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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Explains why fantasy in the Harry Potter and Dresden Files novels cannot adhere strictly to scientific laws, and when magic might make scientific sense in the muggle world. This title discusses exoplanets and how the search for alien life has shifted from radio communications to space-based telescopes. Num Pages: 392 pages, 23 line illus. 9 tables. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; PDZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 682.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
400
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691147154
ISBN
9780691147154
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.81

Hardback. Since the global turn to neoliberalism in the 1970s, movements in literary studies have been diagnostic rather than interventionist: scholars have developed techniques for analyzing culture but have retreated from attempts to transform it. For Joseph North, a genuinely interventionist criticism is a central task facing scholars on the Left today. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 23 x 15. .
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674967731
ISBN
9780674967731
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 48.99
€ 40.97

Paperback. One of a series of thematic collections of texts. Each includes general notes on the texts, as well as discussion of themes, issues and context. Editor(s): Geddes, Julia; Ince, Helen. Num Pages: 184 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DQ; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 197 x 130 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
184
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198328803
ISBN
9780198328803
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.14

Hardback. George Campbell Hay has been hailed as an important voice in Scottish literature and as a crucial figure in the renaissance of Gaelic poetry in the twentieth century. Editor(s): Byrne, Michel. Num Pages: 768 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AFS; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 26. Weight in Grams: 2086.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Edition
Slipcase
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748610631
ISBN
9780748610631
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 166.69
€ 166.24

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Knopf
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345806840
ISBN
9780345806840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 15.96

Paperback. Tom Stoppard's reputation as a playwright was made when his dazzling debut, Rosencrantz and Guildenstern Are Dead, opened at the National Theatre. Fifty years later, the play's wit, stagecraft and verbal verve remain as exhilarating as they were in 1967. This edition aims to coincide with a fiftieth anniversary production at The Old Vic, London. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DD; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 130 x 198 x 20. Weight in Grams: 130.
Publisher
Faber & Faber
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Main - Faber Modern Classics
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571333721
ISBN
9780571333721
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.28

Paperback. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 499.
Publisher
ATF Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781921511790
ISBN
9781921511790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.68

Paperback. In this pioneering study, Deryn Rees-Jones argues that the poetic traditions of the 20th century must be radically re-thought in light of the formal and thematic experimentation of three generations of women poets. Editor(s): Rees-Jones, Deryn. Num Pages: 288 pages, il. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468. Essays on Modern Women Poets. 288 pages, il. Editor(s): Rees-Jones, Deryn. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC; JFSJ1. Dimension: 213 x 141 x 21. Weight: 456.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852243920
ISBN
9781852243920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.98

Paperback. Offers a translation of one of our prime sources for archaic Greek mythology, ritual, cosmology, and psychology. Translator(s): Ruden, Sarah. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 142 x 8. Weight in Grams: 134.
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
104
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
First PB Edition, First Printing
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872207257
ISBN
9780872207257
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 18.99
€ 14.99

Hardcover. The much-loved tale read by generations of children, now annotated and with over one hundred stunning illustrations. Editor(s): Gerzina, Gretchen Holbrook. Series: The Annotated Books. Num Pages: 336 pages, 55 colour, 46 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY; YFA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 263 x 226 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1128.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
384
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
Annotated
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393060294
ISBN
9780393060294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 31.10

Paperback. The books in this A Level poetry series contain a glossary and notes on each page. The approach encourages students to develop their own responses to the poems, and an A Level Chief Examiner offers exam tips. This text contains poems and letters by Keats in chronological order. Series: Heinemann Poetry Bookshelf. Num Pages: 320 pages, glossaries, notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DCF; DSC. Category: (UA) A / AS level; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 199 x 130 x 18. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780435150778
ISBN
9780435150778
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.04

Paperback.
Publisher
Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
85
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780746307182
ISBN
9780746307182
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.64

Paperback. A young man, in despair over gambling debts, buys a magical animal skin that grants his every wish but hastens its owner's death in the process. Balzac's compelling tale is here presented in an exuberant new translation, with an illuminating introduction and notes. Translator(s): Constantine, Helen. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Oxford University Press
Number of pages
288
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199579501
ISBN
9780199579501
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.89

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 10 bw illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; AN; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. .
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472576026
ISBN
9781472576026
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 29.10

Paperback. Whether we recognise it or not, virtually every aspect of our life today has been influenced in part by the aesthetic legacy of Modernism. In this Very Short Introduction Christopher Butler examines how and why Modernism began, explaining what it is and showing how it has gradually informed all aspects of 20th and 21st century life. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 136 pages, 15 black and white halftones. BIC Classification: ACXD2; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 112 x 171 x 8. Weight in Grams: 110.
Publisher
OUP Oxford
Number of pages
136
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780192804419
ISBN
9780192804419
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. Antony Sher's stunning performance for the Royal Shakespeare Company as a Richard III on crutches - the so-called 'bottled spider' - won him both the Laurence Olivier and Evening Standard Awards for Best Actor of 1984. This book records - in the actor's own words and drawings - the making of this historic theatrical event. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: ANC; APB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 21. Weight in Grams: 330.
Publisher
Nick Hern Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Edition
New ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781854597533
ISBN
9781854597533
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 15.35

Paperback. An international team of scholars explores the historical origins, cultural dissemination and continuing literary and psychological power of fairy tales. Editor(s): Tatar, Maria. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSK; JFHF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 442.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107634879
ISBN
9781107634879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.64

Hardcover. Theocritus (early third century BCE) was the inventor of the bucolic genre, also known as pastoral. The present edition of his work, along with that of his successors Moschus (fl. mid-second century BCE) and Bion (fl. around 100 BCE), replaces the earlier Loeb Classical Library volume of Greek Bucolic Poets by J. M. Edmonds (1912). Translator(s): Hopkinson, Fellow in Classics Neil (Loughborough University University of Cambridge Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University Loughborough University). Num Pages: 550 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 117 x 35. Weight in Grams: 438.
Publisher
Harvard University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996441
ISBN
9780674996441
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.94

Hardback. Num Pages: 264 pages, 20. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 576.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801448218
ISBN
9780801448218
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.21

Paperback. These days it is impossible to get away from discussions of whether the book will survive the digital revolution. This book presents conversations in which Jean-Claude Carriere and Umberto Eco discuss everything from how to define the first book to what is happening to knowledge now that infinite amounts of digital information is available. Translator(s): McLean, Polly. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 195 x 26. Weight in Grams: 328.
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
352
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
0th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099552451
ISBN
9780099552451
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 13.12

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