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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Whether you're a devoted Janeite or simply Jane-curious, The Making of Jane Austen will have you thinking about how a literary icon is made, transformed, and handed down from generation to generation. Num Pages: 304 pages, 23, 23 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422824
- ISBN
- 9781421422824
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 28.12
€ 30.99
€ 28.12
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713642889
- ISBN
- 9780713642889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.29
€ 14.99
€ 14.29
Paperback. The ultimate collection of tasteless and sick jokes that just shouldn't be told. Series: Mammoth Books. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 133 x 39. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781849010559
- ISBN
- 9781849010559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.19
€ 17.99
€ 13.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Coward, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 656 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 656
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537259
- ISBN
- 9780199537259
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408865507
- ISBN
- 9781408865507
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.63
€ 15.63
Paperback. This Very Short Introduction aims to disentangle the 'real' Marquis de Sade from his mythical and demonic reputation of the past two hundred years. Phillips examines Sade's life and work: his libertine novels, his championing of atheism, and his uniqueness in bringing the body and sex back into philosophy. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 173 x 111 x 9. Weight in Grams: 126.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192804693
- ISBN
- 9780192804693
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. Readers of Herodotus' Histories are familiar with its reports of bizarre portents, riddling oracles, and striking dreams. This book represents an examination of signs and their interpreters, as well as the terminology Herodotus uses to describe sign transmission, reception, and decoding. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 298 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 298
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055889
- ISBN
- 9780674055889
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.25
€ 26.99
€ 26.25
Hardcover. The Masters of the Revels and Elizabeth I's Court Theatre offers a complete revision of established views of the structure and function of Elizabeth I's Revels Office, arguing that the revels essentially became a commercial enterprise, paid for by the ordinary Londoners. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 342
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198719670
- ISBN
- 9780198719670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 156.04
€ 156.04
Hardcover. MawlanaJalal al-Din Rumi's poem, the Mathnawi, is one of the best known and most influential works of Muslim mysticism. Nicholson's critical edition is based on the oldest known manuscript, including the earliest, dated 1278, and preserved in the Mawlana Museum at Qonya. Editor(s): Nicholson, Reynold A. Num Pages: 373 pages, 373 & 474 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCQ; DSBB; DSC; HRH; HRLK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 158 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1397.
- Publisher
- Gibb Memorial Trust
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- 2nd
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780906094280
- ISBN
- 9780906094280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.44€ 73.45
€ 76.44
€ 73.45
Paperback. This work brings together the three volumes of Olson's long poem (originally published in 1960, 1968 and 1975 respectively) in one book. Num Pages: 664 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 176 x 256 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1228.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 664
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520055957
- ISBN
- 9780520055957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 37.11
€ 52.99
€ 37.11
Paperback. The text of this edition is based on the Wessex Edition of 1912, which was revised and corrected by the author. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 480 pages, chronology, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 181 x 25. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 462
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393974980
- ISBN
- 9780393974980
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.21
€ 17.99
€ 16.21
Paperback. We have all wondered about the meaning of life. Is there an answer? Is it up to us? Or is the question a bogus one? Terry Eagleton takes a witty, stimulating look at this most compelling of questions - and proposes his own answer. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 128 pages, 12 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 113 x 8. Weight in Grams: 104.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199532179
- ISBN
- 9780199532179
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.77
€ 11.99
€ 10.77
Paperback. New research into medieval English literature, with a particular focus on manuscripts and writing. Editor(s): Matsuda, Takami; Linenthal, Richard A.; Scahill, John. Num Pages: 552 pages, 82 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 270 x 183 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1565.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843844051
- ISBN
- 9781843844051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 49.56
€ 52.99
€ 49.56
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 9 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226446622
- ISBN
- 9780226446622
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 26.52
€ 33.99
€ 26.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801487835
- ISBN
- 9780801487835
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 33.69
€ 33.99
€ 33.69
Paperback. This text argues that melodrama is a crucial mode of expression in modern literature. After studying stage melodrama as a dominant popular form in the 1800s, the author looks at Balzac and Henry James, to show how these "realist" novelists created fiction using rhetoric and excess of melodrama. Num Pages: 251 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADF; AN; DSBF; DSBH; DSG; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 251
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300065534
- ISBN
- 9780300065534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 23.75
€ 32.99
€ 23.75
Paperback. A Student Edition of Shelagh Stephenson's award-winning play, complete with full introduction, commentary and questions for study. Editor(s): Lewis, Steve. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 13. Weight in Grams: 186.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Student
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780413776143
- ISBN
- 9780413776143
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 14.20
€ 14.99
€ 14.20
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- MIT Press Ltd
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780262073035
- ISBN
- 9780262073035
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.34
€ 18.99
€ 16.34
Hardback. Num Pages: 246 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472004
- ISBN
- 9781611472004
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.67
€ 115.67
Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's bittersweet comedy of courtship and ethnic tension includes new interviews with leading directors and actors (Darko Tresnjak, David Thacker, Antony Sher and Henry Goodman), looks at specific productions in the play's history, and features a new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 12. Weight in Grams: 226.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243866
- ISBN
- 9780230243866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.20
€ 12.20
Paperback. Presents a comedy of love and money in sixteenth-century Venice, in which Bassanio wants to impress the wealthy heiress Portia, but lacks the funds. He turns to his merchant friend, Antonio, who is forced to borrow from Shylock. When Antonio's business falters, repayment becomes impossible, and Shylock is able to demand a pound of Antonio's flesh. Editor(s): Raffel, Professor Burton. Series: The Annotated Shakespeare. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 146 x 196 x 14. Weight in Grams: 164.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300115642
- ISBN
- 9780300115642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.03
€ 7.03
Paperback. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages, halftones. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199535859
- ISBN
- 9780199535859
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.86
€ 10.99
€ 9.86
Hardcover. The comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205--184BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. Twenty-one of his plays are extant. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 115 x 30. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674996823
- ISBN
- 9780674996823
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.42
€ 33.99
€ 30.42
Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's touching fable of loss and reunion, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with directors Bill Alexander and Rachel Kavanaugh and actor Simon Callows, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and includes an illuminating introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 192 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 212.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230284111
- ISBN
- 9780230284111
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.22
€ 12.22