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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

paperback. Considers the presence and use of texts in religious and political ritual in Early China. Through balanced attention to both the received literary tradition and the range of excavated artefacts, manuscripts, and inscriptions, this title reveals the rich and multilayered interplay of textual composition and ritual performance. Editor(s): Kern, Martin. Num Pages: 362 pages, 7 bw photos,. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBB; HBJF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 22. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
362
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987873
ISBN
9780295987873
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.91

Paperback. Evil, despair, and helplessness are persistent themes in recent young-adult fiction. Yet this bleakness needs not translate into depression and fear for vulnerable adolescents. Westwater reads six young-adult novels through Kristevan theory to find a glimmer of hope amidst our cultural crises. Num Pages: 200 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK; YFB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University of Alberta Press Canada
Number of pages
190
Condition
New
SKU
V9780888643209
ISBN
9780888643209
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 34.99
€ 25.68

Paperback. A family cookbook with over five hundred recipes dating largely from Elizabethan and Jacobean times, the golden age of English cookery. Num Pages: 518 pages, Illustrations, facsims. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; DNF; DSBD; WBA; WBN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 151 x 230 x 28. Weight in Grams: 738.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Edition
0th Edition
Number of pages
518
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231049313
ISBN
9780231049313
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.28

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 342 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 657.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
342
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691640082
ISBN
9780691640082
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 173.78

Paperback. Reveals the cultural meanings and literary representations of disability in Victorian Britain. This book introduces readers to popular literary and dramatic works that explored culturally risky questions like 'can disabled men work?' and 'should disabled women have babies?' Series: Corporealities: Discourses of Disability. Num Pages: 248 pages, 8 halftones in text. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
University of Michigan Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780472068418
ISBN
9780472068418
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.11

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages, 4 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3; RGC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 340.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
3rd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816680757
ISBN
9780816680757
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.37

Paperback. This companion to America?s greatest woman poet showcases the diversity and excellence that characterize the thriving field of Dickinson studies. Editor(s): Smith, Martha Nell; Loeffelholz, Mary. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 544 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 246 x 175 x 25. Weight in Grams: 836.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
544
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118492161
ISBN
9781118492161
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.99
€ 50.81

Hardback. An in-depth study to date of Garcia Lorca's "dark period," this volume moves away from biographical criticism to relate the darkness to the duende's presence. It examines how Lorca meshes biblical apocalyptic discourse with his distinctively pantheistic imagery to represent a battle that is at once social, political, and mythical. Num Pages: 220 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 168 x 22. Weight in Grams: 658.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611481761
ISBN
9781611481761
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 111.93

Paperback. .
Publisher
Northwestern University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810132382
ISBN
9780810132382
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 69.92

Paperback. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 23. Weight in Grams: 649.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611482096
ISBN
9781611482096
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 140.20

Paperback. Race, ethnicity, and the American New Woman Num Pages: 248 pages, 19 photographs. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5969 x 3963 x 458. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780252075636
ISBN
9780252075636
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

Paperback. This volume brings together Martha Nussbaum's published papers, some revised for this collection, on the relationship between literature and philosophy, especially moral philosophy. It also includes two new essays and a substantial introduction. Num Pages: 432 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPQ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 25. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Oxford University Press Inc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1992
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9780195074857
ISBN
9780195074857
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 93.04

Hardback. These twelve essays analyze the complex pleasures and problems of engaging with James Joyce for subsequent writers, discussing Joyce's textual, stylistic, formal, generic, and biographical influence on an intriguing selection of Irish, British, American, and postcolonial writers from the 1940s to the twenty-first century. Editor(s): Carpentier, Martha C. Num Pages: 290 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 146 x 223 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2015th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137503619
ISBN
9781137503619
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.33

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 580 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 32. Weight in Grams: 942.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
580
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691648279
ISBN
9780691648279
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 279.22

Hardcover. Addressing the issue of how gendered spatial relations impact the production of literary works, this book discusses gender implications of spatial categories: the notions of home and away, placement and displacement, dwelling and travel, location and dislocation, and the 'quest for place' in women's writing from Argentina from 1920 to the present. Num Pages: 254 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KLSA; 2ADS; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 217 x 148 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Ed.
Number of pages
254
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230120853
ISBN
9780230120853
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.74
€ 45.14

Hardback. A fascinating look at the gardens that helped inspire the settings for Beatrix Potter's stories. Num Pages: 339 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK; DSY; WM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 211 x 168 x 25. Weight in Grams: 798.
Publisher
Workman Publishing
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Edition
First Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781604693638
ISBN
9781604693638
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.63

Hardcover. Editor(s): Gibinska, Marta. Num Pages: 342 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 162. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Uniwersytet Jagiellonski, Wydawnictwo
Condition
New
SKU
V9788323324669
ISBN
9788323324669
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 39.41

Paperback. The second phase of the civil rights movement (1965-1973) was a pivotal period in the development of ethnic groups in the United States. This title creates an intercultural frame to study the historical and cultural connections among Puerto Ricans, African Americans, and Chicanos/as since the 1960s. Series: Chicana Matters Series. Num Pages: 220 pages, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1H; 1KLCM; 2ADSL; DSB; GTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5830 x 3895 x 509. Weight in Grams: 445.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
University of Texas Press United States
Number of pages
220
Condition
New
SKU
V9780292709652
ISBN
9780292709652
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 25.12

Paperback. Series: Post-Contemporary Interventions. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 27. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Duke University Press United States
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780822321170
ISBN
9780822321170
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 28.42

Paperback. The Seventeenth Century Handbook provides the undergraduate with a succinct account of the century's events, along with an exploration of the ways the literature reflected and helped shape the history of the time. Series: Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks. Num Pages: 432 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 161 x 23. Weight in Grams: 634.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
432
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220916
ISBN
9780631220916
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.04

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