Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. A biography of Robert Desnos (1900-1945), which re-evaluates the surrealist movement through the life and works of one of its founders. Desnos was as famous among the surrealists for his independence of mind as for his elaborate "automatic" drawings and his brilliant oral and written performances during the incubational period of the group. Num Pages: 282 pages, 1. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSA; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803218413
- ISBN
- 9780803218413
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Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 25.45
€ 26.99
€ 25.45
Hardback. The innovative work of Pioneer Players, a London based theatre society founded in 1911 by Edith Craig, is explored here drawing on original archive research and taking an interdisciplinary approach to women's involvement in theatre during the British women's suffrage movement. Num Pages: 249 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; AN; DSB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333686966
- ISBN
- 9780333686966
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.88
€ 127.88
Paperback. Editor(s): Capshaw, Katharine; Duane, Anna Mae. Num Pages: 400 pages, 52. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 177 x 254 x 51. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Univ Of Minnesota Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781517900274
- ISBN
- 9781517900274
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Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.90
€ 32.99
€ 29.90
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Taylor & Francis Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 352
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 2nd Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780415286015
- ISBN
- 9780415286015
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 19.83
€ 19.99
€ 19.83
Hardback. Num Pages: 456 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 162 x 238 x 39. Weight in Grams: 810.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 456
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611490381
- ISBN
- 9781611490381
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 188.14
€ 188.14
Paperback. According to Orwell, the North was 'a strange country.' In an industrial landscape, its inhabitants seem to inhabit a bleak world caught in the gaze of 1930s realism. Such stereotypes have been tenacious. This book challenges these stereotypes, establishing the strategic and mobile nature of 'the North' and the effects of literary realism. Editor(s): Cockin, Katharine. Num Pages: 283 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 235 x 155. .
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- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 283
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349349593
- ISBN
- 9781349349593
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.86
€ 66.86
Paperback. Presents a selection of the works of Hrotsvit, the first-known woman dramatist, that contain legends, dramas, and epics. Series: Library of Medieval Women. Num Pages: 136 pages. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ADL; DNF; DQ; DSBB; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 140 x 214 x 11. Weight in Grams: 204.
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 136
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780859914895
- ISBN
- 9780859914895
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.99€ 23.77
€ 26.99
€ 23.77
Hardback. The first general introduction to Ovid written in English in over 20 years, this book provides a unique and accessible introduction to the complete works of Ovid. Using a thematic approach, Volk lays out what we know about Ovid's life, presents the author's works within their poetic genres, and discusses central Ovidian themes. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 160 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 237 x 153 x 18. Weight in Grams: 390.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405136426
- ISBN
- 9781405136426
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Condition: New
€ 43.99
€ 43.99
Hardcover. A comprehensive account of Goethe's relationship to Arabian culture, mediated by his interest in certain poets and texts and by his highly nuanced attitude toward Islam. Translator(s): Metzger, Michael M. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 508 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 222 x 162 x 47. Weight in Grams: 960.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Camden House
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139085
- ISBN
- 9781571139085
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 134.56
€ 134.56
Paperback. The German Capital in Post-wall Literature. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. 222 pages, black & white illustrations. A study of the "patchwork imaginary" that is postwall Berlin fiction and its significance for the new Germany. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2ACG; DSBH. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 14. Weight: 356.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- BOYE6
- Number of pages
- 222
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571135131
- ISBN
- 9781571135131
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 42.56
€ 43.99
€ 42.56
Paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; HBJD1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 246
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349472680
- ISBN
- 9781349472680
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.08
€ 66.08
Hardcover. This book takes a fresh look at childhood in Dickens' works and in Victorian science and culture more generally. It offers a new way of understanding Dickens' interest in childhood by showing how his fascination with new scientific ideas about childhood and practices of scientific inquiry shaped his narrative techniques and aesthetic imagination. Series: Palgrave Studies in Nineteenth-Century Writing and Culture. Num Pages: 246 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 138 x 20. Weight in Grams: 426.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137362490
- ISBN
- 9781137362490
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardcover. Essays examining representations of disaster in German and international contexts, exploring the nexus between disruption and recovery through narrative from the eighteenth century to the present. Editor(s): Gerstenberger, Katharina; Nusser, Tanja. Series: Studies in German Literature, Linguistics, and Culture. Num Pages: 244 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; 2ACG; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
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- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United States
- Number of pages
- 244
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781571139016
- ISBN
- 9781571139016
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardcover. A collection of essays which examine the way in which fantasy literature functions as cultural and social criticism. Essays on Tolkien, Le Guin, Angela Carter, H.G. Wells and C.S. Lewis are included, as well as works by William Burroughs, Ford Madox Ford and Salman Rushdie are discussed. Editor(s): Filmer, Kath. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 20. Weight in Grams: 445.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333569542
- ISBN
- 9780333569542
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.02
€ 194.02
Paperback. Num Pages: 153 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 10. Weight in Grams: 217.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1993
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 153
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349225378
- ISBN
- 9781349225378
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 126.19
€ 126.19
Paperback. Editor(s): Filmer, Kath. Num Pages: 212 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBH; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 301.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1992
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1992
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349221288
- ISBN
- 9781349221288
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 193.06
€ 193.06
paperback. Series: Palgrave Studies in the Enlightenment, Romanticism and the Cultures of Print. Num Pages: 228 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSB; DSC; RN. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 228
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2013
- SKU
- V9781349469925
- ISBN
- 9781349469925
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.93
€ 65.93
Paperback. Explores the evolution of the socialist realist novel as a myth-like genre. Combining intellectual and literary history, this work traces the development of the novel's master plot from its origins in the mid-19th century to its end at the close of the 20th. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AGR; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 137 x 26. Weight in Grams: 436.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Edition
- 3 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 344
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253213679
- ISBN
- 9780253213679
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 26.56
€ 26.56
Hardcover. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813936888
- ISBN
- 9780813936888
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.56
€ 83.56
Hardback. Featuring essays by scholars from around the globe, Kate Chopin in Context revitalizes discussions on the famed 19th-century author of The Awakening. Expanding the horizons of Chopin's influence, contributors offer readers glimpses into the multi-national appreciation and versatility of the author's works, including within the classroom setting. Editor(s): Ostman, Heather; O'Donoghue, Kate. Series: American Literature Readings in the Twenty-First Century. Num Pages: 228 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137551795
- ISBN
- 9781137551795
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.43
€ 116.43
Hardcover. This collection examines the intersection of historical recollection, strategies of representation, and reading practices in historical fiction from the eighteenth century to today. In shifting focus to the agency of the reader and taking a long historical view, the collection brings a new perspective to the field of historical representation. Editor(s): Mitchell, Kate; Parsons, Nicola. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 140 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230343139
- ISBN
- 9780230343139
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.11
€ 67.11
Hardback. A PDF version of this book is available for free in open access via the OAPEN Library platform, www.oapen.org. Arguing that neo-Victorian fiction enacts and celebrates cultural memory, this book uses memory discourse to position these novels as dynamic participants in the contemporary historical imaginary. Num Pages: 231 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 223 x 136 x 17. Weight in Grams: 372.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 234
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230228580
- ISBN
- 9780230228580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 40.25
€ 40.25
Hardback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 168 x 241 x 25. Weight in Grams: 672.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174244
- ISBN
- 9780231174244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.28€ 64.47
€ 82.28
€ 64.47
Paperback. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 229 x 22. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231174251
- ISBN
- 9780231174251
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 22.38
€ 29.99
€ 22.38