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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 133 x 5. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
SparkNotes
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411469532
ISBN
9781411469532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.15

Paperback. "Nowadays, most readers take the intersection between fiction and fact for granted. We've developed a faculty for pretending that even the most bizarre literary inventions are, for the nonce, real. . . . The value of Davis's book is that it explores the h Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216103
ISBN
9780812216103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Num Pages: 368 pages, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; 2AB; DSBH; DSC; WQH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750967266
ISBN
9780750967266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.21

Hardback. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJK; HBLW; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 155 x 244 x 27. Weight in Grams: 680.
Publisher
PRINCETON UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691130200
ISBN
9780691130200
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 384 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173412
ISBN
9780691173412
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 21.95

Hardcover. F. Scott Fitzgerald's Taste of France is a culinary tour of Paris and the Riviera during the 1920s. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 col photographs and 10 black and white line artworks. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2AB; DSK; DSRC; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 272 x 23. Weight in Grams: 714.
Publisher
Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781782493785
ISBN
9781782493785
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.82

Paperback. The first edition ever published of Trimalchio, original version of Fitzgerald's classic The Great Gatsby. Editor(s): West, James L. W., III. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Num Pages: 216 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521890472
ISBN
9780521890472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.80

Hardcover. The third and final volume of A. David Moody's critically acclaimed biography examines Pound's final years, which saw much personal tragedy for Pound at a tragic point in World history. Num Pages: 680 pages, 24-page plate section. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 243 x 169 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1206.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198704362
ISBN
9780198704362
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.08

Hardback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231166348
ISBN
9780231166348
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.66

Hardback. Complicating our understanding of Victorian marriage ideology's more well-trodden focus on a productive, nation-building ideal, Exquisite Masochism offers fascinating insight into our own culture's debates around illicit sexuality, marriage, reproduction, and feminism. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421419930
ISBN
9781421419930
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 50.57
€ 46.41

Hardcover. An interdisciplinary study that explores both the personal and political significance of climate in the Victorian imagination. It analyses foreboding imagery of miasma, sludge and rot across non-fictional and fictional travel narratives, speeches, private journals and medical advice tracts. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 17. Weight in Grams: 466.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748692958
ISBN
9780748692958
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.84
€ 101.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780897747714
ISBN
9780897747714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 8.64

Hardback. As a result, Experimental Life is a wide-ranging summation and extension of the current state of literary studies, the history of science, cultural critique, and theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421410883
ISBN
9781421410883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 68.51

Paperback. Tracing the emergence and evolution of the modern discourse on boredom in French and German literary, philosophical, and sociological texts, this book fills a gap in the intellectual and cultural history of European modernity. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 231 x 26. Weight in Grams: 652.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804758604
ISBN
9780804758604
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 35.64

Paperback. Series: Literatures, Cultures, Translation. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CFP; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 141 x 216 x 28. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501326042
ISBN
9781501326042
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 32.60

Hardback. Exchanges in Exoticism demonstrates how the process of cultural exchange - and empire building - extends well beyond our traditional assumptions about gender roles in the medieval Mediterranean. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 161 x 235 x 19. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442644694
ISBN
9781442644694
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.16

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Melikoglu, Koray. Series: Studies in English Literatures. Num Pages: 210 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 150 x 12. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
ibidem-Verlag, Jessica Haunschild u Christian Schon
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2021
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9783898219785
ISBN
9783898219785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.72

Paperback. Editor(s): Boyd, Brian; Carroll, Joseph; Gottschall, Jonathan. Num Pages: 584 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; PSAJ. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 798. A Reader. 584 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Boyd, Brian; Carroll, Joseph; Gottschall, Jonathan. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; PSAJ. Dimension: 234 x 155 x 28. Weight: 794.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
584
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231150194
ISBN
9780231150194
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 30.65

Paperback. A revised edition of Peter Brook's take on Shakespeare, with a new chapter. The book addresses a number of questions about performing Shakespeare today: Why is Shakespeare not out of date? What do we mean by Shakespeare's "genius" or "creativity". Num Pages: 48 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 201 x 129 x 4. Weight in Grams: 66.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
48
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Expanded ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854597120
ISBN
9781854597120
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.42

Paperback. This volume demonstrates the importance of Slavoj Zizek's work to literary criticism and theory by showing how his practice of reading theory and literature can be used in numerous theoretical frameworks and applied to literature across historical periods, nationalities, and genres, creating new interpretations of familiar works. Editor(s): Sbriglia, Russell. Series: [SIC] Series. Num Pages: 344 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 26. Weight in Grams: 508.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822363187
ISBN
9780822363187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 31.30

Paperback. The most comprehensive paperback edition of EVERYMAN available, with introduction and extensive notes. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780460872805
ISBN
9780460872805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.91

Paperback.
Publisher
Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904271628
ISBN
9781904271628
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.35

Paperback. Ordinary life is full of words, images, and stories: we spend our days talking and writing about what's going on, and what has happened. Rachel Bowlby makes us think again about this life: always the same, always slightly changing. Drawing out the stories that surround us, she explores everyday stories, old and new-in literature and in real life. Series: The Literary Agenda. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 130 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198727699
ISBN
9780198727699
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.73

Paperback. A unique portrait of the life and death of a writer who inspired a generation Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 132 x 24. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847084958
ISBN
9781847084958
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.61

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