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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Why do painters sometimes wish they were poets - and why do poets sometimes wish they were painters? What happens when Rembrandt spells out Hebrew in the sky or Poussin spells out Latin on a tombstone? What happens when Virgil, Ovid, or Shakespeare suspend their plots to describe a fictitious painting? This title answers these questions. Series: Essays in the Arts. Num Pages: 208 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 163 x 240 x 17. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691141831
- ISBN
- 9780691141831
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.68
€ 40.99
€ 28.68
Paperback. A unique testimony to modern literature's most celebrated and enduring marriage. Num Pages: 400 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Publisher
- Phoenix
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780753828786
- ISBN
- 9780753828786
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.31
€ 17.99
€ 13.31
Paperback. Three lectures on contemporary poetry by one of Britain's leading poets, Fiona Sampson, editor of Poetry Review. Her lectures discuss the relationship between poetry, music and ideas, taking examples from a diverse range of writers, composers and philosophers. Num Pages: 64 pages, music. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 6. Weight in Grams: 122. Newcastle / Bloodaxe Poetry Lectures. 64 pages, music. Three lectures on contemporary poetry by one of Britain's leading poets, Fiona Sampson, editor of Poetry Review. Her lectures discuss the relationship between poetry, music and ideas, taking examples from a diverse range of writers, composers and philosophers. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSC. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 6. Weight: 122.
- Publisher
- Bloodaxe Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 64
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781852249090
- ISBN
- 9781852249090
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.71
€ 11.99
€ 10.71
Hardcover. Illuminates unexplored dimensions of the music-literature relationship and the sometimes unrecognized talents of certain famous writers and composers. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 260 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 307 x 2. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139733
- ISBN
- 9781571139733
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.08
€ 75.08
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, 47 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ACG; AVGC; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783272006
- ISBN
- 9781783272006
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.41
€ 113.41
Paperback. Integrates the life and poetry of George Herbert, giving us in Music at Midnight the definitive biography of the man behind some of the most famous poems in the English Language. This book sets the poetry in the whole context of the poet's life and times, so that the reader can understand the frame of mind and kind of society which produced it. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141043401
- ISBN
- 9780141043401
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.12
€ 17.99
€ 14.12
Paperback. Ekphrasis is the art of describing works of art. Heffernan explores this ambivalent poetry, which simultaneously celebrates the power of the silent image while circumscribing that power with the authority of the word. The canon of this work is known as the 'Museum of Words'. Num Pages: 250 pages, illustrations, bibliographical references , index. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226323145
- ISBN
- 9780226323145
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 29.11
€ 36.99
€ 29.11
Paperback. A resource for students and scholars alike, this volume provides information about Spark's oeuvre while featuring current, theoretically informed interpretations of individual texts. Editor(s): Herman, David. Series: A Modern Fiction Studies Book. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801895548
- ISBN
- 9780801895548
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.92
€ 41.92
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498500326
- ISBN
- 9781498500326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.19€ 16.95
€ 103.19
€ 16.95
Paperback. For the librarian, teacher, or parent who wishes to foster compassionate multicultural relationships between and among children, this manual offers help. It includes an annotated bibliography of children's books that contain characters of different cultural heritages who display friendship with others. Series: School Library Media Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 diagram, bibliography. BIC Classification: DSY; GBCR; JFC; JNA; JNLB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 142 x 15. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810833593
- ISBN
- 9780810833593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 83.99
€ 83.99
Paperback. The legend of Mulan remains one of the most popular Chinese folktales despite (or because of) its lack of supernatural demonstrations or interventions. In addition to a translation of the earliest recorded version of the legend, this title offers translations of several later iterations of the tale. Translator(s): Kwa, Shiamin; Idema, Wilt L. Num Pages: 170 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 143 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603841962
- ISBN
- 9781603841962
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.48
€ 25.99
€ 19.48
Paperback. Take a peek behind the curtain to discover the boy, the youth, the man behind some of the greatest works of English literature. The life and times of William Shakespeare, richly imagined in this unique biography told using the Bard's own quotes. Num Pages: 120 pages, 60 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 212 x 9. Weight in Grams: 452.
- Publisher
- Upstart Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781927262023
- ISBN
- 9781927262023
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.89
€ 19.99
€ 19.89
Paperback. These updated editions of classic plays feature new cover art along with the complete text of each work, full explanatory notes, scene-by-scene plot summaries, a key to famous lines and phrases, and illustrations from the Folger Shakespeare Library's vast holdings of rare books. Reissue. (Plays/Drama) Editor(s): Crowther, John. Series: No Fear Shakespeare. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 192 x 18. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Spark Notes United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- Trade Paperback Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411401013
- ISBN
- 9781411401013
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.83
€ 10.99
€ 9.83
Paperback. This fresh edition of one of Shakespeare's most popular comedies offers new insights into the play on the page and in performance, offering interviews with directors Nicholas Hytner and Marianne Elliott and actress Harriet Walter alongside student-friendly scene-by-scene analysis and a new introduction from Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 182 x 197 x 12. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232105
- ISBN
- 9780230232105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.28
€ 12.28
Paperback. Through Virginia Woolf's, a feminist and a bohemian, extensive diaries and letters and brilliant detective work, this title chronicles the lives of those forgotten women who worked behind the scenes in Bloomsbury, and their fraught relations with one of the twentieth century's greatest writers. It explores the hidden history of service. Num Pages: 400 pages, integrated b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 266.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140254105
- ISBN
- 9780140254105
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 16.66
€ 20.99
€ 16.66
Paperback. One of Bernard Shaw's greatest plays, Mrs Warren's Profession raises issues about class struggle, generational differences, the past, and female hardship through the exploration of a mother and daughter relationship put under enormous strain. Editor(s): Kent, Brad. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 224 pages, Production photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 164 x 13. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713679946
- ISBN
- 9780713679946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.19
€ 13.99
€ 13.19
Hardcover. This book examines how the interplay between nineteenth-century literary and visual media paralleled the emergence of a modern psychological understanding of the ways in which reading, viewing and dreaming generate moving images in the mind. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748669486
- ISBN
- 9780748669486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.53€ 101.60
€ 105.53
€ 101.60
Paperback. Catalonia's towering Romantic poet and rebel priest, Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902), delves deep into the Catalan imaginary in his foundational long poem Mount Canigo (1886), recounting the historical and legendary mix, both tragic and triumphant, of the medieval origins of modern Catalonia. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADC; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662988
- ISBN
- 9781855662988
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.32
€ 26.99
€ 26.32
Hardcover. A memoir about the magic and inspiration of books from a beloved and best-selling author. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BM; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 183 x 127. .
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393254815
- ISBN
- 9780393254815
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.46
€ 24.99
€ 21.46
Paperback. Num Pages: 225 pages, 30ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 180 x 17. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- University Press of Kansas
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780700603299
- ISBN
- 9780700603299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.67
€ 29.67