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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Above all, Goodman shows that novels of manners are central to American literature, and that these novels speak in a large cultural way about who and what composes America. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801868245
- ISBN
- 9780801868245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.87€ 47.17
€ 50.87
€ 47.17
Hardback. A biography of Mary Austin that explores her life and achievement. It tells the larger story of the importance of California and the Southwest to the American consciousness. Num Pages: 344 pages, 30 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 164 x 255 x 30. Weight in Grams: 740.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520246355
- ISBN
- 9780520246355
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.14
€ 41.99
€ 30.14
Hardback. Possibly one of the most influential figure in the history of American letters, William Dean Howells (1837-1920) was, among other things, a leading novelist in the realist tradition. This biography traces the writer's life from his boyhood in Ohio, to his consularship in Italy under President Lincoln, to his rise as editor of "Atlantic Monthly". Num Pages: 545 pages, 47 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 2ABM; BGL; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 38. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 545
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520238961
- ISBN
- 9780520238961
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.09
€ 52.99
€ 38.09
Paperback. "Blood Talk" shows how race melodrama emerged from race abolitionist works such as "Uncle Tom's Cabin" and surprisingly manifested itself in a set of more aesthetically and politically varied works, such as historical romances, sentimental novels and travel literature. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 2nd ed.
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293905
- ISBN
- 9780226293905
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.66
€ 40.99
€ 31.66
Paperback. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226293875
- ISBN
- 9780226293875
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.64
€ 40.99
€ 31.64
Hardback. Analyzes texts and art objects from the 15th to the late 16th centuries to show that Renaissance theories of emulating classical heroes generated a deep skepticism about representation, as these theories forced men to construct a public image that seemed fixed but could adapt to changing circumstances. Num Pages: 372 pages, 24 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DST; ACND; DSBD; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823251742
- ISBN
- 9780823251742
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.60
€ 96.60
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Edition
- Reprint
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135650
- ISBN
- 9781571135650
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 39.93
€ 41.99
€ 39.93
Paperback. Through an examination of the expressive arts of needlework, painting, and writing, Pens and Needles offers insights into women's lives and, in its final chapters, into literary texts such as Shakespeare's Othello and Cymbeline and Mary Sidney Wroth's Urania. Series: Material Texts. Num Pages: 344 pages, 21 color, 31 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JB; ACN; DSBD; JFSJ1. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 255 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812222524
- ISBN
- 9780812222524
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Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 46.50
€ 51.99
€ 46.50
Hardback. Series: Gender and Culture Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 237 x 26. Weight in Grams: 530.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231166348
- ISBN
- 9780231166348
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.15
€ 40.99
€ 29.15
Paperback. This work is part of the "Continuum Contemporaries" series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist and a full-length study of the novel. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 189 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120. Clean copy.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC New York
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 96
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KEX0212365
- ISBN
- 9780826452351
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. This work is part of the "Continuum Contemporaries" series giving readers accessible and informative introductions to 30 of the most popular, most acclaimed and most influential contemporary novels. It contains a biography of the novelist and a full-length study of the novel. Series: Continuum Contemporaries Series. Num Pages: 96 pages, further reading. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile; (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (Y) Teenage / Young Adult. Dimension: 189 x 139 x 7. Weight in Grams: 120. Clean copy.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC New York
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- KEX0212364
- ISBN
- 9780826452351
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 5.49
€ 5.49
Paperback. Explores a specific site - the Reading Room of the British Museum - as a space of imaginative potential in relation to the emergence of modern women writers in Victorian and early 20th-century London. This book challenges an assessment of the Reading Room of the British Museum as a bastion of class and gender privilege. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Victorian Culture. Num Pages: 248 pages, 9 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 236 x 14. Weight in Grams: 394.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Revised
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748697946
- ISBN
- 9780748697946
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.31
€ 27.99
€ 26.31
Paperback. Series: York Notes. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSR; DSRC. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 297 x 210. .
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781292138091
- ISBN
- 9781292138091
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.82
€ 9.82
Paperback. This title presents an exploration of Gothic literature from its origins in Horace Walpole's 1764 classic 'The Castle of Otranto', through Romantic and Victorian Gothic to modernist and postmodernist takes on the form. Series: York Notes Companions. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSR. Category: (E) Primary & Secondary Education. Dimension: 210 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Pearson Education Limited
- Number of pages
- 328
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408266663
- ISBN
- 9781408266663
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.75
€ 15.99
€ 14.75
Paperback. American Literature in Context to 1865 is the perfect companion for readers who want to familiarize themselves with the historical events and literary movements that shaped American literature from the pre-Columbian period to the end of the Civil War. Num Pages: 204 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 316.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405188630
- ISBN
- 9781405188630
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.67
€ 29.67
Hardback. Series: Edinburgh Critical Studies in Modernism Drama and Performanc. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB; DSG; JPFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474424462
- ISBN
- 9781474424462
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.39€ 107.92
€ 112.39
€ 107.92
Hardback. Gore Vidal has been entertaining - and occasionally outraging - the American public for 50 years. This study examines Vidal's recent and early novels, and considers the recurring theme of the decline of the United States. Series: Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 160 x 24. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780313295799
- ISBN
- 9780313295799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.81
€ 65.81
Paperback. This guide focuses on Shakespeare's "King Lear", it includes a linking narrative which puts the critical extracts in context, highlights the important concepts, explains shifts in critical thinking, and looks to the writer's place in the canon. It is part of a series designed for students. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KL; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UA) A / AS level; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 248.
- Publisher
- Icon Books
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1997th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874166719
- ISBN
- 9781874166719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.62
€ 36.62
Hardcover. One of the more intriguing developments within medieval Japanese literature is the incorporation into the teaching of waka poetry of the practices of initiation ceremonies and secret transmissions found in esoteric Buddhism. This is a study of such texts. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; 2GJ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 165 x 29. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674009561
- ISBN
- 9780674009561
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 40.27
€ 47.99
€ 40.27
Women Ethnographers and Native Women Storytellers: Relational Science,...
Susan Berry Brill de Ramirez
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Lexington Books
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781498510042
- ISBN
- 9781498510042
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.11€ 17.09
€ 104.11
€ 17.09
Paperback. Housing Problems provides fresh readings of major writers, Goethe, Walpole, Freud, Heidegger, Poe, H.D., and Oppen, by bringing together the fields of literature, philosophy and architecture. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: AM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804758550
- ISBN
- 9780804758550
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Hardback. Housing Problems provides fresh readings of major writers, Goethe, Walpole, Freud, Heidegger, Poe, H.D., and Oppen, by bringing together the fields of literature, philosophy and architecture. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 216 pages, 14 illustrations. BIC Classification: AM; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 585. Weight in Grams: 449.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804758543
- ISBN
- 9780804758543
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.57
€ 108.57
Paperback. Contains seventeen essays by pre-eminent scholars representing a variety of critical perspectives that focus on Walt Whitman's "Leaves of Grass". This book features contributors who treat Whitman's poetry, his biography, his politics, his reception in the United States and abroad, race and ethnic issues, and nineteenth-century America. Editor(s): Belasco, Susan; Price, Kenneth M.; Folsom, Ed. Num Pages: 503 pages, 13 photograhs, index. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 160 x 26. Weight in Grams: 668.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803260009
- ISBN
- 9780803260009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. This major new introduction to comparative literature is for the students coming to the subject for the first time. Through an examination of a series of case studies and new theoretical developments, Bassnett reviews the current state of comparative literature world--wide in the 1990s. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631167051
- ISBN
- 9780631167051
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.55
€ 47.55