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Catherine Bates Author & Editor

Catherine Bates is Reader in Renaissance Literature at the University of Warwick.

The Oxford History of Poetry in English cover

The Oxford History of Poetry in English

2 contributors - Hardback

£135.00

The Cambridge Companion to the Epic cover

The Cambridge Companion to the Epic

Catherine Bates - Paperback

£27.00

On Not Defending Poetry cover

On Not Defending Poetry

Catherine Bates - Paperback

£30.99

Studying Arts and Humanities cover

Studying Arts and Humanities

2 authors - Paperback

£29.99

Masculinity and the Hunt cover

Masculinity and the Hunt

Catherine Bates - Paperback

£34.99

Masculinity, Gender and Identity in the English Renaissance Lyric cover

Masculinity, Gender and Identity in the English Renaissance Lyric

Catherine Bates - Paperback

£42.00

The Rhetoric of Courtship in Elizabethan Language and Literature cover

The Rhetoric of Courtship in Elizabethan Language and Literature

Catherine Bates - Paperback

£32.00

The Cambridge Companion to the Epic cover

The Cambridge Companion to the Epic

Catherine Bates - Hardback

£78.00

A Companion to Renaissance Poetry cover

A Companion to Renaissance Poetry

Catherine Bates - Hardback

£136.95

The Oxford Handbook of Philip Sidney cover

The Oxford Handbook of Philip Sidney

Catherine Bates - Hardback

£161.00

The Rhetoric of Courtship in Elizabethan Language and Literature cover

The Rhetoric of Courtship in Elizabethan Language and Literature

Catherine Bates - Hardback

£90.00