Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Presents a discussion of how key concepts from cognitive science complicate our cultural interpretations of "strange" literary phenomena. This title discusses motifs of confused identity and of twins in drama, and science fiction's use of robots, cyborgs, and androids. It reveals the range of key concepts from science in literary interpretation. Num Pages: 232 pages, 11, 10 black & white halftones, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 324.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801887079
- ISBN
- 9780801887079
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 31.96
€ 37.99
€ 31.96
Paperback. Explores unconventional texts and dimensions of culture involved in constituting Hiroshima memories - including history textbook controversies, discourses on the city's tourism and urban renewal projects, campaigns to preserve atomic ruins, survivors' testimonial practices, ethnic Koreans' narratives on Japanese colonialism. Series: Twentieth-century Japan: The Emergence of a World Power S. Num Pages: 301 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW3; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 301
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520085879
- ISBN
- 9780520085879
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.99€ 28.48
€ 38.99
€ 28.48
Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 296 pages, 5 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 5S; DSB; JFSL9. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- University of Minnesota Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780816692798
- ISBN
- 9780816692798
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.51
€ 29.99
€ 27.51
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781683930280
- ISBN
- 9781683930280
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.94
€ 109.94
Paperback. This fully illustrated volume includes the celebrated figures and influential groups in English literature who knew Cambridge. Series: Britain in Old Photographs. Num Pages: 128 pages, 200 b&w photos. BIC Classification: 1DBKEAC; DS; HBJD1; WQH; WQP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 250 x 173 x 9. Weight in Grams: 346.
- Publisher
- The History Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780750922883
- ISBN
- 9780750922883
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Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 16.51
€ 17.99
€ 16.51
Paperback. The Oxford Handbook of the Victorian Novel contributes substantially to a thriving scholarly field by offering new approaches to familiar topics as well as essays on topics often overlooked. Editor(s): Rodensky, Lisa. Series: Oxford Handbooks of Literature. Num Pages: 832 pages, Four black-and-white halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 246 x 171. .
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198744689
- ISBN
- 9780198744689
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.75
€ 55.75
Paperback. In today's world poetry is often regarded as particularly impenetrable, written in obscure and willfully difficult language: Invitation to Poetry opens the door to this rich art form, and teaches the serious student and the novice alike how to 'speak poetry'. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 157 x 19. Weight in Grams: 378.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405131643
- ISBN
- 9781405131643
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 39.80
€ 39.80
Hardback. In today's world poetry is often regarded as particularly impenetrable, written in obscure and willfully difficult language: Invitation to Poetry opens the door to this rich art form, and teaches the serious student and the novice alike how to 'speak poetry'. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 240 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405131636
- ISBN
- 9781405131636
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.07
€ 122.07
Paperback. Lisa Sanchez Gonzalez argues that the writing of the Peurto Rican diaspora should be considered an integral field of study. The story of an American community of colour, "Boricua Literature" is also about contemporary critical race and gender studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJP; 2ADS; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 350.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- New York University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780814731475
- ISBN
- 9780814731475
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Paperback. Medieval Literature and Postcolonial Studies provides a comprehensive introduction to the field of postcolonial medieval studies and examines the historical connections between postcolonial studies and medieval studies. Series: Postcolonial Literary Studies. Num Pages: 232 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSBH5. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 156 x 13. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748637188
- ISBN
- 9780748637188
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.70
€ 32.99
€ 29.70
paperback. Refuting commonly held beliefs within women's and lesbian history, feminist theory, and histories of the novel, this book challenges the idea that sex between women was unimaginable in British culture before the late nineteenth century. It is of interest to readers engaged in literary and queer theory. Num Pages: 200 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSK; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 14. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822320494
- ISBN
- 9780822320494
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.29
€ 26.99
€ 25.29
Hardback. Provides an account of the life and art of Robert Duncan (1919-1988), one of America's great postwar poets. This title takes us from Duncan's birth in Oakland, California, through his childhood in an eccentrically Theosophist household, to his life in San Francisco as an openly gay man who became an inspirational figure for the many poets. Num Pages: 560 pages, 18 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 163 x 228 x 40. Weight in Grams: 926.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Number of pages
- 560
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520234161
- ISBN
- 9780520234161
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 32.68
€ 45.99
€ 32.68
Paperback. An accessible student guide to all of the plays of Christopher Marlowe. Editor(s): McEvoy, Sean. Series: Renaissance Dramatists. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 B&W. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 270.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748624737
- ISBN
- 9780748624737
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 27.48
€ 29.99
€ 27.48
Paperback. Introduces students to the study of Shakespeare and grounds their understandings of his work in theoretical discourses. By addressing what is primarily at stake in the major theoretical approaches to Shakespeare's works, the book breaks down both fears and preconceptions to offer students a map of the current critical practices of others. Series: Beginnings. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 197 x 132 x 19. Weight in Grams: 250.
