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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Editor(s): Radice, Katharine; Mayer, Roland. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: 1QDAR; 2ADL; 3D; 4KL; DB; DSBB; HBLA. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 13. Weight in Grams: 234.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474265980
- ISBN
- 9781474265980
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Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.66
€ 25.99
€ 22.66
Paperback. In The Literate Eye, Rachel Teukolsky analyzes the vivid archive of Victorian art writing to reveal the key role played by nineteenth-century authors in the rise of modernist aesthetics. Num Pages: 336 pages, 54 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; ABA; DSBF; DSBH; HPN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 148 x 18. Weight in Grams: 554.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 336
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199739233
- ISBN
- 9780199739233
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Condition: New
€ 34.79
€ 34.79
Paperback. This is an accessible and comprehensive sign language textbook with an international frame of reference, designed for students and teachers in the global Deaf community. Based on years of experience teaching sign language and deaf studies at undergraduate, postgraduate and community levels, it grants readers access to a vibrant creative heritage. Num Pages: 280 pages, 55 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFZ; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363817
- ISBN
- 9781137363817
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Condition: New
€ 49.99€ 42.35
€ 49.99
€ 42.35
Hardback. Offers a study of autobiographies by French and Francophone African writers and filmmakers, all of whom reject simple first-person narration and experiment with narrative voice and form to represent fragmented subjectivity. This work investigates autobiography across media, from print to photography and film, and across the colonial encounter. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753562
- ISBN
- 9780804753562
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Condition: New
€ 81.92
€ 81.92
Hardback. This book explores the idea that modern, Western secular cultures have retained a belief in the concept of Hell as an event or experience of endless or unjust suffering.The wide range of texts discussed, include Primo Levi, W.G. Sebald, and Alasdair Gray. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617630
- ISBN
- 9780748617630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 124.22€ 119.62
€ 124.22
€ 119.62
Hardback. The figure and role of the late-medieval father is reappraised through a close reading of a range of documents from the period, including both letters and romances. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843580
- ISBN
- 9781843843580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.09
€ 98.09
Hardback. The literary career of Uchida Hyakken (1889-1971) encompassed a wide variety of styles and genres, including fiction, zuihitsu (essays), war diaries, poetry, travelogues, and children's stories. This title provides a critical corrective by locating in Hyakken's simple yet powerful literary language. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031128
- ISBN
- 9780674031128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.20
€ 45.99
€ 38.20
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153904
- ISBN
- 9780231153904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.64€ 73.01
€ 94.64
€ 73.01
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392. 320 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 19. Weight: 392.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153911
- ISBN
- 9780231153911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.60
€ 37.99
€ 27.60
paperback. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415573153
- ISBN
- 9780415573153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Paperback. Ordinary life is full of words, images, and stories: we spend our days talking and writing about what's going on, and what has happened. Rachel Bowlby makes us think again about this life: always the same, always slightly changing. Drawing out the stories that surround us, she explores everyday stories, old and new-in literature and in real life. Series: The Literary Agenda. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 130 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198727699
- ISBN
- 9780198727699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99
€ 30.99
Paperback. North America is more a political and an economic invention than a place people call home. This book studies the patterns of contact, exchange, conflict, and disavowal among cultures that span the borders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005522
- ISBN
- 9780226005522
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.83
€ 37.99
€ 29.83
Paperback. A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005393
- ISBN
- 9780226005393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 28.79
€ 35.99
€ 28.79
Hardback. The Marriage of Minds examines the implications of the common Victorian claim that novel reading can achieve the psychic, ethical, and affective benefits also commonly associated with sympathy in married life. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754668
- ISBN
- 9780804754668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.51
€ 71.51
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691174464
- ISBN
- 9780691174464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.24€ 42.32
€ 53.24
€ 42.32
Hardcover. Editor(s): Bowser, Rachel A; Croxall, Brian. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 218 x 145 x 23. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press United Kingdom
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517900625
- ISBN
- 9781517900625
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.29
€ 94.29
Hardback. Ugo Foscolo's Tragic Vision in Italy and England examines an underexplored aspect of Foscolo's literary career: his tragic plays and critical essays on that genre. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 162 x 24. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442649262
- ISBN
- 9781442649262
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 75.55
€ 75.55
Hardcover. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Series Editor(s): Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 231 x 160 x 15. Weight in Grams: 332.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644612
- ISBN
- 9780748644612
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.47€ 102.72
€ 106.47
€ 102.72
Paperback. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Series Editor(s): Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight in Grams: 210. Series: British Association for American Studies (BAAS) Paperbacks. 160 pages. An introduction to the major forms of autobiographical writing in America and important developments in autobiography studies that discusses both 'canonised' texts and those from contemporary writers. It includes study of the Puritan autobiography, the slave narrative, political texts, photography in autobiography, and illness/ disability memoirs. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSK. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 9. Weight: 210. Series Editor(s) :Newman, Simon P.; Smith, Carol R.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748644605
- ISBN
- 9780748644605
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.77
€ 32.99
€ 29.77
Hardcover. In this detailed study of the origins of "Shinkokinshu", the author argues that the compilers of "Shinkokinshu" instead saw their collection as a "new" beginning, a revitalization and affirmation of courtly traditions and not a reaction to loss. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 450 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 160 x 38. Weight in Grams: 852.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 450
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674008533
- ISBN
- 9780674008533
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 46.30
€ 54.99
€ 46.30
paperback. The only collection in English of the major medieval versions of the story of "Troilus and Criseyde" - from Benoit de Sainte-Maure, Boccaccio, Chaucer, and Henryson. Reprinted from the 1964 edition. First published in 1934. Translator(s): Gordon, R. K. Series: MART: The Medieval Academy Reprints for Teaching. Num Pages: 383 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 27. Weight in Grams: 534.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1978
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 2nd Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 383
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802063687
- ISBN
- 9780802063687
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 31.81
€ 34.99
€ 31.81
Hardback. This study provides a comprehensive and coherent account of all Andrew Marvell's poetry. Series: British and Irish Authors. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 216 x 138. Weight in Grams: 372. Good clean copy in fine dustwrapper with minor shelf wear
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1985
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KAC0002481
- ISBN
- 9780521258197
Hardback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. This book draws on a range of critical approaches, including cultural anthropology, psychoanalytic theory, political justice theory, and feminist theory, to consider the ways that strategies of death denial and their compensatory consolations offer insight into the ethical, gender, and religious questions raised by Hawthorne's novels. Num Pages: 213 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 160 x 17. Weight in Grams: 352.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230602908
- ISBN
- 9780230602908
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.63€ 34.79
€ 94.63
€ 34.79
Paperback. Series: Phoenix Books. Num Pages: 207 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 1KBC; 2ABM; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 210 x 135 x 12. Weight in Grams: 225.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1959
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226476810
- ISBN
- 9780226476810
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94