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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Available for the first time in paperback, this is the pre-eminent critical study, and exploration, of how myth and legend played such a significant role in the works of J.R.R. Tolkien. Num Pages: 192 pages, Index. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 174.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780008184810
ISBN
9780008184810
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.63

Hardcover. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 297 x 210 x 30. Weight in Grams: 370. 174p. dw. First Edition. Keywords: "Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Literary Studies - General,Education Resources - Books - English Liter"
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1980
Edition
1980th Edition
SKU
KON0730544
ISBN
9780333288450
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 11.99
€ 4.99

Paperback. For the first time, Guy Debord's pivotal work Society of the Spectacle appears in a definitive and authoritative English translation. Translator(s): Nicholson-Smith, Donald; Smith, Donald Nicholson-. Num Pages: 154 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; JFC; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Zone Books
Number of pages
154
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780942299793
ISBN
9780942299793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.55

Paperback. This book elaborates the social-psychological concept of schema while championing the literary critical practice of close reading to show how literature reflects, promotes, and contests pervasive sociocultural ideas like race, ethnicity, gender, and sexuality. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804797023
ISBN
9780804797023
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Often lost in the debate over the validity of social construction is the question of what is being constructed. Ian Hacking looks at the issue of child abuse, and examines the ways in which advanced research on new weapons influences not the content but the form of science. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF; HPK; HPS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674004122
ISBN
9780674004122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.93

Paperback. The final volume of the trilogy that began with "The Smoking Diaries", this diary reflects Simon Gray's determination to give up smoking. Num Pages: 312 pages, ill. BIC Classification: BGL; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 22. Weight in Grams: 230.
Publisher
Granta Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
312
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847080721
ISBN
9781847080721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.20

Paperback. Series: Collected Works of Joseph Campbell. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 550.
Publisher
New World Library United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781608681662
ISBN
9781608681662
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 18.60

Hardback. Ten times, an elderly grey-haired man gets up on the stage. Ten times puffing and sighing. Ten times slowly tracing out strange multi-coloured arabesques that interweave, curling with the meanders of his speech, by turns fluid and uneasy. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF7; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 548.
Publisher
Polity Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509510009
ISBN
9781509510009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.21

Paperback. .
Publisher
Routledge
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138701274
ISBN
9781138701274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 22.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 3JJG; 3JJH; DSBH; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319408286
ISBN
9783319408286
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 314.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801495939
ISBN
9780801495939
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.43

Paperback. Henry Louis Gates, Jr.'s original, groundbreaking study explores the relationship between the African and African-American vernacular traditions and black literature, elaborating a new critical approach located within this tradition that allows the black voice to speak for itself. Num Pages: 352 pages, 16 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 236 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 596.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc United States
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
25 ANV
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195136470
ISBN
9780195136470
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.74

Paperback. This new general introduction emphasises the importance of the short story to an understanding of modern fiction. In twenty succinct chapters, the study paints a complete portrait of the short story - its history, culture, aesthetics and economics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748627745
ISBN
9780748627745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.40

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906841225
ISBN
9781906841225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.27

Hardback. Mahmoud Baroud here conducts a detailed comparative textual analysis of 'Hayy Bin Yaqzan' and 'Robinson Crusoe', and concludes that Daniel Defoe was likely to have been deeply influenced by Ibn Tufayl's Arabic text. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 integrated bw illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 146 x 27. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781848855526
ISBN
9781848855526
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 154.52
€ 137.06

Hardback. A collection of thirteen tales and anecdotes, published for the first time as Hogg intended, and capturing the flavour of Border story-telling. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 626.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748604746
ISBN
9780748604746
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.81
€ 119.62

Paperback. Some of James Hogg's best stories appeared in The Shepherd's Calendar, a work of the 1820s in which he sets out to re-create on paper the manner and the content of the traditional oral storytelling of Ettrick Forest. Editor(s): Mack, Douglas S. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748663163
ISBN
9780748663163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.33

Paperback. Anatomizes what's fundamentally at stake when we think of literature in terms of the experience of the reader rather than the intention of the author, and when we substitute the question of who people are for the question of what they believe. Num Pages: 232 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
234
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126180
ISBN
9780691126180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 27.43

Hardback. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 241 x 19. Weight in Grams: 524.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474418973
ISBN
9781474418973
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.98
€ 102.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: ANC; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 141 x 18. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Workbook
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472523235
ISBN
9781472523235
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 31.98

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