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Literature: history & criticism

Hardback. Argues for the connection between British poet and painter William Blake's marginalia and the role that often multivalent symbols like pens, writers, readers, and books played in his art. This book shows that the marginalia represent important evidence of Blake-as-reader experiencing the typographical features of books. Num Pages: 213 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 499.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Associated University Presses United States
Number of pages
213
Condition
New
SKU
V9781575911090
ISBN
9781575911090
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.92

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107691056
ISBN
9781107691056
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.63

paperback. Against a background of independence from France, Jarrod Hayes uses literary analysis to examine how Francophone novelists from the Maghreb imagined a diverse nation peopled by those excluded by the dominant political discourses, especially those breaching traditional sexual norms. Num Pages: 320 pages. BIC Classification: 1HB; 2ADF; 5S; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 226 x 154 x 16. Weight in Grams: 436.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
320
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226321066
ISBN
9780226321066
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.77

paperback. Arabs have traditionally considered classical Arabic poetry, together with the Qur'an, as one of their supreme cultural accomplishments. Taking a comparatist approach, this book attempts to integrate the classical Arabic lyric into an enlarged understanding of lyric poetry as a genre. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
338
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226773360
ISBN
9780226773360
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 43.99
€ 33.29

Paperback. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 2CSR; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 525.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
University of Notre Dame Press
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780268041519
ISBN
9780268041519
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 36.99
€ 33.07

Paperback. As early nationalist writers wrestled with the question, they proved how hard a question it is to answer and how great are the dangers in scripting its answers too easily. Num Pages: 264 pages, 7, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBD; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 155 x 228 x 20. Weight in Grams: 368. An excellent, clean copy
Condition
Used, Like New
Edition
Illustrated
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press Baltimore
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
SKU
KRS0017712
ISBN
9780801865381
Paperback
Condition: Used, Like New

€ 5.49

Hardback. In 1969, Dr Weiss began making videos of authors, illustrators, and editors in the children's literature field. The result was a collection of videos, "Profiles in Literature". This text summarizes and quotes from the interviews in the video series and also expands/updates guest's background data. Num Pages: 416 pages, photographs, index. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 241 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810837874
ISBN
9780810837874
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 141.17

Hardback. This study demonstrates that three subjects traditionally discussed separately - prostitution, hysteria and the popular novel - share a discourse of marginality and of female marginality in particular, central to the 19th-century experience in France. Num Pages: 422 pages, 18 illustration. BIC Classification: 2ADF; 3JH; DSBF; DSK; HBJD; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 28. Weight in Grams: 817.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
422
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231072069
ISBN
9780231072069
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 118.84
€ 89.71

Paperback. Num Pages: 152 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781138941496
ISBN
9781138941496
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.78

Hardback. This volume - the first project of its kind in the field - collates c. 1200 biographical entries on Greek sophists and rhetors who flourished in the Roman Empire from the first to the seventh century AD. Num Pages: 480 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 253 x 195 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1130.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780198713401
ISBN
9780198713401
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 347.03

hardcover. What does it mean when a man writes in the voice of a woman? Haswell finds Yeats's answer in his theory of the creative self as bisexual that arose from his experiment in automatic writing. Num Pages: 177 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Northern Illinois University Press United States
Number of pages
177
Condition
New
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
V9780875802220
ISBN
9780875802220
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 42.08

Paperback. This forward-thinking and revealing investigation offers scholars and ardent fans of Jane Austen a wealth of historical facts, while shedding an interpretive light on a new aspect of the beloved writer's work. Num Pages: 334 pages, 48, 48 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 484.
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press
Number of pages
336
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9781421411910
ISBN
9781421411910
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 28.83

Hardback. Series: The Fairleigh Dickinson University Press Series in Italian Studies. Num Pages: 214 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADT; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 0. Weight in Grams: 509.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press,U.S. United States
Number of pages
214
Condition
New
SKU
V9780838639351
ISBN
9780838639351
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 112.41

Paperback. This book tells a remarkable story that begins in classical antiquity with ecphrasis, the art of describing the world so vividly that the audience could become imaginative eyewitnesses, and the events that caused an ideal of immediacy to be transformed into nearly its opposite, a preoccupation with representation of representation. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 319.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
1st ed. 2006
Number of pages
244
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349535576
ISBN
9781349535576
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 64.07

This new study of Shakespeare's English history plays looks at the plays through the lens of early modern staging, focusing on the recurrence of particular stage pictures and 'units of action', and seeking to show how these units function in particular and characteristic ways within the history plays. Series: Oxford Shakespeare Topics. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSGS; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 211 x 141 x 15. Weight in Grams: 296.
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
160
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199593163
ISBN
9780199593163
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 128.24

Paperback. An accessible 2007 introduction to Shakespeare's tragedies, including full chapters on Macbeth, Hamlet and King Lear. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 176 pages, 1 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSGS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight in Grams: 274. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 176 pages, 1 b/w illus. An accessible 2007 introduction to Shakespeare's tragedies, including full chapters on Macbeth, Hamlet and King Lear. Cateogry: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: DSGS. Dimension: 228 x 153 x 9. Weight: 292.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
176
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2007
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521674928
ISBN
9780521674928
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.35

Paperback. aeo An original and accessible discussion of some of the most important issues in current debates about women and the arts. aeo Janet Wolff considers and challenges the invisibility of women in sociological and literary accounts of modernity. Num Pages: 168 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 154 x 13. Weight in Grams: 260.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1990
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
168
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745608556
ISBN
9780745608556
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 23.23

Paperback. Janet Todd is one of the leading authorities on seventeenth- and eighteenth-century women writers. The author discusses women and issues of gender from the Restoration to Romanticism. She examines the complex connections between art and life as revealed by women authors. The author's previous books have sold well. Num Pages: 192 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; JFSJ1; JHBZ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 274.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1993
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780745610559
ISBN
9780745610559
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.68

Paperback. This informative Companion offers a combination of original readings and factual background information. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 234 pages, 3 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight in Grams: 388. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. 234 pages, 3 b/w illus. Editor(s): Todd, Janet. This informative Companion offers a combination of original readings and factual background information. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 11. Weight: 388.
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Number of pages
234
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521279581
ISBN
9780521279581
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 38.29

Paperback. .
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Edition
2nd Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781107494701
ISBN
9781107494701
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 28.55

Hardcover. Features a collection of facts and insights into the life and times of the great novelist and the attitudes and customs that shaped both her and her work. This title looks at the facts of author's life and times, as well as stories about her novels, including: the marriage proposal that Austen accepted, only to change her mind, and more. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 204 x 135. .
Publisher
Andre Deutsch
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780233005140
ISBN
9780233005140
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 11.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 328 pages, 8 line illus. BIC Classification: DSB; HBJD1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691169026
ISBN
9780691169026
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 53.48
€ 42.00

Hardback. Series: Studies of the Weatherhead East Asian Institute, Columbia University. Num Pages: 304 pages, 10. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; 3JJ; DSBH; HBJF; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 159 x 231 x 22. Weight in Grams: 562.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231165181
ISBN
9780231165181
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 82.31

Paperback. Fugitive Testimony examines African American slave narratives in light of contemporary artists' use of the genre within their visual art at the end of the twentieth century. It identifies a sustained representational strategy employed by black cultural producers across time to challenge the racial presumptions that manifest as artistic constraints. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; ACBS; DS; HBTB; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 150 x 15. Weight in Grams: 318.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823272907
ISBN
9780823272907
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.60

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