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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. In Reading as the Angels Read, Ardizzone reconstructs the cultural and socio-political background that provided the motivation for the Banquet and offers a bold new reading of this ambitious work. Series: Toronto Italian Studies. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442637061
ISBN
9781442637061
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.20

Hardback. Series: New Horizons in Contemporary Writing. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 174 x 31. Weight in Grams: 664.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
Condition
New
SKU
V9781628921632
ISBN
9781628921632
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.87
€ 81.79

Hardback. Conceptions of evil have changed dramatically over time. This work explores what has changed in our understanding of evil, why the transformation matters, and how we can learn from this specific historical development. It argues that narrative plays a key role in helping societies acknowledge their pasts. Series: New Directions in Critical Theory: Philosophies of Gender, Race, and Society S. Num Pages: 244 pages, 0 halftones, 0 color illus., 0 line drawings, 0 tables. BIC Classification: DSB; HPC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231140300
ISBN
9780231140300
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.58
€ 46.42

Hardback. Maria Jones argues for a dialogic understanding of Shakespeare's plays in performance relative to unresolved issues of modernity, in a study of modern productions on stage and screen. Num Pages: 225 pages, 12 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
225
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333971697
ISBN
9780333971697
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.86

Hardcover.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
BOYE6
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662575
ISBN
9781855662575
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 97.57

Hardback. Explores the figure of the orphan child in a broad selection of contemporary US novels by popular and critically acclaimed authors Series: Contemporary American & Canadian Writers. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 143 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Manchester University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Edition
UK ed.
Condition
New
SKU
V9780719089596
ISBN
9780719089596
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 156.53

Hardcover. Metaphor and Shakespearean Drama explores the fruitful and potentially unruly nature of metaphorical utterances in Shakespearean drama, with analyses of Othello, Titus Andronicus, King Henry IV Part 1, Macbeth, Hamlet, and The Tempest. Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 150 x 219 x 18. Weight in Grams: 380.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
216
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230251878
ISBN
9780230251878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.01

Paperback. Metaphor and Shakespearean Drama explores the fruitful and potentially unruly nature of metaphorical utterances in Shakespearean drama, withanalyses of Othello, Titus Andronicus, King Henry IV Part 1, Macbeth, Hamlet, and The Tempest." Series: Early Modern Literature in History. Num Pages: 209 pages, biography. BIC Classification: AN; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Number of pages
209
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349321506
ISBN
9781349321506
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.95

The anxiety and the curiosity Jane Austen s narrator expresses for her favorite heroine is an anxiety and curiosity all true novels feel for their characters, however well, or however little loved they might be. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 158 x 18. Weight in Grams: 452.
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405159517
ISBN
9781405159517
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.61

Hardback. Answers the question, 'how does one read an author', by undertaking an experiment in critical biography. This book provides an original way of reading, one that captures with variety and subtlety the personality that exists only in Woolf's works and in the minds of her readers. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGL; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 371.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
208
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691138121
ISBN
9780691138121
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 27.39

Hardback. Num Pages: 234 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 231 x 150 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
234
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823242146
ISBN
9780823242146
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.19

Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages, 18 halftones, 9 line art. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 1KBB; AB; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 150 x 21. Weight in Grams: 535.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Edition
First Edition
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816645282
ISBN
9780816645282
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 29.99
€ 27.37

Paperback. Series: American Culture. Num Pages: 328 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 18. Weight in Grams: 400.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
Edition
First Edition
SKU
V9780816619870
ISBN
9780816619870
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.28

Hardback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 224 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 141. Weight in Grams: 454.
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st ed. 2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137542878
ISBN
9781137542878
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 105.65

Hardcover. Shaped by the experiences of the Iranian Revolution, Iranian-American autobiographers use this chaotic past to tell their current stories in the United States. Wagenknecht analyzes a wide range of such writing and draws new conclusions about migration, exile, and life between different and often clashing cultures. Num Pages: 230 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 144 x 19. Weight in Grams: 408.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Condition
New
SKU
V9781137479617
ISBN
9781137479617
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 66.70

Hardcover. A literary study of the borderlands between Haiti and the Dominican Republic. Series: American Tropics: Towards a Literary Geography. Num Pages: 320 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJD; 1KJH; DSBH5. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 243 x 164 x 32. Weight in Grams: 814.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Liverpool University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781781381601
ISBN
9781781381601
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 203.28

Paperback. Editor(s): Fumagalli, Maria Cristina; Ledent, Benedicte; Del Valle Alcala, Roberto. Series: New World Studies. Num Pages: 304 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KJ; DSK; JHBK5. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 426.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813935232
ISBN
9780813935232
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 50.78

Hardcover. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; 2ADS; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 240 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 413.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Bucknell University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611480085
ISBN
9781611480085
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.40

Paperback. For more than thirty years, musician Carlos Varela has been a guide to the heart, soul, and sound of Havana. My Havana is a lyrical exploration of Varela's life and work, and of the vibrant musical, literary, and cinematic culture of his generation. Editor(s): Cumana, Maria Caridad; Dubinsky, Karen; De La Cruz, Xenia Reloba. Num Pages: 324 pages, 4. BIC Classification: 1KJC; AVG; DSB; HBJK; JFSL. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 474.
Publisher
University of Toronto Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781442615786
ISBN
9781442615786
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 36.50

Paperback. The Gothic and the Everyday aims to regenerate interest in the Gothic within the experiential contexts of history, folklore, and tradition. By using the term 'living', this book recalls a collection of experiences that constructs the everyday in its social, cultural, and imaginary incarnations Editor(s): Beville, Maria; Piatti-Farnell, Lorna. Series: Palgrave Gothic. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; HBTB; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 145 x 219 x 19. Weight in Grams: 354.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Edition
1st ed. 2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349488001
ISBN
9781349488001
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.62

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