Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Considered together, these six intellectuals serve as sobering reminders that political commitments are never as simple or straightforward as they seem and that admirable motives for political involvement can have dangerous and destructive consequences in historical practice. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: 1DDF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801882586
- ISBN
- 9780801882586
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 61.20€ 56.18
€ 61.20
€ 56.18
Paperback. Offers an introduction to Charles Dickens' work of the nineteenth century, "David Copperfield". This title considers issues such as autobiography and Victorian social conditions. It traces responses to the novel from the first reviews to modern criticism. It provides insights into the novel's humour, its reflections of class and gender structures. Editor(s): Dunn, Richard J. Series: Routledge Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 184 pages, chronology, facsimiles, further reading. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 213 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 252.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415275422
- ISBN
- 9780415275422
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.49
€ 31.49
Paperback. aeo Helps students to think theologically about religious pluralism. aeo Brings together in one volume primary texts otherwise not easily available. aeo Highlights the diversity of Christian theological responses across the centuries to other religious traditions. Editor(s): Plantinga, Richard J. Series: Blackwell Readings in Modern Theology. Num Pages: 392 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 179 x 20. Weight in Grams: 692.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 392
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631209157
- ISBN
- 9780631209157
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 62.27
€ 62.27
Hardback. Milestones on a Golden Road examines works of fiction written in China between 1945 and 1980, when the arts were required to reflect a Maoist vision of history and society. Series: Contemporary Chinese Studies. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of British Columbia Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780774823722
- ISBN
- 9780774823722
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.48
€ 106.48
Hardcover.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- York Medieval Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 196
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781903153307
- ISBN
- 9781903153307
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 145 x 9. Weight in Grams: 177.
- Publisher
- Turtle Point Press
- Number of pages
- 96
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781885586704
- ISBN
- 9781885586704
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.29
€ 17.99
€ 16.29
Paperback. Timely reissue of the second volume of Holmes's classic biographies of one of the greatest Romantic poets. Num Pages: 640 pages, Illustrations, maps, ports.,. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 197 x 132 x 39. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 640
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007204564
- ISBN
- 9780007204564
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 24.99€ 18.50
€ 24.99
€ 18.50
Paperback. Winner of the 1989 Whitbread Prize for Book of the Year, this is the first volume of Holmes's seminal two-part examination of Samuel Taylor Coleridge, one of Britain's greatest poets. Num Pages: 432 pages, 16 b/w plates (16pp). BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 196 x 129 x 25. Weight in Grams: 334.
- Publisher
- HarperCollins Publishers
- Number of pages
- 432
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- UK ed.
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780007204571
- ISBN
- 9780007204571
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 14.33
€ 19.99
€ 14.33
Hardback. With primary, though not exclusive, reference on the English side to Shakespeare and Marlowe, and on the French side to a wide range of dramatic and non-dramatic material, Hilman focuses on distinctive elements that emerge within the English tragedy of the 1590s and early 1600s. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 284.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719082764
- ISBN
- 9780719082764
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 148.48
€ 148.48
Hardback. In 1492, the Spanish humanist Antonio de Nebrija proclaimed that "language has always been the companion of empire." Taking as his touchstone a suggestive sonnet that Garcilaso de la Vega wrote in 1535, this work examines how the companionship of language and empire played itself out more generally in the "new poetry" of 16th-century Europe. Num Pages: 144 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD; DSC. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812240047
- ISBN
- 9780812240047
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 47.27
€ 47.27
Paperback. Num Pages: 380 pages, 17 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 155 x 23. Weight in Grams: 616.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226326344
- ISBN
- 9780226326344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.52
€ 37.99
€ 29.52
Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages, 5. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801484186
- ISBN
- 9780801484186
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.99€ 45.21
€ 50.99
€ 45.21
Hardcover. Num Pages: 336 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152. .
- Publisher
- University Of Chicago Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226433653
- ISBN
- 9780226433653
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 40.31
€ 51.99
€ 40.31
Hardback. A pioneer of the the new law and literature movement narrates its central vision, which he calls poethics: the revival of jurisprudence through literary sources and techniques. He argues that lawyers, like novelists, must use language that is precise in order to tell their stories persuasively. Num Pages: 312 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSB; LAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 160 x 236 x 27. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231074544
- ISBN
- 9780231074544
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 88.61
€ 88.61
Paperback. Num Pages: 556 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HBLC1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 33. Weight in Grams: 998.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- University of Notre Dame Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 556
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780268040338
- ISBN
- 9780268040338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 73.68€ 71.27
€ 73.68
€ 71.27
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691637464
- ISBN
- 9780691637464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 121.79
€ 121.79
Paperback. Using a variety of historical sources, Brodhead reconstructs the institutionalized literary worlds that coexisted in nineteenth-century America: the domestic culture of letters; mass-produced cheap reading; the culture of post-emancipation black education. He describes how these socially structured worlds shaped literary practice for writers. Num Pages: 256 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; 3JH; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 213 x 138 x 16. Weight in Grams: 298.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- New ed
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226075266
- ISBN
- 9780226075266
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.82
€ 36.99
€ 28.82
Hardcover. Helps readers understand how any literary tradition involves an open conversation between its texts - a web of words that stretches from the local to the transnational. This book charts 3 different intertextual practices involving writings both within and outside the South. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820330051
- ISBN
- 9780820330051
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 60.52
€ 60.52
Hardback. Written in an informed and accessible by one of the leading authorities in the field, A Brief History of American Literature offers students and general readers alike a concise and thoroughly up-to-date history of the American literary tradition. Num Pages: 420 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 250 x 178 x 29. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 420
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192316
- ISBN
- 9781405192316
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.84
€ 115.84
Paperback. A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. Num Pages: 544 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118795354
- ISBN
- 9781118795354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 40.76
€ 40.99
€ 40.76
Hardcover. A History of American Poetry presents a comprehensive exploration of the development of American poetic traditions from their pre-Columbian origins to the present day. Num Pages: 542 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 251 x 171 x 23. Weight in Grams: 976.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118795347
- ISBN
- 9781118795347
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.99
€ 94.99
Paperback. This is a reassessment which uses and develops recent theories about the relationship between writing and historical experience, language and social change, to draw a detailed portrait of the place and times William Faulkner inhabited. Series: Blackwell Critical Biographies. Num Pages: 489 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 159 x 30. Weight in Grams: 738.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 489
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631203162
- ISBN
- 9780631203162
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 59.60
€ 59.60
Hardcover. * Presents the first detailed interrogation of U.S. writing in a time of crisis * Develops a timely and provocative arguement about literature and trauma * Relates U.S. writing since 9/11 to crucial social and historical changes in the U.S. and elsewhere * Places U.S. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Manifestos. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 239 x 163 x 18. Weight in Grams: 508.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470657928
- ISBN
- 9780470657928
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.09
€ 41.09
Paperback. Written in an informed and accessible by one of the leading authorities in the field, A Brief History of American Literature offers students and general readers alike a concise and thoroughly up-to-date history of the American literary tradition. Num Pages: 420 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 173 x 23. Weight in Grams: 732.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 424
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405192309
- ISBN
- 9781405192309
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 42.02
€ 42.02