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Literature: history & criticism

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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. These essays examine the New World dreams in the American Columbiad. They focus on Native American, Caribbean, African-American, Jewish American and New Zealand texts that highlight the contrast between the reality of colonization and exploitation and its ideological framework. Series: International Cooper Series in English Language & Literature. Num Pages: 144 pages, 1 black & white illustrations, biography. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSB; HBTQ; HBTR. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 244 x 170 x 9. Weight in Grams: 310.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Birkhauser Verlag AG Switzerland
Number of pages
144
Condition
New
SKU
V9783764350222
ISBN
9783764350222
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 63.78

Paperback. This is a collection of essays on the subject of fatherhood: its enduring power, its secret ruses, and unsettling provocations. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; JHBK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 148 x 17. Weight in Grams: 460.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2000
Publisher
Lexington Books United States
Number of pages
352
Condition
New
SKU
V9780739100929
ISBN
9780739100929
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 66.00

Paperback. Studies the place of the feminine in Nietzsche's work, bringing together scholars in philosophy, feminism, comparative literature and German studies. Without dismissing his misogyny, the work argues that Nietzsche's many statements about women are ambivalent and cannot be labelled simply. Editor(s): Burgard, Peter J. Series: Feminist Issues: Practice, Politics, Theory S. Num Pages: 384 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DFG; DSBF; HPC; JFC; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 30. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Edition
1st
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813914954
ISBN
9780813914954
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 39.56

New edition and modern English translation of the Anglo-Norman version of the story of Haveloc - one of the most popular of the Middle Ages. Editor(s): Burgess, Glyn S.; Brook, Leslie C. Series: Gallica. Num Pages: 237 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DC; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 21. Weight in Grams: 572.
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781843844136
ISBN
9781843844136
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 129.53

hardcover. Lavishly illustrated, this new edition includes family photographs and original graphics by both Helen Kemp and her father, S.H.F. Kemp, mostly dating from his own student days at the University of Toronto. Editor(s): Burgess, Margaret. Num Pages: 480 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: BGL; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 804.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Revised ed.
Number of pages
480
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802097651
ISBN
9780802097651
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 95.87

Hardback. Num Pages: 586 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 169 x 36. Weight in Grams: 1007.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2001
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
586
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471243
ISBN
9781611471243
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 178.42

Paperback. These essays offer assistance to the growing number of students, teachers, librarians, and parents who find themselves facing a censorship situation. Part I provides six author's perspectives on censorship by omission and commission and Part II provides responses and defenses of individual books. Num Pages: 528 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 214 x 137 x 28. Weight in Grams: 576.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Scarecrow Press United States
Number of pages
528
Condition
New
SKU
V9780810840386
ISBN
9780810840386
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 113.60

An unauthorized tie-in to the Ron Howard blockbuster movie Angels & Demons, based on the Dan Brown bestseller, starring Tom Hanks and Naomi Watts, to be a major motion picture releasing in May 2009 Editor(s): Burstein, Dan; de Keijzer, Arne; Shugarts, David A; Berger, Paul; Bernstein, Peter; Swan, Annalyn. Num Pages: 544 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 172 x 107 x 23. Weight in Grams: 254. Well-read paperback, in good condition. Some shelf wear.
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Carousel Press,US
Publication date
2009
SKU
KIN0006717
ISBN
9781593154899
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 4.99

hardcover. Num Pages: 211 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 168 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
Number of pages
211
Condition
New
SKU
V9781611471717
ISBN
9781611471717
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 110.90

Paperback. Num Pages: 232 pages. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 225 x 156 x 16. Weight in Grams: 332.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1971
Publisher
Columbia University Press United States
Number of pages
232
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231034654
ISBN
9780231034654
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

hardcover. An annotated bibliography describing editing and critical works on three of Chaucer's tales. The authors make extensive use of the standard bibliographies of English literature, medieval studies, and Chaucerian studies. Series: Chaucer Bibliographies. Num Pages: 290 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBB; DSC; GBCR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 158 x 28. Weight in Grams: 640.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
1997
Publisher
University of Toronto Press Canada
Edition
Annotated
Number of pages
290
Condition
New
SKU
V9780802008749
ISBN
9780802008749
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.04

Hardcover. Tells the story of the historical development of tragedy from classical Greece to modernity. This book considers interpretations of tragedy through religion, philosophy and history. It offers an assessment of Ancient Greek tragedy. Editor(s): Bushnell, Rebecca W. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 568 pages, 1 illustration. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 260 x 188 x 46. Weight in Grams: 1226.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2005
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
568
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405107358
ISBN
9781405107358
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 212.75

