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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

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

€ 33.39

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
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 31.74

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

€ 61.43

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

€ 56.40

Paperback. Reassessing the relationship between English literature and law from More to Shakespeare and Webster, the author shows that where literary texts attend to jurisdiction, they dramatize how boundaries and limits are the very precondition of law's power. Num Pages: 424 pages, 21 halftones. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; 3JB; DSBD; LAZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 544.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2013
Publisher
The University of Chicago Press United States
Edition
Reprint
Number of pages
424
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226061542
ISBN
9780226061542
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 29.74

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

€ 94.74
€ 79.10

Paperback. Editor(s): Cormack, Bradin; Nussbaum, Martha C.; Strier, Richard. Num Pages: 341 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSGS; LAZ; LNA. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 233 x 185 x 23. Weight in Grams: 496.
Publisher
University Of Chicago Press
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Edition
Reprint
Condition
New
SKU
V9780226378565
ISBN
9780226378565
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 26.99
€ 22.15

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.70

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
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 74.33

Hardback. A Companion to Modernist Literature and Culture is an essential resource for students and teachers of modernism. The volume brings together entries on elements of modernist culture, contemporary intellectual and aesthetic movements, and all the genres of modernist writing and art. Editor(s): Bradshaw, David; Dettmar, Kevin. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 616 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 261 x 189 x 39. Weight in Grams: 1338.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
616
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631204350
ISBN
9780631204350
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 214.48

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

€ 52.12

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

€ 63.97

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

€ 25.28

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

€ 41.99
€ 37.42

Paperback. A lucid exploration of the key features of postmodernism and the most important authors from Beckett to DeLillo. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. Num Pages: 233 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight in Grams: 386. Series: Cambridge Introductions to Literature. 240 pages. A lucid exploration of the key features of postmodernism and the most important authors from Beckett to DeLillo. Cateogry: (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 12. Weight: 386.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Cambridge University Press
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
233
Condition
New
SKU
V9780521679572
ISBN
9780521679572
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.29

Paperback. Editor(s): Arsic, Branka; Wolfe, Cary. Num Pages: 360 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; HPCF3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 140 x 23. Weight in Grams: 408.
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
360
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816667482
ISBN
9780816667482
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.53

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

€ 76.82

Hardback. The Companion to the Victorian Novel provides contextual and critical information about the entire range of British fiction published between 1837 and 1901. * Provides contextual and critical information about the entire range of British fiction published during the Victorian period. Editor(s): Brantlinger, Patrick; Thesing, William B. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 528 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 266 x 189 x 33. Weight in Grams: 1104.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780631220640
ISBN
9780631220640
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 221.54

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

€ 160.17

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

€ 51.07

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