Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. "The Iliad" is still the greatest poem about war that our culture has ever produced. Poets and thinkers in the West have pored over, retold and argued about the events described in this martial epic, even when direct knowledge of it was lost. This book is about what "The Iliad" is about and what "The Iliad" says of war. Num Pages: 320 pages, Illustrations, maps. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 196 x 128 x 21. Weight in Grams: 294.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571234301
- ISBN
- 9780571234301
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.09
€ 17.99
€ 13.09
Hardcover. The first English language translation of Bedier's classic work in nearly seventy years, this volume is the only edition that provides ancillary materials to help the reader understand the history of the legend and Bedier's method in creating his classic retelling. Translator(s): Gallagher, Edward J. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 137 x 16. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 210
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781603849012
- ISBN
- 9781603849012
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.99€ 38.30
€ 53.99
€ 38.30
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- SparkNotes
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint, Study Guide
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411469785
- ISBN
- 9781411469785
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.24
€ 8.99
€ 8.24
Paperback. Presents a history of the concept of 'memory' and its uses, encompassing both memory as activity and the nature of memory. This book examines debates around the term in their historical and cultural contexts; introduces the reader to key thinkers in the field; and traces the links between theorisations and literary representations of memory. Series: The New Critical Idiom. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS; HPK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 16. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415402736
- ISBN
- 9780415402736
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 30.09
€ 31.99
€ 30.09
Hardcover. The biography of a taste in poetry and its consequences. Exploration of the generation of poets anthologized in A. Alvarez's classic The New Poetry - Thom Gunn, Geoffrey Hill, Ted Hughes, Sylvia Plath and Peter Porter. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 243 x 166 x 23. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781781381632
- ISBN
- 9781781381632
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.73
€ 63.73
Paperback. Features essays that explores literary texts in relation to the history of gynaecology and women's surgery. This title demonstrate how fiction and medicine have a long-established tradition of looking towards each other for inspiration and elucidation in questions of gender. Editor(s): Mangham, Andrew; Depledge, Greta. Num Pages: 231 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1; MB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 233 x 14. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 231
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781846318528
- ISBN
- 9781846318528
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 70.74
€ 70.74
Paperback. Translator(s): Jayyusi, Lena; Elmusa, Sharif. Series: Emerging Voices: International Fiction Series. Num Pages: 180 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Publisher
- Interlink Pub Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566561938
- ISBN
- 9781566561938
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.00
€ 21.99
€ 19.00
Paperback. Stephane Mallarme was the most radically innovative of nineteenth-century poets. This is the fullest collection of Mallarme's poetry ever published in English, and the only edition in any language that presents his Poesies in the last arrangement known to have been approved by the author. It includes all the prose poems and the unique, unclassifiable Un Coup de des.. (A Dice Throw..) Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 20. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199537921
- ISBN
- 9780199537921
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.99€ 13.25
€ 16.99
€ 13.25
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- New York Review Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- New, Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9789629965853
- ISBN
- 9789629965853
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.64
€ 24.99
€ 18.64
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292186214
- ISBN
- 9781292186214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.10
€ 10.10
Paperback. Part of the Decades of Modern British Playwriting series, the volume provides a critical survey of the theatre produced in the 1980s together with detailed studies by a team of experts of the work of Howard Barker, Jim Cartwright, Sarah Daniels and Timberlake Wertenbaker. Series Editor(s): Boon, Richard; Roberts, Philip. Series: Decades of Modern British Playwriting. Num Pages: 352 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPL; AN; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 150 x 216 x 26. Weight in Grams: 424.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408129593
- ISBN
- 9781408129593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 30.61
€ 35.99
€ 30.61
Paperback. Illustrator(s): Shearer, Dirk. Series: For Beginners. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 262 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Publisher
- For Beginners
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781939994547
- ISBN
- 9781939994547
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.38
€ 18.38
Paperback. These three works exemplify the Roman historian Sallust's condemnation of the excesses of the late Republic. In the conspiracy of Catiline and the war against Jugurtha he sees moral and political corruption and the tragedy of civil strife. This new translation captures Sallust's distinctive style and considers his work as history and literature. Translator(s): Batstone, William W. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 304 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 130 x 19. Weight in Grams: 230.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780192823458
- ISBN
- 9780192823458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.73
€ 13.99
€ 11.73
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 614
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781108038379
- ISBN
- 9781108038379
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.56
€ 62.56
Paperback. Editor(s): Godwin, John. Series: Latin Texts. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472508508
- ISBN
- 9781472508508
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.47
€ 25.99
€ 22.47
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521699464
- ISBN
- 9780521699464
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.08
€ 42.08
Hardcover. F. Scott Fitzgerald's Taste of France is a culinary tour of Paris and the Riviera during the 1920s. Num Pages: 160 pages, 75 col photographs and 10 black and white line artworks. BIC Classification: 1DDF; 2AB; DSK; DSRC; WBN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 272 x 23. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Publisher
- Ryland, Peters & Small Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781782493785
- ISBN
- 9781782493785
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 27.27
€ 27.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 520 pages, 250 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2AB; DSB; HPDF; HPS; JHBK5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 265 x 40. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151115
- ISBN
- 9780231151115
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.36
€ 40.99
€ 29.36
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107083882
- ISBN
- 9781107083882
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.77€ 66.70
€ 105.77
€ 66.70
Hardcover. Offering a comprehensive study of the more than forty "Boys'" aviation series, this work reveals the part played by the books and their writers in spurring the American nation's fascination with flying. It sheds light on how popular art can transform technological progress into cultural idealism and reform. Num Pages: 300 pages, 30 b&w photos, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; TRP; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 644.
- Publisher
- Texas Christian University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780875653303
- ISBN
- 9780875653303
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.00
€ 46.00
Hardback. The Life of William Shakespeare is a fascinating and wide-ranging exploration of Shakespeare's life and works focusing on oftern neglected literary and historical contexts: what Shakespeare read, who he worked with as an author and an actor, and how these various collaborations may have affected his writing. Series: Wiley Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 512 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 30. Weight in Grams: 980.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 512
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631207849
- ISBN
- 9780631207849
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.51
€ 104.51
Paperback. George Orwell has become one of the most potent and symbolic figures in western political thought. Including interviews with friends and people who knew him in his years of obscurity, this book offers a human portrait of the writer too often embalmed as a secular saint. Num Pages: 496 pages, 16. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJPR; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 40. Weight in Grams: 382.
- Publisher
- Vintage
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780099283461
- ISBN
- 9780099283461
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.86
€ 19.99
€ 14.86
Paperback. Editor(s): Connell, Jolyon; Sanderson, Kate. Num Pages: 128 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 147 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 150. Editor(s): Connell, Jolyon; Sanderson, Kate. Cateogry: (XR) Revision / study guides. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 147 x 173 x 9. Weight: 150.
- Publisher
- Connell Guides
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781907776038
- ISBN
- 9781907776038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.74
€ 11.99
€ 10.74
Paperback. Provides a facing-page translation of an important Middle English alliterative poem, generally attributed to the author of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight". This translation captures the original's poetic and alliterative qualities while making the often difficult original text accessible to modern readers. Editor(s): Gustafson, Kevin. Translator(s): Gustafson, Kevin. Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 238.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551113999
- ISBN
- 9781551113999
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 33.55
€ 36.99
€ 33.55