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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Series: Modern Plays. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AN; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 132 x 198 x 28. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350016101
ISBN
9781350016101
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.24

Paperback. Herman Roth is eighty-six years old, a widower and retired insurance manager, suffering from a brain tumour and fighting death. In a remarkable act of memory, elegy and appreciation, the author creates his most irrepressible and irresistible hero - his father. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 16. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Vintage
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099914303
ISBN
9780099914303
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. A work of candour and inventiveness, instructive particularly in its revelation of the interplay between life and art. It concentrates on five episodes from Philip Roth's life. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 156.
Publisher
Vintage Publishing United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099520962
ISBN
9780099520962
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

paperback. What qualities helped Primo Levi survive the demented laboratory of Auschwitz? What does Milan Kundera make of being denounced as a subversive writer in communist Czechoslovakia? What does Edna O'Brien think drove generations of Irish writers into exile? This book explores the importance of region, politics and history in their work. Num Pages: 176 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 229 x 12. Weight in Grams: 128.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Vintage/Ebury (a Division of Random
Condition
New
SKU
9780099428435
ISBN
9780099428435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.99
€ 9.88

Paperback. "A success story .. proof that one can rise above the disease and defy its so-called limitations on the brain."-Daily Beast Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: BM; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 139 x 10. Weight in Grams: 164.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
120
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393343427
ISBN
9780393343427
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 15.10

Paperback. Described, variously, as the perfect fusion of poetry and garage band rock and roll, Horses belongs as much to the world of literary and cultural criticism as it does to the realm of musicology. This book demonstrates how Horses transformed the possibilities of both poetry and rock music. Series: 33 1/3. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: AVGU; AVH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 122 x 8. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
First Thus
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826427922
ISBN
9780826427922
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.53

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780691616100
ISBN
9780691616100
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 28.44

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691629674
ISBN
9780691629674
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.29

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 copy with some shelf wear, yellowing of pages
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Condition
Used, Good
SKU
KKD0009615
ISBN
9780140431117
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 17.95

Hardback. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 141 x 16. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1986
Publisher
Rowman & Littlefield United States
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780389205975
ISBN
9780389205975
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.25

Hardback. Series Editor(s): Lea, Daniel. Series: Contemporary British Novelists. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 24. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069123
ISBN
9780719069123
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.17

Paperback. Series Editor(s): Lea, Daniel. Series: Contemporary British Novelists. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 304.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Manchester University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719069130
ISBN
9780719069130
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 180 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 251.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1977
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
180
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349033935
ISBN
9781349033935
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.32

Hardback. This work is a comparative study of how these three dramatists seek and devise new models to address the specific conditions of Blacks in America. Each writer relies on a different approach, each powerful, yet apparently contradictory. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSG; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 154 x 18. Weight in Grams: 467.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University Press of America United States
Number of pages
264
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761817505
ISBN
9780761817505
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 120.17

Paperback. The plays of Euripides have stimulated audiences since the fifth century BC. Part of the series "Euripides in Penguin Classics", this title contains plays such as "Phoenician Women", "Bacchae", "Iphigenia at Aulis", "Orestes", and "Rhesus". Translator(s): Vellacott, Philip. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 15. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1973
Publisher
Penguin Books
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140440447
ISBN
9780140440447
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.25

Hardcover. This is treatment of the nature and scope of romanticism in Spain whose goal is essentially to demonstrate that the prevailing understanding of the subject is misdirected. Num Pages: 208 pages, illustrations, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Vanderbilt University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826512895
ISBN
9780826512895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.76

Paperback. This book is about four writers-Sartre, Eluard, Blanchot, and Celine-whose works confront and respond to the purge of collaborationist intellectuals in postwar France. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 13. Weight in Grams: 280.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731850
ISBN
9780804731850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 31.10

hardcover. This book is about four writers-Sartre, Eluard, Blanchot, and Celine-whose works confront and respond to the purge of collaborationist intellectuals in postwar France. Num Pages: 232 pages, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5182 x 3226 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780804731843
ISBN
9780804731843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.87

Paperback. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801489730
ISBN
9780801489730
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 35.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 143 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 344.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501325557
ISBN
9781501325557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.42

Paperback. In The Fellowship, Philip and Carol Zaleski offer the first complete rendering of the Inklings' lives and works. Lewis maps the medieval mind, accepts Christ while riding in the sidecar of his brother's motorcycle, becomes a world-famous evangelist, and creates new forms of religiously attuned fiction while wrestling with personal crises. Num Pages: 656 pages, 16 pages of black and white illustrations, notes, bibliography and index. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 211 x 51. Weight in Grams: 600.
Publisher
Farrar, Straus and Giroux
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780374536251
ISBN
9780374536251
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 23.22

Paperback. Providing new and challenging ways of understanding the medieval in the modern and vice versa, this volume highlights how medieval aesthetic experience breathes life into contemporary cinema. Engaging with the subject of time and temporality, the essays examine the politics of adaptation and our contemporary entanglement with the medieval. Editor(s): Hinz, Philipp. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 252 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: APF; DSBB; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 379.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349294435
ISBN
9781349294435
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.63

Hardback. It will interest English-language medievalists of several other disciplines: intellectual historians and specialists of English, as well as scholars of Italian and Iberian literature. Translator(s): Curley, Michael J.; Rendall, Steven. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 568 pages, 14, 12 black & white line drawings, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVA; DSA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 157 x 229 x 43. Weight in Grams: 904.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411248
ISBN
9781421411248
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.72
€ 73.56

Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, 12 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AVGC9; DSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Virginia Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813939032
ISBN
9780813939032
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.80

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