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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Though the efficacy of literary biography has been widely contested by academic theorists, attention to the lives of authors remains an enduring fact of our literary history. The essays in this collection address the relationships among American literary biography, documentation, and interpretation from a practitionerOs perspective. Editor(s): Habich, Robert D.; Hudspeth, Robert N. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472691
- ISBN
- 9781611472691
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.93
€ 131.93
Hardback. Editor(s): Habermann, Ina; Witen, Michelle. Series: Palgrave Shakespeare Studies. Num Pages: 297 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 210 x 148 x 21. Weight in Grams: 519.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 297
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137518347
- ISBN
- 9781137518347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 150.07
€ 150.07
Paperback. An examination of the intriguing question: what happens when the ideas of a thinker such as William James, who, despite his originality, was deeply rooted in American traditions, are refracted through a culture that draws on a heritage profoundly different from his own? Editor(s): Grossman, Joan Delaney; Rischin, Ruth. Num Pages: 272 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; HPCD; HPCF; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 144 x 15. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739105276
- ISBN
- 9780739105276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.66
€ 65.66
Materials include newly commissioned articles along with essays drawn from The Johns Hopkins Guide to Literary Theory and Criticism, known as the definitive resource for students and scholars of literary theory and for philosophical reflection on literature and culture. Editor(s): Groden, Michael; Kreiswirth, Martin; Szeman, Imre. Num Pages: 536 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 38. Weight in Grams: 885.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 536
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421406381
- ISBN
- 9781421406381
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 118.85
€ 118.85
Paperback. This volume undertakes a fundamental reassessment of utopianism during the modernist period. It charts the rich spectrum of literary utopian projects between 1885 and 1945, and reconstructs their cultural work by locating them in the material 'spaces' in which they originated. The book brings together work by leading academics and younger scholars. Editor(s): Gregory, R.; Kohlmann, Benjamin. Num Pages: 245 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 245
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349338337
- ISBN
- 9781349338337
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.06
€ 66.06
Paperback. An exploration of Philip Pullman's bestselling trilogy, "His Dark Materials". It looks at the many issues raised by the Dark Materials world, and by the controversies it has stirred up. Editor(s): Greene, Richard; Robison, Rachel. Series: Popular Culture and Philosophy. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DSY; HPX; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 280.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Open Court Publishing Co ,U.S. United States
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812696714
- ISBN
- 9780812696714
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 19.80
€ 21.99
€ 19.80
Paperback. Editor(s): Greenall, Annjo K.; Mitchell, Domhnall. Num Pages: 210 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1DN; 2ADF; DSB; HBTR; JPH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 172 x 17. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Fagbokforlaget Norway
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788245017212
- ISBN
- 9788245017212
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Condition: New
€ 52.99€ 38.16
€ 52.99
€ 38.16
Hardback. Editor(s): Green, Michael A.; Shvabrin, Stanislav A. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 169 x 18. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482201
- ISBN
- 9781611482201
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.81
€ 131.81
Paperback. Editor(s): Green, Mary Jean; etc.; Gould, Karen (Associate Dean, Graduate College and Professor of French, Bowling Green State University, USA); et al. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816626298
- ISBN
- 9780816626298
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.36
€ 37.99
€ 34.36
Hardback. Nabokov's complex multi-lingual, multi-cultural writings offer ever-new delights and present new challenges to their readers. This volume and its companion have been compiled to reflect something of the richness of this artistic world and the variety of responses it evokes. Editor(s): Grayson, Jane; McMillin, Arnold; Meyer, Priscilla. Series: Studies in Russia and East Europe. Num Pages: 253 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AGR; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 253
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333964156
- ISBN
- 9780333964156
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.76
€ 127.76
Hardback. Explores the diverse theories and assessments of the dialectic between reason and imagination in a collection of essays by philosophers and literary and cultural critics Editor(s): Gray, Richard T.; Halmi, Nicholas; Handwerk, Gary J.; Rosenthal, Michael A.; Vieweg, Klaus. Series: Robert B Heilman Books. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295990989
- ISBN
- 9780295990989
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 140.24
€ 140.24
Langston Hughes and the South African Drum Generation: The Corresponde...
