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Literature: history & criticism

Hardcover. This study covers Shaw's campaigns and crusades in the first ten years of the century, when his career hung in the balance. By drawing on contemporary documents and highlighting aspects of Shaw's career at this time, Hugo depicts a man who stamped his personality on the age. Num Pages: 322 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; BG; DSBF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 584.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1999
Publisher
MacMillan
Number of pages
328
Condition
New
SKU
V9780333733554
ISBN
9780333733554
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 128.48

Hardback. Num Pages: 244 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 19. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
University of Delaware Press United States
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611491449
ISBN
9781611491449
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.23

Paperback. The text of this revised edition of Tolstoy's novel is based upon the 1939 translation by Louise and Aylmer Maude. The editor has made several textual changes and has revised and added to the footnotes. New critical material has been added to this edition, reflecting current ideas. Translator(s): Maude, Louise; Maude, Aylmer. Series: Norton Critical Editions. Num Pages: 880 pages. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSK; FC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 214 x 136 x 26. Weight in Grams: 616.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
W. W. Norton & Company
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393966428
ISBN
9780393966428
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 19.99
€ 18.49

Paperback. The essays collected in "Persecution and the Art of Writing" all deal with one problem-the relation between philosophy and politics. Here, Strauss sets forth the thesis that many philosophers, especially political philosophers, have reacted to the threat of persecution by disguising their most controversial and heterodox ideas. Num Pages: 208 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; JPVH2; JPVR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 141 x 216 x 12. Weight in Grams: 276.
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Number of pages
208
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1988
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226777115
ISBN
9780226777115
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 25.81

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 310 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 599.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2020
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
310
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691649399
ISBN
9780691649399
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 157.50

Paperback. Reprint. Originally published: Princeton, NJ: Princeton University Press, 1948. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 246 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; CF; DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 452 x 176 x 17. Weight in Grams: 378.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
246
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691622941
ISBN
9780691622941
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 42.99
€ 31.19

Hardcover. Editor(s): Hamalian, Leo. Num Pages: 259 pages, Illustrations, ports. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 21. Weight in Grams: 560.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
259
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838633083
ISBN
9780838633083
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 131.83

Paperback. Centuries before W B Yeats wove Indian, Japanese, and Irish forms together in his poetry and plays, Irish writers found kinship in Asian and West Asian cultures. This book maps the discourse of Irish Orientalism within Ireland's complex colonial heritage. Series: Irish Studies. Num Pages: 512 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1F; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 156 x 31. Weight in Grams: 718.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Syracuse University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780815631644
ISBN
9780815631644
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.15

Paperback. "Nowadays, most readers take the intersection between fiction and fact for granted. We've developed a faculty for pretending that even the most bizarre literary inventions are, for the nonce, real. . . . The value of Davis's book is that it explores the h Num Pages: 264 pages, 5 illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 231 x 153 x 16. Weight in Grams: 412.
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
264
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Condition
New
SKU
V9780812216103
ISBN
9780812216103
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.99

Hardback. Editor(s): Davis, Lennard J.; Mirabella, M. Bella. Series: The Social Foundations of Aesthetic Forms S. Num Pages: 316 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: DSA; JPFF; KNTP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 278 x 153 x 26. Weight in Grams: 726.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Edition
1st Printing
Number of pages
316
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231065665
ISBN
9780231065665
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.69
€ 97.49

Paperback. A unique and original reading of the American imaginary Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 369.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Dartmouth College Press United States
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611680003
ISBN
9781611680003
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 29.59

Hardcover. This book provides innovative readings of the key texts of A.S. Byatt's oeuvre by analysing the negotiations of individual identity, cultural memory, and literature which inform Byatt's novels. Steveker explores the concepts of identity constructed in the novels, showing them to be deeply rooted in British literary history and cultural memory. Num Pages: 199 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 224 x 151 x 17. Weight in Grams: 360.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan
Number of pages
202
Condition
New
SKU
V9780230575332
ISBN
9780230575332
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 67.04

Hardcover. Explores the literary imaginings of Shanghai, its past, present, and future, in order to understand the effects of that urban transformation on both the psychological state of Shanghai's citizens and their perception of the spaces they inhabit. Series: Asian Cities. Num Pages: 282 pages, 11 black and white; 0 full color. BIC Classification: 1FPC; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 20. Weight in Grams: 567.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Amsterdam University Press Netherlands
Number of pages
282
Condition
New
SKU
V9789089645876
ISBN
9789089645876
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 143.68
€ 142.29

Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 162 x 20. Weight in Grams: 456.
Publisher
IBEX Publishers,U.S. United States
Number of pages
227
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9781588140623
ISBN
9781588140623
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 117.77
€ 90.75

Hardback. Offering a new approach to narrative theory by arguing that chance is the unrepresentable Other of narrative, this book traces the theme of chance in George Eliot's Middlemarch, Joseph Conrad's Chance, and James Joyce's Ulysses, and relates the novelistic treatment of chance to philosophical and scientific thinking. Num Pages: 212 pages. BIC Classification: 1DD; 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 224 x 146 x 23. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
212
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804721745
ISBN
9780804721745
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 86.85

Hardcover. Leland de la Durantaye helps us understand Beckett s strangeness and notorious difficulty by arguing that Beckett s lifelong campaign was to mismake on purpose not to denigrate himself, or his audience, or reconnect with the child or savage within, but because he believed that such mismaking is in the interest of art and will shape its future." Num Pages: 188 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
Publisher
Harvard University Press United States
Number of pages
188
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674504851
ISBN
9780674504851
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 47.99
€ 40.39

Paperback. Num Pages: 224 pages, 1. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 318.
Publisher
Cornell University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801476648
ISBN
9780801476648
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.99

Hardcover. In this thoughtful study, Leilei Chen embraces travel writing as a means of understanding Chinese "otherness" and discovering one's self in a globalized world. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 3JJP; 3JM; DSBH; WTL. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 164 x 244 x 22. Weight in Grams: 464.
Publisher
University of Regina Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780889774407
ISBN
9780889774407
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.43
€ 59.97

Hardback. Examines the role of familial relationships in nineteenth-century English literature Num Pages: 276 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230. Weight in Grams: 585.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
276
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838754597
ISBN
9780838754597
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 132.02

Paperback. Considering how literary texts address the transformations that Brazil has undergone since its 1985 transition to democracy, this study proposes that Brazilian contemporary literature is informed by the struggle for social, civil, and cultural rights and that literary production has created spaces for historically disenfranchised communities. Num Pages: 260 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSBH5; JFC; JHMC; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2013
Number of pages
260
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349447213
ISBN
9781349447213
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.20

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