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Paperback. Our collective notion of the city and country is irresistibly powerful. The city as the seat of enlightenment, power and greed is in profound contrast with an innocent, peaceful, backward countryside. Examining literature since the sixteenth century, this book traces the development of our conceptions of these two traditional poles of life. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFSF; JFSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
- Publisher
- Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781784870829
- ISBN
- 9781784870829
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.48
€ 17.99
€ 13.48
Hardcover. Revises the semiotic paradigm of the early modern 'literary system' dominant since 1983 by adapting methods entailed in the idea that literary works emerge through a series of semiotic events. Davis analyzes Philip Sidney's Arcadia and Astrophil and Stella to demonstrate how design elements stage the scene of reading these works. Num Pages: 271 pages, 8 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230112520
- ISBN
- 9780230112520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.07
€ 67.07
Paperback. Basilus, a foolish old Duke, consults an oracle, but he is less than pleased with what he learns. To escape the oracle's horrific prophecies, he withdraws into pastoral retreat with his wife and two daughters. When a pair of princes fall in love with the princesses and adopt disguises to gain access to them, all manner of complications ensue. Editor(s): Evans, Maurice. Num Pages: 880 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 198 x 32. Weight in Grams: 526. Good clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Condition
- Used, Good
- SKU
- KAC0001513
- ISBN
- 9780140431117
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardcover. A wide-ranging study that examines the tendency in 20th-century English fiction to treat grief as an occasion for social critique, unconventional readings of works by Ford, Lessing, and Winterson demonstrate how narrative experimentation in this period responds to socio-historic conditions like post-imperial melancholy, nuclear fear and homophobia. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 217 x 142 x 17. Weight in Grams: 366.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 194
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230577145
- ISBN
- 9780230577145
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.44
€ 66.44
The Count of Monte Cristo SparkNotes Literature Guide (SparkNotes Lite...
Sparknotes, Dumas, Alexandre
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- SparkNotes
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781411469488
- ISBN
- 9781411469488
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.40
€ 8.40
Hardback. The Correspondence of James Boswell with James Bruce and Andrew Gibb, Overseers of the Auchinleck Estate Editor(s): Strawhorn, John; Hankins, Nellie Pottle. Series: The Yale Editions of the Private Papers of James Boswell. Num Pages: 420 pages, maps. BIC Classification: BGLA; BJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 240 x 23. Weight in Grams: 614.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 420
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748606245
- ISBN
- 9780748606245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 235.07€ 219.99
€ 235.07
€ 219.99
Many of the letters in this volume, which covers the period August 1530 to March 1531, reflect Erasmus' anxieties over events at the Diet of Augsburg (June-November 1530). Editor(s): Estes, James M. Translator(s): Fantazzi, Charles. Series: Collected Works of Erasmus. Num Pages: 416 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; DSA; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 182 x 32. Weight in Grams: 930.
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442648784
- ISBN
- 9781442648784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.36
€ 185.36
Hardcover. This book publishes, for the first time, some 400 letters between Edith Wharton and her chief London publisher, Macmillan. The correspondence highlights Wharton's well developed understanding of the 'sociology of text' in the early twentieth century, casting new light on Wharton's working practices which will be of crucial importance for scholars. Editor(s): Towheed, Shafquat. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 478.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008434
- ISBN
- 9780230008434
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.43
€ 67.43
Hardback. More than an index to the nine volumes of letters, this volume is a concise guide to an entire cultural era seen through the lens of Dante Gabriel Rossetti. Num Pages: 400 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; ACVM; AGB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 251 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1316.
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843955
- ISBN
- 9781843843955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.42
€ 164.42
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 608
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859917940
- ISBN
- 9780859917940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 164.92
€ 164.92
Paperback. Hannah Webster Foster's two major Early American works with a wealth of primary materials are now available in a Norton Critical Edition. Editor(s): Harris, Jennifer; Waterman, Bryan. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 464 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 132 x 25. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- WW Norton & Co United States
- Number of pages
- 435
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780393931679
- ISBN
- 9780393931679
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Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 18.68
€ 19.99
€ 18.68
Paperback. The `sentimental novel', in the tradition established by Samuel Richardson, was very popular in post-revolutionary America. This novel and `Charlotte Temple' were two of the most successful examples. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1facsim. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK; FC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 138 x 203 x 11. Weight in Grams: 150.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780195042399
- ISBN
- 9780195042399
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Condition: New
€ 26.81
€ 26.81
Paperback. A valuable collection from an extraordinary writer, "The Convent of Pleasureand Other Plays raises important issues about women and gender. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801861000
- ISBN
- 9780801861000
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Condition: New
€ 37.87
€ 37.87
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781472588463
- ISBN
- 9781472588463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 32.01
€ 34.99
€ 32.01
The Contemporary Novel. A Checklist of Critical Literature on the Engl...
Adelman, Irving; Dworkin, Rita
Hardback. In this new edition, what was already an expansive work has been updated and further enlarged to include information not only on American and British novelists but also on writers in English from around the world. Num Pages: 696 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 288 x 216 x 48. Weight in Grams: 2147.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 696
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810831032
- ISBN
- 9780810831032
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 331.15
€ 331.15
Paperback. This study offers critical readings of key contemporary Irish novels, employing a range of historical, psychoanalytic and theoretical approaches. Linden Peach examines texts by established writers such as William Trevor and John Banville alongside works by younger writers, including Roddy Doyle. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 356
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333948934
- ISBN
- 9780333948934
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.99€ 17.89
€ 48.99
€ 17.89
Paperback. Written by some of the world's finest contemporary literature specialists, the newly commissioned essays in this volume examine the work of more than twenty major British novelists. Editor(s): Acheson, James; Ross, Sarah C. E. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 23. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748618958
- ISBN
- 9780748618958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 34.28
€ 38.99
€ 34.28
Hardcover. This text examines the concept of the "mental landscape" in American romantic literature. It contends that this landscape creates a space in the imagination that helps to form a writer's perspective. The book also explores the function of literary allusion in 19th-century American romance. Num Pages: 236 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 132 x 20. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 236
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804717939
- ISBN
- 9780804717939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 77.06
€ 77.06
Paperback. Boethius was an eminent public figure under the Gothic emperor Theodoric, and an exceptional Greek scholar. When he became involved in a conspiracy and was imprisoned in Pavia, it was to the Greek philosophers that he turned. This work is a dialogue of alternating prose and verse between him and his 'nurse' Philosophy. Translator(s): Watts, Victor. Num Pages: 192 pages, bibliography, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSK; HPCB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 148.
- Publisher
- Penguin Classics
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- Rev Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140447804
- ISBN
- 9780140447804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.76
€ 13.99
€ 11.76
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 371.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 276
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691622804
- ISBN
- 9780691622804
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.81
€ 46.99
€ 33.81