Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Can a novel cause riots, start a war, free serfs or slaves, break up marriages, drive readers to suicide, close factories, bring about law change, swing an election, or serve as a weapon in a national or international struggle? Num Pages: 274 pages, black & white illustrations, Bibliog., Index. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Berghahn Books, Incorporated United States
- Edition
- Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 274
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571810519
- ISBN
- 9781571810519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.33
€ 44.33
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSK; VFJD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 130 x 197 x 24. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Hachette Books Ireland
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444743500
- ISBN
- 9781444743500
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 14.99€ 11.60
€ 14.99
€ 11.60
Paperback. aeo Provides a vital introduction to one of the centurya s major thinkers. aeo Reveals Jamesona s systematic vision of the contemporary world. aeo Represents the broad spectrum of Jamesona s work, including major seminal texts to lesser--known works. Editor(s): Hardt, Michael; Weeks, Kathi. Series: Blackwell Readers. Num Pages: 424 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 424
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631202707
- ISBN
- 9780631202707
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.85
€ 60.85
Paperback. Essays on theory's role in contemporary politics, reading and critiques of literature Editor(s): Farred, Grant; Hardt, Michael. Num Pages: 220 pages, 2 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JPA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 402.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822367383
- ISBN
- 9780822367383
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.04
€ 16.04
Hardback. This study of the social content of the only surviving Spanish epic provides a means of assessing the motives and intentions of the protagonist and of other characters. Series: Purdue Studies in Romance Literatures. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 635.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557530394
- ISBN
- 9781557530394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.19
€ 42.19
Hardcover. The origins of present-day Ibero-American racialization can be traced to the period when Europe straddled the boundary between the Middle Ages and the era of New World exploration. Focusing on themes of race, caste, and indigeneity in travel narratives, Harney explores this already internationalized world of late-medieval and early-modern Europe. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 2ADS; DSBB; HBJD; HBLC1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 145 x 20. Weight in Grams: 438.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137381378
- ISBN
- 9781137381378
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.31
€ 64.31
Hardback. This 1993 annual volume represents the continuation of the "Journal of Newspaper and Periodical History". The contents include London corantos and letters to the editor in the 17th/18th centuries, sporting journalism and celebrity in the 19th/20th centuries, and material on book reviews. Series: Newspaper and Periodical History. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; DSB; GBCY; HBTB; KNTJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 14. Weight in Grams: 512.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313290503
- ISBN
- 9780313290503
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.59€ 61.04
€ 62.59
€ 61.04
Hardback. This volume offers a description of early modern habits of writing and reading, of publication and stage performance, and of political and religious writing. An introduction to early modern English literature for students and general readers. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 520.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405100441
- ISBN
- 9781405100441
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.69
€ 113.69
Paperback. * Provides new perspectives on established texts. * Orientates the new student, while providing advanced students with current and new directions. * Pioneered by leading scholars. * Occupies a unique niche in Renaissance studies. * Illustrated with 12 single--page black and white prints. . Editor(s): Hattaway, Michael. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 792 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 57. Weight in Grams: 1268.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- New Ed
- Number of pages
- 792
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405106269
- ISBN
- 9781405106269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 58.39
€ 58.39
Paperback. This volume offers a description of early modern habits of writing and reading, of publication and stage performance, and of political and religious writing. An introduction to early modern English literature for students and general readers. Series: Blackwell Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 264 pages, 6. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405100458
- ISBN
- 9781405100458
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 43.65
€ 43.99
€ 43.65
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 20. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691614274
- ISBN
- 9780691614274
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 74.92
€ 74.92
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 370 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 22. Weight in Grams: 857.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 370
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691641935
- ISBN
- 9780691641935
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.36
€ 181.36
Hardback. Offering essays, this book explores a panoply of subjects from the mastery of translation to the best day job for a poet. It is a journey with literature's most irresistible flaneur. It is a story of love between a reader and his treasured books. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Faber & Faber
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571323661
- ISBN
- 9780571323661
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 25.26
€ 38.99
€ 25.26
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 14. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638201
- ISBN
- 9780691638201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.46
€ 104.46
Hardcover. Learning to drive was no easy matter for the author: the lessons required military precision when practising how to get in and out of his car correctly. Weaving together memoir and historical anecdote, this title traces his relationship with cars through a lifetime of biography. Num Pages: 128 pages, 10 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 151 x 184 x 16. Weight in Grams: 172.
