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Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Paperback. Series: Focus on. Num Pages: 50 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 207 x 136 x 5. Weight in Grams: 88.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Greenwich Exchange Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 50
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781906075293
- ISBN
- 9781906075293
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Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 13.44
€ 13.99
€ 13.44
Paperback. Designed to complement DeMariaa s textbook British Literature 1640--1789: An Anthology , this critical reader contains seventeen essays by sixteen contemporary literary critics and covers the full range of works printed in the anthology. Editor(s): Robert Demaria., Prof (Vassar College, New York USA). Series: Blackwell Critical Readers. Num Pages: 384 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JD; 3JF; DSBD; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 228 x 154 x 21. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 384
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631197416
- ISBN
- 9780631197416
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 67.87
€ 67.87
Hardcover. Dealing with both adult and child aspects of Hans Christian Andersen's texts, this volume, consisting of papers read at the Odense Conference in 2005, endeavours to do justice to the whole of Andersen, whose immortal genius has a message for young and old all over the world. Editor(s): Mylius, Johan De; Jorgensen, Aage; Pedersen, Viggo Hjornager. Num Pages: 639 pages, colour illus. BIC Classification: DSB; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 259 x 181 x 44. Weight in Grams: 1514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- University Press of Southern Denmark Denmark
- Number of pages
- 639
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9788776742560
- ISBN
- 9788776742560
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 30.07
€ 41.99
€ 30.07
Hardback. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 25. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801450877
- ISBN
- 9780801450877
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 67.71
€ 67.71
Hardback. An investigation of English writing in seventeenth-century Ireland, and its connections to Shakespeare, Sidney and Milton. Num Pages: 310 pages, 4 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 3JD; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 21. Weight in Grams: 635. Fine in fine dust wrapper, showing light shelf and reading wear. Remains a fine copy
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Condition
- Used, Like New
- SKU
- KSG0024930
- ISBN
- 9780521843027
Hardback
Condition: Used, Like New
€ 30.00
€ 30.00
Paperback. The issue of a woman's place - and the possibility that she might stray from it - was one of early modern Italy's most persistent social concerns. This book takes as its starting point the vast literature of this era devoted to the proper conduct and education of women. Num Pages: 272 pages, 8 b&w photographs. BIC Classification: 1DST; DSBD; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 152 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822321675
- ISBN
- 9780822321675
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.53
€ 30.99
€ 27.53
Hardback. The result is a study that underscores how Baudelaire's legacy continues to energize literary engagements with the violence of modernity. Series: Parallax: Re-visions of Culture and Society. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 165 x 26. Weight in Grams: 540.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 288
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801883088
- ISBN
- 9780801883088
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 63.88€ 58.69
€ 63.88
€ 58.69
Paperback. Combines a modern folkloric perspective with literary analysis of ghost stories from classical antiquity to shed light on the stories, and folk roots. This book examines ancient Greek and Roman beliefs about death and the departed and the various kinds of ghost stories that arose from these beliefs. Num Pages: 168 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 1QDAR; DSBB; JFC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 278.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of Texas Press United States
- Number of pages
- 168
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780292725089
- ISBN
- 9780292725089
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Condition: New
€ 20.99€ 20.79
€ 20.99
€ 20.79
Paperback. Rather than categorizing Romantic literature as resistant to, complicit with, or ambivalent about the workings of empire, Slavery and the Romantic Imagination views the creative process in light of the developing concept of empathy. Num Pages: 312 pages, 36 illus. BIC Classification: DSBF; HBTS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 25. Weight in Grams: 490.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812218824
- ISBN
- 9780812218824
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 34.15
€ 37.99
€ 34.15
Hardback. Series: Bloomsbury Perspectives on Children's Literature. Num Pages: 280 pages, 11 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSC; DSY. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (J) Children / Juvenile. Dimension: 234 x 156. .
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781474222327
- ISBN
- 9781474222327
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 153.79€ 137.06
€ 153.79
€ 137.06
Paperback. Departing from an essentialist concept of the self, this volume advances the cross-cultural study of selfhood with three contributions to literature. Editor(s): Battaglia, Debbora. Num Pages: 156 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; HP; JFC; JHM; JMS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 231 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 27.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 156
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520087996
- ISBN
- 9780520087996
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Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 24.92
€ 33.99
€ 24.92
Paperback. Debjani Ganguly theorizes the contemporary global novel and the social and historical conditions that shaped it, showing how in 1989 the consolidation of the information age, the perpetual state of war, and the focus on humanitarianism transformed the novel into a form that addresses contemporary social, technological, and political upheavals. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 154 x 229 x 20. Weight in Grams: 464.
