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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. The first and still one of the best critiques of post-1960s cultural radicalism, analyzing why and how the defenders of literature have gone wrong. "A wonderfully trenchant and illuminating inquiry.-Virginia Quarterly Review. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
Publisher
Ivan R Dee, Inc United States
Number of pages
276
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781566630979
ISBN
9781566630979
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.13

Paperback. One of a series concerning the major plays of leading 20th-century playwrights. This guide introduces, explores and analyzes in detail the principal themes and styles of the work of Samuel Beckett. It also places it in the context of modern theatre, and includes a select bibliography. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 175 x 114 x 13. Weight in Grams: 106.
Format
Paperback
Publisher
Faber and Faber London
Number of pages
256
Publication date
2000
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571197781
ISBN
9780571197781
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.66

Paperback. Presents a collection of essays and letters first published in 1949. This work concludes, "Art is a concrete and personal and rather childish thing after all - no matter what people do to graft it into science and make it sociological and psychological". Num Pages: 126 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 129 x 9. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
University of Nebraska Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
4th Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780803263321
ISBN
9780803263321
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.19

Paperback. A guide to reading, writing and appreciating poetry - the fun and easy way. Advice is given on how to polish and submit work to journals and literary publications, and a list of the best publications for first-time poets is included. Num Pages: 336 pages, portraits. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 189 x 20. Weight in Grams: 530.
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780764552724
ISBN
9780764552724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 19.18

Hardback. This edition offers the most coherent, uncensored, and complete rendering of this Early Modern classic ever available in English. Editor(s): Ciavolella, Massimo. Translator(s): Fudemoto, Hiroku. Series: Lorenzo Da Ponte Italian Library. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
y First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442645097
ISBN
9781442645097
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 62.00

Paperback. A collection of works that have profoundly shaped the history of criticism in the Western world: they created much of the terminology still in use today and formulated enduring questions about the nature and function of literature. It features works that include "Ion", "Poetics", "Art of Poetry", and "On the Sublime". Translator(s): Murray, Penelope; Dorsch, T. S. Num Pages: 256 pages, bibliography, chronology. BIC Classification: 2ADL; 2AHA; DSA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 200 x 126 x 18. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446517
ISBN
9780140446517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.73

Paperback. In the early 1950s the author began planning a prose volume that would bring together some of his published essays, lectures, and reviews, together with freshly-written notes and aphorisms. This book combines earlier material with revised versions of many of his Oxford lectures. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 129 x 29. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571283507
ISBN
9780571283507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 20.08

Paperback. .
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198399025
ISBN
9780198399025
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Dobree, Bonamy. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 34. Weight in Grams: 500.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
736
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537419
ISBN
9780199537419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.61

Paperback. Num Pages: 41 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 193 x 141 x 6. Weight in Grams: 76.
Publisher
Currency Press Pty Ltd Australia
Number of pages
41
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780868198132
ISBN
9780868198132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 14.82

Hardcover. French symbolist artist Odilon Redon (1840-1916) seemed to thrive at the intersection of literature and art. Known as "the painter-writer", he drew on the works of Poe, Baudelaire, Flaubert, and Mallarme for his subject matter. This title tracks Redon's evolution from collaboration with the writers of symbolism. Translator(s): Whittall, Mary. Num Pages: 416 pages, 94 halftones. BIC Classification: ACV; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 717.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Edition
First edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226280554
ISBN
9780226280554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.32
€ 68.07

Hardback. Cristanne Miller's major edition of Dickinson's poems presents the 1,100 poems the poet retained during her lifetime, in the form she retained them. Dickinson took pains to copy these poems onto folded sheets in fair hand, arguably to preserve them for posterity. Included are Dickinson's alternate phrases and the editor's notes and Introduction. Editor(s): Miller, Christanne. Num Pages: 680 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674737969
ISBN
9780674737969
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.28

Paperback. One of a series, this one concentrating on poems by Robert Frost Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 4KL; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 195 x 129 x 12. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198325710
ISBN
9780198325710
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.48

Hardcover. The "Heinemann Plays" series offers contemporary drama and classic plays in classroom editions. Many have large casts and an equal mix of boy and girl parts. This play depicts the conflict between a fading Southern belle and the brash lower-class society of her sister's family. Series: Heinemann Plays for 14-16+. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DD; DSG. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 208 x 137 x 13. Weight in Grams: 240.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435233105
ISBN
9780435233105
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 24.06

Hardback. Features the poems of the author who was a popular and highly influential figure in the cultural life of London until his death in 2004. Num Pages: 116 pages, 44 illustrations, 36 in colour. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 170 x 17. Weight in Grams: 480.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
116
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500513835
ISBN
9780500513835
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 22.40

Paperback. Freedom and enfranchisement. Something anarchical which pushes at boundaries. Each of these rich avenues of meaning are bound up in the word 'liberty'. This book explored liberty via Virginia Woolf's novels like those in the feminist polemic of A Room of One's Own, or a whimsical account of roaming the streets of London. Series: Vintage Minis. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 110. .
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781784872717
ISBN
9781784872717
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 7.78

Paperback. Features a classic poem, translated from Middle English. This title includes a translator's preface, sample lines from the original Middle English, and suggestions for further reading. It also includes a comprehensive Introduction that addresses questions of authorship, the plot and structure of the poem, and England in the fourteenth-century. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846189
ISBN
9781603846189
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.27

Paperback. What was the Enlightenment? Seeking to recover where, when, and how the concept of 'the Enlightenment' first emerged, this title departs from genealogies that trace it back to political and philosophical developments in England and the Dutch Republic. Num Pages: 184 pages, 1 table. BIC Classification: DSBD; HBJD; HBLL; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 143 x 14. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226184494
ISBN
9780226184494
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.44

Paperback. Classic drama from Longman Literature Series: New Longman Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KHT; 4KL; DD; DSG. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 446.
Publisher
PEARSON SCHOOLS
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582817791
ISBN
9780582817791
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 22.72

Hardback. Series: Transits: Literature, Thought & Culture, 1650-1850. Num Pages: 364 pages, 7 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; 3JH; DSB; JFSJ1; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611487619
ISBN
9781611487619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.42

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