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Literary studies: general

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Literary studies: general

Hardcover. Biography of the influential, lesser known member of the W.H. Auden circle. Peter Stansky tells the fascinating story of Edward Upward's conflict between art and life. At the same time he colourfully provides significant insight into English society during the twentieth century and explores the special nature of English radicalism. Num Pages: 350 pages, Photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 35. Weight in Grams: 884.
Publisher
Enitharmon Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781910392843
ISBN
9781910392843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.96

Paperback. Victor Kiernan provides a rich and insightful analysis of eight of Shakespeare's greatest tragedies, revealing how they were shaped by the social and political upheavals of his age. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Zed Books Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9781783606887
ISBN
9781783606887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 23.21

Paperback. * Introduction to the literature of the eighteenth century and its cultural, social and political contexts. * Ties literary developments to the shaping of modernity during the period, including the growth of cities, global trade and travel, and rights for women, workers and slaves. Series: Polity Cultural History of Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 22. Weight in Grams: 446.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Polity Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745625157
ISBN
9780745625157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.59

Hardcover. Eighteenth-Century Brechtians is a collection of essays by a well-known author on comic and radical political theatre. It looks at stage satires by John Gay, Henry Fielding, George Farquhar, Charlotte Charke, David Garrick and their contemporaries through the lens of Brecht's theory and practice. Series: Exeter Performance Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; AN; DSBD; DSG; HBJD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Exeter Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859899970
ISBN
9780859899970
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 144.02

Paperback. Series: Postcolonial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 320.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748634552
ISBN
9780748634552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.94

Hardback. Editor(s): Todd, Dennis; Wall, Cynthia; Hunter, Paul J. Num Pages: 316 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 166 x 27. Weight in Grams: 651.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874137590
ISBN
9780874137590
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 145.82

Paperback. Covers a broad cross-section of eighteenth-century literary history. This book explores the intersection of literary studies with history, philosophy, psychology, and the visual arts. It discusses a range of topics, including feminism, nationalism, domestic ideology, and the classical novel-drama-lyric poetry triad. Editor(s): Brown, Marshall. Num Pages: 288 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780822322672
ISBN
9780822322672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 34.32

Paperback. Provides an introduction to literature and its context from 1688-1789. This guide includes: the historical, cultural and intellectual background including the expansion of cultural production and the growth of 'print culture'; major writers, genres and groups; and explanations of key terms needed to understand the literature and criticism. Series: Introductions to British Literature and Culture S. Num Pages: 170 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JF; DSBD. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 216.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
170
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826485656
ISBN
9780826485656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.73

Paperback. Offers a broad view of the writing and careers of eighteenth-century women poets, casting a fresh light on the ways in which poetry was read and enjoyed, on changing poetic tastes in British culture, and on the development of many major poetic genres and traditions. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 147 x 220 x 39. Weight in Grams: 680.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801887468
ISBN
9780801887468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 39.34

Hardcover. Terukina ofrece una nueva biografia de Bernardo de Balbuena y analiza la compleja matriz interdisciplinaria de Grandeza mexicana (1604). Terukina offers an updated biography of Bernardo de Balbuena and analyzes the complex interdisciplinary matrix within which Grandeza mexicana (1604) is articulated. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 416 pages, 23 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 666.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9781855663114
ISBN
9781855663114
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 192.00

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AGR; DSB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 127.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rayo United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061140037
ISBN
9780061140037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.79

Hardcover. Un analisis detallado de la Pentagonia del autor cubano Reinaldo Arenas. An in-depth analysis of Cuban author's Reinaldo Arenas's Pentagony. Num Pages: 384 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJC; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 158 x 31. Weight in Grams: 854.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662919
ISBN
9781855662919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 158.12

Hardback. "Elations" rewrites the history of early-18th-century English literature around the politics and poetics of Enthusiasm. It examines the aesthetic theory of the period and reassesses the poetry of two poets seldom read today but very popular in their time: James Thomson and Edward Young. Num Pages: 304 pages, 1 half-tone. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 555.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804735414
ISBN
9780804735414
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.71

Paperback. Deals with the aftermath of the Trojan War for the defeated survivors, as Andromache shows Hector's widow as a trophy of war in the house of her Greek captor, and Hecabe portrays a defeated queen avenging the murder of her last-remaining son. Editor(s): Rutherford, Richard. Translator(s): Davie, John. Num Pages: 320 pages, notes. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 14. Weight in Grams: 220.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446685
ISBN
9780140446685
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.48

Paperback. Series: Focus Classical Library. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 13. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co United States
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585102815
ISBN
9781585102815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.52

Paperback. Sophocles' "Electra" tells the story of the revenge Orestes and Electra take on their mother, Clytemnestra, for he murder of their father Agamemnon, after he returns from the Trojan War. This edition of the play is preceded by a critical introduction and is accompanied by explanatory notes. Translator(s): Carson, Anne. Series: Greek Tragedy in New Translations. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 170.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195049602
ISBN
9780195049602
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.94

Paperback. A collection of plays that focuses on three playwrights' - Peter Meineck, Cecelia Eaton Luschnig, and Paul Woodruff - treatment of the same events in the House of Atreus. It is suitable for those interested in Greek literature, theater history, or mythology. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter; Luschnig, Cecilia Eaton; Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 274.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
180
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209640
ISBN
9780872209640
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.40

A collection of plays that focuses on three playwrights' - Peter Meineck, Cecelia Eaton Luschnig, and Paul Woodruff - treatment of the same events in the House of Atreus. It is suitable for those interested in Greek literature, theater history, or mythology. Translator(s): Meineck, Peter; Luschnig, Cecilia Eaton; Woodruff, Paul. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 157 x 33. Weight in Grams: 386.
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209657
ISBN
9780872209657
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 35.27

Paperback. Designed to help electronic literature move into the classroom, this book addresses its major genres, the challenges it poses to traditional literary theory, and the complex and compelling issues at stake. It develops a theoretical framework for understanding how electronic literature draws on the print tradition. Series: Ward-Phillips Lectures in English Language & Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 416.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press United States
Edition
1st
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268030858
ISBN
9780268030858
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.93

Hardcover. Develops a theoretical framework for understanding how electronic literature both draws on the print tradition and requires reading and interpretive strategies. Grounding her approach in the evolutionary dynamic between humans and technology, the author argues that neither the body nor the machine should be given absolute theoretical priority. Series: Ward-Phillips Lectures in English Language & Literature. Num Pages: 192 pages, 15 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 19. Weight in Grams: 508.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268030841
ISBN
9780268030841
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.77

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