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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. A group of pilgrims entertain each other with stories on their way to Canterbury in a poem whose characters, from the Knight to the Wife of Bath, are as vivid as their tales. This new edition of David Wright's acclaimed translation includes a new critical introduction and invaluable notes by a leading Chaucer scholar. Translator(s): Wright, David. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 560 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 136 x 25. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 560
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199599028
- ISBN
- 9780199599028
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.99€ 9.95
€ 10.99
€ 9.95
Hardcover. Num Pages: 344 pages, illus. BIC Classification: BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 344
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845195809
- ISBN
- 9781845195809
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 72.45
€ 72.45
Hardcover. This volume presents a winning selection of the very best essays from the long and distinguished career of Stanley Wells, one of the most well-known and respected Shakespeare scholars in the world. Its chapters are divided into themed sections, on Shakespearian influences, particular works, theatre, and text. Editor(s): Edmondson, Paul. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 166 x 241 x 43. Weight in Grams: 780.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198786542
- ISBN
- 9780198786542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 37.51
€ 37.51
Paperback. 'York Notes Advanced' offer an accessible approach to English Literature. This series has been completely updated to meet the needs of today's A-level and undergraduate students. Written by established literature experts, York Notes Advanced introduce students to more sophisticated analysis, a range of critical perspectives and wider contexts. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 96 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 145 x 6. Weight in Grams: 132.
- Publisher
- Longman
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582414624
- ISBN
- 9780582414624
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.34
€ 11.34
Hardcover. Sarah M. Allen explores the tale literature of eighth- and ninth-century China to show how written tales of the Tang canon we know today grew out of a fluid culture of hearsay in elite society. The book focuses on two main types of tales, those based in gossip about recognizable public figures and those developed out of lore concerning the occult. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB; HBJF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 24. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674417205
- ISBN
- 9780674417205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 37.79
€ 45.99
€ 37.79
Paperback. The Irish Novel 1960-2010 is the first book to study how the novel has been involved in discussing the seeds of change and the response to change as it evolved. The result is a wide-ranging survey, accessible and rewarding for both the student and the general public. Num Pages: 254 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 22. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Publisher
- Cork University Press
- Number of pages
- 254
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782050582
- ISBN
- 9781782050582
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.00€ 21.31
€ 25.00
€ 21.31
Paperback. A scintillating new biography of the novelist Evelyn Waugh, published fifty years after his death in 1966. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3x8pp plate sections. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Orion Publishing Co
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780224862
- ISBN
- 9781780224862
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.39
€ 17.99
€ 13.39
Hardback. A Handful of Mischief: New Essays on Evelyn Waugh is a collection of essays based on presentations at the Evelyn Waugh Centenary Conference at Hertford College, Oxford in 2003. There are twelve different essays by authors from various countries, including Australia, Canada, Russia, the United Kingdom, and the United States. Num Pages: 256 pages, map. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611470482
- ISBN
- 9781611470482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 138.79
€ 138.79
Paperback. The SCOTNOTES booklets are a series of study guides to major Scottish writers and texts frequently used within literature courses, aimed at senior secondary school pupils and students in further education. This title covers three novels by Iain Banks. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; YQC. Category: (ES) Secondary. Dimension: 211 x 154 x 5. Weight in Grams: 122.
