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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Intends to reconstruct Shakespeare's authorial identity as Shakespeare and his contemporaries actually understood it. This title argues that Shakespeare tried to adapt his own singular talent and ambition to the collaborative enterprise of drama by imagining himself as uniquely embodying the diverse, fractious energies of the popular theater. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226445724
ISBN
9780226445724
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 26.37

Paperback. A study of death, via author comments, as it appears in the works of contemporary poets providing a Christian appreciation of it within a context of tradition and circumstances. Num Pages: 157 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 144 x 11. Weight in Grams: 240.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Cowley Publications
Number of pages
157
Condition
New
SKU
V9781561012510
ISBN
9781561012510
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.67

Paperback. Editor(s): Cohen, Jeffrey Jerome. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JHM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 448.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1996
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816628551
ISBN
9780816628551
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.12

Paperback. Series: Medieval Cultures S. Num Pages: 235 pages, 5 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2ABA; 2ABC; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 151 x 14. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
235
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816632176
ISBN
9780816632176
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.17

Paperback. A literary scholar and a planetary scientist look at the Earth as object, viewed from the outside, and as a singular orb that is a challenge to scale and human self-importance. Series: Object Lessons. Num Pages: 144 pages, 12 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HP; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 122 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 136.
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9781501317910
ISBN
9781501317910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 11.58

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9781571134882
ISBN
9781571134882
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 148.75

hardcover. This ambitious collection of essays covers American drama in its entirety-from its inception in colonial America, through its many incarnations in the nineteenth century, to its zenith in the twentieth and early twenty-first centuries. Editor(s): Richards, Jeffrey H. Series: Oxford Handbooks. Num Pages: 592 pages, 8 halftones. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; HBJK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 255 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1068.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
OXFORD UNIV PR United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
592
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199731497
ISBN
9780199731497
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 225.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 289 pages. BIC Classification: AN; DD; DSBH; DSG; J. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 0 x 0. Weight in Grams: 630.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1992
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
289
Condition
New
SKU
V9780874134421
ISBN
9780874134421
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 133.56

Paperback. The phenomenon of 'literary Chinatown' - the ghettoization of Chinese American literature - was produced by the same dynamics of race and representation that ghettoized the Chinese American community into literal Chinatowns. This book examines the dynamic relationship between reader expectations of Chinese American literature. Series: McLellan Endowed Series. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 219 x 158 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Washington Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9780295987064
ISBN
9780295987064
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 33.59

Paperback. A sweeping new work revealing Islam's influence on literary Romanticism, mapping the impact of Muslim sources on the West's most seminal authors, from J.W. Goethe to R.W. Emerson Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HRH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 157 x 237 x 21. Weight in Grams: 400.
Publisher
Oneworld Publications
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781780745664
ISBN
9781780745664
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.60

Hardback. The first analysis in any language of China's recent epic novels about official corruption, this book explores how Chinese authors treat the theme of official malfeasance in mass-market thrillers, how those works reflect modern life, and how they approach the taboo subject of regime change. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; DSK; JP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
304
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804754859
ISBN
9780804754859
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 93.13

Hardback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 556.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231167680
ISBN
9780231167680
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.68
€ 49.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 17 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPJ; DSB; JFSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 140 x 215 x 18. Weight in Grams: 368.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816669707
ISBN
9780816669707
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 29.10

Hardback. Identifies an overlooked tradition of supernatural writing by American women. This title analyzes this tradition as an essentially feminist attempt to imagine alternatives to a world of limited possibilities. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 468.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823229857
ISBN
9780823229857
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 92.73

Paperback. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; FL; FM; JFFK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 230 x 24. Weight in Grams: 352.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823271887
ISBN
9780823271887
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.17

Hardback. Editor(s): Yarbrough, Robert; Stein, Robert. Series: Baker Exegetical Commentary on the New Testament. Num Pages: 736 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HRCG1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 237 x 154 x 43. Weight in Grams: 1126.
Publisher
Baker Publishing Group
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801026850
ISBN
9780801026850
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 51.73
€ 40.37

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
University College Dublin Press
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781900621359
ISBN
9781900621359
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 46.06

Paperback. Series: York Notes Advanced. Num Pages: 128 pages. BIC Classification: 4KL; DSGS. Category: (UA) A / AS level. Dimension: 211 x 296 x 6. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Pearson Education Limited
Number of pages
128
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781447948872
ISBN
9781447948872
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.29

Hardcover. The first definitive and visual guide to the popular Sci-Fi/Victorian mash-up movement and its manifestations in popular culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 150 colour illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; FM; JFCA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 187 x 263 x 20. Weight in Grams: 818. An Illustrated Guide to the World of Imaginary Airships, Corsets and Goggles, Mad Scientists, and Strange Literature. 224 pages, 150 colour illustrations. The first definitive and visual guide to the popular Sci-Fi/Victorian mash-up movement and its manifestations in popular culture. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade). BIC Classification: DSB; FM; JFCA. Dimension: 260 x 186 x 21. Weight: 794.
Publisher
Abrams Image
Number of pages
224
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Edition
01st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810989580
ISBN
9780810989580
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 22.43

Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, 26. BIC Classification: 5S; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 139 x 215 x 38. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816696826
ISBN
9780816696826
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.15

Paperback. Investigates the conviction passed on by the Victorian novel that a woman's love is the fortune a man can count on to last. This work studies the diverse ways that the Victorian novel imagines women as property removed from the uncertainties of the marketplace. It addresses literary and cultural theory, gender studies, and gay and lesbian studies. Num Pages: 160 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 163 x 12. Weight in Grams: 262.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691114675
ISBN
9780691114675
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 32.94

Paperback. Traces the variety of social pressures that inspired Oscar Wilde's lifelong effort to concoct forms of desire that thrill without menacing us, as well as the alchemies by which he sought to do so. This book assigns Wilde a place of honor in a company of thinkers drawn from the ranks of philosophy, sociology, economics, psychoanalysis, and more. Num Pages: 176 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 9. Weight in Grams: 257.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
178
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691113807
ISBN
9780691113807
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 46.99
€ 33.09

Hardback. Series: Carnegie Mellon Poetry. BIC Classification: DCF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Carnegie-Mellon University Press United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780887484001
ISBN
9780887484001
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 31.99
€ 24.60

Paperback. Series: Harvard Studies in Comparative Literature. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: DS; HRAB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 31. Weight in Grams: 736.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
512
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674016620
ISBN
9780674016620
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 26.36

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