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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Exploring the interactions between Shakespeare and popular music, this book links these seeming polar opposites, showing how musicians have woven the Bard into their sounds. It shows what happens to Shakespeare when he exists in and becomes popular music, in all its diverse and glorious forms. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; AVGP; DSGS. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Continuum Publishing Corporation
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441126986
ISBN
9781441126986
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 143 x 217 x 31. Weight in Grams: 536.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691173290
ISBN
9780691173290
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.63

Paperback.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
458
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842385
ISBN
9781843842385
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 56.71

Paperback. When an essay is due and dreaded exams loom, this book offers students what they need to succeed. It provides chapter-by-chapter analysis, explanations of key themes, motifs and symbols, a review quiz, and essay topics. It is suitable for late-night studying and paper writing. Editor(s): SparkNotes. Series: SparkNotes Literature Guide. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSRC. Category: (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 211 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 114.
Publisher
SparkNotes
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
Student, Study Guide
Condition
New
SKU
V9781411469822
ISBN
9781411469822
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.99
€ 8.22

Paperback. Num Pages: 169 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 213 x 160 x 12. Weight in Grams: 245.
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Number of pages
240
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559362269
ISBN
9781559362269
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 15.99
€ 14.78

Paperback. A biography that cuts directly to the essence of Genet's life, a life of extraordinary spectacle that was always profoundly entangled with his work. It emphasises those elements that made his life particularly inspirational in the 1960s and which continue to make it vital for readers. Series: Critical Lives. Num Pages: 160 pages, 28 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 199 x 132 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Reaktion Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Condition
New
SKU
V9781861891785
ISBN
9781861891785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.66

Paperback. .
Publisher
Association for Scottish Literary Studies
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781906841256
ISBN
9781906841256
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.02

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 158 x 234 x 14. Weight in Grams: 292.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842378
ISBN
9781843842378
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.00

Paperback. Presents a biography of Robert Lowell (1917-77). His work "Life Studies", was a watershed in American poetry, initiating an autobiographical project, and shaped poetry on both sides of the Atlantic. His other works include "For The Union Dead" (1964), and "Day By Day" (1977), and "Collected Poems" (2003). Editor(s): Hofmann, Michael. Series: Poet to Poet. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 120 x 9. Weight in Grams: 98.
Publisher
Faber & Faber United Kingdom
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Edition
Main - Poet to Poet
Condition
New
SKU
V9780571230402
ISBN
9780571230402
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.99
€ 9.85

Hardback. Num Pages: 226 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFA; CFP; DSB; HP; JNM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 23. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Harvard Graduate School of Design
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674728691
ISBN
9780674728691
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 71.49

Paperback. Explores the author's Oxford youth, his unexpected conversion, his literary enthusiasms (from P G Wodehouse to Graham Greene) and the perils of basing fictional characters on real people. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
Publisher
Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780141182933
ISBN
9780141182933
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.57

Paperback. This is a critical approach to reading texts rendered variously illegible - through erasures, excisions, overprintings and rearrangements - by major 20th-century artists and writers. Series: Avant-garde and Modernism Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810119277
ISBN
9780810119277
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.75

Paperback. An accessible biography of C S Lewis, his life and the friendships that shaped him Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp colour plates. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 24. Weight in Grams: 284.
Publisher
Lion UK
Number of pages
256
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745955872
ISBN
9780745955872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.21

Paperback.
Publisher
Canongate Books United Kingdom
Number of pages
327
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Edition
Main
Condition
New
SKU
V9781841952789
ISBN
9781841952789
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 16.99
€ 12.05

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 205, 205 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; ACK; AKL; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 306 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 1622.
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801478307
ISBN
9780801478307
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 68.00

Paperback. Brings together 48 fresh and original contributions from practicing poets and leading scholars, who together offer critical and contextual coverage of the full range of English-language poetry in the eighteenth century. * Brings together original contributions by leading international scholars and practising poets. Editor(s): Gerrard, Christine. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 624 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 28. Weight in Grams: 954.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Number of pages
624
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118702291
ISBN
9781118702291
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 62.07

