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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643854
ISBN
9780691643854
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 139.75

Paperback. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 237 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 325.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2003
Number of pages
237
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349432073
ISBN
9781349432073
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardcover. This text defines the Shakespearean canon, from "The Two Gentlemen of Verona" to "The Two Noble Kinsmen". It traces the influences on the drama of exile, examining the legal context of banishment (pursued against Catholics, gypsies and vagabonds) in early modern England. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 427.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333993446
ISBN
9780333993446
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.88

Paperback. Num Pages: 362 pages. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 224 x 147 x 28. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Graywolf Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781555974787
ISBN
9781555974787
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.80

Hardback. Explores the tension in European drama between allegory and neoclassicism from the sixteenth through the nineteenth century. This work reveals the allegorical survivals in the works of major figures such as Shakespeare, Calderon, Racine, Vondel, Metastasio, Goethe, and Wagner and reads tragedy, comedy, masque, opera, and school drama. Num Pages: 304 pages, 21 illus. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 226 x 147 x 27. Weight in Grams: 626.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812239669
ISBN
9780812239669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.05

Hardback. This work explores the best of contemporary Italian theatre, from Luigi Pirandello to Massimo Bontempelli. It covers the period from the end of the 19th century to the aftermath of World War II, and includes a number of translations of plays never before published in English. Editor(s): House, Jane; Attisani, Antonio. Num Pages: 622 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 172 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1135.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
622
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231071185
ISBN
9780231071185
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 99.88
€ 76.74

Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 192 x 127 x 30. Weight in Grams: 334.
Publisher
Knopf
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780345806840
ISBN
9780345806840
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.99
€ 17.77

Hardcover. Explores the relation between poststructuralist thought and postcoloniality, and identifies in that interaction the expression of a particular anxiety concerning the form of theoretical writing. This book argues that this anxiety betrays an unprecedented lucidity concerning the particular challenges of writing about ourselves and others. Series: Postcolonialism Across the Disciplines. Num Pages: 207 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH5; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 20. Weight in Grams: 465.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
207
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846312304
ISBN
9781846312304
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 142.68

Paperback. For more than fifty years, Assia Djebar, winner of the Neustadt Prize for Contribution to World Literature, used the tools of poetry, fiction, drama and film to vividly portray the world of Muslim women in all its complexity. This book traces Djebar's development as a writer against the backdrop of North Africa's tumultuous history. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 220 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1HBA; 2ADF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 15. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
220
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846316852
ISBN
9781846316852
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 31.02

Hardback.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843843658
ISBN
9781843843658
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.64

Hardcover. The Persian Empire in English Renaissance Writing, 1549-1622 studies the conception of Persia in the literary, political and pedagogic writings of Renaissance England and Britain. It argues that writers of all kinds debated the means and merits of English empire through their intellectual engagement with the ancient Persian empire. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 266 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 143 x 219 x 20. Weight in Grams: 462.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Pan Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230343269
ISBN
9780230343269
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.09

Hardback. Editor(s): Harris, Jane Gary. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JM; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691637679
ISBN
9780691637679
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 151.71

Hardback. Through close readings of Barthes, Derrida, Sedgwick, and Spivak, Jane Gallop connects the theoretical death of the author to the writer s literal death, as well as other authorial deaths, such as obsolescence. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822350637
ISBN
9780822350637
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 108.92

Paperback. A collection of essays on various topics of importance to author Lady Wilde (1821-1896), first published in 1893. Series: Cambridge Library Collection - British and Irish History, 19th Century. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 450.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
354
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
9781108021951
ISBN
9781108021951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.63

Paperback. Jane Flax argues that a reciprocal relationship exists between unconscious processes and race/gender domination and that unless we attend to these unconscious processes, no adequate remedy for the malignant consequences of our current race/gender practices and relations can be devised. Flax supports her arguments using a variety of sources. Series: Breaking Feminist Waves. Num Pages: 235 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; JFC; JFFK; JFSJ; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349291458
ISBN
9781349291458
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.94

Hardback. Offers a different understanding of American literary realism that draws on neuroscience and cognitive psychology. This work explores the connections among the aesthetic, emotion, consciousness, and the body in readings that illuminate lesser-known works such as "Elsie Venner" and that resuscitate classics such as "The Yellow Wallpaper." Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674025127
ISBN
9780674025127
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 72.47
€ 66.26

Hardback. This book argues that popular feminist fiction provided a key means by which American culture narrated and negotiated the perceived breakdown of American progress after the 1960s. It explores the intersection of two key features of late twentieth-century American culture. Num Pages: 234 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 425.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230605428
ISBN
9780230605428
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.76

Hardback. Argues that theory, far from being dead, has undergone major shifts in order to come to terms with the most urgent cultural and political questions. Offering an overview of theory's directions, this collection includes essays on affect, biopolitics, biophilosophy, the aesthetic, and neoliberalism. Editor(s): Attridge, Derek; Elliott, Jane. Num Pages: 336 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415484183
ISBN
9780415484183
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 175.17

paperback. Num Pages: 308 pages, 26 illus. Map. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Peter E. Randall Publisher United States
Edition
2nd ed.
Number of pages
308
Condition
New
SKU
V9780914339472
ISBN
9780914339472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.61

Hardback. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 160 x 220 x 20. Weight in Grams: 472.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137415622
ISBN
9781137415622
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.79

Hardback. This book argues that Woolf's preoccupation with the literary past had a profound impact on the content and structure of her novels. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 504.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
240
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748623495
ISBN
9780748623495
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.74
€ 131.38

Paperback. This is the first book to explore Virginia Woolf's preoccupation with the literary past and its profound impact on the content and structure of her novels. Num Pages: 232 pages, None. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 11. Weight in Grams: 406.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780748633029
ISBN
9780748633029
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 37.73

Paperback. South Africa: A Botched Civilization? examines how South African novelists, both Black and white, portray the impact of racial conflict on the identities of both the oppressed and the oppressor. This book gives an in-depth analysis of several major authors and focuses on prejudice and its consequences. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1HFM; DSK; GTB; JFSL1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 133 x 11. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
UPA
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Condition
New
SKU
V9780761806059
ISBN
9780761806059
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 83.55

Paperback. Num Pages: 267 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; DSBF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
267
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349444557
ISBN
9781349444557
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.22

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