Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. What awaits us beyond the grave is perhaps the fundamental human mystery. Visionary accounts of the afterlife are attested long before the Common Era, and loomed large in the imaginative universe of early Christianity. The medieval Irish inherited and further transformed this tradition, producing vivid eschatological narratives which had a profound Editor(s): Carey, John; Nic Carthaigh, Emma; O'Dochartaigh, Caitriona. Num Pages: 964 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFR; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 252 x 59. Weight in Grams: 2732.
- Publisher
- Celtic Studies Publications,U.S. United Kingdom
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781891271205
- ISBN
- 9781891271205
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 135.82
€ 135.82
Paperback. A volume of notes, impressions of travel, of friends, of public and private events - elicited by the author's reading. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 200. A Year of Favourite Books. 272 pages. A volume of notes, impressions of travel, of friends, of public and private events - elicited by the author's reading. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: BG; DSB. Dimension: 197 x 129 x 20. Weight: 194.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841958217
- ISBN
- 9781841958217
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.38
€ 14.99
€ 11.38
Paperback. This updated edition is ideal to support students when studying and revising for the new A level English Literature exams. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 212 x 297 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781447982272
- ISBN
- 9781447982272
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.78
€ 11.78
Paperback. Editor(s): White, Landeg. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 214.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199539963
- ISBN
- 9780199539963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.05
€ 17.99
€ 14.05
Paperback. Holding in balance the ecological and the technological, ancient and modern, this work sings languages and cultures, people and habitats burgeoning on the brink of extinction. Assured in its rhymes and cadences, it is often attentive to poetry in other tongues, not least Gaelic. Num Pages: 80 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 133 x 7. Weight in Grams: 112.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780224080873
- ISBN
- 9780224080873
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 12.40
€ 16.99
€ 12.40
Paperback. An examination of the ways major modernist novels use the physical book to track the passing of time in which reading necessarily unfolds, this study explores the sense of finitude and transience that the works of Marcel Proust, James Joyce, and Virginia Woolf share with and transmit to their readers. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 10. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823270989
- ISBN
- 9780823270989
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 29.31
€ 29.99
€ 29.31
Hardcover. An examination of how women's writings, over two hundred centuries, shaped public opinion and morality. Series: Royal Historical Society Studies in History. Num Pages: 300 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, 5 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
- Publisher
- Royal Historical Society
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780861933433
- ISBN
- 9780861933433
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.41
€ 113.41
Paperback. A new book by America's leading literary critic on the uses of deep reading. Practical, inspirational and learned, How to Read and Why is Bloom's manifesto for the preponderance of written culture. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 18. Weight in Grams: 216.
- Publisher
- Harpercollins Pb
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- New Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781841150390
- ISBN
- 9781841150390
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.68
€ 17.99
€ 12.68
Paperback. Augusten Burroughs's jaw-dropping memoir, out now in paperback: 'Adrian Mole scripted by Hieronymous Bosch' Fiona Hook, The Times Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 25. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Edition
- Main
- Publisher
- Atlantic Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843541516
- ISBN
- 9781843541516
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.32
€ 14.99
€ 11.32
Paperback. This biography describes Virginia Woolf's family and childhood; her early writings; the formation of the Bloomsbury group; her marriage to Leonard Woolf; the mental breakdowns of 1912-15; the origins and growth of the Hogarth Press and the political and personal distresses of her last years. Num Pages: 576 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 156 x 43. Weight in Grams: 744.
- Publisher
- Vintage United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 576
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780712674508
- ISBN
- 9780712674508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 18.60
€ 26.99
€ 18.60
Paperback. BIC Classification: APT; DSB; JFCA; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 210 x 22. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Henry Holt & Company Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781627796064
- ISBN
- 9781627796064
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 15.72
€ 17.99
€ 15.72
Paperback. Editor(s): Turco, Jeffrey. Series: Islandica. Num Pages: 250 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Cornell University Library
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780935995237
- ISBN
- 9780935995237
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 31.30
€ 32.99
€ 31.30
Paperback. An edition of Tacitus' work on oratory, with a substantial introduction and commentary. Editor(s): Mayer, Roland. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3D; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 180 x 125 x 8. Weight in Grams: 246. Series: Cambridge Greek and Latin Classics. 240 pages. Editor(s): Mayer, Roland. An edition of Tacitus' work on oratory, with a substantial introduction and commentary. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ADL; 3D; DNF; DSBB. Dimension: 180 x 125 x 8. Weight: 238.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521469968
- ISBN
- 9780521469968
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.00
€ 42.00
Paperback.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Cork University Press Cork
- Number of pages
- 98
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781859183618
- ISBN
- 9781859183618
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.64
€ 10.64
Paperback. Arturo Barea (1897-1957) is often seen as merely a spontaneous writer with a passion against injustice. This biography is based on numerous interviews with people who knew Barea. It revisits Barea's writing qualities and deficiencies in the context of stimulating intersections of literature and politics, and of Spain and England. Num Pages: 243 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 2ADS; BGL; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 243
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845194697
- ISBN
- 9781845194697
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 32.90
€ 36.99
€ 32.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198779858
- ISBN
- 9780198779858
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.00
€ 14.99
€ 12.00
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441122957
- ISBN
- 9781441122957
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.39
€ 35.99
€ 30.39
Hardback. A guide to the published writings of Graham Greene, from his literary writings to published letters and interviews. It surveys not only Greene's literary work - including his fiction, poetry and drama - but also his other published writings. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; DSR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 165 x 242 x 28. Weight in Grams: 766.
- Publisher
- Continuum Publishing Corporation
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441199959
- ISBN
- 9781441199959
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 211.07€ 185.98
€ 211.07
€ 185.98
Paperback. This fascinating volume reveals the real men - and women - behind some of the most infamous London villains ever to appear in fiction. Num Pages: 194 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK; FFC; FZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 165 x 20. Weight in Grams: 568.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780752454184
- ISBN
- 9780752454184
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.32
€ 25.99
€ 22.32
Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's classic love story, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with acclaimed directors Adrian Noble, Gregory Doran and Braham Murray, looks at specific productions in the play's history, and a completely new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 130 x 14. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230576186
- ISBN
- 9780230576186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 12.29
€ 12.29