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Literature: history & criticism

hardcover. Charles Brockden Brown's Revolution and the Birth of American Gothic illuminates the social and political influences on the nation's first professional novelist and reveals the surprising origins of one of American literature's most popular and enduring genres. Num Pages: 272 pages, 11 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 242 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 604.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
University of Pennsylvania Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780812237863
ISBN
9780812237863
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 73.64

Hardback. Now combined in a new series, "The Year's Work in English Studies, Volume 76" and "The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, Volume 5" aim to provide comprehensive, narrative bibliographic coverage of the best work in their respective fields in a given year, in this instance 1995. Editor(s): Kitson, Peter. Series: Year's Work in Critical & Cultural Theory. Num Pages: 900 pages. BIC Classification: 3JJPR; DSBH; GBCR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 252 x 126 x 101. Weight in Grams: 2198.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
900
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631210009
ISBN
9780631210009
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 310.47

Hardback. The third set in the series, "The Year's Work in English Studies, Volume 78" edited by Peter Kitson, and "The Year's Work in Critical and Cultural Theory, Volume 7" edited by Kate McGowan, aims to provide comprehensive, narrative bibliographical coverage of the best work of 1997. Editor(s): Kitson, Peter. Series: Year's Work. Num Pages: 1600 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; GBCR; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 190 x 142 x 100. Weight in Grams: 2132.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1600
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631218166
ISBN
9780631218166
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 405.33

Paperback. Series: Cornell Studies in the History of Psychiatry. Num Pages: 336 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; JFCX; JMAF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 151 x 21. Weight in Grams: 450.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
Cornell University Press Ithaca
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801488252
ISBN
9780801488252
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 45.99
€ 41.66

Hardback. A masterful, highly engaging analysis of how Shakespeare's plays intersected with the politics and culture of Elizabethan England Num Pages: 688 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; 3JD; DSBD; DSGS; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 169 x 242 x 59. Weight in Grams: 1208.
Publisher
Yale University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780300222715
ISBN
9780300222715
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 44.97

Paperback. By exploring central issues in the philosophy of literature, illustrated by a wide range of novels, poems, and plays, Philosophy of Literature gets to the heart of why literature matters to us and sheds new light on the nature and interpretation of literary works. Series: Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HPN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 232 x 166 x 20. Weight in Grams: 496.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121989
ISBN
9781405121989
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 37.50

Hardcover. By exploring central issues in the philosophy of literature, illustrated by a wide range of novels, poems, and plays, Philosophy of Literature gets to the heart of why literature matters to us and sheds new light on the nature and interpretation of literary works. Series: Foundations of the Philosophy of the Arts. Num Pages: 344 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; HP. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 162 x 23. Weight in Grams: 612.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
Revised
Number of pages
344
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405121972
ISBN
9781405121972
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 127.76

hardcover. Series: American University Studies, Series 7: Theology & Religion. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HBTB; HRCJ; HRCM; HRCX7; JH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Weight in Grams: 660.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Peter Lang Publishing Inc
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1991
Edition
1st Edition
SKU
KIN0001469
ISBN
9780820414010
Hardback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

Paperback. Editor(s): Larkin, Peter. Series: MIP Teams Middle English Texts Series. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3H; DSBB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 215 x 267 x 18. Weight in Grams: 702.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Medieval Institute Publications United States
Number of pages
296
Condition
New
SKU
V9781580442015
ISBN
9781580442015
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 35.24

Hardcover. This book is a detailed study of Ezra Pound's explicit and implicit use of elements of the Neoplatonic tradition in his prose and poetry, and of the way it informed his poetics as well as his political and social-economic views. Num Pages: 461 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 30. Weight in Grams: 826.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
461
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611472738
ISBN
9781611472738
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 167.85

Hardback. Offering innovative readings of these canonical works, this study sheds new light on Faulkner's uniquely American modernism. Num Pages: 256 pages, 1, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; APFA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 164 x 236 x 21. Weight in Grams: 512.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Johns Hopkins University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780801879296
ISBN
9780801879296
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 47.08

Hardback. Num Pages: 280 pages, 38 illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; GM; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 880.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
Pennsylvania State University Press United States
Number of pages
280
Condition
New
SKU
V9780271029917
ISBN
9780271029917
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.83

Paperback. Our Conrad is a literary and cultural history, political in emphasis, of the modern American invention of Joseph Conrad as a "master" literary figure as well as a call to transnationalize the field of American literary and cultural studies. Num Pages: 488 pages, black & white illustrations, figures. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 456.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780804783132
ISBN
9780804783132
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 53.72

Hardback. Our Conrad is a literary and cultural history, political in emphasis, of the modern American invention of Joseph Conrad as a "master" literary figure as well as a call to transnationalize the field of American literary and cultural studies. Num Pages: 488 pages, 15 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 771.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
488
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804757911
ISBN
9780804757911
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 185.74

Paperback. Imagining Surveillance presents the first full-length study of the depiction and assessment of surveillance in literature and film. Focusing on Utopian genre, the book offers an in- depth account of which the most creative writers, filmmakers and thinkers have envisioned alternative worlds in which surveillance in various forms plays a key concern. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: APF; DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2017
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474426558
ISBN
9781474426558
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 30.73

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 472 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 25. Weight in Grams: 1028.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
472
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691639826
ISBN
9780691639826
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 229.53

Paperback. Approach places, times and states of mind in a mosaic of knowledge, invention, memory and entertainment with this collection of poems. The personal and the public interact in many poems and others address personal histories and their creative consequences, alongside mythological motifs. Num Pages: 96 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; DCF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 220 x 135 x 6. Weight in Grams: 109.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Carcanet Press Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
96
Condition
New
SKU
V9781857547528
ISBN
9781857547528
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 20.99
€ 18.88

Paperback. An advanced reference resource for the novel and novel theory, The Encyclopedia of the Novel offers authoritative accounts of the history, terminology, genre and theory of the novel. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature. Num Pages: 1024 pages. BIC Classification: DSK; DSR; GBC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 181 x 234 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
776
Condition
New
SKU
V9781118723890
ISBN
9781118723890
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 71.02

Hardback. An advanced reference resource for the novel and novel theory, The Encyclopedia of the Novel offers authoritative accounts of the history, terminology, genre and theory of the novel. Series: Wiley-Blackwell Encyclopedia of Literature. Num Pages: 1024 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 274 x 212 x 95. Weight in Grams: 2340.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
1024
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405161848
ISBN
9781405161848
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 388.25

Paperback. Offers a piece of late medieval stagecraft which deals with Mary's parents and her early life. This title comes from Norfolk and matches theatrically the elaborate painting, stained glass and carving of that area. Editor(s): Meredith, Peter. Series: Exeter Mediaeval Texts & Studies. Num Pages: 196 pages, glossary. BIC Classification: 2AB; AN; DD; DSBB; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 2300 x 152 x 13. Weight in Grams: 270.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
196
Condition
New
SKU
V9780859895477
ISBN
9780859895477
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.34

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