Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. John Irving and Cultural Mourning offers a chronological survey of his eleven novels, examining his prose via thematically focused chapters on postmodernism, the sixties, fatherhood, narcissism, mourning and finally self-redemption. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 162 x 19. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739137932
- ISBN
- 9780739137932
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 144.76
€ 144.76
hardcover. Editor(s): Bourne, Bill; Eichler, Udif. Series: Voices. Num Pages: 100 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JP. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 200 x 140. .
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Spokesman Books United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 100
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780851244839
- ISBN
- 9780851244839
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 22.26
€ 25.99
€ 22.26
Paperback. In the decade that followed 1972, the journal boundary 2 consistently published many of the most distinguished and most influential statements of an emerging literary postmodernism. This title gathered many of those foundational essays. Editor(s): Bove, Paul A. Series: A Boundary 2 Book. Num Pages: 276 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH; JFC. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 230 x 153 x 23. Weight in Grams: 522.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Edition
- Text is Free of Markings
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822316497
- ISBN
- 9780822316497
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.33
€ 37.99
€ 34.33
Rereading Frye: The Published and the Unpublished Works
Boyd, David V.; Salusinszky, Imre. Ed(S): Boy...
hardcover. This collection of essays begins the process of reassessing Frye's thought and writings in light of extraordinary, unpublished material contained in archives at the Victoria University Library, University of Toronto. Editor(s): Boyd, David V.; Salusinszky, Imre. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 352 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 158 x 19. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Edition
- 74th ed.
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802042521
- ISBN
- 9780802042521
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 66.48
€ 66.48
Series: Revived Modern Classic. Num Pages: 324 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Scholarly; (UP) Postgraduate; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 202 x 134 x 23. Weight in Grams: 368.
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780811210898
- ISBN
- 9780811210898
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 28.84
€ 28.84
Hardcover. 192 pages. The vulnerability of material objects as Holocaust texts. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. BIC Classification: 2AGP; DSBH; HBTZ1. Dimension: 232 x 161 x 20. Weight: 430.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253355645
- ISBN
- 9780253355645
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 33.68
€ 33.68
Paperback. Explores this delay in the development of the culture concept and its relation to the description of difference in late nineteenth-century America. The author weaves together the histories of American literature and anthropology. His study brings to life not only the regionalist fiction of the time but also revives a range of neglected materials. Num Pages: 256 pages, 26 halftones. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 181 x 15. Weight in Grams: 364.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226222646
- ISBN
- 9780226222646
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Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 31.80
€ 40.99
€ 31.80
Hardback. " Promoting critical and creative anachronism, Metaphors of Mind redefines the notion of an archive in the age of Amazon and Google Books. Num Pages: 392 pages, 10, 6 black & white halftones, 4 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: DSA; DSBD; HPCD1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 161 x 33. Weight in Grams: 662.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421416885
- ISBN
- 9781421416885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.98
€ 64.98
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Number of pages
- 245
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107400344
- ISBN
- 9781107400344
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 55.94
€ 55.94
hardcover. Robert Louis Stevenson was one of the finest and most delightful of letter writers. This is one of a set of eight volumes containing his collected letters. The edition contains nearly 2800 letters. Volumes V and VI cover the period from July 1884 to September 1890. Series: The Collected Letters of Robert Louis Stevenson. Num Pages: 474 pages, Ill. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 2AB; 3JH; BGA; BJ; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 234 x 156 x 40. Weight in Grams: 950.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Yale University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780300061901
- ISBN
- 9780300061901
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 44.99€ 34.85
€ 44.99
€ 34.85
Hardback. Demonstrates that Shakespeare's thinking about legal concepts points to a deep engagement with the law's technical workings, its underlying premises, and its social effects. This book considers Shakespeare's awareness of common law thinking and practice through examinations of Measure for Measure and Othella. Editor(s): Cormack, Bradin; Nussbaum, Martha C.; Strier, Richard. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSGS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 183 x 25. Weight in Grams: 608.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226924939
- ISBN
- 9780226924939
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.24€ 79.56
€ 95.24
€ 79.56
Hardback. Writers of the Beat Generation were conscious that they shared thematic and philosophical concerns with writers of the American Renaissance. This study provides the first extended examination of interests held in common by these two groups. The writers studied include Emerson, Whitman, Dickinson, Kerouac, Ginsberg, and Baraka. Num Pages: 179 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 463.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 179
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611472455
- ISBN
- 9781611472455
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Condition: New
€ 116.98
€ 116.98
The Fowl and the Pussycat: Love Letters of Michael Field, 1876-1909
Bradley, Katherine; Cooper, Edith. Ed(S): Bic...
