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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Why was eighteenth-century English culture so fascinated with the things its society discarded? This book explains how English writers used contemporary theological and philosophical texts about unwanted and leftover matter to explore secular, literary relationships between waste and value. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DSBD; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 21. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691139845
- ISBN
- 9780691139845
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.48
€ 46.99
€ 33.48
Hardcover. The true story of the lives of Jane Austen's three nieces, their Pride and Prejudice-style courtships, dramas and disappointments, and their move to turbulent 19th century Ireland in a time of war and famine. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations (some col.). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 219 x 156 x 28. Weight in Grams: 560.
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Publisher
- Blackstaff Press Belfast
- Number of pages
- 294
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856408687
- ISBN
- 9780856408687
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.55
€ 23.99
€ 20.55
Hardback. This pathbreaking book offers stunning new insight into modern black literature, environmental humanities, and poetry and poetics. Series: The Callaloo African Diaspora Series. Num Pages: 304 pages, 15, 15 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DS; DSA; JFSL3. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. .
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421422657
- ISBN
- 9781421422657
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 50.87€ 47.39
€ 50.87
€ 47.39
Hardback. Num Pages: 195 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 237 x 19. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253018007
- ISBN
- 9780253018007
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 18.33
€ 18.33
Paperback. Real Folks examines the construction of the folk in Depression-era U.S. politics and culture, as well as the hybrid forms of documentary and satire that critiqued the populist fixation on folk authenticity. Num Pages: 336 pages, 22 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JJG; DSBH; HBTB; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5983 x 3971 x 23. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822349440
- ISBN
- 9780822349440
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.50
€ 31.99
€ 28.50
Hardcover. Employs research on the GDR's healthcare system along with feminist and queer theory to get at socialism's legacy, revealing a specifically East German literary convention: employment of "symptomatic female bodies" to either enforce or rebel against political and social norms. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139337
- ISBN
- 9781571139337
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
Paperback. Featuring contemporary feminist theory, this book argues for a feminism that transcends national borders and ethnic identities. It analysis the novels and short stories of three Chicana writers - Gloria Anzaldua, Sandra Cisneros, and Helena Maria Viramontes and a range of Chicana feminist writing from several disciplines. Num Pages: 226 pages, 6 b/w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADSL; DSA; JFFK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 59.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 226
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520207332
- ISBN
- 9780520207332
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.73
€ 35.99
€ 26.73
Hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 169 x 15. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Nova Science Publishers Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781560729198
- ISBN
- 9781560729198
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.69€ 49.27
€ 62.69
€ 49.27
Paperback. Suitable for those beginning detailed study of "Twelfth Night". Editor(s): Massai, Sonia. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415303330
- ISBN
- 9780415303330
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.19
€ 57.19
Hardback. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 456.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231151948
- ISBN
- 9780231151948
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 65.07€ 51.02
€ 65.07
€ 51.02
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Aris & Phillips Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780856688874
- ISBN
- 9780856688874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 141.76
€ 141.76
paperback. Argues that multilingualism is perhaps the most important form of diversity Editor(s): Sollors, Werner; Shell, Marc. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; CFDM; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 29. Weight in Grams: 726.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780814780930
- ISBN
- 9780814780930
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.71
€ 33.99
€ 30.71
Hardback. Tells the story of how Flaubert's admiration for Cervantes' Don Quijote unfolded, and how profoundly it shaped and influenced Flaubert's ambition and his approach to all his major works, beginning with his breakthrough novel "Madame Bovary". Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845192570
- ISBN
- 9781845192570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 129.51
€ 129.51
Paperback. Tells the story of how Flaubert's admiration for Cervantes' Don Quijote unfolded, and how profoundly it shaped and influenced Flaubert's ambition and his approach to all his major works, beginning with his breakthrough novel "Madame Bovary". Num Pages: 200 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 229 x 153 x 12. Weight in Grams: 328.
- Publisher
- Sussex Academic Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 200
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781845193973
- ISBN
- 9781845193973
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.74
€ 33.99
€ 30.74
Paperback. Series: Studies in Austrian Literature, Culture & Thought: Translation S. Num Pages: 196 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSG; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 141 x 14. Weight in Grams: 304.
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Publisher
- Ariadne Press United States
- Number of pages
- 196
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781572410138
- ISBN
- 9781572410138
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 21.38
€ 27.99
€ 21.38
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Northwestern University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810129207
- ISBN
- 9780810129207
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 189.67
€ 189.67
Paperback. The only English translation to include the complete work - a must-have for all students of early Norse literature. Editor(s): Faulkes, Anthony. Num Pages: 288 pages, 32col.ill. BIC Classification: 2ACSC; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 198 x 136 x 22. Weight in Grams: 272.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Everyman Paperback
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780460876162
- ISBN
- 9780460876162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 11.99€ 10.25
€ 11.99
€ 10.25
Paperback. Caustic and compulsively readable, Smollett's Travels is a classic of early travel literature. Editor(s): Felsenstein, Frank. Series: Broadview Editions. Num Pages: 350 pages, Illustrations map. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 350
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781554810314
- ISBN
- 9781554810314
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.06
€ 41.99
€ 37.06
Paperback. Editor(s): Smith, Ole Langwitz. Series: Opuscula Graecolatina S. Num Pages: 69 pages, index. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 227 x 162 x 8. Weight in Grams: 178.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1977
- Publisher
- Museum Tusculanum Press Denmark
- Number of pages
- 69
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788772893846
- ISBN
- 9788772893846
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 8.99€ 8.36
€ 8.99
€ 8.36
Paperback. In the 1920s, the 'hard-boiled' stories published in "Black Mask", "Dime Detective", "Detective Fiction Weekly", and "Clues" featured a new kind of hero and soon challenged the popularity of the British mysteries. This title examines the culture that produced and supported this form of detective story through the 1940s. Num Pages: 215 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 407. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Temple University Press,U.S. United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 215
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781566397698
- ISBN
- 9781566397698
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.82
€ 32.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Criticism of Shakespeare's comedies has shifted from stressing their light-hearted qualities to giving a stronger sense of their dark aspects and social resonances. This work introduces key debates under the following headings: genre, history and politics, gender and sexuality, language and performance. Editor(s): Smith, Emma. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 320 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 155 x 229 x 24. Weight in Grams: 484.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220121
- ISBN
- 9780631220121
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99
€ 54.99
Paperback. Navigating the sea of published commentary on Shakespeare's tragedies can be difficult. This book guides students through the key critical debates from the 16th century to the present day, enhancing their enjoyment and broadening their critical repertoire. Editor(s): Smith, Emma. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 20. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220107
- ISBN
- 9780631220107
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.30
€ 56.30
Hardback. This Guide steers students through the critical writing on Shakespeare's tragedies from the sixteenth century to the present day. * Guides students through four centuries of critical writing on Shakespeare's tragedies. * Covers both significant early views and recent critical interventions. Editor(s): Smith, Emma. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 714.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631220091
- ISBN
- 9780631220091
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.64
€ 157.64
paperback. A dazzling collection of essays by the bestselling author of What I Loved - thought-provoking, engaging, illuminating reflections on what it means to be human Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGLA; DNF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 148 x 199 x 25. Weight in Grams: 276.
- Publisher
- Sceptre
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444732658
- ISBN
- 9781444732658
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05