Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. The author explores the impact on poetic practice in the 1970s and 1980s of recent theoretical developments, offering a criticism of the work of Seamus Heaney and of poets including Michael Hofmann, reassessing life on Mars and providing retrospective surveys of Fleur Adcock and others. Num Pages: 233 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 414.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 233
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333464977
- ISBN
- 9780333464977
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.62
€ 62.62
Hardback. The Neural Sublime features an array of cognitive and neuroscientific approaches, providing an engaging and readable introduction to the emergent field of cognitive literary studies. Num Pages: 200 pages, 5, 1 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JMR. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801894527
- ISBN
- 9780801894527
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 84.29
€ 84.29
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Luath Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 172
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906817183
- ISBN
- 9781906817183
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 16.35
€ 23.99
€ 16.35
Hardcover. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; AB; DSB; JFCA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 308
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403945914
- ISBN
- 9781403945914
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.07
€ 63.07
Paperback. Num Pages: 280 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 280
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349523276
- ISBN
- 9781349523276
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.18
€ 62.18
Paperback. Alan Riach's SCOTNOTE study guide outlines MacDiarmid's life and work, providing an overview of the poet's beliefs, opinions and influences, for senior school pupils and students at all levels. Series: Scotnotes Study Guides. Num Pages: 64 pages, music. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSC; YQE; YQZ. Category: (ES) Secondary; (UA) A / AS level; (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UU) Undergraduate; (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 205 x 149 x 5. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Association for Scottish Literary Studies
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780948877407
- ISBN
- 9780948877407
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.22
€ 10.22
Hardcover. This title unravels politics from theatre in order to propose a new means to politicize performance. Performance analyses ranging from child actors, animals and objects to reflections on the innovative theatre work of Societas Raffaello Sanzio, Forced Entertainment and Goat Island combine to offer a radical critique of performance studies. Series: Studies in International Performance. Num Pages: 339 pages, 25 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBH; DSG; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 223 x 147 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230572614
- ISBN
- 9780230572614
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.97
€ 119.97
paperback. Presents a social, cultural, and literary history of this knowledge industry and traces its relationships within 19th-century literature, ending with its eventual confrontation with Charles Darwin's "Origin of Species". This book touches on social and cultural anxieties that offer both historical and contemporary insights. Num Pages: 304 pages, 20 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 24. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822326687
- ISBN
- 9780822326687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.27
€ 31.99
€ 28.27
Paperback. Using the idea of 'parability, 'or the ability for writers to tell improper stories, as a foundation, Alan Ramon Clinton synthesizes a new model for a creative, more daring literary criticism. Sharp and surprising, this wide-ranging project engages with the work of Pynchon, Eco, Forche, Merrill, Weiner, Plath, Ashbery, and Eigner." Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. 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
- 238
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349435173
- ISBN
- 9781349435173
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 61.75
€ 61.75
Hardcover. Using the idea of 'parability,'or the ability for writers to tell improper stories, as a foundation, Alan Ramon Clinton synthesizes a new model for a creative, more daring literary criticism. Sharp and surprising, this wide-ranging project engages with the work of Pynchon, Eco, Forche, Merrill, Weiner, Plath, Ashbery, and Eigner. Series: American Literature Readings in the 21st Century. Num Pages: 238 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 137 x 19. Weight in Grams: 422.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 252
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137006967
- ISBN
- 9781137006967
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.48
€ 62.48
hardcover. Num Pages: 405 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 27. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 405
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611492170
- ISBN
- 9781611492170
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.41
€ 148.41
Hardback. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 545.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 258
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910406
- ISBN
- 9781575910406
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 136.29
€ 136.29
Paperback. Suggests that readers understand novels primarily by following the functioning of the minds of characters in the novel storyworlds. This work analyzes constructions of characters' minds in the fictional texts of a wide range of authors, from Aphra Behn and Henry Fielding to Evelyn Waugh and Thomas Pynchon. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 276 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 450.
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218352
- ISBN
- 9780803218352
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 26.97
€ 26.99
€ 26.97
Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DS; FL; HRAB; HRC; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 165 x 237 x 29. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Publisher
- Baylor University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781602584600
- ISBN
- 9781602584600
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 85.22
€ 85.22
Hardback. Alan of Lille was renowned for his learning, his contributions to systematic theology, and his Latin poetry. The works included in this volume give imaginative expression to the main tenets of Alan's theology, but the original forms in which his vision is embodied are informed by a rich awareness of poetic tradition. Series: Dumbarton Oaks Medieval Library. Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1; HRCM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 209 x 143 x 37. Weight in Grams: 782.
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press
- Number of pages
- 688
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674059962
- ISBN
- 9780674059962
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 33.40
€ 40.99
€ 33.40
hardcover. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 5S; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 213 x 15. Weight in Grams: 624.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Top Shelf Productions United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781891830457
- ISBN
- 9781891830457
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.66
€ 33.99
€ 24.66
Hardback. Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2CSJ; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 38. Weight in Grams: 873.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 544
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804762939
- ISBN
- 9780804762939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.46
€ 89.46
Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 257 pages, 5 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; JFC; WSZG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 210 x 148. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319334394
- ISBN
- 9783319334394
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 119.23
€ 119.23
Hardcover. In this work, Alan McCluskey explores materialism, in its many conceptual forms, in the contemporary cosmopolitan novel. The author applies a 'cosmopolitan materialist' lens to the novels of Caryl Phillips, J. M. Coetzee, and Philip Roth: three contemporary authors who hail from different parts of the world and produce highly dissimilar novels. Num Pages: 222 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 149 x 224 x 20. Weight in Grams: 416.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137503374
- ISBN
- 9781137503374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Hardback. Part of the "Macmillan Studies in Romanticism" series, this book looks at the influence of his journey to Italy on Shelley's work. Series: Studies in Romanticism S. Num Pages: 372 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 30. Weight in Grams: 626.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1991
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 372
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333497623
- ISBN
- 9780333497623
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 181.93
€ 181.93