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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Editor(s): Brenkman, John. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: DNF; DSBH; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 140. Weight in Grams: 401. Clean copy.
Condition
Used, Very Good
Publisher
G&B Arts International
Number of pages
172
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
SKU
KEX0208395
ISBN
9789057013911
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Oscar Wilde famously spoke of 'the critic as artist' whilst Terry Eagleton once celebrated 'the critic as clown'. Part of the "Critical Inventions" series, this title brings together a range of writings that seek to radically re-imagine the often pale figure of the literary critic. Editor(s): Schad, John; Tearle, Dr. Oliver. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 470.
Publisher
Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845193829
ISBN
9781845193829
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.55

Paperback. Provides careful annotation of the text, detailed guidance to critical comment, and introductory material setting the poem - The Faerie Queene - in its historical and literary context. This book also includes additional original material, which includes a chronology, a letter to Raleigh, commendatory verses, and dedicatory sonnets. Editor(s): Hamilton, A. C. Series: Longman Annotated English Poets. Num Pages: 816 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 189 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1542.
Publisher
Longman
Number of pages
816
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
2nd
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405832816
ISBN
9781405832816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.44

Paperback.
Publisher
Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780856684722
ISBN
9780856684722
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Key Features: * Study methods * Introduction to the text * Summaries with critical notes * Themes and techniques * Textual analysis of key passages * Author biography * Historical and literary background * Modern and historical critical approaches * Chronology * Glossary of literary terms Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 120 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 144 x 7. Weight in Grams: 164.
Publisher
Pearson Education Canada
Number of pages
120
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780582424623
ISBN
9780582424623
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.02

Paperback. In her opening essays - 'Fathers', 'Forefathers' and 'Ancestors', the author considers the renaissance of the historical novel and discusses particularly the novel of wartime experience; the surprising variety of distant pasts that British writers have invented; and the new 'Darwinian novel'. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 128 x 13. Weight in Grams: 180.
Publisher
Vintage
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099283836
ISBN
9780099283836
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.80

Hardback. Series: History of Persian Literature. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 46. Weight in Grams: 885.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781845119126
ISBN
9781845119126
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.13

Hardback. Written in hypertext and read from a computer, hypertext novels exist as a collection of textual fragments, which must be pieced together by the reader. The Possible Worlds of Hypertext Fiction offers a new critical theory tailored specifically for this burgeoning genre, providing a much needed body of criticism in a key area of new media fiction. Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230542556
ISBN
9780230542556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.17

Paperback. The first-ever bilingual Dutch and English edition of Van den vos Reynaerde, the celebrated medieval Dutch beast epic featuring a crafty fox Editor(s): Bouwman, Andre; Besamusca, Bart. Num Pages: 368 pages, 6 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACD; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 19. Weight in Grams: 615.
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089640246
ISBN
9789089640246
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.99
€ 52.05

Paperback. Approaching the tragedies as drama, wondering about their characters as he might have wondered about people in novels or in life, the author gives us a true sense of 'the tragedies joining up with life, with all our lives; leading us into a perspective of possibilities that stretch forward and back in time, and in our total awareness of things. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 22. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1991
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140530193
ISBN
9780140530193
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.96

Hardback. Teaching Stephen King critically examines the works of Stephen King and several ways King can be incorporated into the high school and college classroom. The book is organized around three key themes: Variations of Classic Horror Tropes, Real Life Horror, and Playing with Publishing. Num Pages: 211 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JNU; YQE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137483904
ISBN
9781137483904
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 101.74
€ 15.26

Paperback. The most comprehensive paperback edition of EVERYMAN available, with introduction and extensive notes. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Everyman
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9780460872805
ISBN
9780460872805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 10.70

Paperback. The short story is moving from relative neglect to a central position in the curriculum; as a teaching tool, it offers students a route into many complex areas, including critical theory, gender studies, postcolonialism and genre. This book offers a practical guide to the short story in the classroom, covering all these fields and more. Editor(s): Cox, Ailsa. Series: Teaching the New English. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 143 x 13. Weight in Grams: 286.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2011 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230573703
ISBN
9780230573703
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 101.74
€ 47.58

Paperback. Presents a study of Shakespeare's intellectual preoccupations. This book offers guidance to Shakespeare's plays and sheds light on questions that engrossed Shakespeare from his early plays to the late romances: the nature of motive, cause, personal identity and relation, the proper status of imagination, and ethics and subjectivity. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300136296
ISBN
9780300136296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.66

Hardback. Through a close analysis of the pamphlets, reviews, lectures, journalism, editorials, poems, and novels surrounding the introduction of the gold standard in 1816, this book examines the significance of monetary policy and economic debate to the culture and literature of Britain during the age of Romanticism. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 280 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JF; 3JH; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
280
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
2013 ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137292919
ISBN
9781137292919
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 84.13

Paperback. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474233354
ISBN
9781474233354
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.35

Paperback. The first volume to consider childhood over eight centuries of British writing, this book traces the literary child from medieval to contemporary texts. Written by international experts, the volume's essays challenge earlier readings of childhood and offer fascinating contributions to the current upsurge of interest in constructions of childhood. Editor(s): Gavin, A. Num Pages: 279 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSY; JFC; JFSP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349345496
ISBN
9781349345496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.72

Paperback. A classic of Christian spirituality and a famous meditation on the love of God and his presence in suffering, with an introduction by A. N. Wilson. Series: Christian Classics Library. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKEA; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; HRCS1; HRCV9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 27. Weight in Grams: 288.
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281077076
ISBN
9780281077076
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.16

Paperback. This acclaimed biography charts the progress of the brilliant, prolific writer, C. S. Lewis. Num Pages: 480 pages, With index. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 129 x 23. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
HarperCollins Publishers
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
2nd UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780007202713
ISBN
9780007202713
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 15.39

Paperback. Editor(s): Jeffares, A. Norman. Num Pages: 563 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 128 x 203 x 39. Weight in Grams: 644.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1968
Edition
1st ed. 1968
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349001651
ISBN
9781349001651
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.36

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