Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Catherine Jone's Literary Memory explores the relationship of memory to writing in the "long" eighteenth century in Scotland and America. It does so by arguing for Walter Scott's adaptation and development in the Waverley Novels of varieties of "literary memory" from the philosophy and psychological theory of the Scottish Enlightenment. Series: Bucknell Studies in Eighteenth Century Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 249 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 167 x 20. Weight in Grams: 553.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 249
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611481808
- ISBN
- 9781611481808
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 116.60
€ 116.60
Hardback. In the seventeen dramatic texts examined in this study, women writers from Spanish America have self-consciously incorporated games into their plays' structures to highlight from a woman's perspective the idea that life, as well as the theater, is a game. Num Pages: 216 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 245 x 165 x 17. Weight in Grams: 494.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 216
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611481976
- ISBN
- 9781611481976
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.33
€ 114.33
Paperback. An incisive study of modern American literature, casting new light on its origins and themes. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. Num Pages: 304 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 20. Weight in Grams: 444. Series: Edinburgh Critical Guides to Literature. 304 pages. An incisive study of modern American literature, casting new light on its origins and themes. Cateogry: (P) Professional & Vocational. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Dimension: 139 x 216 x 20. Weight: 440.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 304
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625079
- ISBN
- 9780748625079
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.39
€ 32.99
€ 29.39
Hardback. An investigation into the connections between military and literary culture in the late medieval period, and how warfare shaped such texts as Malory's Morte. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 3H; DSBB; HBJD1; HBLC1; HBTB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 163 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Boydell & Brewer Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843843245
- ISBN
- 9781843843245
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Paperback. This unusual philosophy book asks the reader to reconsider the received view that animal rights have no place in ancient thought. Catherine Osborne argues that by reflecting on the work of the ancient philosophers and poets, we can see when and how we lost touch with the natural intelligence of dumb animals. Num Pages: 278 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBB; HPCA; JFFZ. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 233 x 158 x 21. Weight in Grams: 460.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Oxford University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780199568277
- ISBN
- 9780199568277
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 60.08
€ 60.08
Paperback. A diverse and moving collection of women's poetry and verse of the First World War. Editor(s): Reilly, Catherine W. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 199 x 124 x 14. Weight in Grams: 156.
- Publisher
- Little, Brown Book Group United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 192
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781844082254
- ISBN
- 9781844082254
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 10.97
€ 13.99
€ 10.97
Hardback. This book considers a range of printed and documentary evidence, the majority previously unpublished, for the way ordinary individuals thought about their houses and households; and it then explores how writers of domestic tragedies engaged those attitudes to shape their representations of domesticity. Num Pages: 256 pages, Illustrations, black & white|Tables. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; DSBD; DSG; HBTB. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 164 x 237 x 23. Weight in Grams: 536.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9780719065446
- ISBN
- 9780719065446
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 29.99€ 6.75
€ 29.99
€ 6.75
Paperback. Num Pages: 312 pages, 4 halftones. 1 table. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 1KBB; DSA; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 237 x 156 x 25. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691163376
- ISBN
- 9780691163376
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 27.08
€ 37.99
€ 27.08
Paperback. Fascination with little girls pervaded Victorian culture. For many, girls represented the true essence of childhood or bygone times of innocence; but for middle-class men, especially writers, the interest ran much deeper. This title explores the ways in which various nineteenth-century British male authors constructed girlhood. Num Pages: 264 pages, 10 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK; JFSJ. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 238 x 229 x 19. Weight in Grams: 418.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- SKU
- V9780691115269
- ISBN
- 9780691115269
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.27
€ 46.99
€ 33.27
Hardback. Series: Frontiers of Narrative. Num Pages: 200 pages, 1 figure. BIC Classification: DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 14. Weight in Grams: 825.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- University of Nebraska Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780803269637
- ISBN
- 9780803269637
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.74
€ 63.74
Paperback. Presents a study of detective fiction written by American women between the Civil War and World War II. This book shows how women writers blended Gothic elements into domestic fiction. It focuses on the narrative qualities of the domestic novel tradition and the ways in which it reflected ideologies of domesticity and gender. Num Pages: 296 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBF; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 154 x 23. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822322719
- ISBN
- 9780822322719
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 27.99€ 26.08
€ 27.99
€ 26.08
Hardback. Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 160 pages, 1, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSB; JFSL3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 226 x 149 x 14. Weight in Grams: 335.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 160
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810858022
- ISBN
- 9780810858022
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.97
€ 94.97
Paperback. A comprehensive and authoritative account of one of the greatest and most prolific writers of classical antiquity. Editor(s): Steel, Catherine. Series: Cambridge Companions to Literature. Num Pages: 441 pages, 1 map. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSBB; HBLA1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 20. Weight in Grams: 700.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 441
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521729802
- ISBN
- 9780521729802
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 41.47
€ 41.99
€ 41.47
Hardback. This book describes the narrative form of cruelty in modern literature. It focuses on the two main literary traditions that carry the legacy of revolutionary upheaval in modernity, the French and the American, and shows the transfers of influence that create the contemporary outline of the concept. Num Pages: 184 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 3887 x 5817 x 18. Weight in Grams: 408.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Fordham University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 184
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780823269341
- ISBN
- 9780823269341
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Hardcover. Focusing on its adaptation in the Chinese context, Catherine Vance Yeh traces the rise of the political novel to international renown between the 1830s and the 1910s. Yeh explores in detail the tensions characteristic of transcultural processes, among them the dynamics through which a particular, and seemingly local, literary genre goes global. Num Pages: 441 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2GDC; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 239 x 163 x 36. Weight in Grams: 746.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Harvard University Asia Center
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674504356
- ISBN
- 9780674504356
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.04€ 53.83
€ 59.04
€ 53.83
Paperback. Editor(s): Merla-Watson, Cathryn Josefina; Olguin, B. V. Num Pages: 380 pages, 30 illus. BIC Classification: 2ADSL; DSBH; DSK; JFD; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). .
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- UCLA Chicano Studies Research Center Press United States
- Number of pages
- 380
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780895511638
- ISBN
- 9780895511638
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.50
€ 25.99
€ 23.50
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474409575
- ISBN
- 9781474409575
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 37.02
€ 41.99
€ 37.02
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Haymarket Books
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781608466399
- ISBN
- 9781608466399
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 40.99€ 14.91
€ 40.99
€ 14.91
Paperback. These stories of trauma cannot be limited to the catastrophes they name, and the theory of catastrophic history may ultimately be written in a language that already lingers in a time that comes to us from the other side of the disaster. Num Pages: 144 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 152 x 227 x 8. Weight in Grams: 210.
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 144
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421411552
- ISBN
- 9781421411552
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 26.51
€ 31.99
€ 26.51
Paperback. Caruth thus reveals, in each of these authors, a tension between the abstraction of a conceptual language freed from reference and the compelling referential resistance of particular stories to abstraction. Num Pages: 182 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; HPCD; JMAF. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 15. Weight in Grams: 254.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 182
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801892691
- ISBN
- 9780801892691
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 28.31
€ 33.99
€ 28.31