. Ed(S): Graham, Shane; Walters, J.
paperback. This collection combines previously unpublished letters between African-American poet Langston Hughes and South-African writers of the 1950s and 1960s with scholarly commentary and criticism. The letters tell a fascinating story of the civil rights movement and apartheid and the struggle to overthrow it. Editor(s): Graham, Shane; Walters, J. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2H; DSBH; DSBH5; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2010
- Number of pages
- 207
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349287499
- ISBN
- 9781349287499
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Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
Hardback. This collection maps the Beat Generation movement, exploring American Beat writers alongside parallel movements in other countries that shared a critique of global capitalism. Ranging from the immediate post-World War II period and continuing into the 1990s, the essays illustrate Beat participation in the global circulation of a poetics of dissent. Editor(s): Grace, Nancy M.; Skerl, Jennie. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 575.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108400
- ISBN
- 9780230108400
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.75
€ 67.75
Paperback. Editor(s): Grace, Nancy M.; Skerl, Jennie. Num Pages: 294 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 153 x 10. Weight in Grams: 412.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 294
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230108417
- ISBN
- 9780230108417
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.82
€ 66.82
Paperback. Editor(s): Gould, Warwick; Staley, T. Num Pages: 328 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349265503
- ISBN
- 9781349265503
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.66
€ 127.66
Paperback. This is a new English translation of a classic work of medieval Islamic learning. In this rich allegorical fable the animals pursue a case against humanity. They rebuke and criticise human weakness, deny man's superiority, and make powerful demands for greater justice and respect for animals. Editor(s): Goodman, Lenn E.; McGregor, Richard. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSK; FC; HBLA1; HBLC1; HP; HRHT; JFCX; JFHF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 157 x 22. Weight in Grams: 642.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199642519
- ISBN
- 9780199642519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 56.03
€ 56.03
Paperback. This edited book provides a unique opportunity for international scholars to contribute to the exploration of liminality in the field of Anglo-American literature written by or about women between the Victorian period and the Second World War. Editor(s): Gomez Reus, Teresa; Gifford, Terry. Num Pages: 210 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 210
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349461042
- ISBN
- 9781349461042
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.95
€ 66.95
hardcover. The eleven essays of Mapping the Fiction of Cristina Fernandez Cubas examine the intellectual preoccupations, narrative strategies, and rhetorical devices that distinguish the four volumes of short stories, two novels, the play, and the book of memoirs that Cristina Fernandez Cubas has published to date. Editor(s): Glenn, Kathleen M.; Perez, Janet. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 220
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492712
- ISBN
- 9781611492712
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 117.62
€ 117.62
Since its founding in 1943, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Volume 38 showcases a broad range of medieval scholarship, including five original articles, one review article, and seven review notices. Editor(s): Glei, Reinhold F.; Polleichtner, Wolfgang. Series: Medievalia et Humanistica Series. Num Pages: 176 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 161 x 15. Weight in Grams: 385.
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442220522
- ISBN
- 9781442220522
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.61
€ 181.61
Hardback. Since its founding, Medievalia et Humanistica has won worldwide recognition as the first scholarly publication in America to devote itself entirely to medieval and Renaissance studies. Volume 41 is a special issue which showcases twelve articles featured at the International Conference on Medieval and Renaissance Scottish Language and Literature. Editor(s): Glei, Reinhold F.; Goth, Maik. Series: Medievalia et Humanistica Series. Num Pages: 260 pages, 15 black & white illustrations, 9 black & white halftones, 3 tables. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBD; HBLC1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 233 x 159 x 23. Weight in Grams: 549.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 260
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442257955
- ISBN
- 9781442257955
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.55
€ 159.55
paperback. Editor(s): Gladstein, Mimi R.; Sciabarra, Chris Matthew. Series: Re-Reading the Canon. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVUA; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 29. Weight in Grams: 585.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Penn State University Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 480
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780271018317
- ISBN
- 9780271018317
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.64
€ 44.99
€ 34.64
Paperback. Bringing together short stories, lectures, essays, op-ed pieces, interviews, and excerpts from her longer fiction and non fiction, A Lillian Smith Reader offers the first comprehensive collection of her work and a compelling introduction to one of the South's most important writers. Editor(s): Gladney, Margaret Rose; Hodgens, Lisa. Num Pages: 360 pages, 16 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press United States
- Number of pages
- 360
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820349992
- ISBN
- 9780820349992
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 35.44
€ 38.99
€ 35.44
Hardback. Editor(s): Giordano, Paolo A.; Tamburri, Anthony Julian. Num Pages: 305 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ADT; DSBH; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165 x 25. Weight in Grams: 630.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 305
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838637326
- ISBN
- 9780838637326
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 155.27
€ 155.27
Paperback. Editor(s): Ginway, M; Brown, J. Num Pages: 241 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CB; DSBH; DSBH5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2012
- Number of pages
- 241
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349448098
- ISBN
- 9781349448098
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 127.73
€ 127.73