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Literature: history & criticism

Paperback. Analyses the theme of community in seven French Caribbean novels in relation to the work of the French philosopher Jean-Luc Nancy. Series: Contemporary French and Francophone Cultures. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 1KJ; 2ADF; DSBH5; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 12. Weight in Grams: 308.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2010
Publisher
Liverpool University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781846315008
ISBN
9781846315008
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 49.86

Paperback. Editor(s): Keenan, Celia; Thompson, Mary Shine. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300. Clean copy
Condition
Used, Good
Publisher
Four Courts Press Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
SKU
KEX0200675
ISBN
9781851828777
Paperback
Condition: Used, Good

€ 33.99
€ 22.88

Paperback. Editor(s): Keenan, Celia; Thompson, Mary Shine. Num Pages: 182 pages. BIC Classification: DSY. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 234 x 164 x 15. Weight in Grams: 300.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
Four Courts Press Ltd
Condition
New
SKU
9781851828777
ISBN
9781851828777
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 22.88

Hardback. Series: Modernist Latitudes. Num Pages: 264 pages, 24 b&w illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBK; 2AB; 3JJ; DSBH; DSK; HBJD1; HBLW. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 21. Weight in Grams: 492.
Publisher
Columbia University Press
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780231175043
ISBN
9780231175043
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 65.36
€ 50.63

Paperback. * A revealing look at the Renaissance in Ireland, Wales and Scotland. * Written by leading scholars in the field. * Covers a wide range of topics, such as the printing press and book trade in Reformation Scotland, and the debate between the "old" and the "new" in Welsh poetry. Editor(s): Davies, Ceri; Law, Dr. John E. Series: Renaissance Studies Special Issues. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBKS; 1DBKW; 1DBR; 3H; DSBB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 7. Weight in Grams: 194.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2004
Publisher
John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9781405120630
ISBN
9781405120630
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.46

Hardback. An English translation of Cervantes' final novel, an exotic romance, and the novel he considered to be his finest. Translator(s): Weller, Celia Richmond; Colahan, Clark A. Num Pages: 400 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 239 x 162 x 27. Weight in Grams: 690.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2009
Publisher
Hackett Publishing Co, Inc United States
Number of pages
402
Condition
New
SKU
V9780872209718
ISBN
9780872209718
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 58.22
€ 45.61

Paperback. .
Publisher
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2014
Edition
1st Edition
Condition
New
SKU
V9780415702683
ISBN
9780415702683
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 48.51

Paperback. Revealing the interplay between social custom and dramatic form, this book shows how the Elizabethan antithesis between everyday and holiday comes to life in the comedies' combination of seriousness and levity. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSA; DSGS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 220 x 151 x 20. Weight in Grams: 388.
Publisher
Princeton University Press United States
Number of pages
328
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Edition
With a New foreword by Stephen Greenblatt
Condition
New
SKU
V9780691149523
ISBN
9780691149523
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 40.99
€ 29.06

Paperback. Series: Theory out of bounds. Num Pages: 272 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSA. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 181 x 263 x 18. Weight in Grams: 578.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2002
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
Edition
First edition
SKU
V9780816639274
ISBN
9780816639274
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 27.99
€ 26.31

By analyzing a varied body of writing- hagiographies, histories, treatises, and correspondence- in the context of religious colonial culture and European mercantilism, Mario Cesareo shows how Portuguese and Spanish missionaries created a Christian understanding of the colonial process. Num Pages: 213 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 159 x 18. Weight in Grams: 458.
Publication date
1995
Publisher
Purdue University Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9781557530752
ISBN
9781557530752
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.93

Paperback. A Level English Text Guide - Hamlet Editor(s): CGP Books. Num Pages: 83 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSGS. Category: (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 234. 80 pages. Editor(s): Parsons, Richard. A Level English Text Guide - Hamlet. Cateogry: (XR) Revision / study guides. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSGS. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 5. Weight: 232.
Publisher
Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP)
Number of pages
83
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847626691
ISBN
9781847626691
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 12.53

Paperback. A Level English Text Guide - The Great Gatsby Editor(s): CGP Books. Num Pages: 75 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 4KLR; DSBH; DSK. Category: (XR) Revision / study guides. Dimension: 296 x 210 x 5. Weight in Grams: 216.
Publisher
Coordination Group Publications Ltd (CGP)
Number of pages
75
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2011
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847626684
ISBN
9781847626684
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.64

Paperback. Explores the embodied aspects of ownership and private property as these emerge in a range of American literary texts across the late eighteenth and early nineteenth century. Num Pages: 312 pages, 1 b/w Illustration. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSBD; DSBF. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 221 x 142 x 20. Weight in Grams: 476.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
312
Condition
New
SKU
V9780823267460
ISBN
9780823267460
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 32.99
€ 29.51

