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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. A significant and unique contribution to our understanding of reading, readers, and literacy development. Num Pages: 584 pages. BIC Classification: CFB; CFC; DSA; JFSP1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 193 x 255 x 37. Weight in Grams: 1192.
Publisher
University of Alberta Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781772120394
ISBN
9781772120394
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 60.39
€ 47.35

hardcover. A study of literary influence at work in English writing from Hardy to Woolf. Margaret Jensen re-imagines the links between text and context as palimpsest historicizes literary influence, by taking Bloomian "anxiety" and Kristevan "intertextuality" into fields of actual history and biography. Num Pages: 248 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSA; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
St Martin's Press United States
Edition
2002nd Edition
Number of pages
248
Condition
New
SKU
V9780312293536
ISBN
9780312293536
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.58

Hardback. Traces the uses of "Hamlet" in Arabic theatre and political rhetoric, and asks how Shakespeare's play developed into a musical with a happy ending in 1901 and grew to become the most obsessively quoted literary work in Arab politics today. This title identifies the French source of the earliest Arabic "Hamlet". Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 296 pages, 8 halftones. 3 tables. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 548.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691137803
ISBN
9780691137803
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.29
€ 42.32

Hardcover. This exhaustive and enthralling study considers the life and work of al-Mutanabbi (915-965), often regarded as the greatest of the classical Arab poets. Series: Makers of the Muslim World. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1FBX; 3F; BGL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 142 x 225 x 17. Weight in Grams: 348.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Condition
New
SKU
V9781851684069
ISBN
9781851684069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 34.86

Hardback. Series: New Studies in Modern Japan. Num Pages: 208 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 481.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739138755
ISBN
9780739138755
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 136.98

Paperback. Series: Literary criticism. Num Pages: 258 pages. BIC Classification: 3JH; DSBF; JFFC1; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 218 x 144 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Publisher
Cork University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
New Ed
Condition
New
SKU
V9781859180785
ISBN
9781859180785
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.00
€ 24.15

Paperback. Offers separate but interrelated close readings of four medieval Roland texts in French and Occitan, paying attention to scenes in which the speeches of various characters perform or mirror narrative functions. This book focuses on discourse and narrative within the fictional universe. It compares multiple medieval Roland texts. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 184 x 23. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268022037
ISBN
9780268022037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.44

Paperback. Shakespeare's plays continue to be circulated on a massive scale in a variety of guises - as editions, performances, and adaptations - and it is by means of such mediation that we come to know his drama. This title addresses fundamental questions about this process of mediation, making use of the fraught category of adaptation. Num Pages: 232 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
232
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415308687
ISBN
9780415308687
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 51.03

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 542.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691638010
ISBN
9780691638010
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.37

Paperback. Examining Queen Victoria's own contributions to Victorian writing and art, this text looks at the cultural mechanisms through which her influence was felt. It explores the variability of Victoria's agency and of its representations using a wide array of literary, historical and visual sources. Series: Women in Culture and Society Series. Num Pages: 272 pages, 47 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 3JH; DSBF; HBJD1; HBLL; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 225 x 150 x 20. Weight in Grams: 420.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226351148
ISBN
9780226351148
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.83

Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691609805
ISBN
9780691609805
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 52.99
€ 37.53

Paperback. Challenges advanced language learners to elevate their reading ability to the level necessary for handling real primary sources in an unmediated way Editor(s): Hillenbrand, Margaret; Starr, Chloe. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJ; DSBH; GTB; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 279 x 217 x 16. Weight in Grams: 706.
Publisher
University of Washington Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Bilingual
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295991276
ISBN
9780295991276
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 38.60

Hardback. Num Pages: 485 pages, figures. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 29. Weight in Grams: 676.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press United States
Number of pages
485
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480146
ISBN
9781611480146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 183.65

Paperback. Series: Prairie State Book. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
University of Illinois Press United States
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780252061646
ISBN
9780252061646
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 20.88

Paperback. The text is that of the first edition and includes comprehensive textual annotations. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; 3JH; DSB; HBG; HBLL; HBTB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 134 x 210 x 17. Weight in Grams: 310.
Publisher
WW Norton & Co United States
Number of pages
320
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Edition
Revised ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393971576
ISBN
9780393971576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 19.65

Paperback. A follow-up to Margaret Forster's "Hidden Lives" (a family memoir of three generations of women), this account takes up the story of her gritty northern father. She looks back at his life and character, evoking incidents from her Cumbrian childhood, his working life and his stubborn old age. Num Pages: 256 pages, 8pp b&w halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 16. Weight in Grams: 188. Good clean copy with minor shelf wear
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
Vintage
Condition
Used, Very Good
SKU
KAC0000943
ISBN
9780099275749
Paperback
Condition: Used, Very Good

€ 4.99

Hardback. The love of place is endemic in English literature, from the work of the earliest poets and hermits to the suburban celebrations of John Betjeman, covering all varieties of the British rural and urban landscape. This book presents an image of Britain as seen by writers of different regions and periods. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 1DB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 148 x 31. Weight in Grams: 494.
Publisher
Thames & Hudson Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
288
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Edition
Second Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780500514931
ISBN
9780500514931
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 17.99
€ 14.13

Paperback. Num Pages: 440 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 2. Weight in Grams: 672.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
440
Condition
New
Edition
Reprint
SKU
V9780226419107
ISBN
9780226419107
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 23.11

Hardcover. In Jane Austen's works, a name is never just a name. In fact, the names Austen gives her characters and places are as rich in subtle meaning as her prose itself. The author offers a comprehensive study of all the names of people and places - real and imaginary. It offers a fresh understanding of Austen's technique of creative anachronism. Num Pages: 440 pages, 25 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 237 x 45. Weight in Grams: 844.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226157832
ISBN
9780226157832
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 41.99
€ 32.58

Paperback. Num Pages: 158 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 285 x 220 x 13. Weight in Grams: 540.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
158
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611493283
ISBN
9781611493283
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 95.27

Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Margaret; Prendergast, Christopher. Series: Cultural Politics S. Num Pages: 384 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JFC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 440.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
384
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816625215
ISBN
9780816625215
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.40

Paperback. Analyzes the links between Breton's surrealist fusion of psychoanalysis and Marxism and Walter Benjamin's post-Enlightenment challenge to Marxist theory. This title argues that Breton's surrealist Marxism played a formative role in shaping postwar French intellectual life. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HPCF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 466.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
University of California Press
Number of pages
271
Condition
New
SKU
V9780520201507
ISBN
9780520201507
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.99
€ 26.65

Paperback. Series: Translation/Transnation. Num Pages: 328 pages, 30 halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 158 x 22. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691155982
ISBN
9780691155982
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.35

Paperback. Accessible guide to and description of the medieval poetic tradition in Scandinavia. Num Pages: 294 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACSX; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 157 x 16. Weight in Grams: 430.
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
294
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
Reissue
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843842798
ISBN
9781843842798
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.75

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