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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Based on real events that took place in Oyo, the ancient Yoruba city of Nigeria, in 1946, Nobel Prize-winner Wole Soyinka's play tells how Simon Pilkings, a well-meaning District Officer, intervenes to prevent the ritual suicide of the Yoruba chief, Elesin. This Student Edition includes a full introduction, commentary and questions for study. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 160 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 11. Weight in Grams: 138.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413695505
ISBN
9780413695505
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.36

Paperback. James Joyce, an iconic figure within Irish, British, European and American cultures, is growing in importance in more widely global cultural contexts as well. Dubliners, A Portrait of the Artist as a Young Man and, above all, Ulysses hold an unassailable place within the canon of twentieth-century modernist literature. Editor(s): Brown, Richard. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white halftones, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 244 x 171 x 37. Weight in Grams: 828.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
464
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780470657966
ISBN
9780470657966
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.11

Paperback. Available in English for the first time, this is a collection of essays by social philosopher and critic, T.W. Adorno, on such writers as Mann, Bloch, Holderlin, Kare Kraust, Sigfried Kracauer, Goethe, Benjamin and Stefan George. It includes Adorno's reflections on a variety of literary subjects. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Translator(s): Nicholsen, Shierry Weber. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. Num Pages: 372 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight in Grams: 524. Series: European Perspectives: A Series in Social Thought and Cultural Criticism. 372 pages. Editor(s): Tiedemann, Rolf. Available in English for the first time, this is a collection of essays by social philosopher and critic, T.W. Adorno, on such writers as Mann, Bloch, Holderlin, Kare Kraust, Sigfried Kracauer, Goethe, Benjamin and Stefan George. It includes Adorno's reflections on a variety of literary subjects. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSB. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 20. Weight: 522. Translator(s): Nicholsen, Shierry Weber.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Number of pages
372
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231069137
ISBN
9780231069137
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474426107
ISBN
9781474426107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.36

Hardback. Explores how authors used the Gothic novel to challenge the false claim of home as a safe, protected place. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 165 x 14. Weight in Grams: 370.
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1989
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252060489
ISBN
9780252060489
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 28.26

Hardcover. Contributions exploring the representation and reality of LGBT individuals and issues in historical and contemporary German-speaking culture. Editor(s): Dawson, Leanne. Series: Edinburgh German Yearbook. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; CF; DSB; GBCY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Publisher
Camden House
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2018
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571139658
ISBN
9781571139658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.00

Paperback. Allows the readers to explore substantial selections of the poetry of ten postwar poets - Patrick Kavanagh, Louis MacNeice, Thomas Kinsella, John Montague, Michael Longley, Seamus Heaney, Derek Mahon, Paul Durcan, Tom Paulin and Medbh McGuckian. Editor(s): Muldoon, Paul. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DCQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 26. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Faber & Faber England
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571228379
ISBN
9780571228379
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.50

Hardback. Series: Literature Now. Num Pages: 296 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 2 figures. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 236 x 32. Weight in Grams: 628.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231171823
ISBN
9780231171823
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.49

Paperback. Fading southern belle Blanche Dubois depends on the kindness of strangers and is adrift in the modern world. When she arrives to stay with her sister Stella in a crowded, boisterous corner of New Orleans, her delusions of grandeur bring her into conflict with Stella's crude, brutish husband Stanley. Editor(s): Browne, E. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 138 x 201 x 9. Weight in Grams: 102.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141190273
ISBN
9780141190273
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.00

Paperback. Shakespeare's tragedies contain an astonishing variety of suffering, from suicides and murders to dismemberments and grief. Stanley Wells considers how the bard's tragic plays drew on the literary and theatrical conventions of his time. Discussing the individual plays, he also explores why tragedy is regarded as a fit subject for entertainment. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 144 pages, 10 black and white images. BIC Classification: DDS; DSG; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 174 x 111. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198785293
ISBN
9780198785293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Paperback. Series: Spokesman Pamphlet. Num Pages: 16 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK; GTJ; JPVH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 154 x 177 x 1. Weight in Grams: 22.
Publisher
Bertrand Russell Peace Foundation England
Number of pages
16
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780851243382
ISBN
9780851243382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.25

