Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Sounding Imperial offers a more nuanced sense of poetry's unseen role in larger historical processes, emphasizing not just appropriation or collusion but the murky middle range in which most British authors operated during their colonial encounters and the voices that they used to make those cross-cultural encounters seem vivid and alive. Num Pages: 232 pages, 17, 17 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 20. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- Johns Hopkins University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781421408545
- ISBN
- 9781421408545
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 83.52
€ 83.52
Paperback. This introductory guide to one of Marlowe's most widely-studied plays offers a scene-by-scene theatrically aware commentary, a brief history of the text and first performances, case studies of key performances and productions, a survey of screen adaptations, and a wide sampling of critical opinion and further reading. Series: Shakespeare Handbooks. Num Pages: 168 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSG. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 198 x 129. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing PLC United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 168
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137426338
- ISBN
- 9781137426338
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 32.89
€ 32.89
Paperback. This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin s The Speech of Miss Polly Baker in 1747 to The Joy Luck Club . Series: Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks. Num Pages: 328 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 154 x 230 x 19. Weight in Grams: 420.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655429
- ISBN
- 9780470655429
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 47.99€ 47.19
€ 47.99
€ 47.19
Hardcover. This is a concise yet comprehensive treatment of the American short story that includes an historical overview of the topic as well as discussion of notable American authors and individual stories, from Benjamin Franklin s The Speech of Miss Polly Baker in 1747 to The Joy Luck Club . Series: Wiley Blackwell Literature Handbooks. Num Pages: 324 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBD; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 162 x 238 x 24. Weight in Grams: 572.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United States
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 324
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780470655412
- ISBN
- 9780470655412
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 95.01
€ 95.01
"Race and Culture in New Orleans Stories" posits that the Crescent City and the surrounding Louisiana bayous were a logical setting for the literary exploration of crucial social problems in America. Num Pages: 224 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1KBB; DSK; JFC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 28. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publication date
- 2014
- Publisher
- The University of Alabama Press United States
- Number of pages
- 224
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780817313388
- ISBN
- 9780817313388
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 51.09
€ 51.09
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 894 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 229 x 152 x 48. Weight in Grams: 1428.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 894
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691643335
- ISBN
- 9780691643335
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 454.84
€ 454.84
Hardcover. Reveals how autobiographies are able to confront readers with the moral complexities of life. The author shows how Rousseau's doubts about the possibility of ethical behavior shadows the first-person narratives of five canonic works: Wordsworth's "Prelude", Bronte's "Jane Eyre" and "Villette", Shelley's "Frankenstein", and Nabokov's "Lolita". Num Pages: 208 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 24. Weight in Grams: 485.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2006
- Publisher
- University of Virginia Press
- Edition
- 1st
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780813925127
- ISBN
- 9780813925127
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 64.49
€ 64.49
Paperback. Between 1605 and 1621, Quevedo wrote a sequence of five "Dreams" or "Visions" (Suenos y discursos). Censorship prohibited its publication of such satire, but copies were made by hand. In 1993 a critical edition of all of the surviving manuscripts was published. Crosby's work compares this version with all of the 43 extant manuscripts. Num Pages: 300 pages, Illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ADS; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 10. Weight in Grams: 249.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2005
- Publisher
- Purdue University Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781557533463
- ISBN
- 9781557533463
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 48.00
€ 48.00
Hardback. .
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691629728
- ISBN
- 9780691629728
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 159.37€ 145.43
€ 159.37
€ 145.43
Hardback. Series: Princeton Legacy Library. Num Pages: 338 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1H; DSB. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 235 x 155 x 21. Weight in Grams: 628.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 338
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691645698
- ISBN
- 9780691645698
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 180.77
€ 180.77
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107456075
- ISBN
- 9781107456075
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 41.99€ 40.12
€ 41.99
€ 40.12
Hardcover. These essays treat the use of Ovidian themes, texts and tropes in medieval Latin, Old French and in the writings of Boccaccio and Chaucer. They address the social and rhetorical construction of desire in amatory literature while they investigate the usage and value of contemporary critical theory. Editor(s): Paxson, James J.; Gravlee, Cynthia A. Num Pages: 239 pages, notes, index. BIC Classification: 2ADL; DSB; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 159 x 238 x 19. Weight in Grams: 510.
- Publisher
- Associated University Presses United States
- Number of pages
- 239
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781575910130
- ISBN
- 9781575910130
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 123.43
€ 123.43
Hardback. This book explores the voices of nonhuman things in Anglo-Saxon literature and material culture, making a valuable contribution to 'thing theory'. Series: Manchester Medieval Literature and Culture. Num Pages: 272 pages, 6 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 2ABA; DSBB. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 216 x 138. .
- Publisher
- Manchester University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2017
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781526101105
- ISBN
- 9781526101105
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 59.13
€ 59.13
Hardback. Num Pages: 128 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DQ; DSBF; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 234 x 155 x 11. Weight in Grams: 290.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- Lexington Books United States
- Number of pages
- 128
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780739101520
- ISBN
- 9780739101520
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 122.76
€ 122.76
Paperback. A cultural history of macho criticism Num Pages: 318 pages, 11 b&w illus. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSB; JFSJ2. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 138 x 19. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Indiana University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 318
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780253222510
- ISBN
- 9780253222510
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 30.99€ 27.45
€ 30.99
€ 27.45
Hardcover. Num Pages: 248 pages. BIC Classification: 2ADF; DSBH; DSC. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 245 x 164 x 20. Weight in Grams: 532.
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780838754511
- ISBN
- 9780838754511
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 130.46
€ 130.46
Hardback. Num Pages: 195 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 247 x 168 x 15. Weight in Grams: 476.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2008
- Publisher
- Bucknell University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611482997
- ISBN
- 9781611482997
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 127.45
€ 127.45
Paperback. Num Pages: 256 pages. BIC Classification: DSB. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight in Grams: 342. A Rhetoric and Ethics of Character Narration. 256 pages. Cateogry: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. BIC Classification: DSB. Dimension: 227 x 152 x 17. Weight: 342.
- Publisher
- Cornell University Press
- Number of pages
- 256
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2004
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780801489280
- ISBN
- 9780801489280
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 33.99€ 30.94
€ 33.99
€ 30.94
Hardcover. This astute guide to the literary achievements of American novelists in the twentieth century places their work in its historical context and offers detailed analyses of landmark novels based on a clearly laid out set of tools for analyzing narrative form. Series: Reading the Novel. Num Pages: 278 pages. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 237 x 161 x 18. Weight in Grams: 514.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 1st Edition
- Number of pages
- 278
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780631230670
- ISBN
- 9780631230670
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 94.24
€ 94.24
Hardback. Num Pages: 272 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 244 x 164 x 19. Weight in Grams: 567.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Fairleigh Dickinson University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 272
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611471731
- ISBN
- 9781611471731
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 131.51
€ 131.51