Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardcover. Dramatically refreshing the age-old debate about the novel's origins and purpose, Kent traces the origin of the modern novel to a late medieval fascination with the wounded, and often eroticized, body of Christ. A wide range of texts help to illustrate this discovery, ranging from medieval 'Pietas' to Thomas Hardy to contemporary literary theory. Num Pages: 278 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 148 x 224 x 319. Weight in Grams: 492.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137541338
- ISBN
- 9781137541338
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.91
€ 116.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; 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
- V9780691174464
- ISBN
- 9780691174464
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 53.53€ 42.58
€ 53.53
€ 42.58
Hardback. The Marriage of Minds examines the implications of the common Victorian claim that novel reading can achieve the psychic, ethical, and affective benefits also commonly associated with sympathy in married life. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 992. Weight in Grams: 467.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 248
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804754668
- ISBN
- 9780804754668
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.97
€ 71.97
Paperback. A staple of American popular culture during the 19th and early 20th centuries, the freak show seemed to vanish after World War II. However, as this book reveals, images of the freak show, with its combination of the grotesque, horrific and amusing, stubbornly reappeared in literature and the arts. Num Pages: 282 pages, 38 halftones, 2 line drawings. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; ASZW; DSBF; DSBH; HBJK; HBLL; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 232 x 154 x 25. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2001
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 282
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005393
- ISBN
- 9780226005393
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 28.96
€ 36.99
€ 28.96
Paperback. North America is more a political and an economic invention than a place people call home. This book studies the patterns of contact, exchange, conflict, and disavowal among cultures that span the borders of Canada, the United States, and Mexico. Num Pages: 320 pages, 29 halftones, 1 line drawing. BIC Classification: 1KB; DSB; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 18. Weight in Grams: 431.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 320
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226005522
- ISBN
- 9780226005522
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.91
€ 37.99
€ 29.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 455 pages, b/w photos. BIC Classification: 1MBN; BG; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 230 x 155 x 41. Weight in Grams: 862.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Victoria University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780864734631
- ISBN
- 9780864734631
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 38.56
€ 38.56
Paperback. Ordinary life is full of words, images, and stories: we spend our days talking and writing about what's going on, and what has happened. Rachel Bowlby makes us think again about this life: always the same, always slightly changing. Drawing out the stories that surround us, she explores everyday stories, old and new-in literature and in real life. Series: The Literary Agenda. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 130 x 196 x 20. Weight in Grams: 220.
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780198727699
- ISBN
- 9780198727699
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.18
€ 31.18
paperback. Series: Routledge Revivals. Num Pages: 204 pages. BIC Classification: DSB; JFFK; JFSJ1; JHB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 139 x 11. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Routledge United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 204
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780415573153
- ISBN
- 9780415573153
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.21
€ 66.21
Paperback. Rachel Bromwich's magisterial edition of Trioedd Ynys Prydein has long won its place as a classic of Celtic studies. This revised edition shows the author's continued mastery of the subject, including a new preface by Morfydd Owen. Editor(s): Bromwich, Rachel. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- University of Wales Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781783163052
- ISBN
- 9781783163052
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.95
€ 33.99
€ 30.95
Paperback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 19. Weight in Grams: 392. 320 pages, illustrations. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Dimension: 221 x 147 x 19. Weight: 392.
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Number of pages
- 320
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153911
- ISBN
- 9780231153911
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.68
€ 37.99
€ 27.68
Hardback. Num Pages: 320 pages, 20 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Columbia University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780231153904
- ISBN
- 9780231153904
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.17€ 73.24
€ 95.17
€ 73.24
Hardcover. Num Pages: 236 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 216 x 159 x 17. Weight in Grams: 384.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 240
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781403970138
- ISBN
- 9781403970138
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.80
€ 66.80
Hardback. The literary career of Uchida Hyakken (1889-1971) encompassed a wide variety of styles and genres, including fiction, zuihitsu (essays), war diaries, poetry, travelogues, and children's stories. This title provides a critical corrective by locating in Hyakken's simple yet powerful literary language. Series: Harvard East Asian Monographs. Num Pages: 275 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2GJ; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 163 x 24. Weight in Grams: 570.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Asia Center United States
- Number of pages
- 275
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674031128
- ISBN
- 9780674031128
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 45.99€ 38.32
€ 45.99
€ 38.32
Paperback. An examination of the hero figure in the stories of two major Victorian authors of children's literature and the complex way in which they engaged with the dominant ideologies of the time. Num Pages: 254 pages, 3 B&W illustraions, 2 diagrams. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 173 x 15. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Lutterworth Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780718893590
- ISBN
- 9780718893590
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.08
€ 52.08
Hardback. The figure and role of the late-medieval father is reappraised through a close reading of a range of documents from the period, including both letters and romances. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 544.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843580
- ISBN
- 9781843843580
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 98.73
€ 98.73
Hardback. This book explores the idea that modern, Western secular cultures have retained a belief in the concept of Hell as an event or experience of endless or unjust suffering.The wide range of texts discussed, include Primo Levi, W.G. Sebald, and Alasdair Gray. Num Pages: 272 pages, 1 b/w illustration. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 24. Weight in Grams: 604.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 272
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748617630
- ISBN
- 9780748617630
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.86€ 119.92
€ 130.86
€ 119.92
Hardback. Offers a study of autobiographies by French and Francophone African writers and filmmakers, all of whom reject simple first-person narration and experiment with narrative voice and form to represent fragmented subjectivity. This work investigates autobiography across media, from print to photography and film, and across the colonial encounter. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 18. Weight in Grams: 440.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804753562
- ISBN
- 9780804753562
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 82.16
€ 82.16
Paperback. This Guide explores the range of key critical responses to Walker's novel, from contemporary reviews to 21st century readings. It deals with various critical issues such as Walker's use of generic conventions, linguistic and narrative strategies, race, class, gender identity and sexual politics. Spielberg's film adaptation is also covered. Series: Readers' Guides to Essential Criticism. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 11. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230201866
- ISBN
- 9780230201866
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.49
€ 41.49
Paperback. This is an accessible and comprehensive sign language textbook with an international frame of reference, designed for students and teachers in the global Deaf community. Based on years of experience teaching sign language and deaf studies at undergraduate, postgraduate and community levels, it grants readers access to a vibrant creative heritage. Num Pages: 280 pages, 55 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: CFZ; DSB. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 160 x 234 x 16. Weight in Grams: 432.
- Publisher
- Macmillan Education UK
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137363817
- ISBN
- 9781137363817
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 57.62
€ 57.62
Paperback. Looks at the complex grammatical, phonological and morphological systems of sign language linguistic structure and their role in sign language poetry and performance. This book has chapters dealing with repetition and rhyme, symmetry and balance, neologisms, ambiguity, themes, metaphor and allusion, and blending English and sign language poetry. Num Pages: 281 pages, biography. BIC Classification: CFZ; DSC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 213 x 139 x 16. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 281
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230217096
- ISBN
- 9780230217096
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 66.36
€ 66.36