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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Translator(s): Powell, Barry B. Num Pages: 272 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DCF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 233 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 422.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780190204969
ISBN
9780190204969
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.51

Paperback. Editor(s): Alter, Judy; Lee, James Ward. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 8. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654263
ISBN
9780875654263
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 21.99
€ 20.11

Paperback. Eleven essays by editors of literary texts and theorists concerned with the implications of what such editors do. None of the essays assumes any training in textual studies and the volume focuses on the literary genre most familiar to its potential readers - the novel. Editor(s): Pettit, Alexander. Num Pages: 216 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; CBW; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 331.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820322278
ISBN
9780820322278
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.80

Hardcover. The three medieval texts that make up "Jankyn's Book of Wikked Wyves" have formed a vital part of Chaucerian research for more than 50 years. The editors examine Jankyn's book from many angles, including the extensive manuscript sources, background information, and Chaucer's use of the materials. Editor(s): Hanna, Ralph, III; Lawler, Traugott. Num Pages: 296 pages, 1 facsim. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 689.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820319209
ISBN
9780820319209
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 162.81

Paperback. Editor(s): Ryan, Barbara; Shamir, Milette. Series: Television and Popular Culture. Num Pages: 304 pages, 11 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APF; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815634034
ISBN
9780815634034
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.65

Hardcover. Provides English translations of the most important verse epics in Old and Middle Yiddish Literature (1382-1594). The texts are introduced and contextualized by a comprehensive critical essay. Series: Judaic Traditions in Literature, Music and Art. Num Pages: 520 pages. BIC Classification: 2ACY; DCQ; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1057.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633556
ISBN
9780815633556
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.46

Paperback. This new poetic translation brings the earliest extant English poem closer to the modern reader. Kennedy offers a translation in alliterative verse, based on Klaeber's text, of the Old English Beowulf, and provides a brief critical introduction which reviews literary and cultural discussions of the poem. Editor(s): Kennedy, Charles W. Series: Galaxy Books. Num Pages: 192 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DNF; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 212 x 131 x 12. Weight in Grams: 244.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1978
Publisher
Oxford University Press, U.S.A.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195024357
ISBN
9780195024357
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.60

Paperback. This collection of new essays looks at the diversity of seventeenth-century Quaker writing, examining its rhetoric, its polemical strategies, its purposeful use of the print medium, and the heroism and vehemence of its world vision. Editor(s): Corns, Thomas N.; Loewenstein, David. Num Pages: 148 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JD; DNF; DSB; HRCC97. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 153 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Routledge
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780714642468
ISBN
9780714642468
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 73.38

Paperback. Editor(s): Nwosu, Maik. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 404.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815633877
ISBN
9780815633877
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.33

Paperback. Surveys the full range of gay men's autobiographical writing from Walt Whitman onwards. This title guides the reader chronologically through selected writings that give voice to every generation of gay writers since the nineteenth century, including a diverse array of American men of African, European, Jewish, Asian, and Latino heritage. Editor(s): Bergman, David. Series Editor(s): Bergman, David; Larkin, Joan. Num Pages: 536 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 5SG; BG; DSBH; JFSK2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 632.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299230449
ISBN
9780299230449
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.87

Paperback. Designed as a corrective to colonial literary histories that have excluded Native voices, this anthology brings together a variety of primary texts produced by Algonquian peoples of New England during the seventeenth, eighteenth, and very early nineteenth centuries. It includes letters, signatures, journals, baskets, pictographs, and petitions. Editor(s): Bross, Kristina; Wyss, Hilary E. Series: Native Americans of the Northeast: Culture, History & the Contemporary S. Num Pages: 320 pages, 7 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBE; 2JN; DQ; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 490.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Massachusetts Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781558496484
ISBN
9781558496484
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.28

Paperback. The fifth in the "Literary Cities" series, "Literary Houston" gathers together historical and contemporary writing about this Texas city that everyone loves to hate. Editor(s): Theis, David. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DQ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 28. Weight in Grams: 885.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875654409
ISBN
9780875654409
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.34

