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Literature: history & criticism

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

€ 20.99
€ 20.39

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
€ 9.93

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

€ 12.42

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

€ 19.00
€ 16.79

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
€ 13.37

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

€ 106.95
€ 102.99

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Affect Theory and Literary Criticism. Num Pages: 238 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137603302
ISBN
9781137603302
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.38

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
€ 26.77

Hardback. Editor(s): Cooper, Dana; Phelan, Claire. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3D; DSBB; HBLA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319489018
ISBN
9783319489018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.47

Paperback. Mother Courage and Her Children is widely regarded as Brecht's best work, a theatrical landmark and one of the most powerful anti-war plays in history. This bilingual edition allows students to compare the original German text with a translation by one of the world's leading playwrights, Tony Kushner. Editor(s): Kuhn, Tom. Translator(s): Hofmann, Michael; Kushner, Tony (Professor, University of Southampton). Series: Modern Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC London
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Parallel text edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408111512
ISBN
9781408111512
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.06

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
€ 21.58

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

€ 30.06

Paperback. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 344. Field Guide to Poetic Metaphor. 242 pages. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: CFA; DSA. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight: 296.
Publisher
The University Of Chicago Press
Number of pages
242
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226468129
ISBN
9780226468129
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Hans Fallada was a drug addict, womanizer, alcoholic, jailbird and thief. This title tells the story of Hans Fallada, whose real name was Rudolf Ditzen. It chronicles his turbulent life as a writer, husband and father, shadowed by mental torment and long periods in psychiatric care. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 308.
Edition
UK ed.
Publisher
Penguin Press/Classics
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780241952672
ISBN
9780241952672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.00
€ 16.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages, 16 halftones, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 138 x 23. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Libris United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781870352314
ISBN
9781870352314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.46

Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 216 x 22. Weight in Grams: 378.
Publisher
New York Review Books
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590177761
ISBN
9781590177761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 19.84

Hardback. This collection of twelve previously unpublished essays explores the conflicts sparked by the extraordinary range of new ideas and material possibilities in the eighteenth-century British Empire, reading the Enlightenment less as a set of axioms than as a variety of cultural and ideological formations. Editor(s): Choudhury, Mita; Rosenthal, Laura J. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 21. Weight in Grams: 617.
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481266
ISBN
9781611481266
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.56

Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628551
ISBN
9780816628551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 456 pages, b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 407 x 208 x 31. Weight in Grams: 538.
Publisher
The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
Number of pages
456
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781590170595
ISBN
9781590170595
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 19.36

Paperback. An original theory that connects the development of coinage to the origins of rational philosophy in ancient Greece. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560. Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy. 384 pages. An original theory that connects the development of coinage to the origins of rational philosophy in ancient Greece. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 23. Weight: 596.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521539920
ISBN
9780521539920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.20

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