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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. This book explores Kerouac's fiction, poetry, religious writing, journals, and correspondence to reveal an aesthetic vision for American belle-lettres. Features chapters on Some of the Dharma, On the Road, Desolation Angels, and Mexico City Blues with a discussion of his influence on later writers, including Hunter Thompson and Bob Dylan. Num Pages: 272 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230623620
- ISBN
- 9780230623620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.30
€ 66.30
Hardback. Num Pages: 263 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 21. Weight in Grams: 413.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 263
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403968500
- ISBN
- 9781403968500
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.24
€ 67.24
Hardback. It was during the exciting modernist movement in Spanish American literature that Clemente Plama (1872-1946), son of Ricardo Palma, began his writing career and signaled the birth of modern Peruvian literature. This volume offers detailed critical analyses of Palma's short stories and novels. Num Pages: 134 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DN; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 230 x 150. Weight in Grams: 370.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 134
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838751244
- ISBN
- 9780838751244
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.59
€ 108.59
Paperback. Offers recommended reading for more than 120 destinations around the globe. With stops from Texas to Timbuktu, it connects the best fiction and nonfiction to particular destinations, whether your bags are packed or your armchair is calling. Num Pages: 320 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 190 x 19. Weight in Grams: 330.
- Publisher
- Sasquatch Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570616501
- ISBN
- 9781570616501
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 17.03
€ 18.99
€ 17.03
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: CFC; DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 190 x 139 x 19. Weight in Grams: 308.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Sasquatch Books United States
- Edition
- annotated edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570613814
- ISBN
- 9781570613814
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.99
€ 18.99
€ 16.99
Paperback. This sprightly follow-up to "Book Lust" includes a quirky array of recommended titles in nearly 150 eclectic categories including: highly unusual storylines, humans falling in love with animals, memoirs about complex lives, and true tales from the frontlines of parenting. Num Pages: 304 pages, index. BIC Classification: CFC; DS; GBCR; GLM. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 141 x 189 x 18. Weight in Grams: 322.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Sasquatch Books United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570614354
- ISBN
- 9781570614354
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.99
€ 18.99
€ 16.99
Paperback. Divided into three sections; Easy Books, Middle-Grade Readers and Young Adult, this book makes reading connections by theme, setting, voice and ideas and includes lists for horse lovers. Num Pages: 304 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSYC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 193 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 320.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Sasquatch Books United States
- Edition
- 1st ptg
- Number of pages
- 304
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781570615009
- ISBN
- 9781570615009
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 18.99€ 16.97
€ 18.99
€ 16.97
Hardback. An analysis of popular responses to certain key historical events and works of American literature, arguing that these responses were at odds with liberal views being expressed by leading politicians of the day. Events covered include, the Salem witchcraft trials, the Great Awakening, and the works of writers like Burroughs, Cooper, and Emerson. Num Pages: 552 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 41. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 552
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804730969
- ISBN
- 9780804730969
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 125.22
€ 125.22
Hardback. Offers a views of rhetoric through the lens of modality, arguing that rhetoric's guiding interest in what is possible makes it a suitable tool for understanding politics. This title examines rhetoric's role in the history of modernity and to makes connections between thinkers from the classical, early modern, and modern periods. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; JFCX. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 23. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 176
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780226777481
- ISBN
- 9780226777481
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.00€ 38.52
€ 44.00
€ 38.52
Hardback. Identifies biographies, newly discovered correspondence, critical works, and other bibliographies. An extensive subject index provides easy access to 350 entries. Series: The Scarecrow Author Bibliographies Series. Num Pages: 227 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1994
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 227
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810828902
- ISBN
- 9780810828902
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.95
€ 114.95
Paperback. This book offers a radical reformulation of the self-other dyad in early modern English culture, identifying a rich and now obsolete language that made selves objects rather than subjects. Num Pages: 214 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; DSC; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 214
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781349547623
- ISBN
- 9781349547623
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.89
€ 65.89
Hardback. Num Pages: 223 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSC; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 415.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Palgrave USA United States
- Number of pages
- 223
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403999061
- ISBN
- 9781403999061
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.66
€ 66.66