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Number of pages
- 224
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719064234
- ISBN
- 9780719064234
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 16.14
€ 16.14
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781409438199
- ISBN
- 9781409438199
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.76
€ 112.76
Paperback. A monograph on English Ukrainian writing. Featuring fresher images of Ukrainian culture in Canada, it concludes with a fresh reading of enduring cultural stereotypes. Series: Currents. Num Pages: 296 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- University of Alberta Press Canada
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780888644527
- ISBN
- 9780888644527
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 29.19
€ 40.99
€ 29.19
Paperback. This is a study of machines for writing and reading at the end of the 19th century in America. Its aim is to explore writing and reading as culturally contingent experiences, and at the same time to broaden our view of the relationship between technology and textuality. Num Pages: 304 pages, 22 half-tones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; DSB; TDPB; TDPP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 136 x 13. Weight in Grams: 398.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804738729
- ISBN
- 9780804738729
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.83
€ 33.99
€ 30.83
Hardback. This text offers a systematic account of the theology behind Shakespeare's poetry. Investigating the poetic stakes of Christianity's efforts to assimilate Jewish scripture, the book reads Shakespeare through the history of Christian allegory. Num Pages: 416 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 163 x 28. Weight in Grams: 681.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 416
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231123242
- ISBN
- 9780231123242
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 118.15€ 90.18
€ 118.15
€ 90.18
Hardback. Focuses on the relationships between texts and readers, images and viewers, performance and audience during the Enlightenment in France, England, Scotland, Ireland, Germany, and North America. Exploring the effects of rococo space on religious experience, this title analyzes the transmission of texts across national and temporal boundaries. Editor(s): Cody, Dr. Lisa Forman; Ledbury, Mark. Num Pages: 300 pages, 24, 24 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 3JF; AB; DSBD; HBTB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 498.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 300
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421405629
- ISBN
- 9781421405629
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.99€ 43.27
€ 51.99
€ 43.27
Paperback. In 1892, in the broad daylight of downtown Memphis, Tennessee, a middle class woman named Alice Mitchell slashed the throat of her lover, Freda Ward, killing her instantly. Local, national, and international newspapers, medical and scientific publications, and popular fiction writers all clamoured to cover the ensuing "girl lovers" murder trial. Num Pages: 328 pages, 6 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; GTB; JFSK1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3963 x 22. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822326175
- ISBN
- 9780822326175
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
paperback. About James Matthew Barrie, who died in 1937, and his funeral was an occasion for national mourning. During his lifetime, this inscrutable, enigmatic man succeeded in his desire to remain only partially known. Num Pages: 448 pages, 16. BIC Classification: BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 199 x 30. Weight in Grams: 316. From the library of Michel Déon. Signed by the author with an inscription to Déon. Clean copy showing some age and shelf wear. Remains a very good copy
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Arrow
- Condition
- Used, Very Good
- SKU
- KMK0021414
- ISBN
- 9780099453239
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good
€ 20.00
€ 20.00
Paperback. Simone de Beauvoir (1908-1986) always stood in the shadow of her lover and teacher, Jean-Paul Sartre, despite the fact that she was a brilliant writer and philosopher in her own right. Her monumental study "The Second Sex" made her a cult figure of the Feminist movement. Series: Life & Times. Num Pages: 182 pages, 21 black & white halftones, 1 tables. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 129 x 5. Weight in Grams: 296.
- Publisher
- Haus Publishing
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781904950097
- ISBN
- 9781904950097
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.05
€ 13.99
€ 11.05
Paperback. Series: VMC. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGH; BGL; DSBH; HBTZ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 144 x 197 x 17. Weight in Grams: 218.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- Reissue
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844089291
- ISBN
- 9781844089291
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.06
€ 13.99
€ 11.06
Hardback. "Lisa Freeman's excellent cultural analysis .. demonstrates that character is a contested site in England's attempt to negotiate a changing sociology of class, gender, and nation even as it retained fundamental forms of patriarchy."-Albion Num Pages: 312 pages, 8 illus. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3JF; AN; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 166 x 245 x 31. Weight in Grams: 636.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780812236392
- ISBN
- 9780812236392
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 81.63
€ 81.63