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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. On the centenary of Laurie Lee's birth, a fresh and unusual exploration of 'Cider with Rosie' country, yesterday and today, and of how it inspired the great writer. Num Pages: 160 pages, 45 colour illustrations, 32 colour plates. BIC Classification: 1DBKEWG; 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 167 x 14. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
The History Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780750953764
ISBN
9780750953764
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 16.57

Paperback. From the school yards of the South Bronx to the tops of the Billboard charts, rap has emerged as one of the most influential cultural forces of our time. This title demonstrates that rap is also a wide-reaching and vital poetic tradition born of beats and rhymes. Editor(s): Bradley, Adam; DuBois, Andrew. Num Pages: 920 pages, 5 black-&-white illustrations. BIC Classification: AVGR; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 160 x 44. Weight in Grams: 914.
Publisher
Yale University Press United States
Number of pages
920
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300141917
ISBN
9780300141917
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.02

Hardcover. Editor(s): Bulow-Jacobsen, Adam. Num Pages: 603 pages, with 37 plates. BIC Classification: CFL; DSBB; HBG; HBLA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 305 x 222 x 42. Weight in Grams: 2368.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
Number of pages
631
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772892641
ISBN
9788772892641
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.73
€ 75.79

paperback. The writing of HD is so linguistically rich and multilayered in structure that it has had almost as many interpretations as it has interpreters, from Freudians to feminists, from classicists to post-modernists. This book examines the "ongoingness" of HD's writing. Num Pages: 280 pages, 13 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 221 x 142 x 18. Weight in Grams: 392.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075919
ISBN
9780252075919
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.90

Paperback. Offers an exploration of the indissoluble link between war and sexuality based on over the years of interviews by the well-known Lebanese expatriate teacher, critic, and writer. This book refers to sexuality as the physical and psychological relations of men and women, and examines Middle Eastern customs involved in defining such relationships. Editor(s): Accad, Evelyne. Num Pages: 214 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FB; 2CSR; DSB; JFC; JFSJ1; JW. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 272.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814706152
ISBN
9780814706152
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.67

Paperback. Joining this year's fourth-centenary celebrations, this flipbook is a delightful catalogue of Shakespeare's plays. It is also the only unpublished work by one of Britain's greatest graphic designers, Abram Games, and a little landmark in the history of design. Num Pages: 96 pages, 45 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: AFH; AKB; AKLB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 100 x 120 x 10. .
Publisher
Pallas Athene Arts
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2018
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843681373
ISBN
9781843681373
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.69

Hardback. Through a series of literary and cultural analyses, this book examines current theories of resistance and their impact on contemporary Latin American cultural discourse, developing a cultural theory of "illiteracy" Series: Just Ideas. Num Pages: 292 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSB; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 229 x 23. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823257096
ISBN
9780823257096
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.36

Hardcover. Translator(s): Davis, Dick. Num Pages: 310 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: DSB; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 289 x 191 x 28. Weight in Grams: 1284.
Publisher
Mage Publishers United States
Number of pages
310
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780934211536
ISBN
9780934211536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.44
€ 46.84

Paperback. A stark and classic tragedy set against the exotic backdrop of a mythological Persia Translator(s): Clinton, Jerome W. (Former Professor of Near Eastern Studies, Princeton University). Series: Publications on the Near East. Num Pages: 224 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2BXF; DCF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 159 x 16. Weight in Grams: 341.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Edition
revised edition
Number of pages
224
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295975672
ISBN
9780295975672
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.83

hardcover. A vivid exploration of the evolution of reading as an essential social and domestic activity during the eighteenth century Series: The Lewis Walpole Series in Eighteenth-Century Culture and History. Num Pages: 360 pages, 57 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JF; DSB; HBJD1; HBLL; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 156. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Yale University Press
Condition
New
SKU
9780300208290
ISBN
9780300208290
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 22.79

Hardcover. The first full biography of Joy Davidman brings her out from C. S. Lewis's shadow to reveal a powerful writer and thinker. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJP; BGL; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 238 x 170 x 42. Weight in Grams: 814.
Publisher
SPCK Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Condition
New
SKU
V9780281074273
ISBN
9780281074273
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.82

Hardback. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 242 x 18. Weight in Grams: 396.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
184
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611483406
ISBN
9781611483406
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.28

Paperback. Series: Refiguring Modernism. Num Pages: 216 pages, 22 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSR1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 247 x 186 x 17. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271034096
ISBN
9780271034096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.53
€ 56.63

Hardcover. It has been said that the difference between a language and a dialect is that a language is a dialect with an army. This title explores the tension between dynamics of literary influence and canon formation within the Arabic literary tradition. It challenges the reader to re-examine notions of translation, bilingualism, and postcoloniality. Translator(s): Hassan, Wail S. Series: Middle East Literature in Translation. Num Pages: 144 pages, notes, bibliography. BIC Classification: 2CSR; CFP; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 282.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631910
ISBN
9780815631910
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 27.45

Hardcover. Drawing on both canonical and little-known texts of the Literary Revival, Bender highlights the centrality of Exodus in Ireland. In doing so, she recuperates the history of a liberation narrative that was occluded by the aesthetic of 1916, when the Christ story replaced Exodus as a model for revolution and liberation. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, 1 black and white illustration. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633990
ISBN
9780815633990
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 46.33

Paperback. How does the body's sense of its own movement shift when confronted with modernist film? How might travel by motorcar disorientate one sufficiently to bring about an existential crisis? This book offers a coherent history of ideas of the haptic, tracing their impact on literary innovation. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 350.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474401425
ISBN
9781474401425
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 28.00

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 173 x 237 x 30. Weight in Grams: 544.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231180245
ISBN
9780231180245
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.40
€ 51.34

Hardback. Examines the emergence of a new genre during the eighteenth century: the nostalgia poem. This genre is best understood by reconceiving the premises of nostalgia itself, examining it as first and foremost a mode of idealization rather than a longing for the past. This book traces the history of the nostalgia poem. Num Pages: 221 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
221
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874139457
ISBN
9780874139457
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.28

Hardback. Explores the strange, enduring power of sentimental language in the face of a rapidly changing culture Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823245529
ISBN
9780823245529
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 43.93

Paperback. One of the most significant contributors to late antique literary culture, Eusebius of Caesarea has received only limited attention as a writer and thinker in his own right. Focusing on the full range of Eusebius's works, the new studies in Eusebius of Caesarea will change how classicists, theologians, and historians think about this major figure. Editor(s): Johnson, Aaron; Schott, Jeremy M. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 500 pages, 2 tables. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1; HRCC2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 164 x 24. Weight in Grams: 642.
Publisher
Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
Number of pages
500
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674073296
ISBN
9780674073296
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 24.85

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