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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. A significant and unique contribution to our understanding of reading, readers, and literacy development. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC; DSA; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 255 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1192.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772120394
ISBN
9781772120394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.61
€ 47.35

Paperback. She was only nine when her world fell apart. The struggle to understand took a lifetime. In 1960s Bristol, Susan's family was like any other with its joys and frustrations, and fierce loyalties. Then tragedy struck and left a legacy that was to last a lifetime. Susan was only nine when her mother died. A year later she was sent away to school. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSK; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Arrow
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099560074
ISBN
9780099560074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.34

Paperback. A groundbreaking memoir by the acclaimed Kenyan Caine Prize winner. Num Pages: 271 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; BM; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 153 x 197 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Granta Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847083326
ISBN
9781847083326
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.74

Paperback. Presented in a new edition with expanded notes, this genre-defying meditation on the semiotics of late-1920s Weimar culture, composed of 60 short prose pieces that vary wildly in style and theme, offers a fresh opportunity to encounter Walter Benjamin at his most virtuosic and experimental, writing in a vein that anticipates later masterpieces. Editor(s): Jennings, Michael W. Translator(s): Jephcott, Edmund. Num Pages: 98 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 127. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674052291
ISBN
9780674052291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.48

Paperback. Covering eight decades and featuring the work of over fifty poets from diverse backgrounds born between 1902 and 1981, Only the Road / Solo el Camino is the most complete bilingual anthology of Cuban poetry available to an English readership. Editor(s): Randall, Margaret. Translator(s): Randall, Margaret. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2AB; 2ADSL; DCQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 704.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822362296
ISBN
9780822362296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 205, 205 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; ACK; AKL; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1622.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478307
ISBN
9780801478307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.30
€ 51.49

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Number of pages
296
Publisher
McGill-Queen's University Press Canada
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780773540279
ISBN
9780773540279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.17
€ 17.50

Paperback. Num Pages: 73 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 148 x 7. Weight in Grams: 154.
Publisher
The Women's Play Press New Zealand
Number of pages
73
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Condition
New
SKU
V9780958339322
ISBN
9780958339322
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.49

Hardcover. Num Pages: 378 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
378
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674282483
ISBN
9780674282483
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.81
€ 51.25

Hardcover. Editor(s): Mundal, Else; Wellendorf, Jonas. Num Pages: 241 pages, illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 164 x 26. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
241
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9788763505048
ISBN
9788763505048
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.10
€ 40.41

Paperback. Translator(s): Murphy-Judy, Kathy; Judy, K.M. Series: Theory of history & literature. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 390.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816617258
ISBN
9780816617258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Series: New Accents. Num Pages: 264 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; JF; PDR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 20. Weight in Grams: 302.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415538381
ISBN
9780415538381
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Walshe, Eibhear. Num Pages: 256 pages, 2ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 372.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Condition
New
SKU
V9780902561663
ISBN
9780902561663
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback. Translator(s): Bary, Brett De. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1F; 2GJ; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 150 x 16. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
First Edition, First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822313236
ISBN
9780822313236
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.21

Paperback. Orlando tells the tale of an extraordinary individual who lives through history first as a man, then as a woman. At its heart is the figure of Woolf's friend and lover, Vita Sackville-West, and Knole, the historic home of the Sackvilles. Orlando mocks the conventions of biography and history and wryly examines sexual double standards. Editor(s): Whitworth, Michael H. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 8 black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199650736
ISBN
9780199650736
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. For at least two and a half millennia, the figure of Orpheus has haunted humanity. Half-man, half-god, musician, magician, theologian, poet and lover, his story never leaves us. The author goes in search of Orpheus, from the forests where he walked and the mountains where he worshipped to the artefacts, texts and philosophies built up round him. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBLA1; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 232 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845951689
ISBN
9781845951689
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.54

Paperback. George Orwell has become one of the most potent and symbolic figures in western political thought. Including interviews with friends and people who knew him in his years of obscurity, this book offers a human portrait of the writer too often embalmed as a secular saint. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPR; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 40. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283461
ISBN
9780099283461
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.04

Paperback. A pre-eminent Orwell scholar's lifetime of work on the icon of modern literature Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 Map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252077463
ISBN
9780252077463
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 488 pages, 16 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 165 x 39. Weight in Grams: 822.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
9780300208306
ISBN
9780300208306
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 15.00

Hardback. As the first collection of essays about Oscar Wilde's comedies, the contributors re-evaluate Oscar Wilde's society plays as 'comedies of manners" to see whether this is actually an apt way to read Wilde's most emblematic plays. Focusing on both the context and the texts, the collection locates Wilde both in his social and literary contexts. Editor(s): Bennett, Michael Y. Num Pages: 219 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 146 x 18. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137410924
ISBN
9781137410924
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

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