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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Described as the Mona Lisa literature and the world's first detective story, Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" is a major text from the ancient Greek world and an iconic work of world literature. This book covers the afterlife of the play in depth and provides a comprehensive guide to further reading for students. Series: Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258. A Reader's Guide. Series: Reader's Guides. 176 pages. Described as the Mona Lisa literature and the world's first detective story, Sophocles' "Oedipus the King" is a major text from the ancient Greek world and an iconic work of world literature. This book covers the afterlife of the play in depth and provides a comprehensive guide to further reading for students. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG; HBLA1. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 11. Weight: 258.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441198242
ISBN
9781441198242
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.54

Paperback. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 colour book. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 7. Weight in Grams: 144. Series: Cambridge Translations from Greek Drama. 128 pages, 1 colour book. Treating ancient plays as living drama. Cateogry: (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSG. Dimension: 198 x 129 x 7. Weight: 156.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521010726
ISBN
9780521010726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.26

Hardcover. This volume presents, in Greek and facing English translation, a collection of fragments of texts by Sophocles. They range in length from two lines to a substantial portion of the play "The Searchers". Prefatory notes provide frameworks for the fragments of the known plays. Translator(s): Lloyd-Jones, Hugh (Emeritus Regius Professor of Greek, Oxford University). Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 442 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DCF; DSBB; DSC; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 118 x 170 x 25. Weight in Grams: 336.
Publisher
Loeb Classical Library
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1996
Edition
Loeb Classical Library
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674995321
ISBN
9780674995321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.33

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107676718
ISBN
9781107676718
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.33

Paperback. Anton Chekhov's barbed comment suggests the climate in which Sophia Parnok was writing, and is an added testament to the strength and confidence with which she pursued both her personal and artistic life. Parnok was not a political activist, and she had no engagement with the feminism vogueish in young Russian intellectual circles. Series: Sophia Parnok. Num Pages: 382 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AGR; BG; DCF; DSBF; DSBH; DSC; JFSK1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814712214
ISBN
9780814712214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.63

Paperback. The Signet Classic Shakespeare series contains the preeminent mass market books of the complete works of Shakespeare. This reissue features a new Overview by Sylvan Barnet, former chairman of the English Department at Tufts University, an updated Bibliography, suggested references, and stage and film history. Editor(s): Crowther, John. Series: No Fear Shakespeare. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 136 x 23. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Spark Notes United States
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411402195
ISBN
9781411402195
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.82

Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, 'York Notes Advanced' introduce students to sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 112 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 7. Weight in Grams: 152.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
112
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582784338
ISBN
9780582784338
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.28

Paperback. Showing the two contrary states of the Human Soul. With an introduction and commentary by Sir Geoffrey Keynes. Num Pages: 156 pages, 54 colour plates, 1 black and white illustration. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 188.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192810892
ISBN
9780192810892
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.24

Hardback. Based on Hogg's 1831 collection entitled Songs by the Ettrick Shepherd, this critical edition provides the original text as well as the history of its genesis. Editor(s): McCue, Kirsteen. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AVQS; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 38. Weight in Grams: 808.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639366
ISBN
9780748639366
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.60

Paperback. This work is a series of pieces on the link between literature and the environment and why poetry matters in the new millennium. Jonathan Bate explains how words like "culture" and "environment" have evolved since the writing of Jane Austen, Thomas Hardy and the Romantics to the year 2000. Num Pages: 200 pages, facsimiles. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Picador
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780330372695
ISBN
9780330372695
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.08

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748641321
ISBN
9780748641321
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.60

Paperback. This book provides an introduction not only to the works of Sun'Allah Ibrahim, but also, more generally, to the modern literature of Egypt (and elsewhere in the Arab world) over a 40-year period, in its social, historical and political setting. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Modern Arabic Literature. BIC Classification: 1FB; 1HBE; DQ; DSB; HBJH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474426442
ISBN
9781474426442
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.10

Paperback. Series: Picas S. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 192.
Publisher
Guernica Editions,Canada Canada
Number of pages
179
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781550710984
ISBN
9781550710984
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.05

Paperback. In this definitive collection of Stephenson's writings, journalism and meditations, the great American polymath puts the 20th Century - mathematics, cryptography, philosophy, currency, and the history of science and technology- under his eclectic and unflinching gaze. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Atlantic Books
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848878563
ISBN
9781848878563
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.57

Hardback. After his highly successful history of Prussia, the authorized biographer of Siegfried Sassoon examines the First World War through the lives of the poets who fought at the front. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1D; 2AB; 3JJF; DSC; HBJD; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 158 x 30. Weight in Grams: 616.
Publisher
Pan Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
9781447241997
ISBN
9781447241997
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 5.38

Paperback. An engaging and accessible book looking at 1970s sf writing, film and television - alongside music and architecture - to reclaim the decade as a crucial period in the history of science fiction. Series: Liverpool Science Fiction Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 302 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 158 x 235 x 17. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381175
ISBN
9781781381175
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 72.65

Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231183109
ISBN
9780231183109
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 50.21

Paperback. A collection of essays on various topics of importance to author Lady Wilde (1821-1896), first published in 1893. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
354
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781108021951
ISBN
9781108021951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.63

Paperback. The name of John Wilmot, second earl of Rochester, is synonymous with excess. In this biography, Jeremy Lamb examines time the nature of Rochesters alcoholism and its implications for the man and his poetry. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 220.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New Ed
SKU
KLN0018180
ISBN
9780750939133
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 5.49

Paperback. "Slow violence" from climate change, toxic drift, deforestation, oil spills, and the environmental aftermath of war takes place gradually and often invisibly. The author focuses on the inattention we have paid to the lethality of many environmental crises, in contrast with the sensational, spectacle-driven messaging that impels public activism. Num Pages: 370 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; RNC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 157 x 23. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
370
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Gld
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674072343
ISBN
9780674072343
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.00

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