Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. This excellent and accessible work includes many major texts in translation: Aristotle's Poetics, Longinus' On Sublimity, Horace's Art of Poetry, Tacitus' Dialogues, and extracts from Plato and Plutarch. Editor(s): Russell, D. A.; Winterbottom, Michael. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199549818
- ISBN
- 9780199549818
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.89
€ 11.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. George Orwell has become one of the most potent and symbolic figures in western political thought. Including interviews with friends and people who knew him in his years of obscurity, this book offers a human portrait of the writer too often embalmed as a secular saint. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPR; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 40. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283461
- ISBN
- 9780099283461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Spanning a century of literary history, from the pitched battles fought between Eliot-era modernists and Georgian traditionalists to the impact of creative writing degrees and the media don of today and more, this book explores the myriad influences on English literary life in the past century and the way in which they have shaped our preferences. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 261 x 2. Weight in Grams: 720.
- Publisher
- Vintage Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099556077
- ISBN
- 9780099556077
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.49
€ 17.99
€ 13.49
Hardcover. Eight leading contemporary interpreters of Classical Greek tragedy here explore its relation - convergence and divergence - with ideas of the Archaic Period. Editor(s): Cairns, D. L. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125579
- ISBN
- 9781905125579
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 80.80
€ 80.80
Hardback. A volume that gathers critical perspectives on Shaw's feminism and the contradictions therein. Editor(s): Hadfield, D. A.; Reynolds, Jean. Num Pages: 250 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 152 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813042435
- ISBN
- 9780813042435
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.70
€ 120.70
Paperback. The Austen heroine must suppress her wit to become the one and not the other, to become, that is, a person fit to be tied in a conjugal knot. But for herself, Austen refuses personhood, with all its constraints and needs, and disappears into the sourceless anonymity of her style. Num Pages: 128 pages, 1 halftone. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 128 x 8. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Number of pages
- 120
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691123875
- ISBN
- 9780691123875
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 25.06
€ 33.99
€ 25.06
Hardcover. In this study, David Brauner explores the representation of Jewishness in a number of works by postwar British and American Jewish writers, identifying a transatlantic sensibility characterized by an insistent compulsion to explain themselves and their Jewishness in ambivalent terms. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; HRJ; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 487.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333740354
- ISBN
- 9780333740354
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.85€ 81.99
€ 130.85
€ 81.99
Paperback. Ovid's Metamorphosis is a work which displays his mature genius and is a treasure house of mythology. This volume continues in the same style as books I-IV, V-VIII; with a line by line translation and notes which trace Ovid's sources and his influence on literature and art. Series: Aris & Phillips Classical Texts. Num Pages: 240 pages, text, translation, commentary. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DCQ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 149 x 13. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856686467
- ISBN
- 9780856686467
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.29
€ 34.99
€ 31.29
Paperback. In these impressions of the Italian countryside: "Twilight in Italy", "Sea and Sardina", and "Etruscan Places", the author transforms ordinary incidents into passages of intense beauty. Editor(s): Squires, Michael. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 528
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141441559
- ISBN
- 9780141441559
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.08
€ 19.99
€ 15.08
Paperback. Lawrence asserted that 'the proper function of a critic is to save the tale from the artist who created it'. This title includes essays that exposed 'the American whole soul' within some of that continent's major works of literature. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140183771
- ISBN
- 9780140183771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 14.33
€ 17.99
€ 14.33
Paperback. D.H. Lawrence's first travel book and an important insight into the roots of his literary genius. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DST; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 198 x 18. Weight in Grams: 190.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781780769653
- ISBN
- 9781780769653
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 12.58
€ 15.99
€ 12.58
Paperback. This 1989 edition of D. H. Lawrence's The Rainbow gives the composition history and collates the surviving states of the text. Editor(s): Kinkead-Weekes, Mark. Series: The Cambridge Edition of the Works of D. H. Lawrence. Num Pages: 750 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 216 x 51. Weight in Grams: 974.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 750
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107561489
- ISBN
- 9781107561489
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.23
€ 42.23
hardcover. Num Pages: 264 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 212 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 356.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226329659
- ISBN
- 9780226329659
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 79.61
€ 95.17
€ 79.61
Hardcover. Although often embroiled in controversy and public debate, Spender's all consuming passion was literature. This is a serious literary biography which quotes extensively from Spender's writing and shows its relationship to the major political and social events with which Spender became involved. Num Pages: 350 pages, b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSC; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 160. Weight in Grams: 644. Very good copy in good dustwrappers. DW has light shelf wear, remains very good
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KCW0016490
- ISBN
- 9780715629482
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 282.
- Publisher
- NeWest Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 248
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781896300344
- ISBN
- 9781896300344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.08
€ 26.99
€ 19.08
Paperback. Series: Routledge Introductions to American Literature. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415839655
- ISBN
- 9780415839655
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.94
€ 59.94
Hardback. Series: Harvard Studies in Classical Philology. Num Pages: 322 pages, 6ill. BIC Classification: CF; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 149 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 322
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674379329
- ISBN
- 9780674379329
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.60
€ 54.99
€ 46.60
Hardcover. Editor(s): Salwak, Dale. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445. Keywords: "Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Literary Studies,Subjects - Biography - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - General,S"
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke
- Number of pages
- 260
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KHS0048260
- ISBN
- 9781403904768
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Editor(s): Salwak, Dale. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445. Keywords: "Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Literary Studies,Subjects - Biography - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - General,S"
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KHS0047668
- ISBN
- 9781403904768
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. Editor(s): Salwak, Dale. Num Pages: 260 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 445. Keywords: "Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - Literary Studies,Subjects - Biography - General,Subjects - Poetry, Drama & Criticism - History & Criticism - General,S"
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan Basingstoke
- Edition
- 2004th Edition
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KHS0048261
- ISBN
- 9781403904768
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 280 pages, 19 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780816639519
- ISBN
- 9780816639519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.67
€ 30.99
€ 27.67
Hardback. This rich and varied collection of essays makes a timely contribution to critical debates about the Female Gothic, a popular but contested area of literary studies. The contributors revisit key Gothic themes - gender, race, the body, monstrosity, metaphor, motherhood and nationality - to open up new critical directions. Editor(s): Smith, Prof Andrew; Wallace, Diana. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 226 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2009th Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230222717
- ISBN
- 9780230222717
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.85€ 125.78
€ 130.85
€ 125.78
Hardcover. Num Pages: 672 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 163 x 40. Weight in Grams: 1030.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 672
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780936347523
- ISBN
- 9780936347523
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.74€ 57.46
€ 73.74
€ 57.46
Paperback. Joseph Conrad's novella, "Heart of Darkness", has fascinated critics and readers alike, engaging them in controversial debate as it deals with fundamental issues of good and evil, civilisation, race, love and heroism. This guide provides introduction to the text and contexts of "Heart of Darkness". Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 217 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415357760
- ISBN
- 9780415357760
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.18
€ 56.18