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hardcover. This collection presents the best of George Bernard Shaw's witticisms and other turns-of-phrase. It surveys Shaw's passion for politics, the arts, and life in general. Editor(s): Dukore, Bernard F. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CB; DQ; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 204 x 127 x 24. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Edition
- New
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231104784
- ISBN
- 9780231104784
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 56.94
€ 56.94
Hardcover. This is a revisionist study of the literary and visual representation of the nation in the century following the formation of the British state. It argues that the most engaging accounts of Great Britain subject their imagery to sustained artistic pressure, threatening to dismantle the national vision at the moment of its construction. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137290106
- ISBN
- 9781137290106
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.25
€ 67.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Mitchell, Angelyn. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 30. Weight in Grams: 771.
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822315445
- ISBN
- 9780822315445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 34.28
€ 41.99
€ 34.28
Hardcover. This companion is the first book of its kind to focus on the whole of European Romanticism. * Describes the way in which the Romantic Movement swept across Europe in the early nineteenth century. * Covers the national literatures of France, Germany, Italy, Poland, Russia and Spain. Editor(s): Ferber, Michael. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 600 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 1D; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 255 x 181 x 50. Weight in Grams: 1218.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 600
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405110396
- ISBN
- 9781405110396
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 212.06
€ 212.06
hardcover. Series: The Cornell Yeats. Num Pages: 432 pages, 175. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 246 x 175 x 35. Weight in Grams: 864.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 432
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780801442933
- ISBN
- 9780801442933
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 195.92
€ 195.92
Hardcover. Bram Stoker, Dracula and the Victorian Gothic Stage re-appraises Stoker's key fictions in relation to his working life. It takes Stoker's work from the margins to centre stage, exploring how Victorian theatre's melodramatic and Gothic productions influenced his writing and thinking. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 153 x 224 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137298980
- ISBN
- 9781137298980
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.58
€ 66.58
Hardback. State of the art overview of the relationship between globalization studies and literature and literary studies. The first book length treatment of this cutting edge area, pitched for undergraduate students. Series: Polity Themes in 20th and 21st Century Literature. Num Pages: 200 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 25. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745640235
- ISBN
- 9780745640235
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.24
€ 73.24
paperback. "Don Quijote" emerges as a work that charts and reflects upon the historical transition from feudalism to the modern times of a moneyed, commercial society. This book offers a fresh reading of "Don Quijote", understanding it as a whole much greater than the sum of its famous parts. Num Pages: 192 pages, 8 tables. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 13. Weight in Grams: 318.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691122274
- ISBN
- 9780691122274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 31.19
€ 42.99
€ 31.19
Hardback. Focuses on unpublished manuscripts and closely examines Dos Passos's first novels. This book reveals how his practical aesthetics and use of myth come together in a triumph of form that presents an important vision of America. Num Pages: 171 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 171
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780941664189
- ISBN
- 9780941664189
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.23
€ 117.23
Paperback. This study attempts to account for such a problematic career by focusing on Fitzgerald's struggle to sustain a perilous balancing act between his commitment to a totally involving life on the one hand, and his parallel commitment to the serious business of art on the other. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard. Series: Literary Lives. Num Pages: 208 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 12. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333738498
- ISBN
- 9780333738498
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Matro of Pitane and the Tradition of Epic Parody in the Fourth Century...