Hardcover. El Paso is the largest metropolitan area along the US-Mexico border and is geographically isolated from the rest of Texas. This title focuses on the often overlooked extraordinary literary heritage of this city in far West Texas. Editor(s): Daudistel, Marcia. Num Pages: 442 pages, 3 b&w photos, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 49. Weight in Grams: 1365.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653877
ISBN
9780875653877
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 35.08

Hardcover. Describes the merchants who made Dallas a city where haute couture is comme il faut, but, where, it is also possible to live a perfectly happy life and never wear a ball gown. Editor(s): Vick, Frances Brannen. Series: Literary Cities Series. Num Pages: 384 pages, bib., index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1202.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653822
ISBN
9780875653822
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.41

Hardcover. Brings together the history, color, and character of Texas' capital city since 1839 when it was selected as the site for a new capital of the then - Republic of Texas. This work includes essays, fiction, and poetry which reveal the variety of literary responses to Austin through the decades. Editor(s): Graham, Don. Num Pages: 448 pages, bib, index. BIC Classification: 1KBBSX; DSB; WTM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1089.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Texas Christian University Press
Edition
1St Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780875653426
ISBN
9780875653426
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.21

Paperback. This source book provides an understanding of contemporary writing which articulates the multidisciplinary and polytextual nature of this writing's core investigations. Editor(s): Andrews, Bruce; Bernstein, Charles. Num Pages: 309 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DQ; DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 217 x 173 x 21. Weight in Grams: 410.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Southern Illinois University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780809311064
ISBN
9780809311064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.42

Paperback. When an artist dies we face two great losses: the person and the work he did not live to do. This book is a moving collaboration by some of America's most eloquent writers, who supply wry, raging, sorrowful, and buoyant accounts of artist friends and lovers struck down by AIDS. Editor(s): White, Edmund. Num Pages: 312 pages, 27 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; AGB; BG; DSBH; DSK; JFFH2. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Wisconsin Press
Edition
New edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780299170745
ISBN
9780299170745
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.30

Paperback. Editor(s): Fitzgerald, Christina M.; Sebastian, John T. Num Pages: 700 pages, illustrations (colour). BIC Classification: DD; DQ; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 203 x 19. Weight in Grams: 742.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
Pap/Psc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781554810567
ISBN
9781554810567
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 86.27
€ 67.93

Paperback. Editor(s): Keefer, Sarah Larratt. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 407.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Broadview Press
Edition
Student
Condition
New
SKU
V9781551117881
ISBN
9781551117881
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 55.28

Hardcover. Editor(s): Steinberg, Erwin R. Series: Approaches to Teaching World Literature S. Num Pages: 178 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK; FA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate. Dimension: 241 x 165. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
Modern Language Association of America
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780873527118
ISBN
9780873527118
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 94.23

Paperback. Editor(s): McCullough, Laura. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSC; JFSL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 417.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820347615
ISBN
9780820347615
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.37

Paperback. Editor(s): Gianquitto, Tina; Fisher, Lydia. Num Pages: 400 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSA; GTC; PSAJ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 572.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Univ of Georgia Pr
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820346755
ISBN
9780820346755
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.27

Paperback. This work examines the wide scope of Griggs s influence on African American literature and politics at the turn of the twentieth century. Contributors engage Griggs s five novels and his numerous works of nonfiction, as well as his publishing and religious careers." Editor(s): Chakkalakal, Tess; Warren, Kenneth W. Series: New Southern Studies. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 458.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Edition
First
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820345987
ISBN
9780820345987
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.13

Paperback. Does Thoreau belong to the past or to the future? Instead of canonizing him as a celebrant of "pure" nature apart from the corruption of civilization, the essays in Thoreauvian Modernities reveal edgier facets of his work--how Thoreau is able to unsettle as well as inspire, and how he is able to focus on both the timeless and the timely. Editor(s): Specq, Francois; Walls, Laura Dassow; Granger, Michele. Num Pages: 296 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 399.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
University of Georgia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780820344294
ISBN
9780820344294
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.76

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