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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. Series: Irish Literacy Studies Series. Num Pages: 360 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 145 x 30. Weight in Grams: 594. 350pp. Irish Literary Studies 36
Condition
Used, Like New
Publisher
Barnes & Noble Books-Imports, Div of Rowman & Littlefield Pubs., Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
SKU
KHS1004111
ISBN
9780389209263
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 15.00

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138291034
ISBN
9781138291034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.39

Paperback. * The first anthology of African literary criticism * Brings together key texts that are otherwise hard to locate * Covers all genres and critical schools * Provides the intellectual context for understanding African literature * Facilitates the future development of African literary criticism. Editor(s): Olaniyan, Tejumola; Quayson, Ato. Num Pages: 792 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 247 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1366.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
792
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405112017
ISBN
9781405112017
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.25

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: BG; DSB; HBTS; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 207 x 134 x 13. Weight in Grams: 162.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc. United States
Number of pages
192
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486406619
ISBN
9780486406619
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 7.99
€ 7.66

Hardcover. Explores the literary culture of the Ottoman Empire's Sephardic Jews Series: Indiana Series in Sephardi and Mizrahi Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, 8 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 175 x 27. Weight in Grams: 602.
Publisher
Indiana University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780253356727
ISBN
9780253356727
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.44

Paperback. Glorifies the spectacular achievements of Iranian civilization from its mythologized beginnings to the time of the Arab Conquest. This book takes a fresh look at the reception of Ferdowsi's poetry, especially in the twelfth through fifteenth centuries. Series: Ilex Series. Num Pages: 120 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 157 x 8. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674726802
ISBN
9780674726802
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.09

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 5 bw illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350038462
ISBN
9781350038462
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.58

Paperback. This drama text is one of a series of important English plays. It includes a critical introduction, biography of the author, discussions of date and sources, textual details, a bibliography and information about the staging of She Stoops to Conquer"." Editor(s): Ogden, James. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 144 pages, c 5 photographs/line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 131 x 10. Weight in Grams: 126.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713667943
ISBN
9780713667943
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.11

Hardback. According to Oscar Wilde, 'the primary aim of the critic is to see the object as in itself it really is not'. Through a series of close and often unusual readings, this book endeavours to develop Wilde's remark into a detailed and creative theory of reading. It focuses on a series of neologisms from writing of the period. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845192945
ISBN
9781845192945
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 126.03

Paperback. Hallucination was always the ghost storys elephant in the room. Even before the vogue for psychical research and spiritualism began to influence writers at the end of the nineteenth century, tales of horror and the supernatural, of ghosts and demons, had been haunted by the possibility of some grand deception by the senses. But what is .. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 332.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845196776
ISBN
9781845196776
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 32.66

Paperback. Albert Camus is among the most significant French writers of the twentieth century. Opening with his impoverished childhood in Algiers, this biography presents the historical context, focusing on Camus' later agonising conflict between sympathy for the working class Algerians and for the French colonials with a stake in their adopted land. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 2AHA; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 36. Weight in Grams: 316.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099749110
ISBN
9780099749110
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 17.25

Paperback. What happens within us when we read a novel? And how does a novel create its unique effects, so distinct from those of a painting, a film, or a poem? This book takes us into the worlds of the writer and the reader, revealing their intimate connections. Translator(s): Dikbas, Nazim. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: CBV; DSA; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 14. Weight in Grams: 166.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571326136
ISBN
9780571326136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.93

Paperback. This book provides commentary notes alongside the play text of Wilde's first successful society comedy of late Victorian society and is an account of the play's historical, social and theatrical context. Editor(s): Small, Ian. Series: New Mermaids. Num Pages: 144 pages, c 5 photographs/line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 12. Weight in Grams: 146.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
144
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780713666670
ISBN
9780713666670
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.32

Paperback. Series: Dover Thrift Editions. Num Pages: 64 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 203 x 4. Weight in Grams: 62.
Publisher
Dover Publications Inc.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Revised
Condition
New
SKU
V9780486400785
ISBN
9780486400785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 5.41

Hardback. The Picture of Dorian Gray altered the way Victorians understood the world they inhabited, heralding the end of a repressive era. Now, more than 120 years after Wilde handed it over to his publisher, Wilde's uncensored typescript is published here for the first time, in an annotated, extensively illustrated edition. Editor(s): Frankel, Nicholas. Num Pages: 304 pages, 78 color illustrations, 1 color map. BIC Classification: 2AB; 5S; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 252 x 239 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1066.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Number of pages
304
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674057920
ISBN
9780674057920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.76
€ 48.99

Paperback. With detailed analysis of the text, discussions on themes, historical backgrounds and author biographies, York Notes offers students the best insight into the world of English Literature. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBF; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 210 x 146 x 14. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405861793
ISBN
9781405861793
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.12

Paperback. The Annotated Importance of Being Earnest provides facing-page commentary on Oscar Wilde's greatest play. Editor Nicholas Frankel highlights the play's relation to the author's homosexuality and to the climate of sexual repression that led to Wilde's imprisonment just months after the play's London opening in 1895. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DD; DSBF; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 282 x 24. Weight in Grams: 368.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674048980
ISBN
9780674048980
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.14

Paperback. Editor(s): Godwin, John. Series: Latin Texts. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 137 x 8. Weight in Grams: 168.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472508508
ISBN
9781472508508
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.16

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521556200
ISBN
9780521556200
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.91

Paperback. In "The Metamorphoses", Ovid draws on Greek mythology, Latin folklore, and tales from Babylon and the East to create a series of narrative poems, linked by the common theme of transformation. This is Arthur Golding's 16th-century translation of the verses. Editor(s): Forey, Madeleine. Translator(s): Golding, Arthur. Num Pages: 576 pages, chronology, bibliog , notes. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DNF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 43. Weight in Grams: 432.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
576
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140422306
ISBN
9780140422306
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.17

Paperback. This is Ovid's poetical calendar of the Roman year, with its various observances and festivals, written in elegiacs. Ovid's design was to study the calendar in the light of old annals, and to show what events are commemorated on each day and the origins of the various events. Editor(s): Woodard, Roger D. Translator(s): Boyle, Anthony J.; Woodard, Roger D. Num Pages: 432 pages, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 131 x 21. Weight in Grams: 298.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140446906
ISBN
9780140446906
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.91

Paperback. .
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
538
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603843072
ISBN
9781603843072
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.47

Paperback. The modern, unacademic idiom of A.D. Melville's translation opens the way to a fresh understanding of Ovid's unique and elusive vision of reality. Editor(s): Kenney, E. J. Translator(s): Melville, A. D. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 32. Weight in Grams: 384.
Publisher
Oxford University Press New York
Number of pages
528
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537372
ISBN
9780199537372
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. A selection of myths at the heart of Roman mythology and literature that manages to relate many of the episodes in that world-historical march toward the Age of Augustus and accompanied by an Introduction that deftly sets them in their cosmological, theological, and Augustan contexts. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 139 x 12. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781603846240
ISBN
9781603846240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.46

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