISBN
9780061132216
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.07

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 131 x 27. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Galileo Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781903385470
ISBN
9781903385470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Building on the formula of York Notes, this series introduces students to more sophisticated analysis and wider critical perspectives. This enbables students to appreciate contrasting interpretations of the text and to develop critical thinking. Editor(s): Sowerby, Robin. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 4KL; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 209 x 146 x 7. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Longman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582431522
ISBN
9780582431522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Paperback. "York Notes Advanced" aim to help make the study of literature more fulfilling and lead to exam success. They should also be of interest to the general reader, as they cover the widest range of popular literature titles. This title covers "The Glass Menagerie" by Tennessee Williams. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSG. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 147 x 210 x 8. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582772311
ISBN
9780582772311
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.30

Paperback. Provides a facing-page translation of the "Book of Chivalry". This book describes the prowess and piety of knights, their capacity to express themselves, their common assumptions, and their views on masculine virtue, women, and love. Editor(s): Kaeuper, Richard W.; Kennedy, Elspeth. Series: The Middle Ages Series. Num Pages: 248 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HBJD; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812215793
ISBN
9780812215793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.04

Paperback. Series: Casebook S. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 302. 8vo .Good copy
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Edition
1978th Edition
SKU
KEX0293733
ISBN
9780333215142
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Representing the advances in cognitive poetics, this book builds feeling and embodied experience on to the insights into meaningfulness which the cognitive approach to literature has achieved over the years. It draws on stylistics, psycholinguistics, critical theory and neurology to explore the nature of reading verbal art. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: CF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 233 x 12. Weight in Grams: 350. 224 pages, illustrations. Representing the advances in cognitive poetics, this book builds feeling and embodied experience on to the insights into meaningfulness which the cognitive approach to literature has achieved over the years. It draws on stylistics, psycholinguistics, critical theory and neurology to explore the nature of reading verbal art. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: CF; DSB. Dimension: 158 x 233 x 12. Weight: 348.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625826
ISBN
9780748625826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.39

Hardback. A study of 'texture', a key feature of literary reading. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: CF; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 436.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748625819
ISBN
9780748625819
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.60

Hardback. Textual Vision offers a new and original perspective on Enlightenment visual culture as a contested area of representation, and its discussions of major authors like Alexander Pope, Samuel Johnson, and Jane Austen are both learned and persuasive. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850. Num Pages: 310 pages, 28 black & white halftones, 10 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1DBK; AC; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 242 x 161 x 32. Weight in Grams: 520.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611485691
ISBN
9781611485691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 161.58

Hardback. Series: South Asia Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 280 pages. BIC Classification: 2BBA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 22. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166805
ISBN
9780231166805
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 49.96

Paperback. Num Pages: 544 pages, 15 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJP; AVGP; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 36. Weight in Grams: 826.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United Kingdom
Number of pages
544
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628926279
ISBN
9781628926279
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.52

Paperback. "Testimony" draws on survivors of the Holocaust's accounts to present the first theory of testimony: a radically new conception of the relationship between art and culture and the witnessing of historical events. Num Pages: 312 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HBAH; HBG; HBJD; HBLW; HBTZ1; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415903929
ISBN
9780415903929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 57.05

Paperback. Written like a novel, i this book same characters meet and cross paths with each other. Stravinsky and Kafka with their odd friends Ansermet and Brod; Hemingway with his biographer; Janacek with his little nation; and Rabelais with his heirs - the great novelists. In the light of their wisdom this book examines situations of our time. Translator(s): Asher, Linda. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Faber and Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571173372
ISBN
9780571173372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.41

Paperback. Get everything you need to achieve your full potential at English Literature A Level or AS with York Notes Study Guides, now updated for Assessment Objectives 1 to 5. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 104 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK; DSRC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 212 x 298 x 8. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781292138176
ISBN
9781292138176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.81

Paperback. This guide charts the development in the criticism surrounding two of Williams' most popular plays, from the 1940s/50s through to the present day. Adler's overview of the critical responses proceeds in a generally chronological fashion and demonstrates how the emergence of newer theoretical methodologies has broadened the range of these responses. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 138 x 10. Weight in Grams: 224.
Publisher
Macmillan Education UK
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230228696
ISBN
9780230228696
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.11

paperback. .
Publisher
City Lights Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Corrected Centennial ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872866355
ISBN
9780872866355
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Knopf
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345806840
ISBN
9780345806840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 17.58

Paperback. In this volume of essays addressing the author's drama, novels, short stories and poetry, renowned Beckett scholar Enoch Brater offers a variety of delightfully original, playful and intriguing studies of Beckett's work. For theatre audiences and Beckett readers it will provide a fresh approach to this great writer. Series: Diaries, Letters and Essays. Num Pages: 208 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 14. Weight in Grams: 176.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408137222
ISBN
9781408137222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.26

Paperback. Includes ten speeches that illustrate Cicero's entire career and exemplify the major contexts for his oratory: before the senate, the people, and the courts. This title illuminates the major political crises of Cicero's time and offers portraits of many of the major political figures. Translator(s): Zetzel, James E. G. Num Pages: 376 pages, b/w maps. BIC Classification: DB; DNS; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 142 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
332
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209893
ISBN
9780872209893
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.54

Paperback. A guide that studies the lives and masterpieces of ten great novelists. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286783
ISBN
9780099286783
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.19

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