Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry. Editor(s): Konstan, David; Raaflaub, Kurt A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 456 pages, Illustrations, map. BIC Classification: DSC; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 254 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 956.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405193078
- ISBN
- 9781405193078
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 160.46
€ 160.46
Paperback. With contributions from leading scholars, this is a unique cross-cultural comparison of historical epics across a wide range of cultures and time periods, which presents crucial insights into how history is treated in narrative poetry. Editor(s): Konstan, David; Raaflaub, Kurt A. Series: Ancient World: Comparative Histories. Num Pages: 456 pages, black & white illustrations, black & white tables, maps, figures. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC; HBG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 245 x 170 x 21. Weight in Grams: 690.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118785119
- ISBN
- 9781118785119
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 64.69
€ 64.69
Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 16. Weight in Grams: 360.
- Publisher
- Mage Publishers United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781933823058
- ISBN
- 9781933823058
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 19.72
€ 26.99
€ 19.72
Hardcover.
- Publisher
- Classical Press of Wales United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781905125227
- ISBN
- 9781905125227
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 73.45
€ 73.45
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 292 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 571.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 292
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691638744
- ISBN
- 9780691638744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.27
€ 142.27
Hardback. Rigorous archival research, careful readings, and long chronologies of genre define this magisterial work, making it an invaluable resource for scholars of American studies, American poetry, and literary history. Num Pages: 376 pages, 20, 20 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC; HBJK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 233 x 29. Weight in Grams: 620.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421404899
- ISBN
- 9781421404899
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.85€ 65.57
€ 71.85
€ 65.57
Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 186 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 186
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483000
- ISBN
- 9781611483000
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.07
€ 119.07
Paperback. States that "Epicene" is one of the most widely-studied of Johnson's plays. This book analyzed the play as originally written for the newly formed Children of the Queen's Revels, and performed at the little-known Whitefriars Theatre. It discusses the composition of the play, which took place during a critical period in Jonson's life and career. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard. Series: Revels Plays Companion Library. Num Pages: 356 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 141 x 22. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719078385
- ISBN
- 9780719078385
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.12
€ 33.12
Paperback.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780713666687
- ISBN
- 9780713666687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.43
€ 15.43
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 10. Weight in Grams: 171.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 190
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691627595
- ISBN
- 9780691627595
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.78
€ 43.78
Hardcover. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 190 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691653556
- ISBN
- 9780691653556
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 103.38
€ 103.38
Paperback. Richard Dutton's introduction illuminates the structure and context of Jonson's "Epigrams" and "The Forest". Dutton shows them to be carefully structured poem sequences that display Jonson's command of poetic forms and involve the reader in evaluating a range of shifting perspectives. Editor(s): Dutton, Richard. Num Pages: 121 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 137 x 10. Weight in Grams: 197.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 121
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781857547054
- ISBN
- 9781857547054
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 18.81
€ 20.99
€ 18.81
Hardcover. Series: Loeb Classical Monographs. Num Pages: 288 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 150 x 27. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Edition
- y First printing
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674258228
- ISBN
- 9780674258228
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 42.99€ 36.06
€ 42.99
€ 36.06
Hardback. This volume brings together some of the influential work to be published on the Epistles of Pliny the Younger. Covering historical, (auto)biographical, and literary aspects of the Epistles and their reception, the articles offer a wide and representative range of approaches to Pliny. Editor(s): Gibson, Roy; Whitton, Christopher. Series: Oxford Readings in Classical Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199545940
- ISBN
- 9780199545940
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 162.43
€ 162.43
Paperback. Neo-Victorian writers invoke conflicting viewpoints in diaries, letters, etc. to creatively retrace the past in fragmentary and contradictory ways. This book explores the complex desires involved in epistolary discoveries of 'hidden' Victorians, offering new insight into the creative synthesising of critical thought within the neo-Victorian novel. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349435319
- ISBN
- 9781349435319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 63.35
€ 63.35
Hardcover. Neo-Victorian writers invoke conflicting viewpoints in diaries, letters, etc. to creatively retrace the past in fragmentary and contradictory ways. This book explores the complex desires involved in epistolary discoveries of 'hidden' Victorians, offering new insight into the creative synthesising of critical thought within the neo-Victorian novel. Num Pages: 240 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137007155
- ISBN
- 9781137007155
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.06
€ 64.06
Hardback. Editor(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim. Num Pages: 464 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 2GK; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 30. Weight in Grams: 817.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148023
- ISBN
- 9780231148023
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 139.25
€ 139.25
Paperback. Editor(s): Haboush, JaHyun Kim. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 2GK; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 28. Weight in Grams: 656.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 464
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231148030
- ISBN
- 9780231148030
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.13
€ 41.99
€ 30.13
Paperback. After offering an overview of the genre, Decker explores epistolary practices that coincide with American experiences of space, settlement, separation, and reunion. He discusses letters written by such well-known and well-educated persons as John Winthrop, Nathaniel Hawthorne and Samuel Clemens. Num Pages: 336 pages, 6 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 481.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780807847435
- ISBN
- 9780807847435
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.62
€ 65.62
Hardback. Hearing across media is the source of innovation in a uniquely African American sphere of art-making and performance, Brent Hayes Edwards writes. He explores this fertile interface through case studies in jazz literature both writings informed by music and the surprisingly large body of writing by jazz musicians themselves. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 23 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674055438
- ISBN
- 9780674055438
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 39.05
€ 46.99
€ 39.05
Hardback. This study explores the literary representations of Adolf Hitler in American fiction and makes the case that his figure has slowly developed from a means of left-wing critique into a device of right-wing affirmation. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230613416
- ISBN
- 9780230613416
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.30
€ 64.30
Paperback. Series: Language, Discourse, Society. Num Pages: 304 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 404.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349073375
- ISBN
- 9781349073375
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 69.28
€ 69.28
Paperback. Equine Poetics is a literary analysis of horses and horsemanship in early Greek epic and lyric poetry. Drawing from the fields of comparative poetics and historical linguistics, the book sheds new light on fascinating and puzzling aspects of these central figures in early Greek verbal art. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 22 x 15. .
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674975705
- ISBN
- 9780674975705
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.76
€ 21.99
€ 19.76
Paperback. Focusing on the work of Mary Wollstonecraft, Ann Radcliffe, Frances Burney and Jane Austen, this book examines the relationships between politics, gender and feeling. It treats the qualities that were once seen to mar their work as strategies of representation during a time of political change. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226401843
- ISBN
- 9780226401843
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 36.36
€ 46.99
€ 36.36