Literary studies: general
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Literary studies: general
Paperback. 'York Notes for GCSE' offers a useful approach to English Literature and aims to help readers achieve a better grade. Updated to reflect the needs of today's students, the new editions are filled with detailed summaries, commentaries on key themes, characters, language and style, illustrations, exam advice and much more. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 80 pages, glossary, further reading. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KHT; DSBH; DSK; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 114.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Canada
- Number of pages
- 80
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582313811
- ISBN
- 9780582313811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.24
€ 9.24
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415748025
- ISBN
- 9780415748025
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Condition: New
€ 49.52
€ 49.52
Paperback. He traces the development and transmission of the Cyclic poems in ancient Greek culture, comparing them to later Homeric poems and finding that they were far more influential than has previously been thought. Num Pages: 320 pages, 24, 24 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801878909
- ISBN
- 9780801878909
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Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 29.82
€ 35.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Editor(s): North, Richard; Allard, Joe; Gillies, Patricia. Num Pages: 888 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABA; 2ACSX; DQ; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1310.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 888
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408247709
- ISBN
- 9781408247709
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Condition: New
€ 58.30
€ 58.30
Paperback. Explodes the myth that Lewis was a misogynist and shows how his approach to women is pertinent to contemporary culture. Editor(s): Curtis, Carolyn; Key, Mary Pomroy. Num Pages: 288 pages, Black and white pics of contributors in text. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Lion Hudson
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745956947
- ISBN
- 9780745956947
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Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 12.45
€ 14.99
€ 12.45
Paperback. A meditation on both the roots of modernism and its manifestation in the work of H D, Ezra Pound, D H Lawrence, William Carlos Williams, Edith Sitwell, and many others. It is especially notable for its illumination of the role women played in creation of literary modernism. Editor(s): Boughn, Michael; Coleman, Victor. Series: The Collected Writings of Robert Duncan. Num Pages: 696 pages, 10 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 42. Weight in Grams: 972.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 696
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520272620
- ISBN
- 9780520272620
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Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 29.63
€ 41.99
€ 29.63
Paperback. Classical Traditions in Science Fiction is the first collection dedicated to the rich study of science fiction's classical heritage, offering a much-needed mapping of its cultural and intellectual terrain. Editor(s): Rogers, Brett M.; Stevens, Benjamin Eldon. Series: Classical Presences. Num Pages: 400 pages, 12 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSK; HBLA1; HPCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 215 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780190228330
- ISBN
- 9780190228330
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Condition: New
€ 63.99
€ 63.99
Paperback. Translator(s): Neugroschel, Joachim. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 150 x 18. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- The New York Review of Books, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781590172469
- ISBN
- 9781590172469
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.00
€ 17.99
€ 13.00
Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 154 x 17. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822307891
- ISBN
- 9780822307891
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Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Hardback. This study will be of interest to scholars and students of comparative Arabic-Persian literature, and the ghazal in related Islamic literatures such as Urdu and Ottoman Turkish. It is also of value to the field of comparative literature more widely - Hafiz was a key influence on notable nineteenth-century literary figures such as Goethe and Byron. Series: British Institute of Persian Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2019
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781848851443
- ISBN
- 9781848851443
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Condition: New
€ 141.13€ 124.28
€ 141.13
€ 124.28
Paperback. Literary Biography: An Introduction offers an erudite and insightful introduction into the history, theory, and practice of the increasingly popular literary genre of life writing. The text illustrates and accounts for the literary genre that merges verifiable historical facts with the familiar conventions of narrative. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119060116
- ISBN
- 9781119060116
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Condition: New
€ 37.89
€ 37.89
Hardcover. Num Pages: 288 pages, 6 b&w illus. BIC Classification: AV; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 25. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Publisher
- Zone Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Uncorrected Proofs Paperback
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781935408727
- ISBN
- 9781935408727
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 28.94
€ 40.99
€ 28.94
Paperback. Analyses how Victorians used the pathology of disease to express deep-seated anxieties about a rapidly industrialising England's relationship to the material world. Drawing on medicine, literature, political economy, sociology, anthropology, and popular advertising, the author explores the industrial logic of disease. Series: Body, Commodity, Text. Num Pages: 288 pages, 50 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB; MBX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326168
- ISBN
- 9780822326168
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 27.20
€ 32.99
€ 27.20
Paperback. Editor(s): Allen, Esther; Bernofsky, Susan. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: CFP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231159692
- ISBN
- 9780231159692
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Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 26.95
€ 36.99
€ 26.95
Paperback. This book looks at the way writers present the effects of trauma in their work. It explores narrative devices, such as 'metafiction', as well as events in contemporary America, including 9/11, the Iraq War, and reactions to the Bush administration. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 362.
- Publisher
- EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748694075
- ISBN
- 9780748694075
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Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.87
€ 38.99
€ 34.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107676718
- ISBN
- 9781107676718
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.33
€ 52.33
Paperback. Orients the reader in matters of authorship, narration, genre, religion, structure and style. This title includes a browsable index, bibliography, and maps. Translator(s): Relihan, Joel C. Num Pages: 328 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 214 x 139 x 18. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 277
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780872208872
- ISBN
- 9780872208872
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 15.98
€ 19.99
€ 15.98
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253204530
- ISBN
- 9780253204530
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 42.10
€ 42.99
€ 42.10
Paperback. Joy Davidman is known, if she is known at all, as the wife of C. S. Lewis. Now, Abigail Santamaria brings Joy Davidman Gresham Lewis to the page in the fullness and depth she deserves. Num Pages: 413 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 130 x 35. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Publisher
- SPCK Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780281074297
- ISBN
- 9780281074297
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Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.16
€ 16.99
€ 13.16
Paperback. Greek Tragedy sets ancient tragedy into its original theatrical, political and ritual context and applies modern critical approaches to understanding why tragedy continues to interest modern audiences. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121613
- ISBN
- 9781405121613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.87
€ 43.99
€ 42.87
Hardcover. In this frank memoir, John Bayley describes the life he has shared with his wife, Iris Murdoch, afflicted with Alzheimer's disease. He explains how he has coped emotionally and practically with the illness that has beset the woman he loves and cherishes. Num Pages: 192 pages, 12pp b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 162. Weight in Grams: 519. Clean copy in original cloth
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Co Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KEX0248054
- ISBN
- 9780715628485
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 5.38
€ 5.38
Paperback. In 1929 the author went to live abroad permanently, vowing 'never to make England my home again'. This book is an account of his life up until that 'bitter leave-taking': from his childhood and desperately unhappy school days at Charterhouse, to his time serving as a young officer in the First World War that was to haunt him throughout his life. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: BGA; DSBH; DSC; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 18. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd
- Number of pages
- 288
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141184593
- ISBN
- 9780141184593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.98
€ 13.99
€ 10.98
Hardback. The "Second Sophistic" traditionally refers to a period at the height of the Roman Empire's power that witnessed a flourishing of Greek rhetoric and oratory, and since the 19th century it has often been viewed as a defense of Hellenic civilization against the domination of Rome. This book proposes a very different model. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; HBJD; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 151 x 25. Weight in Grams: 552.
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Number of pages
- 295
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520276819
- ISBN
- 9780520276819
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 38.89
€ 54.99
€ 38.89
Paperback. Accessible introductions to ancient tragedies discussing the main themes of a play and the developments in modern criticism, while also addressing the play's historical context and the history of its performance and adaptation. This book explores Dionysus place in Athenian religion, and what Euripides makes of him in the play. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 137 x 217 x 14. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Gerald Duckworth & Company
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780715634301
- ISBN
- 9780715634301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.29
€ 31.99
€ 30.29