Paperback. Greek Tragedy sets ancient tragedy into its original theatrical, political and ritual context and applies modern critical approaches to understanding why tragedy continues to interest modern audiences. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 232 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 230 x 12. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121613
- ISBN
- 9781405121613
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 45.14
€ 45.14
Hardcover. Greek Tragedy sets ancient tragedy into its original theatrical, political and ritual context and applies modern critical approaches to understanding why tragedy continues to interest modern audiences. Series: Blackwell Introductions to the Classical World. Num Pages: 232 pages, maps. BIC Classification: DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 26. Weight in Grams: 504.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781405121606
- ISBN
- 9781405121606
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 108.85
€ 108.85
Hardback. This text examines the theme of heroic exile and return in Greek poetic tradition, from the archaic epic of Homer to modern Greek folk poetry and song. The author argues that the hero's reputation, his glory, is managed by women - especially his wife and mother. Series: Greek Studies: Interdisciplinary Approaches. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2AHA; 2AHM; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 161 x 17. Weight in Grams: 405.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847687510
- ISBN
- 9780847687510
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 133.13
€ 133.13
Paperback. Num Pages: 266 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; G. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 227 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 266
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780761814214
- ISBN
- 9780761814214
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 85.37
€ 85.37
Paperback. Influencing Hemingway documents the places, people, and activities that influenced and intrigued the literary great. Arranged chronologically and punctuated with photographs, this book traces Hemingway's encounters and reflects on how they impacted and influenced his decisions, actions, philosophy of life, and, of course, his works. Num Pages: 212 pages, 67 black & white halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; BGL; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- KHN0002436
- ISBN
- 9781538102404
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 4.99
€ 4.99
This book explores the conceptual complexity and formal challenges posed by the concept of intimacy in eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 192 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 192
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804786096
- ISBN
- 9780804786096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 121.39
€ 121.39
Hardback. Editor(s): Norris, Nanette. Num Pages: 286 pages, 1 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1D; 1KBB; 3JJ; DSB; HBLW; HBWN. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152. .
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 286
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- First Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611478037
- ISBN
- 9781611478037
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 104.64€ 17.18
€ 104.64
€ 17.18
Hardcover. This collection of 12 specially-commissioned essays focuses on the work of Felicia Hemans. It offers close readings of Heman's poetry, research on her reception, and analyses of her cultural significance. Editor(s): Sweet, Nanora; Melnyk, Julie. Num Pages: 271 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 14. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Publisher
- AIAA
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Edition
- 2001st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333801093
- ISBN
- 9780333801093
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 128.09
€ 128.09
Paperback. A collection of critical essays on the American novelist Bret Easton Ellis, examining the novels of his mature period: "American Psycho" (1991), "Glamorama" (1999), and "Lunar Park" (2005). It also examines the alchemy of acclaim and disdain that accrues to Ellis, and reviews the literary and artistic significance of his work. Editor(s): Mandel, Naomi. Series: Continuum Studies in Contemporary North America Fiction. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight in Grams: 300. American Psycho, Glamorama, Lunar Park. Series: Continuum Studies in Contemporary North America Fiction. 176 pages. Editor(s): Mandel, Naomi. A collection of critical essays on the American novelist Bret Easton Ellis, examining the novels of his mature period: "American Psycho" (1991), "Glamorama" (1999), and "Lunar Park" (2005). It also examines the alchemy of acclaim and disdain that accrues to Ellis, and reviews the literary and artistic significance of his work. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 14. Weight: 300.
- Publisher
- Continuum
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780826435620
- ISBN
- 9780826435620
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.82
€ 43.99
€ 38.82
Paperback. This book examines the depiction of physically ugly characters in a striking range of early modern literary and visual texts, offering fascinating insights into the ways in which ugliness and deformity were perceived and represented in the era, particularly with regard to gender and the construction of identity. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 19. Weight in Grams: 462.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719068751
- ISBN
- 9780719068751
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.23
€ 29.99
€ 6.23
Hardback. This book examines the depiction of physically ugly characters in a striking range of early modern literary and visual texts, offering fascinating insights into the ways in which ugliness and deformity were perceived and represented in the era, particularly with regard to gender and the construction of identity. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations, black & white. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 162 x 25. Weight in Grams: 576.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780719068744
- ISBN
- 9780719068744
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 157.50
€ 157.50
Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages, 5 halftones, 1 table. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 16. Weight in Grams: 399.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801488771
- ISBN
- 9780801488771
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 41.39
€ 43.99
€ 41.39