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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
350
Condition
New
SKU
V9781598844450
ISBN
9781598844450
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 77.28
€ 69.55

Paperback. Want to become a classic novel buff, or expand your reading of some of the finest novels ever published? With 100 of the best titles fully reviewed and a further 500 recommended, you'll quickly set out on a journey of discovery. Num Pages: 192 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 146 x 105 x 15. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713675832
ISBN
9780713675832
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.84

Paperback. We can all recall at least one book which made us see the world anew. Here, the author of the popular Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide, selects the very best books which may or may not have changed the world, but which have certainly changed the lives of thousands of people who have read them. Num Pages: 160 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 108 x 13. Weight in Grams: 94. 160 pages, N/A. We can all recall at least one book which made us see the world anew. Here, the author of the popular Bloomsbury Good Reading Guide, selects the very best books which may or may not have changed the world, but which have certainly changed the lives of thousands of people who have read them. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSR. Dimension: 145 x 108 x 13. Weight: 94.
Publisher
A&C Black
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713688726
ISBN
9780713688726
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.84

Paperback. Shakespeare's plays have inspired British Oscar-winners and spaghetti Westerns, Bollywood thrillers, and Soviet epics. Covering twenty plays, this work spans a century of cinema, from a silent "Tempest" (1907) to Kenneth Branagh's "As You Like It" (2006). Series: Screen Guides. Num Pages: 272 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 126 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844571703
ISBN
9781844571703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 24.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Ingham, Donna. Series: 1001. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 175 x 149 x 26. Weight in Grams: 26.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9781592289981
ISBN
9781592289981
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.53

Paperback. Melvyn Bragg explores a controversial selection of British books and their huge impact on history Num Pages: 384 pages, 3 x 8pp colour. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 130 x 26. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340839829
ISBN
9780340839829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 13.20

Paperback. Bringing together penetrating conversations between poets of different generations as they explore process and poetics, poetry's influence on other art forms, and the political and social aspects of their work, this title restores poesis to the center of poetry. Editor(s): Mengert, Christina; Wilkinson, Joshua Marie. Num Pages: 284 pages. BIC Classification: DCQ; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University Of Iowa Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781587297915
ISBN
9781587297915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.52

Paperback. Presents the history of Shakespeare, following him through a single year that changed not only his fortunes, but the course of literature. In this one year, we follow what he reads and writes, what he saw, and who he worked with as he creates four of his most famous plays - "Henry V", "Julius Caesar", "As You Like It", and "Hamlet". Num Pages: 464 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports.,. BIC Classification: BGL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 31. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Condition
New
SKU
9780571214815
ISBN
9780571214815
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 12.94

Paperback. Following the biographical style of 1599, this book traces Shakespeare's life and times from the autumn of 1605, when he took an old and anonymous Elizabethan play, The Chronicle History of King Leir, and transformed it into his most searing tragedy, King Lear. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JD; DSBD; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 129 x 31. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571235797
ISBN
9780571235797
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 12.72

Paperback. Num Pages: 352 pages, 10 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; 2GDC; DSBD; DSG; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472583413
ISBN
9781472583413
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.31

Hardback. An attempt to re-create and examine the literary culture of 1798, the culture on which Wordsworth and Coleridge decided to make their "experiment". This is a book in which Wordsworth and Coleridge vie for attention, as they did in 1798, with many other writers, including Schleiermacher. Editor(s): Cronin, Richard. Series: Romanticism in Perspective. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333714089
ISBN
9780333714089
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 186.43

Hardback. Published to commemorate the bicentenary of the second edition of "Lyrical Ballads" (1900), this collection gathers essays from ten British and American scholars to explore the distinctive originality of these famous volumes, and to analyze their lasting influence. Editor(s): Trott, Nicola; Perry, Seamus. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 475.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333773987
ISBN
9780333773987
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.95

paperback. Editor(s): Trott, N.; Perry, S. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 255 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2001
Number of pages
255
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349655557
ISBN
9781349655557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 143.59

Paperback. This innovative book puts modernist literature in its cultural, intellectual, and global context, within the framework of the year 1913. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405161923
ISBN
9781405161923
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 47.71

Paperback. .
Publisher
SparkNotes
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Student, Study Guide
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411469389
ISBN
9781411469389
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.06

Hardcover. A study of the literary history of the interrelated achievements of the Bloomsbury Group. Professor Rosenbaum has written an account of the ideas and people who were the early influences on the Group. He sees the modern period not as the age of 'great men', but in a new light, where original ideas about art, women and society. Num Pages: 332 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Palgrave Schol, Print UK
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1987
Edition
1987th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333408384
ISBN
9780333408384
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 123.39

Hardback. Editor(s): Yarbrough, Robert; Stein, Robert. Series: Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801026850
ISBN
9780801026850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.51
€ 39.95

Hardback. Translator(s): Stoltzfus, Ben. Num Pages: 115 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 290 x 224 x 14. Weight in Grams: 653.
Publisher
The Target: Alain Robbe-Grillet and Jasper Johns
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473209
ISBN
9781611473209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.79

Paperback. Offers an evaluation of Penelope, one of the most universally admired female characters in Western classical literature. This title emphasizes the courage, steadfastness, and integrity of this iconic figure while she faces potentially tragic decisions. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 204.
Publisher
Taking Her Seriously: Penelope and the Plot of Homer´s Odyssey
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472033171
ISBN
9780472033171
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 26.48

Paperback. After spending time in the Soviet gulag and pursuing the life of an underground writer, the Russian writer and Nobel laureate Aleksandr Solzhenitsyn was catapulted to international fame with the publication of "One Day in the Life of Ivan Denisovich in 1962". This reader provides a representative selection of Solzhenitsyn's voluminous works. Editor(s): Ericson, Edward E.; Mahoney, Daniel J. Num Pages: 679 pages, maps. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 3JJ; DQ; DSBH; HBJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 166 x 32. Weight in Grams: 1078.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
The Solzhenitsyn Reader: New and Essential Writings, 1947-2005
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781935191551
ISBN
9781935191551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.77

Paperback. Examines the interaction between fictional representations of the Civil War and the memoirs and autobiographies of Civil War soldiers. This book argues that veterans' accounts taught later generations to represent the conflict in terms of individual experiences, revealing how national identity developed according to written records of the past. Num Pages: 224 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DS; HBWJ. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 395.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Scars to Prove it: The Civil War Soldier and American Fiction
Condition
New
SKU
V9781606350157
ISBN
9781606350157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.99
€ 41.60

Paperback. Num Pages: 160 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: AKLC; DSK; FX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 260 x 169 x 11. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Occupy Comics
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628750072
ISBN
9781628750072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 16.09

Hardback. Informed by the literature and language of the ancient Near East, this commentary to Chapters 1 to 12 of the biblical Book of Judges provides a literary and theological analysis of some of Scripture's most stirring narratives and verses. It also includes a comprehensive introduction that surveys issues and approaches in the study of Judges. Translator(s): Sasson, Jack M. Series: The Anchor Yale Bible Commentaries. Num Pages: 592 pages, black & white tables. BIC Classification: DSBB; HRCF1; HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 156 x 39. Weight in Grams: 988.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Judges 1-12: A New Translation with Introduction and Commentary United States
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300190335
ISBN
9780300190335
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.33
€ 52.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Fein, Susanna; Raybin, David B.; Ziolkowski, Jan M. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 260 x 32. Weight in Grams: 906.
Publisher
The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript, Volume 3
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580441995
ISBN
9781580441995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.30

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