Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. In Darkest James analyzes the reviewers' struggles with James's late fiction and the movement toward a competent critique of its impressionism. The reviewers frequently lacked the cultivation and training to deal with complex fiction. But the most perceptive reviewers found imaginative ways of treating James's impressionism. Num Pages: 299 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JJC; ACVT; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 299
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754535
- ISBN
- 9780838754535
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.67
€ 142.67
Hardback. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 293 x 226 x 14. Weight in Grams: 876.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611481501
- ISBN
- 9781611481501
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 120.05
€ 120.05
Paperback. Professor Nelson's companion considers the stage and screen work of one of the great auteurs of our present age. Ranging across Poliakoff's work for the theatre, his early TV dramas and his high-profile work for the screen since 1998, this is an invaluable study of a unique theatre, film and TV talent. Series: Plays and Playwrights. Num Pages: 272 pages, N/A. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; APT; DSBH; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 136 x 215 x 19. Weight in Grams: 258.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781408131084
- ISBN
- 9781408131084
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.89
€ 31.99
€ 26.89
Hardcover. Often dismissed as sensationalist, transgressive fiction is a sophisticated movement with roots in Menippean satire and the Rabelaisian carnal folk sensibility praised by Bakhtin. This study, the first of its kind, provides a thorough literary background and analysis of key transgressive authors such as Acker, Amis, Carter, Ellis, and Palahniuk. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230294028
- ISBN
- 9780230294028
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.52
€ 67.52
Paperback. Originally published in 1965, this book is an introduction to the reading and study of English literature. Num Pages: 196 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 260.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1965
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First In This Edition
- SKU
- V9780521092821
- ISBN
- 9780521092821
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.99
€ 53.99
Paperback. This text examines the influence Italian and English writers have had on each other and looks at both the similarities and the differences between the two literary traditions. The historical, social and intellectual developments between the two countries in the early Renaissance are explored. Series: Longman Mediaeval & Renaissance Library. Num Pages: 384 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1DST; 2ADT; 3H; 3JB; DSBB; DSBD; JFCX. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 213 x 137 x 20. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Routledge
- Edition
- 01st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780582065581
- ISBN
- 9780582065581
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 78.33
€ 78.33
Paperback. This text is an exploration of the relationship between walking and writing. Robin Jarvis here reconstructs the scene of walking, both in Britain and on the Continent, in the 1790s. He then discusses the impact of this cultural revolution on the creativity of major Romantic writers. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333794609
- ISBN
- 9780333794609
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 194.08
€ 194.08
Hardback. A study of the relationship between walking and writing which argues that much Romantic literature has its source in the rise of pedestrian touring in the late 18th century. Discusses the impact of this cultural revolution on the creativity of Romantic writers, including William and Dorothy Wordsworth, Coleridge, Clare, Keats, Hazlitt and Hunt. Num Pages: 256 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JF; DNF; DSBD; DSBF; DSC; HBTB; WTLC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333658147
- ISBN
- 9780333658147
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.26
€ 194.26
Paperback. Hugely popular subject, written by an award-winning comedian. Based on author's successful stage show. Author very well-known and well-connected within the comedy industry. Num Pages: 352 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DSB; WCS; WHX. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 130 x 23. Weight in Grams: 234. Clean copy with minor shelf wear
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- SKU
- KOC0008032
- ISBN
- 9780751542134
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Editor(s): Hackett, Robin; Hauser, Freda; Wachman, Gay. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 167 x 19. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491050
- ISBN
- 9781611491050
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.69
€ 104.69
Paperback. First published in 1931, it includes Flower's own work as well as translations of medieval Irish poetry. Num Pages: 176 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AF; DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 215 x 137. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- The Lilliput Press Ltd
- Edition
- New
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781874675327
- ISBN
- 9781874675327
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 10.32
€ 10.32
Hardback. Num Pages: 410 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 168 x 28. Weight in Grams: 767.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 410
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611473315
- ISBN
- 9781611473315
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.52
€ 157.52
Paperback. Suitable for members of diversity and anti-racism programs and study groups and students of sociology, psychology, education, and other disciplines, this book describes how race shapes the lives of white people, explains what makes racism so hard for whites to see and identifies common white racial patterns. Series: Counterpoints. Num Pages: 318 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JKS; JMAL; JNA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 225 x 22. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Publisher
- Peter Lang Publishing Inc
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- First printing
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781433111150
- ISBN
- 9781433111150
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.98
€ 55.98
Hardback. Editor(s): Sowerby, Robin. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 17. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611483307
- ISBN
- 9781611483307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 137.02
€ 137.02
paperback. A translation (from the original Portuguese) of the author's study of Brazilian novelist Machado de Assis (1839-1908). It focuses on Machado's "The Posthumous Memoirs of Bras Cubas". It investigates how social structure gets internalized as literary form, arguing that Machado's style reveals the embedded class divisions of 19th-century Brazil. Translator(s): Gledson, John. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 232 pages, notes, glossary, index. BIC Classification: 2ADP; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 15. Weight in Grams: 342.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322399
- ISBN
- 9780822322399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.28
€ 27.99
€ 26.28
Hardback. Hardback, shrinkwrapped as new. With dustjacket.
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- Publisher
- University Press of Florida
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- KRF0026860
- ISBN
- 9780813011059
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
Hardback. Series: Bucknell Studies in Latin American Literature & Theory. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 19. Weight in Grams: 562.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611481464
- ISBN
- 9781611481464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.76
€ 123.76
Paperback. Series: The Open Yale Courses. Num Pages: 384 pages, 22 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 26. Weight in Grams: 548.
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780300198645
- ISBN
- 9780300198645
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 20.59
€ 26.99
€ 20.59
Paperback. Series: Very Short Introductions. Num Pages: 152 pages, 10 b/w halftones. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 174 x 119 x 8. Weight in Grams: 118.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press Inc United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199754915
- ISBN
- 9780199754915
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.89
€ 13.99
€ 10.89
Paperback. With Baudelaire's critical intelligence as his inspiration, the author ranges through his life and work, focusing on two painters - Ingres and Delacroix - about whom Baudelaire wrote acutely, and then turns to Degas and Manet, who followed in the tracks Baudelaire laid down in his great essay The Painter of Modern Life. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 124 x 23. Weight in Grams: 306.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780241957561
- ISBN
- 9780241957561
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 13.37
€ 17.99
€ 13.37