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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781441107787
ISBN
9781441107787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.18

Hardback. A Companion to the Eighteenth-century Novel furnishes readers with a sophisticated vision of the eighteenth-century novel in its political, aesthetic, and moral contexts. An up-to-date resource for the study of the eighteenth-century novel. Editor(s): Backscheider, Paula R.; Ingrassia, Catherine E. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 568 pages, 18 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 262 x 191 x 38. Weight in Grams: 1286.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
568
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405101578
ISBN
9781405101578
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 235.33

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; GTE. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 11. Weight in Grams: 399.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691631035
ISBN
9780691631035
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 103.92

Paperback. Why have theorists approached narrative primarily as a form of retrospect? Mark Currie argues that anticipation and other forms of projection into the future are vital for an understanding of narrative and its effects in the world. Series: The Frontiers of Theory. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 10. Weight in Grams: 280.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748642465
ISBN
9780748642465
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 27.11

Hardcover. Series: The New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 191 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AVGC1; AVGC6; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 163 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
192
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403962911
ISBN
9781403962911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 63.83

Paperback. Lively and specially commissioned chapters cover the entire range of Kelman's writing - including novels, short stories, essays, polemics and plays - and the vigorous debates it has provoked. Editor(s): Hames, Scott. Series: Edinburgh Companions to Scottish Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 156 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748639649
ISBN
9780748639649
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.72

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 542.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691644738
ISBN
9780691644738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.05
€ 72.49

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474411455
ISBN
9781474411455
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.32
€ 99.72

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
252
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2019
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138863187
ISBN
9781138863187
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 28.03

Paperback. Explores Greek conceptions of human innerness and the way in which Greek tragedy shaped European notions of mind and self. Arguing that Greek poetic language connects images of consciousness, with the darkness attributed to Hades and to women, this title analyzes tragedy's biological and daemonological metaphors for what is within. Num Pages: 230 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 342.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691037660
ISBN
9780691037660
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.16
€ 41.17

Paperback. This collection examines how J.R.R. Tolkien delved into the Middle Ages to fashion a critique of the modern world that is postmodern in implication, subversive in nature, and oddly still traditionalist in motivation, in a way that is relevant to current debate over forging workable cross-cultural coalitions on pressing global problems. Editor(s): Chance, Jane; Siewers, Alfred K. Series: New Middle Ages. Num Pages: 264 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 382.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230616790
ISBN
9780230616790
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 90.15

Hardcover. The comedies of Plautus, who brilliantly adapted Greek plays for Roman audiences c. 205--184BCE, are the earliest Latin works to survive complete and cornerstones of the European theatrical tradition from Shakespeare and Moliere to modern times. Twenty-one of his plays are extant. Series: Loeb Classical Library. Num Pages: 576 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DB; DD; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 175 x 133 x 29. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
576
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674996786
ISBN
9780674996786
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.99

Paperback. A complete translation of a major Japanese puppet drama written in 1746, with an investigation into the play's many authors and the use of "bunraku" puppets. Series: Translations from the Asian Classics. Num Pages: 288 pages, 30 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231059879
ISBN
9780231059879
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 26.97

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107195318
ISBN
9781107195318
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.84

Hardback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107085206
ISBN
9781107085206
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 96.24

Hardback. This new interdisciplinary collection spanning anthropology, image studies, literary criticism, psychology and history explores the ways in which children's books were important vehicles for the expression of national identities, from the eighteenth and nineteenth centuries, right up until the present day. Editor(s): O'Sullivan, Emer; Immel, Andrea. Series: Critical Approaches to Children's Literature. Num Pages: 296 pages, 27 colour illustrations, 27 colour tables, biography. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st ed. 2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137461681
ISBN
9781137461681
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.84

Paperback. Considers Greek and Roman literature primarily in relation to genre and theme. This series also aims to place writer and original addressee in their social context. It is suitable for both scholar and student, and to anyone interested in our classical inheritance. Editor(s): Taylor, David. Series: Classical Literature and Society. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 157 x 233 x 17. Weight in Grams: 362.
Publisher
Duckworth Publishers
Number of pages
224
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9780715636862
ISBN
9780715636862
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 38.36

Paperback. Presents a collection of interviews with contemporary British novelists that offers an insight into the authors' views on contemporary fiction; their influences and themes; readers and critics; and, why they write and their writing process. This title provides a snapshot of the reality of living as a writer. Editor(s): Tew, Philip; Tolan, Fiona; Wilson, Leigh. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 270.
Publisher
Continuum
Number of pages
216
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847140241
ISBN
9781847140241
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 30.30

Hardback. Bringing together scholars from diverse periods and disciplines of Hellenic and Byzantine studies, this volume explores the shifting shapes and functions of laughter and tears, with consideration given to visual, performative and musical arts, as well as to written records. Editor(s): Alexiou, Margaret; Cairns, Douglas. Series: Edinburgh Leventis Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, 30 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVG; DSB; HBLA1; HBTB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474403795
ISBN
9781474403795
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.51
€ 121.17

Hardback. Series: Shakespeare: Bloomsbury Academic Collections. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSGS; HBJD1; HRCC7. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156. Weight in Grams: 525.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474247481
ISBN
9781474247481
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.28
€ 143.98

Paperback. Editor(s): Gammel, Irene; Zelazo, Suzanne. Num Pages: 440 pages, 21 color illus., 52 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 225 x 26. Weight in Grams: 1172.
Publisher
MIT Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780262529754
ISBN
9780262529754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 84.62
€ 64.17

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474401036
ISBN
9781474401036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 104.32
€ 100.65

Paperback. Series: Semiotics and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 192 pages, 9 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 216 x 23. Weight in Grams: 272.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349435296
ISBN
9781349435296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.31

Hardback. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474402576
ISBN
9781474402576
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.96

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