- Publisher
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948877483
- ISBN
- 9780948877483
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.29
€ 10.29
Hardcover. This book examines how the interplay between nineteenth-century literary and visual media paralleled the emergence of a modern psychological understanding of the ways in which reading, viewing and dreaming generate moving images in the mind. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, 11 b+w illustrations. BIC Classification: APFA; DSBF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 241 x 160 x 18. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748669486
- ISBN
- 9780748669486
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.99
€ 106.95
€ 102.99
Paperback. Literary history meets economic policy in this entertaining polemic on the ethical and potentially destructive power of terrible literature. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; KCX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 376 x 27. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781501313110
- ISBN
- 9781501313110
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 21.79
€ 30.99
€ 21.79
Paperback. A fresh new edition of two of Shakespeare's most unusual and provocative histories, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Gregory Doran, Josie Rourke and Gregory Thompson, looks at specific productions in each of the plays' histories, and includes introductions by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 376 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 201 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 376
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230361928
- ISBN
- 9780230361928
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.46
€ 17.99
€ 16.46
Paperback. Pretty Hetty Sorrel is loved by the village carpenter Adam Bede, but her head is turned by the attentions of the fickle young squire. His dalliance with the dairymaid affects the lives of many in their small rural community. This new edition of Eliot's pioneering classic of social realism uses the definitive Clarendon text. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 592 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 592
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199203475
- ISBN
- 9780199203475
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.86
€ 11.99
€ 10.86
Paperback. Offers an account of the author's modest upbringing in Danzig, his time as a boy soldier fighting the Russians, and the writing of his masterpiece, The Tin Drum, in Paris. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 121 x 28. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099507598
- ISBN
- 9780099507598
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 15.84
€ 19.00
€ 15.84
paperback. The third New Cambridge edition of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night, updated by Penny Gay for the contemporary student reader. Editor(s): Donno, Elizabeth Story. Series: The New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 200 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107565463
- ISBN
- 9781107565463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.96
€ 14.96
Hardback. This book places Woolf's writing in the context of sartorial practice from the Victorian period to the 1930s, and theories of dress and fashion from Thomas Carlyle to Walter Benjamin, Wyndham Lewis and J.C. Flugel. Num Pages: 192 pages, 9 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 434.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748638727
- ISBN
- 9780748638727
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.95€ 102.99
€ 106.95
€ 102.99
Hardback. This is the first book to consistently read English Modernist literature as testimony to trauma of the First and Second World Wars. Focusing upon T.S. Eliot and D.H. Lawrence, it examines the impact of war upon their lives and their strategies to resist it through literary innovation. Num Pages: 252 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 139 x 20. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 2011th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230291577
- ISBN
- 9780230291577
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.56
€ 65.56
Paperback. Helps the reader understand and enjoy Shakespeare on the stage as well as on the page. This book includes scene-by-scene summary of the play "Macbeth". Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576209
- ISBN
- 9780230576209
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.42
€ 12.42
Hardback. Translator(s): Yastremski, Slava I. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224 x 26. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180801
- ISBN
- 9780231180801
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.45
€ 46.99
€ 33.45
Hardcover. This text is a full-length study of Blake's use of British mythology and history. It addresses why the 18th century saw a revival of interest in the legends of the British Isles and how Blake applied these in his prophetic histories. Num Pages: 215 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 213 x 8. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- 1999th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333738962
- ISBN
- 9780333738962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.15
€ 124.15
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137366160
- ISBN
- 9781137366160
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.08€ 34.75
€ 95.08
€ 34.75
Paperback. Series: Student Guides. Num Pages: 155 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 210 x 155 x 9. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781871551488
- ISBN
- 9781871551488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.43
€ 16.99
€ 15.43
Hardback. This deft volume, which ultimately challenges the conventional scholarly opposition of standards of masculinity and femininity, will appeal to scholars and students of the classical world, European warfare, and gender studies. Editor(s): Fabre-Serris, Jacqueline; Keith, Alison. Num Pages: 360 pages, 13, 13 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1QDA; 2ADL; 2AHA; DSBB; HBG; HBLA; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421417622
- ISBN
- 9781421417622
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.26
€ 71.26
Paperback. Tracing the canonization through translation of The Tale of Genji from the 1830s to the 1950s, Michael Emmerich rewrites the early modern and modern history of the work, illuminating the intricate process by which it came to be recognized as a classic of both Japanese and world literature. Num Pages: 512 pages, 129. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 734.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231162739
- ISBN
- 9780231162739
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15