Olson, S. Douglas; Sens, Alexander
hardcover. Sens and Olson offer a new text of the 144 surviving lines of the parodies of Matro of Pitane (c. 300 BC) based on a fresh examination of the manuscripts; a translation; a detailed philological, historical, and gastronomic commentary; and a lively introduction to the poet and his times. Series: American Philological Association American Classical Studies. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBJD; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- OUP USA United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780788506147
- ISBN
- 9780788506147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.05
€ 128.05
Hardback. Written from a feminist perspective, this is a cultural and ideological study of modern China as seen in the writing of experimental fiction, one of the main attempts to subvert the conventions of socialist realism in contemporary Chinese literature. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 147 x 23. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804724630
- ISBN
- 9780804724630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.99
€ 144.99
Paperback. This volume brings two major critical impulses within the field of Romanticism to bear upon an important and growing field of research: appetite and its related discourses of taste and consumption. Num Pages: 287 pages, 4 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 347.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- St Martin's Press United States
- Number of pages
- 287
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780312293048
- ISBN
- 9780312293048
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. * Provides an expansive and inter--disciplinary approach to Renaissance plays and the world they played to. * Offers a colourful and comprehensive overview of the material conditions of Englanda s most important dramatic period. * Gives readers facts and data along with up--to--date interpretation of the plays. Editor(s): Kinney, Arthur F. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 648 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 265 x 186 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1322.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 648
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631219507
- ISBN
- 9780631219507
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 228.62
€ 228.62
hardcover. In this book, Albert W. Halsall presents the first complete treatment in English of Hugo's plays - a history, plot summary, and detailed analysis of all the dramas, from Cromwel and Torquemada to the juvenilia and the epic melodrama Les Burgraves. Series: University of Toronto Romance Series. Num Pages: 256 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DD; DSB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 236 x 161 x 24. Weight in Grams: 580.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802043221
- ISBN
- 9780802043221
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 87.04
€ 87.04
Paperback. Editor(s): Leist, Anton; Singer, Peter. Num Pages: 408 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 153 x 21. Weight in Grams: 550.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Edition
- n
- Number of pages
- 408
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148412
- ISBN
- 9780231148412
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 27.39
€ 36.99
€ 27.39
Hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JJ; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 212 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403977540
- ISBN
- 9781403977540
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Hardcover. Often dismissed as sensationalist, transgressive fiction is a sophisticated movement with roots in Menippean satire and the Rabelaisian carnal folk sensibility praised by Bakhtin. This study, the first of its kind, provides a thorough literary background and analysis of key transgressive authors such as Acker, Amis, Carter, Ellis, and Palahniuk. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230294028
- ISBN
- 9780230294028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Hardcover. Mario Vargas Llosa is a heterogeneous writer whose positions have often not been consistent from novel to novel, between his fictional and nonfictional work, between his literary and political commentary, and as his political commentary has proceeded over the decades. This analysis of his work reveals his insights into socio-political matters. Editor(s): De Castro, Juan E.; Birns, Nicholas. Num Pages: 247 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 1KLSR; 2ADS; DSBH; DSK; JPA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 146 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230105294
- ISBN
- 9780230105294
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.04
€ 67.04
Paperback. This book traces the evolution of the Faust myth from the Sixteenth century to modern times. The authors studied include Marlowe, Calderon, Milton, Goethe, Byron, Dostoevsky, Wilde, Thomas Mann, and Salman Rushdie. Num Pages: 257 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 257
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349536290
- ISBN
- 9781349536290
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
paperback. First published in 2005. Routledge is an imprint of Taylor & Francis, an informa company. Num Pages: 508 pages. BIC Classification: 1MKPH; 2AB; 3JH; DSB; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 938.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 508
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781138981966
- ISBN
- 9781138981966
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.83
€ 30.83
Paperback. This volume offers an abundant and representative selection of the verse of Ben Jonson and the Cavalier poets. Editor(s): MacLean, Hugh. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 132 x 208 x 18. Weight in Grams: 590. Clean copy with some shelf wear
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1975
- Publisher
- W. W. Norton & Company
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KJE0002243
- ISBN
- 9780393093087
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This collection explores how new directions in feminist literary study might be informed by the work of the past. It offers a snapshot view of new feminist research in the field today and traces the influence of the substantial feminist inheritance in English Studies through six distinct, individual pieces of rigorous and innovative new work. Editor(s): Jones, Clara; Hogg, Emily. Num Pages: 104 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSB; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 286.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 104
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137497499
- ISBN
- 9781137497499
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.84
€ 65.84
Hardback. Editor(s): Kummerling-Meibauer, Bettina. Series: Children's Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages, 37 black & white illustrations, 5 black & white tables, 32 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: ACX; AKLB; DSBH; DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 20. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415818018
- ISBN
- 9780415818018
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 187.92
€ 187.92