Paperback.
Publisher
Methuen Drama
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9781408105924
ISBN
9781408105924
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 25.34

Paperback. A biography full of romanticism, exoticism, glamour and fantasy Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 x 8pp bw. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719565472
ISBN
9780719565472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.82

Paperback. Num Pages: 300 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BGH; DSBH; DSC; HBJD1; HBWN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 134 x 32. Weight in Grams: 522.
Publisher
Persephone Books Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
300
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780953478095
ISBN
9780953478095
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 18.80

Hardback. The third of the Waverley Novels is dominated by two old men, Jonathan Oldbuck (the Antiquary of the title) and the beggar Edie Ochiltree. Editor(s): Hewitt, David. Series: Edinburgh Edition of the Waverley Novels. Num Pages: 542 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 219 x 147 x 33. Weight in Grams: 778.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
542
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748605378
ISBN
9780748605378
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.95
€ 111.07

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH; DSK; HPN; HPS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781472595423
ISBN
9781472595423
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.99
€ 43.51

Hardback. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300218329
ISBN
9780300218329
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 40.07

Paperback. Editor(s): Collins Edwards, Leslie. Num Pages: 448 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 280 x 23. Weight in Grams: 1048.
Publisher
Focus Publishing/R Pullins & Co
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Edition
3rd Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9781585101757
ISBN
9781585101757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.97

paperback. William Morris was a dreamer with a genius for turning dreams into reality. Self-taught in 13 different crafts, some of them ancient, he became a great European pattern-designer. This volume illustrates the variety of Morris's prose, while focusing on the theme of earthly paradise. Editor(s): Wilmer, Clive. Num Pages: 480 pages, chronology, bibliographical notes. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Penguin Classics
Number of pages
480
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780140433302
ISBN
9780140433302
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.59

Paperback. A biography of one of the most important writers in English of the late twentieth century and early twenty-first century. It offers fresh insights into his life and work, concentrating on the themes, patterns, relationships, ideas and language common to his life and creative output. Series: Writers Lives S. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 142 x 13. Weight in Grams: 198.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780826499714
ISBN
9780826499714
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 8.16

Paperback. An original theory that connects the development of coinage to the origins of rational philosophy in ancient Greece. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 560. Homer, Philosophy, Tragedy. 384 pages. An original theory that connects the development of coinage to the origins of rational philosophy in ancient Greece. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; HPCA. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 23. Weight: 596.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521539920
ISBN
9780521539920
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.73

Paperback. Unlike the rigidly chronological approach of many introductions to children's literature, this title presents a genre-based approach which ensures that all the principal genres are covered in detail such as: fables, fantasy, adventure stories, moral tales, family stories, school stories and children's poetry. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 138 x 15. Weight in Grams: 358.
Publisher
EDINBURGH UNIVERSITY PRESS
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
2nd Revised edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748649020
ISBN
9780748649020
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 28.30

Paperback. .
Publisher
Vintage United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099286790
ISBN
9780099286790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.03

Paperback. Editor(s): Fein, Susanna; Raybin, David B.; Ziolkowski, Jan M. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 420 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 180 x 260 x 32. Weight in Grams: 906.
Publisher
The Complete Harley 2253 Manuscript, Volume 3
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580441995
ISBN
9781580441995
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.18

Paperback. Djuna Barnes (1892-1982) once described herself as the most famous unknown writer, and although her novel "Nightwood" is celebrated, her poetry has been a well-kept secret. This selection contains work written between 1914 and the 1970s. Num Pages: 128 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 134 x 8. Weight in Grams: 137.
Edition
New
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd.
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547078
ISBN
9781857547078
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.57

paperback. Draws together leading experts from a wide range of disciplines to analyse the life and work of John Ruskin (1819-1900). Editor(s): O'Gorman, Francis. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 316 pages, 13 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 230 x 153 x 22. Weight in Grams: 506.
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107674240
ISBN
9781107674240
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 32.78