hardcover. Michael Field was the pseudonym used by Katherine Bradley (1846-1914) and Edith Cooper (1862-1913) - coauthors and lovers - for the poetry and verse drama they published. This book presents their love letters, which contain poems and insights into the dramas and their production and are supplemented by annotation and a biographical introduction. Editor(s): Bickle, Sharon. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; BJ; DSBF; JFSK1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 156 x 30. Weight in Grams: 612.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press United States
- Edition
- Illustrated
- Number of pages
- 336
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813927510
- ISBN
- 9780813927510
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Condition: New
€ 88.85
€ 88.85
Hardback. A collection of essays on Montana literature, focusing on developments in Native American writing, feminist criticism, queer theory and environmentalism. Editor(s): Harrison, Brady. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBBWM; 2AB; DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 28. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803213906
- ISBN
- 9780803213906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.78
€ 52.78
Hardcover. Agent of Empire is a detailed study of creative works inspired by the escapades of the American soldier of fortune William Walker. Num Pages: 240 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Georgia Press
- Edition
- 0th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780820325446
- ISBN
- 9780820325446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.21
€ 67.21
Paperback. No other edition so carefully assembles a wealth of contextual material, nor succeeds so admirably in drawing the reader into Stokers cultural milieu. David Glover, University of Southampton Series: Broadview Literary Texts. Num Pages: 400 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; FC; FK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 140 x 25. Weight in Grams: 574.
- Publisher
- Broadview Press Ltd Canada
- Number of pages
- 400
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1997
- Edition
- New edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781551111360
- ISBN
- 9781551111360
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 21.99€ 17.54
€ 21.99
€ 17.54
Paperback. This is the first book to collect the most important contributions to the theory of the postmodern novel over the last forty years and to guide readers through the complex questions and wide-ranging debates. The selections in this book will enable readers to place the theory of postmodern fiction in a broader intellectual and cultural context. Editor(s): Nicol, Bran. Num Pages: 496 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJP; DSBH; DSK; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 176 x 246 x 30. Weight in Grams: 846.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748614790
- ISBN
- 9780748614790
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 43.99€ 38.42
€ 43.99
€ 38.42
hardcover. Northrop Frye's Canadian Literary Criticism examines the impact of Frye's criticism on Canadian literary scholarship as well as the response of Frye's peers to his articulation of a 'Canadian' criticism. Editor(s): Gorjup, Branko. Series: Frye Studies. Num Pages: 368 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802099389
- ISBN
- 9780802099389
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.62
€ 76.62
Hardback. This text offers an appraisal of Mario Vargas Llosa's literary and political production. It engages the debate concerning his role in Latin America, the merits and shortcomings of modernist and postmodernist thought, and the differences between neoliberalism and alternative positions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 235 x 157 x 17. Weight in Grams: 354.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697502
- ISBN
- 9780847697502
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 169.33
€ 169.33
Paperback. This text offers an appraisal of Mario Vargas Llosa's literary and political production. It engages the debate concerning his role in Latin America, the merits and shortcomings of modernist and postmodernist thought, and the differences between neoliberalism and alternative positions. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 1KL; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 225 x 147 x 12. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Rowman & Littlefield United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780847697519
- ISBN
- 9780847697519
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 53.21
€ 53.21
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474414432
- ISBN
- 9781474414432
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 113.10€ 107.00
€ 113.10
€ 107.00
Paperback.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746308233
- ISBN
- 9780746308233
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.81
€ 25.99
€ 23.81
Hardback. Num Pages: 188 pages, Plans, transparencies, index. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 223 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 363.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1989
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 188
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810822320
- ISBN
- 9780810822320
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 105.94
€ 105.94
hardcover. In this collection of original essays, several prominent writers and critics of the genre examine the interface of theology and detection. Num Pages: 169 pages, Plans, transparencies, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 220 x 149 x 19. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1990
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 169
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810823822
- ISBN
- 9780810823822
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.98
€ 112.98