Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
hardcover. Cobley's close readings of modernist British fiction by writers as diverse as Aldous Huxley, Joseph Conrad, and E.M. Forster identify characters whose attitudes and behaviour patterns indirectly manifest cultural anxieties that can be traced to the conflicted logic of efficiency. Num Pages: 352 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBK; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 157 x 30. Weight in Grams: 675.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press Canada
- Number of pages
- 352
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780802099570
- ISBN
- 9780802099570
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 76.26
€ 76.26
Hardcover. This book examines Willa Cather's conceptions through her numerous works. Hively's study combines Cather's interest in the historians, the philosophers, and the mythographers, to examine nine of her novels on three levels. Num Pages: 212 pages, notes, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 222 x 142 x 16. Weight in Grams: 381.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- University Press of America United States
- Number of pages
- 212
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780819194817
- ISBN
- 9780819194817
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 114.34
€ 114.34
Hardback. This study of fantasy author Robin McKinley is the first full-length, in-depth analysis of the author's works, including her award-winning books The Blue Sword (Newbery Honor, 1983) and The Hero and the Crown (Newbery Medal, 1985). Series: Studies in Young Adult Literature. Num Pages: 154 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 228 x 148 x 16. Weight in Grams: 340.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Scarecrow Press United States
- Number of pages
- 154
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780810858190
- ISBN
- 9780810858190
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.76
€ 95.76
Paperback. Explores the author's Oxford youth, his unexpected conversion, his literary enthusiasms (from P G Wodehouse to Graham Greene) and the perils of basing fictional characters on real people. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BJ; DSBH. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 198 x 130 x 13. Weight in Grams: 160.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 208
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780141182933
- ISBN
- 9780141182933
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.02
€ 13.99
€ 11.02
Paperback. The author's childhood was warm, bright and serene. The Hampstead and Lancing schooldays which followed were sometimes agreeable, but often not. His life at Oxford - which he evokes in Brideshead Revisited - was essentially a catalogue of friendship. This title presents a portrait of his recollection of those hedonistic days. Series: Penguin Modern Classics. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; BGA; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 195 x 127 x 16. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Publisher
- Penguin Books Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780140183092
- ISBN
- 9780140183092
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 13.99€ 11.08
€ 13.99
€ 11.08
Hardcover. Aims to acquaint Proust fans with Jeanne Weil Proust. This book captures the life and times of Proust's mother, from her German-Jewish background and her marriage to a Catholic grocer's son to her lifelong worries about her son's sexuality, health problems, and talent. It explores the culture of fin de siecle France. Translator(s): Kaplan, Alice. Num Pages: 272 pages, 25 halftones, 3 line drawings. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 236 x 164 x 27. Weight in Grams: 610.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Publisher
- The University of Chicago Press United States
- Edition
- First Edition
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780226056425
- ISBN
- 9780226056425
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 32.99€ 25.96
€ 32.99
€ 25.96
Paperback. Num Pages: 288 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; BGL; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 155 x 228 x 22. Weight in Grams: 442.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Arcade Publishing
- Edition
- Reprint
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781628725339
- ISBN
- 9781628725339
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.27
€ 17.27
Hardback. In the last year of his life Mark Twain asserted, "To me, the most important feature of my life is its literary feature." "This new biography takes him at his word.. [It] may inspire many to reread the Inimitable himself."-Kirkus Reviews Num Pages: 416 pages, 16 illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DS. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 35. Weight in Grams: 840.
- Publisher
- University of Pennsylvania Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780812235166
- ISBN
- 9780812235166
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 58.02
€ 58.02
Hardback. An event of rare literary distinction, this book records the conjunction between two distinguished American poets, illuminating not only their work and their connection but also the deep strain of pantheistic mysticism in the American tradition. Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 410.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1988
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804714150
- ISBN
- 9780804714150
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.14
€ 71.14
This book completes the author's study of the sociology of the literary process in Soviet Russia, begun in "The Making of the State Reader: Social and Aesthetic Contexts of the Reception of Soviet Literature" (Stanford, 1997). Translator(s): Savage, Jesse M. Num Pages: 512 pages. BIC Classification: 1DVU; 2AGR; DSBH. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 5817 x 3887 x 36. Weight in Grams: 839.
