Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This introductory guide to one of Marlowe's most widely-studied plays offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of screen adaptations, and a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading. Series: Shakespeare Handbooks. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426338
- ISBN
- 9781137426338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.32
€ 32.32
Hardcover. 'Marks of Genius' pays tribute to the most remarkable testaments to genius throughout human history. Bringing together some of the most impressive treasures from the collections of the Bodleian Libraries, it tells the story of the creation of each work and its afterlife, offering insight into the breadth and depth of its influence. Num Pages: 360 pages, 200 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 296 x 256 x 39. Weight in Grams: 2162.
- Publisher
- Bodleian Library, University of Oxford
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851242665
- ISBN
- 9781851242665
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 41.23
€ 51.99
€ 41.23
Paperback. This is an important study of the publishing of contemporary writing in Britain. now available in paperback for the first time. It analyzes the changing social, economic and cultural environment of the publishing industry in the 1990s-2000s, and investigates its impact on genre, authorship and reading. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; DSBH; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 312.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 2007th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228474
- ISBN
- 9780230228474
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 72.56
€ 72.56
Paperback. This is the first major study of Mark Z. Danielewski, an emerging, innovative American novelist and a key figure in contemporary literature. It situates his three novels to date in their literary and cultural context, in the process demonstrating why he is such an important and ground-breaking writer. Editor(s): Bray, Joe; Gibbons, Alison. Series: Contemporary American & Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719099335
- ISBN
- 9780719099335
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.69
€ 39.69
Hardback. In the last year of his life Mark Twain asserted, "To me, the most important feature of my life is its literary feature." "This new biography takes him at his word.. [It] may inspire many to reread the Inimitable himself."-Kirkus Reviews Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235166
- ISBN
- 9780812235166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.72
€ 60.72
Hardcover. First critical study of prize-winning French author Marie NDiaye. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 245 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 19. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846319464
- ISBN
- 9781846319464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.14
€ 72.14
Paperback. This new companion to the works of Marie de France offers fresh insights into the standard critical debates. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 242 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843733
- ISBN
- 9781843843733
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 32.57
€ 33.99
€ 32.57
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691634623
- ISBN
- 9780691634623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 151.71
€ 151.71
Paperback. Num Pages: 385 pages, black & white illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 208 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Random House USA Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780307472328
- ISBN
- 9780307472328
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.83
€ 19.99
€ 14.83
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 2 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 235 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 348
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739181621
- ISBN
- 9780739181621
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.14
€ 138.14
Paperback. Traces the history of maps, from their initial decorative and religious purposes to their later instructional applications. This book describes how maps rely on projections in order to portray a three-dimensional world on the two-dimensional flat surface of paper. Num Pages: 246 pages, with colour & b&w illustrations throughout. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 142 x 24. Weight in Grams: 488.
- Publisher
- Trinity University Press,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781595340412
- ISBN
- 9781595340412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.79
€ 24.99
€ 21.79
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 110 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 210. .
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851242573
- ISBN
- 9781851242573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.80
€ 33.99
€ 24.80
Hardcover. This volume offers an empirical and diachronic investigation of the foundations and nature of metaphor in English, based on evidence from The Historical Thesaurus of English. It offers case studies of a number of semantic domains and provides a significant step forward in the data-driven understanding of metaphor. Editor(s): Anderson, Wendy; Bramwell, Ellen; Hough, Carole. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFA; CFGA; CFM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 162 x 26. Weight in Grams: 648.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198744573
- ISBN
- 9780198744573
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 177.90
€ 177.90
Hardback. The youngest member of the Paris-based experimental collective Oulipo, Levin Becker tells the story of one of literature's quirkiest movements--and the personal quest that led him to seek out like-minded writers, artists, and scientists who are obsessed with language and games, and who embrace formal constraints to achieve literature's potential. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 146 x 28. Weight in Grams: 528.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674065772
- ISBN
- 9780674065772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.39
€ 47.99
€ 40.39
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FA; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535538
- ISBN
- 9780199535538
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.30
€ 8.99
€ 8.30
Paperback. Featuring original interviews with three of the most important theorists of the 21st century, this volume clarifies the relationship between contemporary French philosophy and poetry. The interviews demonstrate how Ranciere, Milner, and Badiou are all in conversation with one another on various points. Series: Insolubilia: New Work in Contemporary Philosophy. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSC; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield International
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781786603111
- ISBN
- 9781786603111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 45.84
€ 45.99
€ 45.84
Hardback. 194pp. Corners very slightly bumped. Keywords: Novels & Novelists This study, first published in 1986, examines the many facets of Mallarmes relationship to the visual arts. Series: Cambridge Studies in French. Num Pages: 194 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Dimension: 247 x 174. Weight in Grams: 595
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1986
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KHS0069145
- ISBN
- 9780521305709
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 91.56
€ 91.56
Hardback. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 224 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 221 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137494962
- ISBN
- 9781137494962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.55
€ 128.55
Paperback. This practical book demystifies the processes of academic writing through careful explanation and a series of engaging and practical examples. Editor(s): Stott, Rebecca; Rylance, Rick; Snaith, Anna. Series: Speak-Write Series. Num Pages: 168 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CBW; DSB; JNZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 10. Weight in Grams: 264.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582382442
- ISBN
- 9780582382442
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.33
€ 43.33
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Verlag Peter Lang
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Bilingual
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783039113613
- ISBN
- 9783039113613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 89.08
€ 89.08