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Paperback. A new account of medieval and Renaissance clown traditions reveals the true extent of their cultural influence. Series: Studies in Renaissance Literature. Num Pages: 258 pages, 6, 6 black & white illustrations, 6 black and white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 14. Weight in Grams: 382.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
258
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843566
ISBN
9781843843566
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.02

Hardcover. This is the first comprehensive study of the English crime play, presenting a survey of 250 plays performed in the London West End between 1900 and 2000. The first part is historically orientated while the second one establishes a tentative poetics of the genre. The third part presents an analysis of some 20 plays adapted from detective fiction. Series: Crime Files. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKESL; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 305 x 222 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137463036
ISBN
9781137463036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.19

Paperback. The English Handbook: A Guide to Literary Studies is a comprehensive new textbook providing essential practical and analytical reading and writing skills for literature students at all levels. The Handbook features coverage of all key areas, from sonnets to irony to close textual analysis. Num Pages: 358 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 29. Weight in Grams: 532.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
360
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405183758
ISBN
9781405183758
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.68

Paperback. Much scholarly work assumes that African American Vernacular English (AAVE) derives from an earlier plantation creole. This volume explores an alternative hypothesis: that the characteristic features were acquired from the varieties of English to which early speakers were exposed. Editor(s): Poplack, Shana. Series: Language in Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 2ZP; CFFD; CFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631212621
ISBN
9780631212621
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 70.63

Hardback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 411.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403935731
ISBN
9781403935731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.66

Paperback. Provides a survey of the English language in its various forms. This book describes the structure of the language, the uses of English throughout the world and provides a history of English. It includes a chapter on 'The effect of technology' on the English language. Num Pages: 336 pages, line drawings, maps, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 238.
Publisher
Penguin London
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2Rev Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141003962
ISBN
9780141003962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 12.61

paperback. This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day. Series: Canto Classics. Num Pages: 318 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 214 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 452. Series: Canto Classics. 320 pages, 1 map. This bestselling text by Charles Barber recounts the history of the English language from its ancestry to the present day. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; CFF. Dimension: 214 x 141 x 17. Weight: 456.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
318
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107693937
ISBN
9781107693937
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 23.46

Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 17. Weight in Grams: 420.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101856
ISBN
9781585101856
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 18.92

hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691650173
ISBN
9780691650173
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 206.79

Hardback. This study of the English novel at mid-century looks at the work of Henry Green, Anthony Powell, Graham Greene and Evelyn Waugh. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
236
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333522424
ISBN
9780333522424
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.73

Hardback. Series: Studies in 20th Century Literature. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJH; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333346037
ISBN
9780333346037
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 194.29

textbook. This collection of essays on the English novel in the 18th-century reflects the state of transatlantic criticism on the 18th-century novel and outlines developments in critical trends since the 1970s. Arguments focus on the "origins" of the novel. Series: Longman Critical Readers. Num Pages: 320 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780582088559
ISBN
9780582088559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

textbook. Following from Volume 1, this text includes critical approaches to the 18th-century novel, discussing topics such as the Gothic novel, the rise in the number of women novelists in the later 18th century, the class conflicts of writers like Smollett, and the effects of the French Revolution. Series: Longman Critical Readers. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 430.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780582099692
ISBN
9780582099692
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.85

Paperback. Presents a wide-ranging and humorous introduction to the English novel from Daniel Defoe to the present day. This book distils the essentials of the theory of the novel. It covers the works of major authors, including Henry Fielding, Samuel Richardson, Laurence Sterne, Walter Scott, Jane Austen, the Brontes, Charles Dickens and George Eliot. Num Pages: 376 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 570.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
376
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405117074
ISBN
9781405117074
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 39.89

Hardback. Editor(s): Rambuss, Richard. Num Pages: 568 pages, 22 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 169 x 244 x 38. Weight in Grams: 930.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680689
ISBN
9780816680689
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.66

Paperback. This lively and stimulating book guides students through the historical contexts, key figures, texts, themes and issues in sixteenth-- and early seventeenth--century English literature. Series: Blackwell Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 336 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLH; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 231 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220244
ISBN
9780631220244
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.71

Hardback. This book considers popular culture's confrontations with the history, thought, and major figures of the English Renaissance through an analysis of 'period films,' television productions, popular literature, and punk music. Editor(s): Semenza, Gregory M. Colon. Series: Reproducing Shakespeare. Num Pages: 242 pages, 10 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230100282
ISBN
9780230100282
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.97

Paperback. This volume reassesses Renaissance English literature and its place in Elizabethan society. It examines, in particular, the role of Italianate literary imitation in addressing the ethical and political issues of the 16th century. Num Pages: 256 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD1; HBLC; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 14. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631190295
ISBN
9780631190295
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.53

Paperback. An incomparable satirist, the author became the "laughing devil" of the San Francisco news media, for he was about as discreet as a runaway locomotive, according to H L Mencken. This dictionary presents his uninhibited irony and gift for verse parody. Editor(s): Hopkins, Ernest. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBD; FC; WH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 130 x 17. Weight in Grams: 234.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141185927
ISBN
9780141185927
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.31

Paperback. Offers an understanding of the Enlightenment and the forgotten role of publishing during that period. This title seeks to remedy the common misperception that such classics as "The Wealth of Nations" and "The Life of Samuel Johnson" were made by their authors alone. Num Pages: 842 pages, 45 halftones, 16 line drawings, 7 tables. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 148 x 51. Weight in Grams: 1246.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
842
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226752532
ISBN
9780226752532
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 41.39

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