Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Hardback. Alan Jacobs offers a witty, literate, and accessible guide for aspiring readers, offering tips on what to read and how to get the most out of it. Each chapter focuses on one aspect of approaching literary fiction or poetry or even the Bible, from reading responsively, to rereading, to reading on electronic devices. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; WDH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 213 x 19. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199747498
- ISBN
- 9780199747498
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.00€ 16.77
€ 19.00
€ 16.77
Hardcover. Aims to encourage a deeper appreciation of ancient Greek poetry and prose by showing where a nod of the head or a wave of the hand can complete meaning in epic poetry and in tragedy, comedy, oratory, and in works of history and philosophy. This book helps to explain some persistently confusing syntaxes and to make translations more accurate. Num Pages: 176 pages, 30 black and white illus. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691002637
- ISBN
- 9780691002637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.58€ 79.12
€ 104.58
€ 79.12
Paperback. Postmodernity is lived, it seems, at the end of history. This book takes the pulse of such postmodern historicism by tracking two leading indicators of its acceleration in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries: postmodern cultural criticism and digital information technology. Num Pages: 361 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 169 x 25. Weight in Grams: 556.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226486963
- ISBN
- 9780226486963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.59
€ 37.99
€ 29.59
Hardcover. Postmodernity is lived, it seems, at the end of history. This book takes the pulse of such postmodern historicism by tracking two leading indicators of its acceleration in the late twentieth and early twenty-first centuries: postmodern cultural criticism and digital information technology. Num Pages: 361 pages, 33 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 680.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 361
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780226486956
- ISBN
- 9780226486956
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.07€ 78.69
€ 95.07
€ 78.69
Paperback. The Oxford Guide to Arthurian Literature and Legend offers a comprehensive survey of the Arthurian legends in all their manifestations, from the earliest medieval texts to their appearances in contemporary culture. Essential reading for Arthurian scholars, medievalists, and for those interested in myth and legend. Series: Oxford Quick Reference. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 128 x 24. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199215096
- ISBN
- 9780199215096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.91
€ 19.99
€ 15.91
Hardback. Part of the "Macmillan Studies in Romanticism" series, this book looks at the influence of his journey to Italy on Shelley's work. Series: Studies in Romanticism S. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333497623
- ISBN
- 9780333497623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 186.54
€ 186.54
Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910406
- ISBN
- 9781575910406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.40
€ 137.40
paperback. Presents a social, cultural, and literary history of this knowledge industry and traces its relationships within 19th-century literature, ending with its eventual confrontation with Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species". This book touches on social and cultural anxieties that offer both historical and contemporary insights. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326687
- ISBN
- 9780822326687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.64
€ 31.99
€ 28.64
Paperback. Alan Riach's SCOTNOTE study guide outlines MacDiarmid's life and work, providing an overview of the poet's beliefs, opinions and influences, for senior school pupils and students at all levels. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 64 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSC; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 205 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948877407
- ISBN
- 9780948877407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.27
€ 10.27
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906817183
- ISBN
- 9781906817183
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.54
€ 23.99
€ 16.54
Hardback. The Neural Sublime features an array of cognitive and neuroscientific approaches, providing an engaging and readable introduction to the emergent field of cognitive literary studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5, 1 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894527
- ISBN
- 9780801894527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.62
€ 84.62
Hardback. The author explores the impact on poetic practice in the 1970s and 1980s of recent theoretical developments, offering a criticism of the work of Seamus Heaney and of poets including Michael Hofmann, reassessing life on Mars and providing retrospective surveys of Fleur Adcock and others. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333464977
- ISBN
- 9780333464977
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Condition: New
€ 64.15
€ 64.15
Hardcover. An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Machiavelli. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; HPCB; HPS; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 126 x 184 x 19. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871407054
- ISBN
- 9780871407054
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.27
€ 16.99
€ 15.27
Hardcover. An essential, comprehensive, and accessible guide to the life and works of Aristotle. Series: Liveright Classics. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 126 x 184 x 20. Weight in Grams: 274.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780871407061
- ISBN
- 9780871407061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 15.43
€ 16.99
€ 15.43
Paperback. The study of Fugard's plays and how his work retains an insistent influence in society. Num Pages: 226 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFMS; 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Oberon Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 226
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781840028218
- ISBN
- 9781840028218
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 21.72
€ 24.99
€ 21.72
It is widely supposed that the most suitable partner will be someone very much like oneself; gay fiction and cinema are often organized around this assumption. Nonetheless, power differentials are remarkably persistent-as well as sexy. Series: Between Men - Between Women: Lesbian & Gay Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 165 x 18. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231134088
- ISBN
- 9780231134088
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 141.46
€ 141.46
Paperback. The 3 Estaites is - by common consent - Scotland's greatest play. First performed in Cupar, Fife in June 1552, it is the earliest Scottish play to have survived. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 22. Weight in Grams: 180.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617463
- ISBN
- 9780748617463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.77
€ 32.99
€ 29.77
hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 280 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691636351
- ISBN
- 9780691636351
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.06
€ 139.06
Hardcover. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 22. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674462762
- ISBN
- 9780674462762
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.30€ 59.62
€ 65.30
€ 59.62
Paperback. This book is open access under a CC-BY licence. This book takes the first in-depth look at how people thought about, diagnosed and treated cancer in the early modern period, examining imaginative literature, medical texts and personal accounts. Series: Palgrave Studies in Literature, Science and Medicine. Num Pages: 219 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 295.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137569196
- ISBN
- 9781137569196
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Condition: New
€ 29.40
€ 29.40
Hardcover. New edition of a collection of songs and ballads from sixteenth-century Scotland, shedding important new light on the English and Scottish Reformation. Editor(s): MacDonald, Alasdair A. Series: Scottish Text Society Fifth Series. Num Pages: 425 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACC; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 147 x 223 x 37. Weight in Grams: 660.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Scottish Text Society
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781897976418
- ISBN
- 9781897976418
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 50.25
€ 52.99
€ 50.25
Paperback. Why have ancient Rome and Greece been so influential? Series: All That Matters. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; 3D; ACG; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 179 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- John Murray Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444177961
- ISBN
- 9781444177961
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.04
€ 13.99
€ 11.04
Hardcover. Alastair Fowler presents a fascinating study of title-pages printed in England from the early modern era to the nineteenth century, exploring their place in the History of the Book for the first time. He illuminates key features of title-page design and presents 16 illustrations of significant title-pages with commentaries, from Chaucer to Dickens. Num Pages: 240 pages, Numerous black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: AKH; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 168 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198717669
- ISBN
- 9780198717669
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.92
€ 75.92
Paperback. Kinds of Literature An Introduction to the Theory of Genres and Modes Num Pages: 368 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 368
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198128571
- ISBN
- 9780198128571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 100.14
€ 100.14