Paperback. Gathers almost twenty years of New York City's smartest and most explosive-as well as hard to find- writing, providing an indispensable archive of one of the most exciting artistic scenes in U.S. History. Editor(s): Stosuy, Brandon; Cooper, Dennis; Myles, Eileen. Num Pages: 500 pages, 180 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBBEY; 2AB; 3JJPL; 3JJPN; DSBH. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 278 x 217 x 35. Weight in Grams: 1474.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
500
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814740118
ISBN
9780814740118
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 37.99
€ 34.09

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 386 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 714.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
386
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691643564
ISBN
9780691643564
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 191.78

Hardcover. Series: Under the Sign of Nature: Explorations in Ecocriticism. Num Pages: 224 pages. BIC Classification: DSBH5; RNA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 431.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
University of Virginia Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780813936055
ISBN
9780813936055
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 79.41

Hardback. What awaits us beyond the grave is perhaps the fundamental human mystery. Visionary accounts of the afterlife are attested long before the Common Era, and loomed large in the imaginative universe of early Christianity. The medieval Irish inherited and further transformed this tradition, producing vivid eschatological narratives which had a profound Editor(s): Carey, John; Nic Carthaigh, Emma; O'Dochartaigh, Caitriona. Num Pages: 964 pages. BIC Classification: 2AFR; DSBB; HRCM. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 196 x 252 x 59. Weight in Grams: 2732.
Publisher
Celtic Studies Publications,U.S. United Kingdom
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Condition
New
SKU
V9781891271205
ISBN
9781891271205
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 137.06

Hardback. Katherine Mansfield had a lifelong interest in literatures in translation and in literary translating. From her early notebooks until letters written just before her death, she records the joy of learning foreign languages, often using transformative, inter-lingual games of her own as a source of creativity. Editor(s): Davison, Claire; Kimber, Gerri; Martin, Todd. Series: Katherine Mansfield Studies. Num Pages: 224 pages, 2 black and white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1MBN; 2AB; 3JH; 3JJ; CFP; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 242 x 164 x 18. Weight in Grams: 476.
Publisher
Edinburgh University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781474400381
ISBN
9781474400381
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 106.95
€ 102.37

Paperback. This book offers itself as a guide both to the wealth of reading texts available for use in counselling, and to ways of reading that extend the reader-listener's engagement with fiction and poetry. Ben Knights argues that reflective reading requires us to work at both analytical and empathic levels. Num Pages: 300 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA; DSB; JKSN2; MMJT. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 235 x 310 x 14. Weight in Grams: 286.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Jessica Kingsley Pub
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
300
Condition
New
SKU
V9781853022661
ISBN
9781853022661
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 47.27

Paperback. A guide where today's best writers reveal their secrets. Editor(s): Burns, Carole. Num Pages: 240 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 209 x 147 x 17. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
WW Norton & Co
Number of pages
192
Condition
New
SKU
V9780393330885
ISBN
9780393330885
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 24.99
€ 22.11

Hardcover. Este libro reune las ultimas investigaciones de los maximos especialistas en este importante autor del siglo XV castellano que cultivo todos los generos literarios. Contains the latest research by the most important scholars of the Castilian author Mosen Diego de Valera. Editor(s): Moya Garcia, Cristina. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie A, Monografias. Num Pages: 213 pages, 1 black & white line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBB; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 241 x 157 x 21. Weight in Grams: 656.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2014
Publisher
Tamesis Books
Condition
New
SKU
V9781855662728
ISBN
9781855662728
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 98.42

Paperback / so. Num Pages: black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; AGR; DSB; HRC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 136 x 10. Weight in Grams: 127.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Rayo United States
Condition
New
SKU
V9780061140037
ISBN
9780061140037
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 12.10

Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 262 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSB; HBJD1; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 254 x 178 x 16. Weight in Grams: 657.
Publisher
Princeton University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691641843
ISBN
9780691641843
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 134.09

Hardcover. .
Publisher
Palgrave USA United States
Number of pages
257
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2007
Edition
2008th Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9781403969422
ISBN
9781403969422
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 64.69

Paperback. "Joyce and the G-Men" explores Hoover's suspicions that James Joyce was a Communist. In his FBI file, Culleton tracks the evidence of the FBI's surveillance of Joyce to show the culture of the FBI under Hoover and the resurgence of American anti-intellectualism. Num Pages: 240 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSBH; HBJK; JPA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 203 x 127 x 13. Weight in Grams: 268.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
Edition
Softcover reprint of the original 1st ed. 2004
Number of pages
240
Condition
New
SKU
V9781349386420
ISBN
9781349386420
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 65.35
€ 63.81

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