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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Analyzes the forms the tale of Bluebeard's Wife has taken over time, particularly in Anglo-European popular culture. This book documents the fortunes of Bluebeard, his wife, and their marriage in folklore, fiction, film, and opera. It is intended for both literary scholars and general readers. Num Pages: 264 pages, 28 halftones. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 224 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 356.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691127835
ISBN
9780691127835
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.99
€ 28.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 200 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; 3JJPL; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 178 x 11. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Little Bookroom,U.S.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781936941131
ISBN
9781936941131
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.57

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 468.
Publisher
Bloodaxe Books Ltd
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9781852245214
ISBN
9781852245214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 12.21

Hardback. With a foreword by well-known neuroscientist Alain Berthoz, The Style of Gestures convincingly makes the case that embodied cognition is essential to the reception, understanding, and enjoyment of art and literature. Series: Rethinking Theory. Num Pages: 248 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: ABA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
248
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421405186
ISBN
9781421405186
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.73

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. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 44 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 156 x 5. Weight in Grams: 70. Series: Focus on. 44 pages. Cateogry: (ES) Secondary; (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 210 x 156 x 5. Weight: 70.
Publisher
Greenwich Exchange Ltd
Number of pages
44
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906075347
ISBN
9781906075347
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 14.13

Paperback. Developed by and for the Royal Shakespeare Company, this new edition includes outstanding on-page notes, a comprehensive scene-by-scene summary, a new introduction from Jonathan Bate and interviews with celebrated directors Peter Brook, Sam Mendes and Rupert Goold, offering illuminating new angles on Shakespeare's magical vision. Editor(s): Bate, Jonathan; Rasmussen, Eric. Series: The RSC Shakespeare. Num Pages: 176 pages, 8. BIC Classification: 2AB; DDS; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 11. Weight in Grams: 194.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230217850
ISBN
9780230217850
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.12

Hardcover. The nine essays in this volume debate issues arising from contemporary literary theory in relation to drama of the modern period. They address the questions of power, subjectivity, sexuality, psychoanalysis and the nature of the dramatic text. Editor(s): Page, Adrian. Series: Insights Series. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 435.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
1992nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333513156
ISBN
9780333513156
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 122.49

Paperback. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Num Pages: 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 684. The Life of John Wilmot, Earl of Rochester. 480 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. A biography of the poet and libertine the Earl of Rochester. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; BGL; DSBD; DSC. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 25. Weight: 646.
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580463362
ISBN
9781580463362
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.00

Paperback. Series: Plateaus - New Directions in Deleuze Studies. 224 pages. Assesses and contrasts the reading styles of two major French philosophers, Alain Badiou and Gilles Deleuze. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSA; HPCF. Dimension: 152 x 228 x 13. Weight: 332.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748649051
ISBN
9780748649051
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.25

Paperback. .
Publisher
SteinerBooks, Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781584200475
ISBN
9781584200475
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 19.69

Hardback. The Metamorphoses of Tintin, a pioneering book first published in French in 1984, offers a complete analysis of Herge's legendary hero. Translator(s): Hoy, Jocelyn. Num Pages: 312 pages, 2 tables, 15 figures. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804760300
ISBN
9780804760300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 135.87

Paperback. A major new work for all actors by one of the world's leading voice coaches. Series: Performance Books. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: ANC; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 223 x 34. Weight in Grams: 572. Series: Performance Books. 448 pages. A major new work for all actors by one of the world's leading voice coaches. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: ANC; DSGS. Dimension: 136 x 223 x 34. Weight: 672.
Publisher
METHUEN DRAMA
Number of pages
448
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9780413762702
ISBN
9780413762702
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.09

Paperback. Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) always stood in the shadow of her lover and teacher, Jean-Paul Sartre, despite the fact that she was a brilliant writer and philosopher in her own right. Her monumental study "The Second Sex" made her a cult figure of the Feminist movement. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 182 pages, 21 black & white halftones, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Haus Publishing
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781904950097
ISBN
9781904950097
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.59

Paperback. In most contemporary historical writing the picture of modern life in Habsburg Central Europe is a gloomy story of the failure of rationalism and the rise of protofascist movements. This book tells a different story, focusing on the Czech writers and artists distinguished by their optimistic view of the world in the years before WWI. Series: Palgrave Studies in Cultural and Intellectual History. Num Pages: 288 pages, 15 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVK; 2AGZ; 3JJF; 3JJG; DSBH; HBJD; HBLW; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137486486
ISBN
9781137486486
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardcover.
Publisher
Random House USA Inc United States
Number of pages
1040
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Edition
Modern Library
Condition
New
SKU
V9780679600077
ISBN
9780679600077
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 27.84

Paperback. Provides an annotated translation of the famous Chin P'ing Mei, an anonymous sixteenth-century Chinese novel that focuses on the domestic life of His-men Ch'ing, a corrupt, upwardly mobile merchant in a provincial town, who maintains a harem of six wives and concubines. Series: Princeton Library of Asian Translations. Num Pages: 720 pages, 40 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBD; DSK; FC; FYT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 235 x 45. Weight in Grams: 1060.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
720
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691126197
ISBN
9780691126197
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 36.95

Paperback. A completely accessible but thought-provoking 2007 introduction to one of the greatest of Latin poets, Lucretius. Editor(s): Gillespie, Stuart; Hardie, Philip. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 384 pages, 15 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 556. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 384 pages, 15 b/w illus. Editor(s): Gillespie, Stuart; Hardie, Philip. A completely accessible but thought-provoking 2007 introduction to one of the greatest of Latin poets, Lucretius. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 22. Weight: 512.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521612661
ISBN
9780521612661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: BGA; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801437991
ISBN
9780801437991
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 140.78

Paperback. Treats, through excerpts from contemporary opinion and official documents, various aspects of the little world of theatre in the full context of Elizabethan-Jacobean life and times. Editor(s): Evans, G. Blakemore. Num Pages: 432 pages. BIC Classification: DS; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 27. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
New Amsterdam Books United States
Number of pages
432
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Condition
New
SKU
V9780941533706
ISBN
9780941533706
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.22

Paperback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474401661
ISBN
9781474401661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.05

Paperback. Editor(s): Crowther, John. Series: No Fear Shakespeare. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DDS; DSK; JNZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 189 x 137 x 17. Weight in Grams: 252.
Publisher
Spark Notes United States
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
Study Guide ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781586638474
ISBN
9781586638474
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.95

Paperback. Margaret Atwood's superb exploration of stories and storytelling, myths and their reinventions, fiction and fact, the weirdness of nature, and the strangeness of the Canadian North. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 128 x 10. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080823
ISBN
9781844080823
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 14.99
€ 11.60

Paperback. A unique edition of three early modern utopian texts, using a contemporary translation of More's Utopia and examining the Renaissance world view as shown by these writers. The edition includes the illustrative material that accompanied early editions of Utopia, full chronologies of the authors, notes, and glossary. Editor(s): Bruce, Susan. Series: Oxford World's Classics. Num Pages: 320 pages, 4 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 128 x 16. Weight in Grams: 222.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199537990
ISBN
9780199537990
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.99
€ 9.77

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