Paperback. Series: Indigenous Americas. Num Pages: 336 pages, 14 b/w illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 217 x 143 x 20. Weight in Grams: 398.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
University of Minnesota Press United States
Number of pages
336
Condition
New
SKU
V9780816678198
ISBN
9780816678198
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 30.99
€ 27.55

Hardback. This collection responds to the critical legacy of Penn R. Szittya. Its contributors investigate how medieval poetic language reflects and shapes social, political, and religious worlds. In addition to new readings of canonical poetic texts, it includes readings of texts that have previously not held a central place in critical attention. Editor(s): Chaganti, Seeta. Series: Fordham Series in Medieval Studies. Num Pages: 256 pages, 6 b/w illus. BIC Classification: DSBB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 236 x 155 x 20. Weight in Grams: 522.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2012
Publisher
Fordham University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
Edition
Illustrated
SKU
V9780823243242
ISBN
9780823243242
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 52.32

Paperback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: 2ABM; AN; BGA; DSBH; DSG. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 153 x 205 x 18. Weight in Grams: 356.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1994
Publisher
Theatre Communications Group Inc.,U.S. United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
272
Condition
New
SKU
V9781559360951
ISBN
9781559360951
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.09

Hardback. Num Pages: 376 pages, 6 visuals. BIC Classification: 1FKB; DSB; DSBH5; HBLW3. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2017
Publisher
Oxford University Press United Kingdom
Number of pages
376
Condition
New
SKU
V9780199474721
ISBN
9780199474721
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 76.48

Paperback. Explores a range of cultural representations of incest, from the writings of Mary Wollstonecraft Shelley to mother-daughter incest in contemporary true crime novels, to Oprah Winfrey's television special Scared Silent, in order to examine expressions of survivorship. Editor(s): Champagne, Rosaria. Num Pages: 256 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABM; DSB; DSK; JFFK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 16. Weight in Grams: 295.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
1998
Publisher
New York University Press United States
Number of pages
256
Condition
New
SKU
V9780814715437
ISBN
9780814715437
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 33.99
€ 30.71

Hardcover. From its humble "straw mat" origins to its paradoxical status as a national treasure, "p'ansori" has survived centuries of change and remains the primary source of Korean narrative and poetic consciousness. Chan Park celebrates "p'ansori" as a living tradition, adapting to an ever-shifting context. Series: Hawaii Studies on Korea. Num Pages: 392 pages, 19 illustrations. BIC Classification: 1FPK; 2GK; AVGE; DSB; JFC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 621.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2003
Publisher
University of Hawaii Press
Condition
New
SKU
V9780824825119
ISBN
9780824825119
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 75.66

Hardback. The Full Severity of Compassion is both a modular retrospective of Yehuda Amichai's poetric project and a reassessmentby attending closely to the theory embedded in the poetryof major issues in contemporary literary studies, from the politics of form to radical allusion, and from metaphor to translation. " Series: Stanford Studies in Jewish History and Culture. Num Pages: 416 pages. BIC Classification: DS; JFSR1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 161 x 236 x 30. Weight in Grams: 750.
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2015
Publisher
Stanford University Press United States
Number of pages
416
Condition
New
SKU
V9780804782951
ISBN
9780804782951
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 81.91

Paperback. Num Pages: 110 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 154 x 10. Weight in Grams: 208.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2006
Publisher
Robert D. Reed Publishers United States
Number of pages
110
Condition
New
SKU
V9781931741637
ISBN
9781931741637
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 11.49

Paperback. Num Pages: 126 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: DSBF; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 232.
Format
Paperback
Publication date
2008
Publisher
Robert D. Reed Publishers United States
Edition
1st Edition
Number of pages
126
Condition
New
SKU
V9781934759172
ISBN
9781934759172
Paperback
Condition: New

€ 13.99
€ 13.04

Hardback. Li Mengyang (1473 1530) was a scholar-official who initiated the literary archaist movement that sought to restore ancient styles of prose and poetry in sixteenth-century China. Chang Woei Ong situates Li's quest to redefine literati learning as a way to build a perfect social order in the context of intellectual transitions since the Song dynasty. Series: Harvard-Yenching Institute Monograph Series. Num Pages: 350 pages, 1 line illustration, 1 map. BIC Classification: 1FPC; 2GDC; 3JB; BGH; DSBD; HBJF; HBLH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 163 x 236 x 29. Weight in Grams: 648.
Publisher
Harvard University, Asia Center
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2016
Condition
New
SKU
V9780674970595
ISBN
9780674970595
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 54.99
€ 45.96

Hardback. Homophobia is still rife and it remains dangerous and even life-threatening to be out in Africa, but Chantal Zabus here traces the range of representations of same-sex desire in Africa through historic and contemporary sources. Num Pages: 308 pages. BIC Classification: 1HF; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 237 x 166 x 26. Weight in Grams: 708.
Publisher
James Currey United Kingdom
Number of pages
308
Format
Hardback
Publication date
2013
Condition
New
SKU
V9781847010827
ISBN
9781847010827
Hardback
Condition: New

€ 115.37

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