Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Rather than teaching children to obey authority, to conform, or to seek redemption through prayer, twentieth-century leftists encouraged children to question the authority of those in power. This title offers a collection of stories, poems, comic strips, primers, and other texts for children that embody this radical tradition. Editor(s): Mickenberg, Julia L.; Nel, Philip. Num Pages: 313 pages, 100 illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 278 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 792.
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 313
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814757215
- ISBN
- 9780814757215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. First published in 1986 with a second edition in 1996, Feminist Literary Theory: A Reader constitutes one of the classic texts of second-into-third-wave feminist literary studies. Editor(s): Eagleton, Mary. Num Pages: 502 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 27. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 504
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 3rd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405183130
- ISBN
- 9781405183130
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 44.43
€ 45.99
€ 44.43
Paperback. In addition to the UVA text of Brown's novel, this edition includes an introduction setting the work in its historical, literary, and intellectual contexts. It also includes several of Brown's writings on such subjects as somnambulism and the uses of history in fiction. Editor(s): Barnard, Philip; Shapiro, Stephen. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 267
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208537
- ISBN
- 9780872208537
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 19.67
€ 25.99
€ 19.67
Paperback. This peerless edition of Chaucer's complete works is the fruit of many years' study and is widely regarded as the standard text. Edited and annotated to a high standard, and with a new foreword by Christopher Cannon, the Riverside Chaucer is now the indispensable edition for students and readers of Chaucer. Num Pages: 1392 pages. BIC Classification: DCF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 209 x 148 x 62. Weight in Grams: 1166.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 3rd Revised edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199552092
- ISBN
- 9780199552092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.95
€ 40.99
€ 40.95
Hardback. The Oxford English Literary History is the new century's definitive account of a rich and diverse literary heritage that stretches back for a millennium and more. This volume explores the vast cultural, literary, social, and political transformations which characterized the period 1000-1350. Series: Oxford English Literary History. Num Pages: 448 pages, 12 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199575381
- ISBN
- 9780199575381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.76
€ 87.76
Paperback. Highlights the rhythmic and linguistic patterns "Shakespeare" gives the speaker. This title shows you how to approach the perennial issues of performing "Shakespeare", including: wordplay; strategies; headlining a speech and playing soliloquys; building tension, sharing responsibility and 'passing the ball'. It is suitable for actors and students. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ANC; ANH; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415549271
- ISBN
- 9780415549271
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Condition: New
€ 47.25
€ 47.25
Paperback. Bringing together a lifetime's work on Lewis Carroll, this work looks at Carroll's puzzles and games of logic and focuses on topics ranging from Alice's influence on the Beat poet, Jack Kerouac to how mercury in hat linings turned hatters mad. Illustrator(s): Tenniel, Sir John. Num Pages: 368 pages, illustrations, references. BIC Classification: 2BMH; DSBF; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 256.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140289299
- ISBN
- 9780140289299
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 11.81
€ 15.99
€ 11.81
Paperback. This is a brilliant, exemplary edition and a must-have for any serious student of the poem. Liuzza has set the standard for many years to come. Stacy S. Klein, Rutgers University Editor(s): Liuzza, R. M. Translator(s): Liuzza, R. M. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 12. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810642
- ISBN
- 9781554810642
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 18.54
€ 18.99
€ 18.54
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Matthews, Tom. Num Pages: 120 pages, 5ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBW; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 145 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164. 113pp
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Poetry Society
- Number of pages
- 120
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0197833
- ISBN
- 9781902121000
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Khalfa, Jean. Translator(s): Corcoran, Steven. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; HBTR; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2018
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474250214
- ISBN
- 9781474250214
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 55.86
€ 55.86
Paperback. Makes literary thinking visible Series: Scholarship of Teaching and Learning. Num Pages: 163 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DS; JNM; JNU. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 163
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253223562
- ISBN
- 9780253223562
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.12
€ 26.99
€ 25.12
Paperback. Series: A Reader's Guides. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 215 x 11. Weight in Grams: 244.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441135315
- ISBN
- 9781441135315
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.58
€ 31.99
€ 28.58
Paperback. This authoritative edition was formerly published in the acclaimed Oxford Authors series under the general editorship of Frank Kermode. It brings together a unique combination of Donne's poetry and prose - all the major poems, complemented by rarely published letters and extracts from Donne's sermons - to give the essence of his work and thinking. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537945
- ISBN
- 9780199537945
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.50
€ 15.99
€ 12.50
Paperback. Explores the relationship between unexpected events in narrative and life. Focusing on surprise, spontaneous eruption and the unforeseeable, this book argues that stories help us to reconcile what we expect with what we experience. It also provides an overview of the question of surprise in philosophy and literature. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474402354
- ISBN
- 9781474402354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.31
€ 38.99
€ 35.31
Paperback. Num Pages: 208 pages, 110 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 210. .
- Publisher
- The Bodleian Library United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781851242573
- ISBN
- 9781851242573
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.74
€ 33.99
€ 24.74
Paperback. Translator(s): Yastremski, Slava I. Series: Russian Library. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 142 x 216 x 18. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231180818
- ISBN
- 9780231180818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.90
€ 23.99
€ 17.90
Paperback. As a young man, Haruki Murakami played records and mixed drinks at his Tokyo Jazz club, Peter Cat, then wrote at the kitchen table until the sun came up. He loves music of all kinds - jazz, classical, folk, rock - and has more than six thousand records at home. And when he writes, his words have a music all their own, much of it learned from jazz. Num Pages: 480 pages, port. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing
- Number of pages
- 480
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099455448
- ISBN
- 9780099455448
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37
Paperback. For historians William Shakespeare is both a curse and a blessing: a curse because he immortalized Tudor spin on fifteenth-century civil wars that helped justify their occupation of the throne; a blessing because without Shakespeare's 8-play history cycle, hardly anyone beyond specialists in the history of the period would know of their existence. Num Pages: 208 pages, 24 b & w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Fonthill Media
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781554159
- ISBN
- 9781781554159
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 17.06
€ 23.99
€ 17.06
Paperback. Marking the 50th anniversary of Lewis' death, The Intellectual World of C.S. Lewis sees leading Christian thinker Alister McGrath offering a fresh approach to understanding the key themes at the centre of Lewis' theological work and intellectual development. Num Pages: 206 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 227 x 15. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 206
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470672792
- ISBN
- 9780470672792
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 29.79
€ 30.99
€ 29.79
Paperback. This new edition of Shakespeare's journey into the Forest of Arden, developed by and for the RSC, includes new interviews with two acclaimed directors (Dominic Cooke and Michael Boyd) and an actor (Naomi Frederick), looks at specific productions in the play's history, and a new introduction by acclaimed scholar Jonathan Bate. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 194 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Edition
- 2010th Edition
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230243804
- ISBN
- 9780230243804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.33
€ 11.33