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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This book argues that many of the mid-twentieth century's significant novelists were united by a desire to return the increasingly interior novel to ethical engagement. They did not seek morality in society, politics or the individual will, but sought to unveil a transcendent Good by using techniques drawn from the canon of mystical literature Num Pages: 217 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
217
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349338214
ISBN
9781349338214
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.84

Hardback. This book argues that many of the mid-twentieth century's significant novelists were united by a desire to return the increasingly interior novel to ethical engagement. They did not seek morality in society, politics or the individual will, but sought to unveil a transcendent Good by using techniques drawn from the canon of mystical literature Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2012th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230303546
ISBN
9780230303546
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Hardcover. Identifying an apprehension about the nature and constitution of urbanism in North American plays, Westgate examines how cities like New York City and Los Angeles became focal points for identity politics and social justice at the end of the twentieth century, and how urban crises inform the dramaturgy of contemporary playwrights. Num Pages: 250 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AN; DSG; JFSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 220 x 145 x 18. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230114531
ISBN
9780230114531
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.36
€ 47.09

Hardback. BIC Classification: DSA. Dimension: 216 x 140. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan UK
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312212865
ISBN
9780312212865
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 193.95

Paperback. Series: Queenship and Power. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DS; HBJD; HBJD1; HBL; HBTB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
238
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349444052
ISBN
9781349444052
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Hardback. As seen in fiction, newspaper accounts, and magic shows, the presence of ghosts pervaded the Victorian period. This book examines supernatural encounters in a wide range of Victorian writers including Dickens and Kipling. Cadwallader argues that these fictional spirits reflect how Victorians were adapting to rapid scientific and religious changes. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 410.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137559920
ISBN
9781137559920
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 100.12

Hardback. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 218 x 26. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137602572
ISBN
9781137602572
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 116.79

Paperback. As scholars have remarked, the word kleos in the "Iliad" and the "Odyssey" alike refers to something more substantive and complex than 'fame' or 'glory'. This book presents a meditation on this concept as expressed and experienced in the adult society Telemachos find himself in. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 186 pages, 1 halftone frontispiece; 1 line. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 254.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies
Number of pages
186
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674055926
ISBN
9780674055926
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

paperback. Num Pages: 269 pages, biography. BIC Classification: APF; APFN; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
269
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 2013
SKU
V9781349347841
ISBN
9781349347841
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. A full account of Lawrence, ranging from his talent as a young writer to the continuing genius of his later work, and concentrating on his exceptionally acute powers of observation, both human and natural. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
253
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349494897
ISBN
9781349494897
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.14

Paperback. Num Pages: 303 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
303
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349231201
ISBN
9781349231201
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 193.71

Paperback. In this sequel to his Romantic Consciousness, John Beer discusses further questionings of human consciousness; both the degree to which Dickens's conscious dramatizing differs from the subconscious workings of his psyche and the exploration of subliminal consciousness by nineteenth-century psychical researchers. Num Pages: 204 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349509751
ISBN
9781349509751
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

Paperback. A comprehensive study of Shakespeare's forgotten masterpiece The Phoenix and Turtle . Bednarz confronts the question of why one of the greatest poems in the English language is customarily ignored or misconstrued by Shakespeare biographers, literary historians, and critics. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 261 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2012
Number of pages
261
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349339938
ISBN
9781349339938
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

Hardback. Written by younger as well as by well-established scholars, the essays move quietly away from theoretically dominated criticism, and emphasize the importance of historical criticism, both breaking new ground and recuperating neglected insights and approaches. Editor(s): Lethbridge, J. B. Num Pages: 385 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 26. Weight in Grams: 740.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
385
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611473087
ISBN
9781611473087
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 149.24

Hardback. Test Tube Envy: Science and Power in Argentine Narrative examines the strategies by which narrative shapes scientific discourse and through which popular science determines narrative form over 150 years of the country's writing. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 262 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 553.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
262
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482294
ISBN
9781611482294
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.81

Hardcover. A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. Cyborgs in Latin America explores the ways cultural expression in Latin America has grappled with the changing relationships between technology and human identity. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSK; JFC; JFD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 217 x 162 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230103900
ISBN
9780230103900
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 29.00

paperback. Gives definitions of technical terms (hamartia, iamb, zeugma) and critical jargon (aporia, binary opposition, intertextuality). This book explores literary movements (neoclassism, romanticism, vorticism) and schools of literary theory. It covers genres (elegy, fabliau, pastoral) and literary forms (haiku, ottava rima, sonnet). Num Pages: 816 pages. BIC Classification: DSR; GBC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 131 x 37. Weight in Grams: 562.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Penguin
Condition
New
SKU
9780141047157
ISBN
9780141047157
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 16.68

Hardback. The fifth edition of J.A. Cuddon s classic dictionary updates what has become an indispensable resource for students and teachers at all levels. Incorporating recent literary terminology, the new edition adds many new entries while refining existing topics to ensure currency and balance of coverage. Num Pages: 802 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSR; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 182 x 41. Weight in Grams: 1354.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
808
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
5th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781444333275
ISBN
9781444333275
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.67

Paperback. A fully updated second edition of J. A. Burrow's hugely successful introduction to medieval English literature. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB; DSC; DSG; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 197 x 128 x 12. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199532049
ISBN
9780199532049
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.45

Paperback. Editor(s): Thompson, J. Series: Nineteenth-Century Major Lives and Letters. Num Pages: 339 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 18. Weight in Grams: 524.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
339
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349466252
ISBN
9781349466252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 67.13

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