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 512
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804733649
- ISBN
- 9780804733649
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 142.47
€ 142.47
Paperback. Series: Contemporary North American Poetry Series. Num Pages: 264 pages. BIC Classification: DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 455.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- University of Iowa Press United States
- Number of pages
- 264
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781609380588
- ISBN
- 9781609380588
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 50.27
€ 50.27
Paperback. Leading poets, critics and theologians explore the writing of a new poetic liturgy and how a creative work can confront issues of faith and 'Englishness'. Editor(s): Fernie, Ewan. Num Pages: 176 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 13. Weight in Grams: 316. 176 pages. Editor(s): Fernie, Ewan. Leading poets, critics and theologians explore the writing of a new poetic liturgy and how a creative work can confront issues of faith and 'Englishness'. Cateogry: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB; DSC. Dimension: 150 x 217 x 13. Weight: 316.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc
- Number of pages
- 176
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781441138996
- ISBN
- 9781441138996
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 36.99€ 30.95
€ 36.99
€ 30.95
Paperback. One of a series concerning the major plays of leading 20th-century playwrights. This guide introduces, explores and analyzes in detail the principal themes and styles of the work of Harold Pinter. It also places it in the context of modern theatre, and includes a select bibliography. Num Pages: 192 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSG. Category: (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 180 x 113 x 15. Weight in Grams: 158.
- Publisher
- Faber and Faber United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780571197811
- ISBN
- 9780571197811
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.99
€ 17.99
€ 12.99
hardcover. This book argues that elements of modernist texts that are meaningless in themselves are motivated by their authors' psychic crises. Num Pages: 192 pages, 5 b/w illus. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSBH. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 215 x 236 x 16. Weight in Grams: 406.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107136076
- ISBN
- 9781107136076
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 132.97
€ 132.97
Paperback. * Presents the most influential and significant critical writing on Victorian fiction. * Offers students careful guidance through the critical literature by means of a narrative framework. * Encourages students to engage with critical debates about Victorian literature. Editor(s): O'Gorman, Francis. Series: Blackwell Guides to Criticism. Num Pages: 368 pages, 0. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBF; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 154 x 19. Weight in Grams: 538.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2002
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 368
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631227045
- ISBN
- 9780631227045
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 54.57
€ 54.57
Hardcover. The most authoritative edition and study of the Spanish playwright and musician Lucas Fernandez's Farsas y eglogas. Editor(s): Maurizi, Francoise. Series: Coleccion Tamesis: Serie B, Textos. Num Pages: 216 pages, 2 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DD; DSBD; DSG. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 167 x 242 x 20. Weight in Grams: 480.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- Tamesis Books
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781855662957
- ISBN
- 9781855662957
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 97.58
€ 97.58
Paperback. Num Pages: 293 pages, biography. BIC Classification: DSC. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 18. Weight in Grams: 409.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1976
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 293
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- 1st ed. 1976
- SKU
- V9781349025114
- ISBN
- 9781349025114
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 65.53
€ 65.53
Hardback. Series: Literary Companions. Num Pages: 296 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 2AB; DCF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 22. Weight in Grams: 526.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1984
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 296
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780333336045
- ISBN
- 9780333336045
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 185.91
€ 185.91
Paperback. F. Fraser Darling provides a beautifully written account of the interaction between humanity and life underwater accompanied with illustrations by C. F. Tunnicliffe. Illustrator(s): Tunnicliffe, C. F. Num Pages: 84 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: DSB; PSVS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 116 x 6. Weight in Grams: 140.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Edition
- Reissue
- Number of pages
- 84
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780521175944
- ISBN
- 9780521175944
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 20.87
€ 20.87
Hardback. This book is a concise and engaging analysis of contemporary literature viewed through the critical lens of cosmopolitan theory. It covers a wide spectrum of issues including globalisation, cosmopolitanism, nationhood, identity, philosophical nomadism, posthumanism, climate change, devolution and love. Num Pages: 216 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 223 x 141 x 17. Weight in Grams: 380.
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan
- Number of pages
- 216
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2012
- Edition
- 2012th Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780230234772
- ISBN
- 9780230234772
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.79
€ 64.79