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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. In the space of a single generation, three eighteenth-century writers - Daniel Defoe, Samuel Richardson and Henry Fielding - invented an entirely new genre of writing: the novel. This book explains why these authors wrote in the way that they did, and how the complex changes in society - the emergence of the middle-class and more. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 26. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847923851
ISBN
9781847923851
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 16.63

Paperback. Presents the study of how people make choices while interacting with others - is one of the most popular technical approaches in social science today. Exploring a diverse range of literature and folktales, this book illustrates the relevance of game theory and how, fundamentally, we are all strategic thinkers. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 424.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Updated edition with a New Afterword
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691162447
ISBN
9780691162447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 22.22

Paperback. Editor(s): Braunmuller, A. R. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 19. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537143
ISBN
9780199537143
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. A founding text of European aestheticism and literary criticism, Poetics underpins our moden understanding of imaginative writing. Anthony Kenny's new translation is accompanied by associated material from Plato, Sir Philip Sidney, P. B. Shelley, and Dorothy L. Sayers and a wide-ranging introduction. Translator(s): Kenny, Sir Anthony. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 124.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199608362
ISBN
9780199608362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. From the teenager in provincial Russia in 1875 to his premature death in Germany in 1904, the author wrote over 4,500 letters to a range of correspondents, including family and friends, his publisher and fellow writers - not to mention actresses. This book presents these letters which tell the story of the author's life as a man and a writer. Translator(s): Bartlett, Rosamund; Phillips, Anthony. Num Pages: 624 pages, map. BIC Classification: 2AGR; BG; BJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 28. Weight in Grams: 426.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140449228
ISBN
9780140449228
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.58

Hardback. Editor(s): Cooper, Dana; Phelan, Claire. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, 12 colour illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 3D; DSBB; HBLA; JFSJ1; JHBK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Springer International Publishing AG
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9783319489018
ISBN
9783319489018
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 124.47

Hardback. This new edition prints together, for the first time, the surviving pre-1807 versions of poems included in The Mountain Bard, the full 1807 collection, and the complete 1821 version. Editor(s): Gilbert, Suzanne. Series: The Collected Works of James Hogg. Num Pages: 384 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1043.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748620067
ISBN
9780748620067
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.92
€ 107.52

Paperback. Presents 29 texts, beginning with "Immortality in the Light of Synechism", in which the author proposes synechism, tendency to regard everything as continuous, as a key advance over the 3 'isms' materialism, idealism, and dualism, and ending with the author's unfinished investigations of the relative merits of different kinds of reasoning. Editor(s): Peirce, Charles S. Num Pages: 624 pages, 6 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBH; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 888.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
640
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253211903
ISBN
9780253211903
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.12

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 7 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226457802
ISBN
9780226457802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 26.02

Hardback. Nancy Cunard abandoned the world of a celebrated socialite and Jazz Age icon to pursue a lifelong battle against social injustice as a wartime journalist, humanitarian aid worker, and civil rights champion. This biography tells the story of a writer, activist, and cultural icon who embodied the dazzling energy and tumultuous spirit of her age. Num Pages: 504 pages, 70 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 168 x 35. Weight in Grams: 868.
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
504
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231139380
ISBN
9780231139380
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.24

Paperback. This edition in the Oxford Shakespeare series completes the trilogy of Henry VI plays. In his introduction Michael Taylor considers the implications of the gap between first performance in 1592 and the play's first printed appearance in the 1623 folio. He discusses key issues such as language, structure, performance history, and the role of women in the play. Editor(s): Taylor, Michael. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537105
ISBN
9780199537105
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.81

Hardcover. Investigates how the Irish cultural debate informed O'Nolan's early fiction and journalism. This work offers an assessment of his work in its Irish context, arguing that his self-reflexive comic writing betrays a crisis of literary identity that is rooted in the cultural dynamics of post-Independence Ireland. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBR; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 164 x 28. Weight in Grams: 630.
Publisher
Cork University Press Cork
Number of pages
284
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859184424
ISBN
9781859184424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 39.00
€ 31.26

Paperback. Editor(s): Oliver, H. J. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 129 x 13. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199536528
ISBN
9780199536528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906841225
ISBN
9781906841225
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.27

Paperback. 'Modern Criticism and Theory' has long been regarded as a necessary collection. This third edition provides students and the general reader with a wide-ranging survey of the landscape of modern theory and a critical assessment of the way we think - and live - in the world today. Num Pages: 866 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 171 x 47. Weight in Grams: 1472.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
864
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582784543
ISBN
9780582784543
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 81.88

Hardback. In 1945, the day after liberation, Soviet soldiers in control of the Katowice camp in Poland asked Primo Levi and his fellow captive Leonardo De Benedetti to compile a detailed report on the sanitary conditions in Auschwitz. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 135. .
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781509513369
ISBN
9781509513369
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.43
€ 49.71

Paperback. Translator(s): Zylinska, Joanna. Series: Electronic Mediations. Num Pages: 440 pages, 1 black & white illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; JFD; PDR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816675777
ISBN
9780816675777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.25

Paperback. Editor(s): Ali, N.; Dennis Unrau, Melanie. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 292 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349470372
ISBN
9781349470372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.15

Hardcover.
Publisher
Irish Academic Press Ltd Ireland
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780716531173
ISBN
9780716531173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.86

Hardcover. Series: Anthem Nineteenth-Century Series. Num Pages: 218 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 590.
Publisher
Anthem Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780857284181
ISBN
9780857284181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.69

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