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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. A survey of Polish letters and culture from its beginnings to modern times. Num Pages: 570 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AGP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 156 x 37. Weight in Grams: 884.
Publisher
University of California Press United States
Number of pages
570
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1983
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520044777
ISBN
9780520044777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.72

Paperback. These stories of trauma cannot be limited to the catastrophes they name, and the theory of catastrophic history may ultimately be written in a language that already lingers in a time that comes to us from the other side of the disaster. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411552
ISBN
9781421411552
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 26.71

Hardback. In the 1930s, Ayn Rand was asked to adapt her first novel, We the Living, for the theatre. Her first statement against communism, it sold over 3 million copies. This edition contains two unpublished versions of the play (the latter entitled The Unconquered), and is the first substantial piece of Rand's fiction to publish in over twenty years. Editor(s): Mayhew, Professor Robert. Num Pages: 384 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 159 x 28. Weight in Grams: 700.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137428738
ISBN
9781137428738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 55.58

Hardcover. Emily Lawless is one of the most important of Ireland's forgotten women writers. From a Protestant ascendancy background, she combined nationalist feelings with unionist sympathies. This book deals with Emily Lawless. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Number of pages
272
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184134
ISBN
9781859184134
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 49.00
€ 38.37

Paperback. Series: Creaky Traveler. Num Pages: 170 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; HBJD; WT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 306.
Publisher
Sentient Publications United States
Number of pages
170
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780971078673
ISBN
9780971078673
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 23.63

Hardback. Features a contemporary poet who selects and introduces a poet of the past. By their choice of poems and by the personal and critical reactions they express in their prefaces, the author offer insights into their own work as well as providing an accessible and passionate introduction to the most important poets in our literature. Editor(s): Motion, Sir Andrew. Series: Faber Nature Poets. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 137 x 205 x 16. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571328765
ISBN
9780571328765
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.07

Hardcover.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Arden Shakespeare
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904271703
ISBN
9781904271703
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.64
€ 126.76

Paperback. In this work, Victoria Nelson illuminates the deep but hidden attraction the supernatural still holds for a secular mainstream culture that forced the transcendental underground and firmly displaced wonder and awe with the forces of reason, materialism and science. Num Pages: 368 pages, 15 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 144 x 25. Weight in Grams: 514.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
368
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674012448
ISBN
9780674012448
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.27

Paperback. "The best biography of Richard III that has been written."-A. L. Rowse, Chicago Tribune Num Pages: 608 pages, 4 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; BGH; BGR; DSB; HBJD1; HBLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 208 x 140 x 33. Weight in Grams: 818.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393007855
ISBN
9780393007855
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.33

Hardback. Harold Pinter (1930-2008) is one of the foremost twentieth-century dramatists/ playwrights in Britain as well as the world. This new book offers a comprehensive overview of Pinter's work across various media including political dramas, poetry, screenplays, and his activism. Num Pages: 244 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; DSC; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137508157
ISBN
9781137508157
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.80

Paperback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 205 x 259 x 14. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Ig Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781632460110
ISBN
9781632460110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 14.87

Hardback. .
Publisher
Cambridge Scholars Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Edition
new
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847188717
ISBN
9781847188717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.62

Paperback. .
Edition
1st Printing
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140424133
ISBN
9780140424133
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.24

Paperback. Updated edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, with an introduction by Stephen Orgel. Editor(s): Evans, G. Blakemore. Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare. Num Pages: 292 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 500. Series: New Cambridge Shakespeare. 292 pages, 3 b/w illus. Editor(s): Evans, G.Blakemore. Updated edition of Shakespeare's Sonnets, with an introduction by Stephen Orgel. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight: 474.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
292
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521678377
ISBN
9780521678377
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.96

Hardback. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319495347
ISBN
9783319495347
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 146.43

Paperback. A student edition of Sarah Kane's seminal play with its uncompromising depiction of rape, torture and violence in a society at war with itself. The Introduction includes a scene-by-scene summary, a detailed commentary on the dramatic, social and political context, and on the themes, characters and language. Editor(s): Urban, Ken. Series: Student Editions. Num Pages: 128 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 189 x 141 x 9. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Methuen Drama
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408103852
ISBN
9781408103852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.40

Paperback. America is a nation making itself up as it goes along. From the first conception of a New World in the sixteenth century to the latest re-envisioning of that world in cartoons, television, science fiction, and hip hop, this book gives us a fresh, kaleidoscopic view of what Made in America means. Editor(s): Marcus, Greil; Sollors, Werner. Series: Harvard University Press Reference Library. Num Pages: 1128 pages, 27 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 251 x 163 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1580.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
1128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674064102
ISBN
9780674064102
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 37.91

Hardcover. Providing studies of 42 key novels by such authors as Agatha Christie, Ruth Rendell and P.D. James, this work introduces these authors for students and the general reader within the contexts of their lives, and critical debates on gender, colonialism, psychoanalysis, the Gothic, and feminism. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 232 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Publisher
AIAA
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Edition
2001st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333674505
ISBN
9780333674505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.20

Paperback. Cavarero refutes a long-standing set of assumptions in moral philosophy by contesting the classical figure of the homo erectus or 'upright man, ' and by proposing a feminist, altruistic, open model of the subject-one inclined toward others. Translator(s): Sitze, Adam; Minervini, Amanda. Series: Square One. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: ABA; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 17. Weight in Grams: 268.
Publisher
Stanford University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781503600409
ISBN
9781503600409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 24.10

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402965
ISBN
9781474402965
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.98
€ 102.41

Hardback. Making an important new contribution to rapidly expanding fields of study surrounding the adaptation and appropriation of Shakespeare, Shakespeare and the Ethics of Appropriation is the first book to address the intersection of ethics, aesthetics, authority, and authenticity. Editor(s): Huang, Professor Alexander C. Y.; Rivlin, Elizabeth J. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 288 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2014th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137375766
ISBN
9781137375766
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.15

Paperback. Editor(s): Claeys, Gregory; Sargent, Lyman Tower. Num Pages: 576 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 32. Weight in Grams: 816.
Publisher
NYU Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781479837076
ISBN
9781479837076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 38.41

Paperback. 'York Notes' offer an approach to English literature that aims to fully reflect student needs. They are filled with summaries, commentaries, exam advice, margin and textual features to offer a wider context to the text and encourage a critical analysis. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 80 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 4KHT; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; YQE. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 214 x 146 x 5. Weight in Grams: 112.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
80
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582772700
ISBN
9780582772700
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 9.30

Paperback. The text is that of the first edition and includes comprehensive textual annotations. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JH; DSB; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 134 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393971576
ISBN
9780393971576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.65

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