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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 120. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501314773
ISBN
9781501314773
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 15.32

Hardback. This entertaining collection gathers together William Shakespeare's wisest and wittiest quotations. Quotable Shakespeare proves that brevity is the soul of wit and is sure to delight all lovers of the Bard's uniquely perceptive and influential works. Series: Quotable. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS; GBCQ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 101 x 146 x 20. Weight in Grams: 144.
Publisher
Octopus Publishing Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781849535847
ISBN
9781849535847
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.47

Paperback. R. S. Thomas was a major figure in the landscape of contemporary poetry - attested by his Nobel Prize for Literature nomination. His poetry, coloured by personal experience of rural Wales, is stark but passionate. Series: Everyman Poetry. Num Pages: 128 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 1DBKW; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 10. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
J.M. Dent
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780460878111
ISBN
9780460878111
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.87

Paperback. .
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
295
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472998
ISBN
9781611472998
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 104.11
€ 17.17

Paperback. Why is the colonial context absent from Michel Foucault's history of a European sexual discourse that for him defined the bourgeois self? This book challenges Foucault's tunnel vision of the West and his marginalization of empire. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBTQ; HBTR; JFFJ; JFSL; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 151 x 19. Weight in Grams: 416.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822316909
ISBN
9780822316909
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Hardback. Series: Blacks in the Diaspora. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 24. Weight in Grams: 594.
Publisher
Indiana University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253017581
ISBN
9780253017581
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.24

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448218
ISBN
9780801448218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.97

Paperback. Sheds light on contemporary "foodie" culture's vexed relationship to nativism, nationalism and race privilege Series: America and the Long 19th Century. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations, colour plates. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSB; HBTB; JFCV; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 226 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814770030
ISBN
9780814770030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.53

Hardcover. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 401.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
232
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403911834
ISBN
9781403911834
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.57

Paperback. This text considers what happens when the "natural speech" model inherited from the Modernist poets comes up against the "natural speech" of the "Donahue" talk show, or again, how visual poetics and verse forms are responding to the languages of billboards and sound bytes. Num Pages: 264 pages, 63 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 156 x 230 x 17. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226657349
ISBN
9780226657349
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.09

Paperback. This book, now available in paperback, reappraises the place of children's literature, showing it to be a creative space where writers and illustrators try out new ideas about books, society, and narratives in an age of instant communication and multi-media. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 12. Weight in Grams: 294.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
228
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2007th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230239371
ISBN
9780230239371
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 127.81

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474409421
ISBN
9781474409421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.12
€ 103.24

Hardback. This book provides a radical reading of Edmund Spenser and argues for a re-orientation in Renaissance criticism. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 394.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748621910
ISBN
9780748621910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.28
€ 101.76

Paperback. A superb new (and complete) translation of Rilke's luminously lyrical early book of poems, with scholarly introduction and commentary. Editor(s): Hutchinson, Ben. Translator(s): Ranson, Susan. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 286 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428. A New Translation with Commentary. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 286 pages, black & white illustrations. Editor(s): Hutchinson, Ben. A superb new (and complete) translation of Rilke's luminously lyrical early book of poems, with scholarly introduction and commentary. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DC; DSC. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 18. Weight: 458. Translator(s): Ranson, Susan.
Publisher
Camden House
Number of pages
286
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Tra
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571135438
ISBN
9781571135438
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 36.19

Hardcover. This is a collection of critical essays on Ramsey Campbell, author of several award-winning stories and novels in the fields of fantasy and horror, including To Wake the Dead, Incarnate, and Grin of the Dark. Editor(s): Crawford, Gary William. Series: Studies in Supernatural Literature. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 20. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810892972
ISBN
9780810892972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 163.45

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402576
ISBN
9781474402576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.59

Hardback. Editor(s): Silver, Brenda R. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 326 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFFE2; JFSJ1; JKV; LNAA; LNF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 635.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
326
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072663
ISBN
9780231072663
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.97
€ 89.70

Paperback. Focusing on the sexualized violence of Stieg Larsson's bestselling Millennium trilogy including the novels, Swedish film adaptations, and Hollywood blockbusters this collection of essays puts Larsson's work into dialogue with Scandinavian and Anglophone crime novels by writers including Jo Nesbo, Hakan Nesser, Mo Hayder and Val McDermid." Editor(s): Astrom, Berit; Gregersdotter, Katarina; Horeck, Tanya. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSBH; DSBH5; JMU. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349338986
ISBN
9781349338986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. Strategies of interpretation implicit in antique poetry to the visual art of the Renaissance, concentrating on Raphael's Roman works and their cultural context Num Pages: 520 pages, 40 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3JB; ACND; AFC; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 171 x 31. Weight in Grams: 844.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
520
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089643421
ISBN
9789089643421
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 59.12

Paperback. Analyses how Victorians used the pathology of disease to express deep-seated anxieties about a rapidly industrialising England's relationship to the material world. Drawing on medicine, literature, political economy, sociology, anthropology, and popular advertising, the author explores the industrial logic of disease. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822326168
ISBN
9780822326168
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 20.36

Paperback. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 210 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 256.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075873
ISBN
9781906075873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.53

Paperback. A selection of letters, articles, and notes also includes the short story "A Couple of Writers" and the first chapters of Raymond Chandler's last Philip Marlowe novel, "The Poodle Springs Story", left unfinished at his death. Num Pages: 275 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BGA; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
275
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520208353
ISBN
9780520208353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 25.01

Paperback. Can Shakespeare help us with the question of how to live? This title argues that although Shakespeare strikingly dramatizes various kinds of uncertainty and scepticism, including scepticism about what it is to be human, his work can still serve as as source of existential wisdom and guidance. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 326.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748691234
ISBN
9780748691234
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.19

Hardback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780754661542
ISBN
9780754661542
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 152.06
€ 96.10

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