Paperback. This provocative cultural critique of the imperative to be happy draws on the work of feminist, black, and queer critics showing how happiness is used to justify social oppression. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ; JFFK; JFS; JHBA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Duke University Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822347255
ISBN
9780822347255
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Hardback. The Business of Letters is a broad-ranging study of authorial economics in antebellum America that describes writers' exchange practices as profoundly rooted in, and constitutive of, social bonds. Num Pages: 344 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 661. Weight in Grams: 603.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757058
ISBN
9780804757058
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.11

Paperback. Peter Szondi's Celan Studies marks the beginning of critical work on Paul Celan, the most important German poet of the second half of the twentieth century. Translator(s): Bernofsky, Susan; Mendelsohn, Harvey. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 11. Weight in Grams: 186.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
152
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804744027
ISBN
9780804744027
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.02

Paperback. .
Publisher
Verso
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781682616
ISBN
9781781682616
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.43

Paperback. This original and distinctive verse translation of four of Sophocles' plays conveys the vitality of his poetry and the vigour of the plays as performed showpieces, encouraging the reader to relish the sound of the spoken verse and the potential for song within the lyrics. Translator(s): Taplin, Oliver. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 384 pages, 4 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192806857
ISBN
9780192806857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Hardback. .
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611476927
ISBN
9781611476927
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.49
€ 72.64

Hardcover. Includes essays that offer ecocritical readings of Irish literary and cultural texts of various genres, including fiction, poetry, creative nonfiction, drama and the visual image. This title places emphasis on place not only pervades Irish writing of the twentieth century but also is in fact rooted in ancient traditions of Celtic mythology. Editor(s): Cusick, Christine. Num Pages: 286 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSB. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 162 x 28. Weight in Grams: 578.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
286
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184547
ISBN
9781859184547
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary texts. Written by international experts, the volume's essays challenge earlier readings of childhood and offer fascinating contributions to the current upsurge of interest in constructions of childhood. Editor(s): Gavin, A. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY; JFC; JFSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349345496
ISBN
9781349345496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Paperback. A guide to the works of Louis de Bernieres. It deals with de Bernieres' themes, genre and narrative technique, and includes a close reading of the texts that are accompanied with likely exam questions, and contexts and comparisons. Series: Vintage Living Texts. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliog , glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate; (XX) Exams / tests / exercises. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 14. Weight in Grams: 150.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099437574
ISBN
9780099437574
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.99
€ 8.66

Paperback. This Norton Critical Edition reprints the authoritative Wesleyan text of Joseph Andrews, edited by Martin Battestin. Editor(s): Goldberg, Homer. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 512 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 132 x 26. Weight in Grams: 486.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
510
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1987
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393955552
ISBN
9780393955552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 17.42

Paperback. The Iliad tells the story of Greek warrior Achilles' great anger and the tragic death of Hector during the Trojan War, encapsulating the brutality of war. Its epic sweep has gripped generations of readers, and this new translation is elegant and accurate, respecting the original line numbers, and accompanied by authoritative editorial matter. Translator(s): Verity, Anthony. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 512 pages, 2 maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
Illustrated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199645213
ISBN
9780199645213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.78

Paperback. Presenting an approach to narrative analysis from a critical social perspective, this book focuses on narrative texts from a boy labelled as 'sexually abusive', analyzed from micro to global levels. The book demonstrates the power of narrative analytic procedures and the different effects produced by different levels of analysis. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: DSA; JHBC; JMB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 11. Weight in Grams: 246.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2004th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230595408
ISBN
9780230595408
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 123.23

Paperback. What's so funny about Shakespeare's comedies? Series: All That Matters. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 228.
Publisher
John Murray Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444189957
ISBN
9781444189957
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.23

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