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Publisher
- Chatto & Windus
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780701187439
- ISBN
- 9780701187439
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.82
€ 13.99
€ 10.82
Hardcover. Translator(s): Hulse, M. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations, 1 port. BIC Classification: DN; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 150. . Good copy in original cloth
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Andre Deutsch Ltd London
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1987
- SKU
- KEX0241502
- ISBN
- 9780233981284
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Paperback. This book provides an approachable exposition of the rationale of textual editing with special reference to texts from between 1550-1800. The volume explains how manuscript and printed texts were produced, indicating the implications of this for their editorial treatment and giving practical advice on how texts should be prepared and presented. Num Pages: 184 pages, 2 tables, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 7. Weight in Grams: 232.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230574762
- ISBN
- 9780230574762
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.27
€ 121.27
Hardback. This book provides an approachable exposition of the rationale of textual editing with special reference to texts from between 1550-1800. The volume explains how manuscript and printed texts were produced, indicating the implications of this for their editorial treatment and giving practical advice on how texts should be prepared and presented. Num Pages: 183 pages, 3 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CBW; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 183
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230008076
- ISBN
- 9780230008076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.15
€ 122.15
Hardback. This collection of essays examines such topics as the influence of New Comedy on The Comedy of Errors and The Taming of the Shrew; explores the implications for performance of the two versions of The Shrew, as well as examining the woman's part; studies the relationship of Love's Labor's Lost to The Convent of Pleasure, and so forth. Editor(s): Collins, Michael J. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 535.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491715
- ISBN
- 9781611491715
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.57
€ 119.57
Paperback. Literary Biography: An Introduction offers an erudite and insightful introduction into the history, theory, and practice of the increasingly popular literary genre of life writing. The text illustrates and accounts for the literary genre that merges verifiable historical facts with the familiar conventions of narrative. Num Pages: 280 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 229 x 15. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781119060116
- ISBN
- 9781119060116
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.50
€ 37.50
Hardcover. This collection reflects the distinct methods and insights Stephen Booth has brought to the reading of Shakespeare for more than forty years. Together these essays suggest how his approach enhances the reading, playing, or teaching of Shakespeare in the years to come and suggest the enduring value of his work to Shakespeare scholarship. Editor(s): Collins, Michael J. Num Pages: 188 pages, 33 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 16. Weight in Grams: 367.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Delaware
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611495072
- ISBN
- 9781611495072
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.39
€ 118.39
Paperback. One of the most popular and widely read books of the Middle Ages, "Physiologus" contains allegories of beasts, stones, and trees both real and imaginary, infused by their anonymous author with the spirit of Christian moral and mystical teaching. This book explains the origins, history, and literary value of this curious text. Translator(s): Curley, Michael J. Num Pages: 144 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 214 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 176.
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Edition
- Second
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226128702
- ISBN
- 9780226128702
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 24.35
€ 30.99
€ 24.35
Hardcover. This text is a comparative study of Romanticism on theories of education. It looks at the ideas presented by the romantics in late 18th-century Britain and Germany of what a university should be. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DFG; 2ACG; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF; JFCX; JNMN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 387.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333718889
- ISBN
- 9780333718889
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.01
€ 64.01
Paperback. Series: Romanticism in Perspective: Texts, Cultures, Histories. Num Pages: 176 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSBF; JFC; JNKC; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349404018
- ISBN
- 9781349404018
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07