Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. The Betrothed is set at the time of the Third Crusade (1189--92) and is the first of Scott's Tales of the Crusaders. Editor(s): Ellis, J. B.; Alexander, J. H.; Hewitt, David. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 448 pages, glossaries. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DNF; DSBF; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 149 x 30. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 448
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748605811
- ISBN
- 9780748605811
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.89€ 107.80
€ 112.89
€ 107.80
Paperback. Beginning with the intriguing case of Herod the Great's Jewishness, this title discusses what made or did not make Jewish identity during the period, the question of conversion, the prohibition of intermarriage, matrilineal descent, and the place of the convert in the Jewish and non-Jewish worlds. Series: Hellenistic Culture and Society. Num Pages: 441 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBG; HBLA; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 27. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 441
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520226937
- ISBN
- 9780520226937
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.73
€ 36.99
€ 26.73
Paperback. With The Beggar's Opera (1728), Gay invented the ballad opera. It is here published for the first time with its sequel, Polly, in which Macheath and Polly Peachum are transplanted to the West Indies. Together the plays offer a scathing and ebullient portrait of a society in which statesmen and outlaws are impossible to tell apart. Editor(s): Gladfelder, Hal. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 134 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199642229
- ISBN
- 9780199642229
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.81
€ 11.99
€ 10.81
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
Hardcover. Divided into two sections, Sources and Archives and Theories and Translations, and containing work by some of the world's leading Beckett scholars, this volume reflects both a distinctive European emphasis as well as the 'new pragmatism' within Beckett Studies. It gathers 5 textual essays laying out the underpinnings of Beckett's texts. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 240 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748665709
- ISBN
- 9780748665709
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.03
€ 106.95
€ 102.03
Paperback. This book offers a concise overview of the social, cultural, and aesthetic sensibilities of the Beat Generation, explaining how their drastic visions and radical styles challenged postwar America's dominant values in ways that can still be felt in literature, cinema, music, theatre, and the visual arts. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 176 x 135 x 7. Weight in Grams: 116.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199796779
- ISBN
- 9780199796779
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.10
€ 14.99
€ 12.10
Paperback. Num Pages: 262 pages, 30 B&W photos, maps throughout. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 114. .
- Publisher
- City Lights Books United States
- Number of pages
- 262
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872866898
- ISBN
- 9780872866898
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 17.18
€ 17.99
€ 17.18
Paperback. This absorbing guide introduces the work of 'the Beats', assessing the lives which inspired their semi-autobiographical writing, and examining their monumental influence upon modern popular culture. Series: Beginner's Guides. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJPG; 3JJPK; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851685424
- ISBN
- 9781851685424
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.54
€ 13.99
€ 11.54
Hardback. Series: New Caribbean Studies. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; APW; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 227 x 22. Weight in Grams: 430.
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319321172
- ISBN
- 9783319321172
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.86
€ 64.86
Hardcover. A collection of Pollmann's previously-published essays on early Christian poetry, most newly-translated from German and all updated and corrected. It is a genre that has tended to be overlooked by both Classicists and Patristics scholars and this collection will rectify that. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC; HRAX; HRC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 162 x 241 x 22. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198726487
- ISBN
- 9780198726487
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.99
€ 135.99
Paperback. The Norton Critical Edition of this influential Harlem Renaissance novel includes related materials available in no other edition. Editor(s): Goldsby, Jacqueline. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 512 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DNF; DSBH; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 212 x 28. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393972863
- ISBN
- 9780393972863
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.47
€ 18.99
€ 17.47
Paperback. For Gertrude Stein and her wife Alice B Toklas, life in Paris was based upon the rue de Fleurus and the Saturday evenings and 'it was like a kaleidoscope slowly turning'. Audacious, sardonic and characteristically self-confident, this title offers a definitive account by an American in Paris. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 206.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141185361
- ISBN
- 9780141185361
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Paperback. In this text Kilito argues that genre - not authorship - is at the heart of classic Arabic literature. He examines love poetry and panegyric, the Prophet's Hadith and the literary anecdote, as well as such themes as memorization, plagiarism and forgery and the dream visions of the dead. Translator(s): Cooperson, Michael. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages, 21 cm. BIC Classification: 1HB; 2CSR; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 195.
- Publisher
- Syracuse University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780815629313
- ISBN
- 9780815629313
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.37
€ 26.37
Hardback. Presents two complementary medieval anthologies containing lyrics by two outstanding Latin poets of the second half of the twelfth century. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 211 x 22. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055575
- ISBN
- 9780674055575
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 34.07
€ 40.99
€ 34.07
Paperback. In this study, Linda M. Grasso demonstrates that using anger as a mode of analysis and the basis of an aesthetic transforms our understanding of American women's literary history. She explores how black and white 19th-century women writers defined, expressed and dramatized anger. Series: Gender and American Culture. Num Pages: 344 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBF; JFSJ1; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KEX0228137
- ISBN
- 9780807853481
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHM; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637310
- ISBN
- 9780691637310
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 179.30
€ 179.30
Hardback. The Art of Subtraction is the first full-length study on the CD-ROM as a creative platform. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2, 2 figures. BIC Classification: AB; DSB; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442631915
- ISBN
- 9781442631915
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.76
€ 67.76
Paperback. Num Pages: 170 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 178 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 170
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555975623
- ISBN
- 9781555975623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 14.11
€ 16.99
€ 14.11
Paperback. The Art of Reading is the first-long overdue-collection of essays by the French classical philologist and humanist Jean Bollack to be published in English. As the scope of the collection shows, Bollack felt equally at home thinking in depth about both the classics of Greek poetry and philosophy and modern, including contemporary, poetry. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 375 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674660199
- ISBN
- 9780674660199
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.62
€ 33.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPX; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 17. .
- Publisher
- Scribe Publications
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781911344186
- ISBN
- 9781911344186
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.78
€ 13.99
€ 10.78
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195371185
- ISBN
- 9780195371185
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.55
€ 36.55
Paperback. Editor(s): Baker, John H. Num Pages: 220 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: AVH; BGF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Intellect Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 220
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841506272
- ISBN
- 9781841506272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 37.37
€ 38.99
€ 37.37
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 149 x 204 x 29. Weight in Grams: 194.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780062223074
- ISBN
- 9780062223074
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 17.01
€ 19.99
€ 17.01
Hardcover. "Kapnick Foundation Distinguished Writer-in-Residence Lectures for 2014." Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 192 x 17. Weight in Grams: 208.
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813939056
- ISBN
- 9780813939056
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 19.18
€ 20.99
€ 19.18