Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. All roads lead to Rome, the eternal city, the centre of Christendom, the lodestone of the pilgrim and the artist, the seat of the only Empire that has ever succeeded in uniting the European landmass. This title weaves a tapestry of ancient, medieval and modern poetry, from Virgil to Pasolini. Series: Poetry of Place. Num Pages: 150 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSRC; WTH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 107 x 10. Weight in Grams: 98.
- Publisher
- Eland Publishing Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 150
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906011222
- ISBN
- 9781906011222
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.99€ 8.46
€ 9.99
€ 8.46
Hardback. Biondo Flavio was a pioneering figure in the Renaissance discovery of antiquity and popularized the term Middle Age to describe the period between the fall of the Roman Empire and the revival of antiquity in his own time. Rome in Triumph is the capstone of his research program, addressing the question: What made Rome great? Editor(s): Pincelli, Maria Agata. Translator(s): Muecke, Francis. Series: The I Tatti Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 3H; DSBB; HBJD; HBLH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 144 x 212 x 29. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055049
- ISBN
- 9780674055049
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.56
€ 40.99
€ 33.56
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Nick Hern Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848425439
- ISBN
- 9781848425439
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.19
€ 13.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. With outstanding on-page explanatory notes, an in-depth scene-by-scene summary and fascinating interviews with actors David Tennant and Alexandra Gilbreath and director Michael Attenborough, this fresh edition from the Royal Shakespeare Company offers enlightening new approaches to Shakespeare's tragic love story. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230232082
- ISBN
- 9780230232082
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.26
€ 11.26
Paperback. "The play plus a translation anyone can understand"--Cover. Editor(s): Crowther, John. Series: No Fear Shakespeare. Num Pages: 287 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 134 x 20. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- SparkNotes
- Number of pages
- 287
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- Study Guide ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781586638450
- ISBN
- 9781586638450
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.90
€ 10.99
€ 9.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SparkNotes
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Study Guide
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411469631
- ISBN
- 9781411469631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.20
€ 8.99
€ 8.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Andrews, John F (Shakespeare Guild USA). BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 249 x 27. Weight in Grams: 558.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138852716
- ISBN
- 9781138852716
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Paperback. A new type of study guide which combines an exploration of Shakespeare's language with. specific help for students looking to develop their own critical responses and skills. Hamlet remains the most studied of Shakespeare's tragedies and this guide examines it as a turning point in his writing career. Series: Arden Student Skills: Language and Writing. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 135 x 10. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408171752
- ISBN
- 9781408171752
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.33
€ 26.99
€ 23.33
Paperback. With an introduction, notes and references, this title combines two books which were among the greatest contributions to feminist literature this century, which together form a brilliant attack on sexual inequality. It argues against the intellectual subjection of women, particularly women writers. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Vintage Classics
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099734314
- ISBN
- 9780099734314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.78
€ 7.78
Paperback. The once and future history of sex and gender Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5499 x 3564 x 458. Weight in Grams: 345.
- Publisher
- University of Illinois Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780252073793
- ISBN
- 9780252073793
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 25.89
€ 25.99
€ 25.89
Paperback. Explores a specific site - the Reading Room of the British Museum - as a space of imaginative potential in relation to the emergence of modern women writers in Victorian and early 20th-century London. This book challenges an assessment of the Reading Room of the British Museum as a bastion of class and gender privilege. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697946
- ISBN
- 9780748697946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.10
€ 27.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. Tom Stoppard's reputation as a playwright was made when his dazzling debut, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, opened at the National Theatre. Fifty years later, the play's wit, stagecraft and verbal verve remain as exhilarating as they were in 1967. This edition aims to coincide with a fiftieth anniversary production at The Old Vic, London. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 130.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Main - Faber Modern Classics
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571333721
- ISBN
- 9780571333721
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.41
€ 14.99
€ 11.41
Paperback. Providing coverage of structuralist models and of the frameworks developed for the study of literary narratives, this reference also seeks to give an overview of paradigms for analyzing stories across a variety of media and genres - from film, television, opera, and digital environments, to gossip, sports broadcasts, and comics and graphic novels. Editor(s): Herman, David; Jahn, Manfred; Ryan, Marie-Laure. Num Pages: 752 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 175 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1330.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 752
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415775120
- ISBN
- 9780415775120
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 77.10
€ 77.10
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415780094
- ISBN
- 9780415780094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.19
€ 43.99
€ 42.19
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1982
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140431490
- ISBN
- 9780140431490
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.11
€ 17.99
€ 14.11
Paperback. One of the finest British poets of this century, Roy Fuller was awarded the Queen's Gold Medal for Poetry, the C.B.E., and was elected to the Oxford Professorship of Poetry. The achievements of the late poet, novelist, critic and autobiographer are honoured here in essays and poems by writers who were his friends. Editor(s): Tolley, A.T. Num Pages: 137 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230. . Keywords: "Special Features - Used Books - Biography - Novelists, Poets & Playwrights - Poets,Special Features - Used Books - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Poetry & Poets,Subjects - Biography"
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Carleton University Press,Canada U.S.A.
- Number of pages
- 137
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- SKU
- KHS0038618
- ISBN
- 9780886292102
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 19.99€ 17.52
€ 19.99
€ 17.52
Hardcover. Provides an reading of Kipling's fiction using the feminist psychoanalytic methodology of Julia Kristeva and Helene Cixous, focusing particularly on ideas of the abjected maternal feminine. This book examines Kipling's ambivalent relationship to the India of his childhood and the 'loss' of his mother figures. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 22. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748698554
- ISBN
- 9780748698554
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.53€ 101.00
€ 105.53
€ 101.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 336 pages, 12. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HBTQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801497674
- ISBN
- 9780801497674
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.57
€ 34.99
€ 31.57
Hardcover. It is often said that Rumi (aka Jalal al-Din, 1207-73) is the most popular poet in the United States. The main key to Rumi's success is the spiritual appeal of his work. It combines lyrical beauty with philosophical profundity, a sense of rapture and an acute awareness of human suffering in ways which speak directly to contemporary audiences. Editor(s): Washington, Peter. Series: Everyman's Library Pocket Poets. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 167 x 116 x 20. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Everyman
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841597690
- ISBN
- 9781841597690
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.48
€ 16.99
€ 12.48
Paperback. Considered one of the greatest works of Persian literature, this title is written by a medieval Sufi mystic who also happens to be the most popular poet in America. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 234 x 35. Weight in Grams: 586.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780061905834
- ISBN
- 9780061905834
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.06
€ 16.99
€ 12.06