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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. This collection of essays applies the postmodernist theory of intertextuality to the romantic drama of the English Renaissance, including work by Heywood, Beaumont and Shakespeare. The introduction reviews various understandings of intertextuality and suggests adaptations. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 17. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
223
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333567036
ISBN
9780333567036
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 180.78

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

€ 52.92

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
€ 29.15

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

€ 49.99
€ 49.67

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
€ 39.34

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

€ 86.96

paperback. Num Pages: 197 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 271.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1984
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
197
Condition
New
Edition
1st ed. 1984
SKU
V9781349173693
ISBN
9781349173693
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 61.41

Paperback. Num Pages: 202 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 12. Weight in Grams: 281.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1982
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349167562
ISBN
9781349167562
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.04

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

€ 75.99

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

€ 119.01

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

€ 35.99
€ 28.44

Hardcover. In this study of Yeats' poetry between 1902 and 1916, Greaves reacts to the tendency in literary criticism to categorize Yeats' work as "modernist". Instead, he offers a different way of looking at the transition in Yeats' work in this period, by examining the poems in the context of Yeats' life. Num Pages: 207 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 222 x 137 x 18. Weight in Grams: 434.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333749333
ISBN
9780333749333
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 61.81

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

€ 59.72

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

€ 114.20

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
€ 40.24

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

€ 93.34

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

€ 58.80

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

€ 40.99
€ 40.55

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

€ 41.99
€ 41.47

Paperback. Updated throughout and with much new material, A History of American Literature, Second Edition, is the most up-to-date and comprehensive survey available of the myriad forms of American Literature from pre-Columbian times to the present. Num Pages: 952 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 172 x 247 x 30. Weight in Grams: 1368.
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Number of pages
952
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405192286
ISBN
9781405192286
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.80

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