- Publisher
- Duke University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780822361565
- ISBN
- 9780822361565
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 31.99€ 28.62
€ 31.99
€ 28.62
Hardback. Debjani Ganguly theorizes the contemporary global novel and the social and historical conditions that shaped it, showing how in 1989 the consolidation of the information age, the perpetual state of war, and the focus on humanitarianism transformed the novel into a form that addresses contemporary social, technological, and political upheavals. Num Pages: 312 pages, 5 illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 23. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Duke University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 312
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- Illustrated
- SKU
- V9780822361374
- ISBN
- 9780822361374
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 115.81
€ 115.81
Paperback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 302 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; CJCW; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 159 x 234 x 28. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 302
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691603285
- ISBN
- 9780691603285
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.99€ 39.70
€ 54.99
€ 39.70
Paperback. Series: Hellenic Studies Series. Num Pages: 270 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 228 x 179 x 21. Weight in Grams: 482.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- Center for Hellenic Studies
- Number of pages
- 270
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674019621
- ISBN
- 9780674019621
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Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.60
€ 23.99
€ 20.60
Paperback. Series: Writers & Their Work S. Num Pages: 160 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 8. Weight in Grams: 184.
- Publisher
- Northcote House Publishers Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 160
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780746309445
- ISBN
- 9780746309445
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 25.99€ 23.82
€ 25.99
€ 23.82
Paperback. This is a comprehensive collection of original essays that explore the aesthetics, economics, and mechanics of movie adaptation, from the days of silent cinema to contemporary franchise phenomena. Editor(s): Cartmell, Deborah. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 448 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; APT; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 247 x 171 x 20. Weight in Grams: 696.
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2014
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781118917534
- ISBN
- 9781118917534
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 52.46
€ 52.46
Hardback. This is a comprehensive collection of original essays that explore the aesthetics, economics, and mechanics of movie adaptation, from the days of silent cinema to contemporary franchise phenomena. Editor(s): Cartmell, Deborah. Series: Blackwell Companions to Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 448 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: APF; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 252 x 176 x 25. Weight in Grams: 858.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 448
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781444334975
- ISBN
- 9781444334975
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 194.88
€ 194.88
Paperback. A lively reexamination of the 'alien' as metaphor in film and fiction. Case studies include The Fly movies, Alien series, and Dracula. Editor(s): Cartmell, Deborah; Hunter, I. Q.; Kaye, Heidi; Whelehan, Imelda. Series: Film/Fiction. Num Pages: 208 pages, index. BIC Classification: APFA; DSB; JFC; JFD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 215 x 135 x 15. Weight in Grams: 465.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745314006
- ISBN
- 9780745314006
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Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.73
€ 37.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Evaluates the term 'classic', discussing a wide range of films and texts including Jane Eyre, The Tempest and Alice in Wonderland. Editor(s): Cartmell, Deborah; Hunter, I. Q.; Kaye, Heidi; Whelehan, Imelda (all at De Montford University). Series: Film/Fiction. Num Pages: 256 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2AB; APF; DSBH; DSK; JFC; JFD. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 215 x 135 x 13. Weight in Grams: 386.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Pluto Press United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745315881
- ISBN
- 9780745315881
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 37.99€ 29.82
€ 37.99
€ 29.82
Paperback. Today's poets provide a new spin on Greek myths. Editor(s): DeNicola, Deborah. Num Pages: 354 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1QDAG; 2ABM; DCQ; DSC; JFHF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 26. Weight in Grams: 531.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University Press of New England United States
- Number of pages
- 354
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780874519181
- ISBN
- 9780874519181
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.94
€ 32.99
€ 25.94
Paperback. Num Pages: 22 black & white illustrations, 22 colour plates, 44 illus., 22 in color. BIC Classification: DSK; FX; HBTB; JFSJ1; JFSL4. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 179 x 254 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- University of Washington Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780295994963
- ISBN
- 9780295994963
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 29.73
€ 32.99
€ 29.73
Paperback. Assuming the burden of reading imposed by the correlation of the order of language and the order of events, this book argues that the possibility of reading and writing history is tied to the endurance of traces of the past and their coming to legibility, allegorically, at a given time. Series: Meridian: Crossing Aesthetics. Num Pages: 200 pages, 8 half-tones. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5487 x 3556 x 13. Weight in Grams: 242.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 200
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- SKU
- V9780804732512
- ISBN
- 9780804732512
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.59
€ 30.99
€ 27.59
Hardcover. In essays comparing poets as seemingly different in context and temperament as Wordsworth and Adrienne Rich, Lord Byron and Anne Sexton, John Keats and Elizabeth Bishop, Deborah Forbes reveals unexpected convergences of poetic strategy. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 235 x 155 x 19. Weight in Grams: 513.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Publisher
- Harvard University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 256
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674011885
- ISBN
- 9780674011885
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 89.85€ 81.53
€ 89.85
€ 81.53