Paperback. The discovery of a walled-up cave in northwest China led to the retrieval of a lost early Ch'an (Zen) literature of the T'ang dynasty, one of the recovered texts was the collection "Bodhidharma Anthology". This text provides a detailed study and an annotated translation of the anthology. Translator(s): Broughton, Jeffrey L. Num Pages: 198 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HREZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight in Grams: 318. The Earliest Records of Zen. 198 pages. The discovery of a walled-up cave in northwest China led to the retrieval of a lost early Ch'an (Zen) literature of the T'ang dynasty, one of the recovered texts was the collection "Bodhidharma Anthology". This text provides a detailed study and an annotated translation of the anthology. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: DSBB; HREZ. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 12. Weight: 284. Translator(s): Broughton, Jeffrey L.
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
198
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Edition
Annotated edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520219724
ISBN
9780520219724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.67

Paperback. Series: Writers on Writers. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 113 x 184 x 26. Weight in Grams: 172.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691176109
ISBN
9780691176109
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.05

Paperback. Poet, novelist, essayist, editor, anthologist, lexicographer and painter, Clarence Major is a challenging yet underappreciated contemporary African- American artist. This collection combines poetry, prose and art by Major with critical essays that showcase his aesthetic movement across boundaries. Editor(s): Bell, Bernard W. Num Pages: 360 pages, 25 illustrations, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; ACXJ8; AGB; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Publisher
The University of North Carolina Press Chapel Hill
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
KEX0227726
ISBN
9780807848999
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 4.99

Paperback. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HPCD; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 131 x 198 x 13. Weight in Grams: 232.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781350025684
ISBN
9781350025684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 24.98

Paperback. This highly-anticipated volume has been extensively revised to reflect changes in technology, digital humanities methods and practices, and institutional culture surrounding the valuation and publication of digital scholarship. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 608 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
Publisher
John Wiley & Sons Inc United States
Number of pages
608
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118680643
ISBN
9781118680643
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 58.66

Hardcover. The poems of Catullus have notoriously been subjected to numerous accidental corruptions. This work represents a reappraisal of his text. It recommends some 600 changes to the Oxford Text of "R A B Mynors". It suggests that Catullus' text was also subjected to significant deliberate change, much of it probably dating back to classical antiquity. Num Pages: 316 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DCF; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 240 x 160 x 20. Weight in Grams: 694.
Publisher
Classical Press of Wales
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781905125159
ISBN
9781905125159
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 102.11

Paperback. Takes an approach - 'New Historicism' drew from history, anthropology, Marxist theory, post-structuralism, and psychoanalysis and in the process, blew apart the academic boundaries insulating literature from the world around it. This book charts the evolution of that approach and provides an exploration of a contradictory epoch. Series: Routledge Classics. Num Pages: 280 pages, 6 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 196 x 129 x 21. Weight in Grams: 300.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
246
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415771603
ISBN
9780415771603
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 25.99
€ 25.06

Paperback. Covering the key theoretical approaches in modern literary theory, this book offers an authoritative selection of essays and documents with helpful introductory commentary. It includes texts which do not deal directly with literature yet have a fundamental importance to the discipline from thinkers including Marx, Freud and de Beauvoir. Editor(s): Waugh, Patricia; Rice, Philip. Num Pages: 512 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 232 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 802.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Number of pages
512
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2001
Edition
4th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780340761915
ISBN
9780340761915
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 42.75

Paperback. Staring at Lakes started out as a book about depression. And then became a story about growing old, the essence of love and marriage - and sitting in cars, staring at lakes. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BM; DSBH; DSK; VFJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 132 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 226.
Publisher
Hodder & Stoughton General Division
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781473627314
ISBN
9781473627314
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.53