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Hardback. In the introduction to this collection of essays, the editor discusses the background and critical reception of "The Crying of Lot 49". Further essays provide an examination of the novel within its literary, historical and scientific contexts. Editor(s): O'Donnell, Patrick. Series Editor(s): Elliot, Emory (University of California, Riverside). Series: The American Novel. Num Pages: 188 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 318 x 14. Weight in Grams: 390.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
188
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521381635
ISBN
9780521381635
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.69

Paperback. The first critical history of one of American theatre's most famous plays, Death of a Salesman. Series Editor(s): Robinson, Michael. Series: Plays in Production. Num Pages: 268 pages, 12 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 116 x 17. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521478656
ISBN
9780521478656
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.54

Paperback. The essential 1997 guide to one of the theatre's most important characters, with an opening essay by Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde's grandson. Editor(s): Raby, Peter. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 330 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 506. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 330 pages, 20 b/w illus. Editor(s): Raby, Peter. The essential 1997 guide to one of the theatre's most important characters, with an opening essay by Merlin Holland, Oscar Wilde's grandson. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSG. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight: 516.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
330
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521479875
ISBN
9780521479875
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.25

Paperback. A collection of newly commissioned essays provides a critical introduction to pastor and poet, Ralph Waldo Emerson. Editor(s): Porte, Joel; Morris, Saundra. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 300 pages, geneal. table. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521499460
ISBN
9780521499460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.13

Paperback. Key dimensions of Tolstoy's writing and life are explored in this collection of specially commissioned essays. Editor(s): Orwin, Donna Tussing. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 288 pages, notes, chronology. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 18. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521520003
ISBN
9780521520003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.05

Paperback. A lively and provocative history of the great achievements of Irish poets from 1800 to the present day. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 256 pages. A lively and provocative history of the great achievements of Irish poets from 1800 to the present day. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Dimension: 227 x 151 x 16. Weight: 414.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521609258
ISBN
9780521609258
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.13

Paperback. 'An elegant, absorbing book.' Washington Post Num Pages: 500 pages, 43 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 794.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
Edition
Revised ed.
SKU
V9780521639897
ISBN
9780521639897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 75.42

Paperback. Introduces readers to the scope of Milton's work, the richness of its historical relations, and the range of current approaches to it. Editor(s): Danielson, Dennis. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 313 pages, 7 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
2nd Edition
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521655439
ISBN
9780521655439
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.77

Hardcover. The Cambridge Companion to Charles Dickens offers a valuable introduction to Dickens for students and general readers. Editor(s): Jordan, Professor John O. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 260 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 534.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521660167
ISBN
9780521660167
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.54

Paperback. An engaging introductory guide to Chekhov, one of the most important and influential modern writers of fiction and drama. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 212 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 352. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 210 pages. An engaging introductory guide to Chekhov, one of the most important and influential modern writers of fiction and drama. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSG. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 11. Weight: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521706889
ISBN
9780521706889
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.29

Hardcover. This book provides all the help that an intermediate Latin learner will need to read the first two books of the Aeneid. Series: Cambridge Intermediate Latin Readers. Num Pages: 334 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 179 x 256 x 21. Weight in Grams: 808.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
334
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521768665
ISBN
9780521768665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.89

Hardback. Examines the role of the Victorian periodical in defining and refining ideas of gender. Series Editor(s): Beer, Gillian. Series: Cambridge Studies in Nineteenth-Century Literature & Culture. Num Pages: 276 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 583.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521830720
ISBN
9780521830720
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.59

Hardcover. Greek painted pottery from the fourth century BC is one of the largest and most remarkable bodies of theatrically informed material that still survives. This work provides a large body of photographs accompanied by a picture-by-picture discussion of the vases, organized by playwright - including Aeschylus, Sophocles, and Euripides. Num Pages: 304 pages, 76 colour & 48 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2AHA; ACG; DSBB; DSG; WFS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 270 x 219 x 27. Weight in Grams: 1304.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Getty Trust Publications United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780892368075
ISBN
9780892368075
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.24
€ 59.41

Paperback. This book analyzes representations of the places of British slavery - Africa, the Caribbean, and Britain - in writings by planters, slaves and travellers. Series: Cambridge Studies in Romanticism. Num Pages: 280 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBLL; HBTS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 38.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107438163
ISBN
9781107438163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.15

Paperback. Explores many of the important social, historical and cultural contexts surrounding the life and works of F. Scott Fitzgerald. Editor(s): Mangum, Bryant. Num Pages: 516 pages, 9 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 75.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
516
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107454163
ISBN
9781107454163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.02

Paperback. Originally published in 1939, this book examines the critical careers of a number of English poets. Num Pages: 266 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 15. Weight in Grams: 29.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Reissue
Number of pages
266
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107505353
ISBN
9781107505353
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

Paperback. An illuminating study of all works in the newly enlarged Middleton canon, placing them in personal, national, international and theatrical contexts. Editor(s): Gossett, Suzanne. Series: Literature in Context. Num Pages: 418 pages, 20 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 154 x 258 x 26. Weight in Grams: 600.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107685642
ISBN
9781107685642
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.16

Paperback. S. E. Winbolt's 1903 detailed, sensitive and copiously illustrated analysis of the technique of Latin verse-writing. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - Classics. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 141 x 23. Weight in Grams: 464.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
354
Condition
New
SKU
V9781108078269
ISBN
9781108078269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.43

Paperback. Editor(s): Stimpson, Catharine R. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
New ed
Number of pages
200
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226000817
ISBN
9780226000817
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005393
ISBN
9780226005393
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.58

Paperback. North America is more a political and an economic invention than a place people call home. This book studies the patterns of contact, exchange, conflict, and disavowal among cultures that span the borders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226005522
ISBN
9780226005522
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Translator(s): Grene, David; O'Flaherty, Wendy Doniger. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 140 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Later Printing
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226007724
ISBN
9780226007724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 22.94

Hardcover. In 1955, Maxine Kumin submitted a poem to the Saturday Evening Post. "Lines on a Half-Painted House" made it into the magazine - but not before Kumin was asked to produce, via her husband's employer, verification that the poem was her original work. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGLA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 55 x 85 x 20. Weight in Grams: 386.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226014074
ISBN
9780226014074
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 54.95

Hardcover. "A child is a man in small letter," wrote Bishop John Earle in the seventeenth century. "His father hath writ him as his own little story." In this title, the writer acknowledges the author of his story while simultaneously reminding us that we all confront the blank page of life on our own, as authors of our lives. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: BGLA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 145 x 17. Weight in Grams: 338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
176
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226014418
ISBN
9780226014418
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 20.11

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