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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. This anthology of primary materials-the words of American women writers on the act of authorship and their participation in the literary cultures of the nineteenth century- offers revealing insight into Hawthorne's "damned mob of scribbling women." Editor(s): Boyd, Anne E. Num Pages: 488 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBF; DSC; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 29. Weight in Grams: 703.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801892752
ISBN
9780801892752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 37.30

Paperback. Although these women were encouraged by the democratic ideals implicit in such concepts, they were equally discouraged by lingering prejudices about their applicability to women. Num Pages: 326 pages, 8, 8 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 448.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
326
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801894015
ISBN
9780801894015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 32.57

Hardback. This book supports the claim that David Mamet is possibly the first true verse dramatist by examining in detail his celebrated use of language as dramatic action. Five of Mamet's best known plays are studied in detail: Sexual Perversity in Chicago, American Buffalo, A Life in the Theatre, Edmond, and Glengarry Glen Ross. Num Pages: 241 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 558.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
241
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611470895
ISBN
9781611470895
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.81

Paperback. This volume addresses the multiplicity of issues concerning the presentations to students of post-colonial literature. This collection focuses upon specific strategies for teaching post-colonial literature within particular political environments. Editor(s): Collett, Anne; Jensen, Lars; Rutherford, Anna. Series: Dolphin S. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 13. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Aarhus University Press Denmark
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9788772883786
ISBN
9788772883786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 10.17

Paperback. Editor(s): Bartlett, Anne Clark; Bestul, Thomas H. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DNF; DQ; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 15. Weight in Grams: 370.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801484551
ISBN
9780801484551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 44.99
€ 44.21

Paperback. Offers a reading of certain of Simonides' texts and aligns these with writings of the modern Romanian poet Paul Celan. Asking such questions as, What is lost when words are wasted? and Who profits when words are saved? This work reveals the two poets' striking commonalities. Series: Martin Classical Lectures. Num Pages: 160 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2ACG; 2AHA; DSBB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 156 x 234 x 12. Weight in Grams: 258.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691091754
ISBN
9780691091754
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 28.78

Paperback. * The definitive and ONLY complete translation of Sappho, by one of the world's greatest living poets Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 128 x 28. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
Number of pages
416
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Condition
New
SKU
V9781844080816
ISBN
9781844080816
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.48

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2AFS; DCF; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 205 x 131 x 23. Weight in Grams: 206.
Publisher
Vintage Books
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Edition
2/27/00
Condition
New
SKU
V9780375708428
ISBN
9780375708428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 15.27

paperback. In this collection, Anne Carson contemplates 'decreation', an activity described by Simone Weil as 'undoing the creature in us', an undoing of self. But how can we undo self without moving through self, to the very inside of its definitions? Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 338.
Publisher
Jonathan Cape
Number of pages
272
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Condition
New
SKU
V9780224079266
ISBN
9780224079266
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 16.42

Hardback. Liu Yuan's "Lingyan ge", a woodblock-printed book from 1669, re-creates a portrait gallery that memorialized 24 vassals of the early Tang court. This book presents a study that examines the dialogues created among the texts and images in "Lingyan ge" from multiple perspectives. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 450 pages, 218 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GDC; 3JD; AKLB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 279 x 216 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1610.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center United States
Number of pages
450
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674032804
ISBN
9780674032804
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 59.51
€ 54.59

Paperback. A biography full of romanticism, exoticism, glamour and fantasy Num Pages: 384 pages, 2 x 8pp bw. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 264.
Publisher
John Murray General Publishing Division United Kingdom
Number of pages
384
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719565472
ISBN
9780719565472
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 10.86

The third and final volume of this first time edition of the first Lollard revision of Richard Rolle's English commentary on the Psalter. This volume contains the texts of Psalms 116-150. Editor(s): Hudson, Anne. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 600 pages, 2 black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 47. Weight in Grams: 836.
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199688180
ISBN
9780199688180
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 121.69

Provides, for the first time, a full edition of the first Lollard revision of Richard Rolle's English commentary on the Psalter, and gives detailed evidence for the second revision. Editor(s): Hudson, Anne. Series: Early English Text Society Original Series. Num Pages: 610 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 50. Weight in Grams: 908.
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
610
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199674299
ISBN
9780199674299
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 151.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 16. BIC Classification: DSA; JFSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801440014
ISBN
9780801440014
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 147.48

Paperback. In Shakespeare and the Popular Voice Annabel Patterson challenges as counter--intuitive the common opinion that Shakespeare was anti--democratic, contemptuous of the crowd and an unfailing supporter of Elizabethan social hierarchy. Num Pages: 208 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 177 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1989
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631168737
ISBN
9780631168737
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.85

Paperback. A study of the Elizabethan text, Holinshed's "Chronicles" - a history of England, Scotland and Ireland. Patterson argues that the chronicles should be read in their own right, as an important and inventive cultural history, rather than simply as source material for Shakespeare's plays. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226649122
ISBN
9780226649122
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.15

Paperback. Series: Henry Kreisel Memorial Lecture Series. Num Pages: 68 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DNF; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 6. Weight in Grams: 112.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
64
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888646293
ISBN
9780888646293
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.70

Hardback. Num Pages: 161 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 435.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
161
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754825
ISBN
9780838754825
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 109.67

Hardback. Num Pages: 242 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
242
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493344
ISBN
9781611493344
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.59

Paperback. From childhood memories to manic motherhood to middle age, the author tells life as she has lived it. She acknowledges the passing years, from the generational shrinking of underwear to facing the fact that her knees make 'this noise like Rice Krispies' when she exercises. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BGLA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 133 x 16. Weight in Grams: 158.
Publisher
Cornerstone United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780099559030
ISBN
9780099559030
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.12

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