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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSK2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 224. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Thirtieth anniversary edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231176293
ISBN
9780231176293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. Exploring themes that preoccupied Albert Camus--absurdity, silence, revolt, fidelity, and moderation--Robert Zaretsky portrays a moralist who refused to be fooled by the nobler names we assign to our actions, and who pushed himself, and those about him, to challenge the status quo. For Camus, rebellion against injustice is the human condition. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSB; HPCF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 129 x 191 x 18. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970861
ISBN
9780674970861
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 20.40

Hardback. This book, the first to trace revenge tragedy's evolving dialogue with early modern law, draws on changing laws of evidence, food riots, piracy, and debates over royal prerogative. By taking the genre's legal potential seriously, it opens up the radical critique embedded in the revenge tragedies of Kyd, Shakespeare, Marston, Chettle and Middleton. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG; DSGS; LAZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137572868
ISBN
9781137572868
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.06

Hardback. As a result, Experimental Life is a wide-ranging summation and extension of the current state of literary studies, the history of science, cultural critique, and theory. Num Pages: 320 pages, 2, 2 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; PDX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 24. Weight in Grams: 552.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421410883
ISBN
9781421410883
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 69.06

Paperback. This Student Edition of Chekhov's last and most elusive play, a study of the effect of social change on the values of individuals, includes notes on the life and career of the playwright, an introduction giving the background to the play and a guide to its interpretation. Editor(s): Worrall, Nick. Translator(s): Frayn, Michael. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1 colour, 8 page sections. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 206 x 151 x 11. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413695000
ISBN
9780413695000
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.42

Paperback. In 1934, a group of Ashington miners and a dental mechanic hired a professor from Newcastle University to teach an Art Appreciation evening class. Unable to understand each other, they embarked on one of the most unusual experiments in British art as the pitmen learned to become painters. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 140.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571242276
ISBN
9780571242276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.48

Hardback. Meg Dods, a sentimental virago, keeps a rundown inn in a derelict Tweedale village, while the young Laird is living way beyond his means. When a nearby spring becomes a Spa, life changes as a hotel and a troop of social climbers move in. Editor(s): Weinstein, Mark. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 508 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 31. Weight in Grams: 748.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
508
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605354
ISBN
9780748605354
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.89
€ 108.45

Paperback. Examines the innovative and technically accomplished nature of Burns' poetry. This book features essays on Burns' special place in Scottish, English and Irish literary culture. It demonstrates how Burns drew on Scottish vernacular traditions, English poetry and 18th-century sentimentalism to create his own, new kind of poetry. Editor(s): Sergeant, David; Stafford, Fiona. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748664887
ISBN
9780748664887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.77

Paperback. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDA; DSBB; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 204 x 39. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486811246
ISBN
9780486811246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 11.70

Paperback. Editor(s): Alderson, Valerie. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 26. Weight in Grams: 364.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199538119
ISBN
9780199538119
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.98

Paperback. Catalonia's towering Romantic poet and rebel priest, Jacint Verdaguer (1845-1902), delves deep into the Catalan imaginary in his foundational long poem Mount Canigo (1886), recounting the historical and legendary mix, both tragic and triumphant, of the medieval origins of modern Catalonia. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADC; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 236 x 25. Weight in Grams: 578.
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662988
ISBN
9781855662988
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.77

Paperback. Translator(s): Chew, Kristina. Num Pages: 174 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872206090
ISBN
9780872206090
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.38

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
€ 9.95

Paperback. Key topics in important German medieval work surveyed and reassessed. Editor(s): McConnell, Winder. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
310
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134592
ISBN
9781571134592
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 41.99

Paperback. Series: Companions to Greek and Roman Tragedy. Num Pages: 160 pages, 5 bw illus. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 163 x 7. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472569066
ISBN
9781472569066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 32.92

Hardback. Spanning a full century, from the post-Revolutionary War era to the Gilded Age, The New Middle Kingdom is a vivid look at the Far East through Western eyes, one that highlights the importance of China in antebellum US culture. Num Pages: 384 pages, 35, 14 black & white illustrations, 21 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 1KBB; DS; HBJF; HBJK; KCZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. .
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421422510
ISBN
9781421422510
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.11

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Performance and Technology. Num Pages: 233 pages, 30 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2ACSN; AN; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137438980
ISBN
9781137438980
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 113.22

Paperback. The History of Gothic Fiction debates the rise of the genre from its origins in the late eighteenth-century novel through nineteenth-century fictions of tyrants, monsters, conspirators and vampires to the twentieth-century zombie film. Num Pages: 224 pages, 10 black & white plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748611959
ISBN
9780748611959
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.34

Hardback. The Scale of Perfection is the major work of Walter Hilton, one of the best known English mystical writers of the late fourteenth century. The text circulated widely in England before becoming a spiritual classic. This is the first authoritative edition of Book II, based on detailed study of all surviving manuscripts and early printed books. Editor(s): Hussey, Stanley; Sargent, Michael. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 550 pages, 2 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Critical
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198789093
ISBN
9780198789093
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.38

Hardback. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850. Num Pages: 364 pages, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611487619
ISBN
9781611487619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.13

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