Literature: history & criticism
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Literature: history & criticism
Hardback. Before Joyce became a famous writer, he supported himself through his other language work: English-language teaching. The importance of James Joyce's teaching, however, has been underestimated until now. Closely reading Joyce's famed works, Switaj shows the influence of Joyce's brief career as an English teacher on the development of his canon. Num Pages: 195 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 216 x 140 x 13. Weight in Grams: 395.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Palgrave Macmillan United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 195
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781137559890
- ISBN
- 9781137559890
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.18
€ 62.18
Hardback. Michael Crichton has become one of America's most popular novelists. This companion features clear analyses of Crichton's life and literary influences, as well as chapters on each of his 13 novels to date. It also offers information on significant events in the writer's life. Series: Critical Companions to Popular Contemporary Writers. Num Pages: 208 pages, bibliography, index. BIC Classification: 1KBB; 2ABM; BG; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 166 x 242 x 17. Weight in Grams: 468.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1996
- Publisher
- Bloomsbury Publishing Plc United States
- Number of pages
- 208
- Condition
- New
- Edition
- First Edition
- SKU
- V9780313294143
- ISBN
- 9780313294143
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 52.10€ 47.85
€ 52.10
€ 47.85
Hardback. This book explores how representations of intimacy between women included both a sexualized model of the "lesbian" tribade and an "idealized" model that portrayed female friendship as devoid of sexual expression. Num Pages: 376 pages. BIC Classification: 1DBKE; 2AB; DSBD. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 152 x 161 x 28. Weight in Grams: 650.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- Stanford University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 376
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780804729567
- ISBN
- 9780804729567
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 158.90
€ 158.90
Paperback. Fairy tales, often said to be "timeless" and fundamentally "oral," have a long written history. This book argues that however a vital part of this history has fallen by the wayside. It refocuses the lens through which we look at fairy tales. It examines the evolution of the "Anglo-American" fairy tale and its place in this variegated history. Num Pages: 232 pages, 14 halftones. 5 line illus. BIC Classification: DSBD; DSBH; DSK; JFHF; JFSJ1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 233 x 157 x 14. Weight in Grams: 336.
- Publisher
- Princeton University Press United States
- Number of pages
- 232
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2003
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780691115672
- ISBN
- 9780691115672
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 46.99€ 33.23
€ 46.99
€ 33.23
Hardback. In The Epic of Juan Latino, Elizabeth R. Wright tells the story of Renaissance Europe's first black poet and his epic poem on the naval battle of Lepanto, Austrias Carmen (The Song of John of Austria). Series: Toronto Iberic. Num Pages: 288 pages, 9, 3 maps. BIC Classification: 1DSE; 3JB; DSBD; HBJD; HBLH; JFSL1. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 236 x 159 x 24. Weight in Grams: 590.
- Publisher
- University of Toronto Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781442637528
- ISBN
- 9781442637528
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 70.24
€ 70.24
Paperback. Perfect for Woolf enthusiasts and newcomers alike, Brief Lives: Virginia Woolf offers a concise, authoritative account of the author's life, and presents an engaging overview of her afterlife in literary history. Series: Brief Lives. Num Pages: 112 pages. BIC Classification: 2AB; 3JJ; BGL; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 191 x 124 x 13. Weight in Grams: 168.
- Publisher
- Hesperus Press Ltd United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 112
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2011
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781843919094
- ISBN
- 9781843919094
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 7.80
€ 7.80
Hardback. What is psychoanalytic criticism and how can it be justified as a type of criticism in its own right? In this new and thoroughly revised edition of her classic textbook, Elizabeth Wright provides a cogent answer to this question and a wide--ranging introduction to psychoanalytic criticism from Freud to the present day. Num Pages: 232 pages, 0. BIC Classification: DSA; JMAF. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 238 x 160 x 22. Weight in Grams: 500.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1998
- Publisher
- John Wiley and Sons Ltd United Kingdom
- Edition
- 2 Rev ed
- Number of pages
- 232
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780745619651
- ISBN
- 9780745619651
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 71.25
€ 71.25
Hardcover. This book analyses how country house entertainments facilitated political negotiations, rethought gender roles, and crafted identities. Num Pages: 256 pages, 10 b/w illus. 1 map. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBD. Category: (U) Tertiary Education (US: College). Dimension: 162 x 297 x 20. Weight in Grams: 566.
- Publisher
- Cambridge University Press
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781107134256
- ISBN
- 9781107134256
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 106.56€ 95.91
€ 106.56
€ 95.91
Hardback. Num Pages: 241 pages, biography. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 2AB; DSBH; DSK; JFSJ1. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 158 x 221 x 19. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2016
- Publisher
- Springer International Publishing AG
- Edition
- 1st ed. 2016
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9783319302874
- ISBN
- 9783319302874
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 62.31
€ 62.31
Paperback. A quirky popular reference book for literature lovers weary in brain and body and in need of a novel cure .. Num Pages: 464 pages. BIC Classification: DN; DSB; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 131 x 197 x 36. Weight in Grams: 314.
- Publisher
- Canongate Books Ltd
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2015
- Edition
- Main
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780857864215
- ISBN
- 9780857864215
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 17.99€ 12.91
€ 17.99
€ 12.91
Paperback. Num Pages: 172 pages. BIC Classification: DSA; DSC. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 178 x 131 x 14. Weight in Grams: 192.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2009
- Publisher
- Graywolf Press
- Edition
- Original
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781555975319
- ISBN
- 9781555975319
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 15.99€ 14.07
€ 15.99
€ 14.07
Hardback. This book identifies and interprets the longstanding, transatlantic dialogue between the literary imaginations of Anglo-Ireland and the Anglo-American South. Series: Edinburgh Studies in Transatlantic Literatures. Num Pages: 240 pages, 7 black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DBR; 1KBBS; DSBF; DSBH; DSK. Category: (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly. Dimension: 234 x 156 x 18. Weight in Grams: 499.
- Publisher
- Edinburgh University Press
- Number of pages
- 240
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2007
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780748625482
- ISBN
- 9780748625482
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 112.48€ 107.06
€ 112.48
€ 107.06
Paperback. A title that originates from a considered grasp of the imaginative possibilities of the analogy between architecture and literature. It presents the author's bold hypotheses about these works, her striking juxtapositions and her sense of the architectural connotations of words and the implications of spatial metaphors offering creative insights. Num Pages: 328 pages, 37ill. BIC Classification: DS. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational; (UP) Postgraduate, Research & Scholarly; (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 203 x 127 x 19. Weight in Grams: 68.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1983
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 328
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520047723
- ISBN
- 9780520047723
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 34.99€ 25.29
€ 34.99
€ 25.29
Hardcover. Editor(s): Friedman, Ellen G.; Martin, Richard; Firedman, Ellen G. Num Pages: 232 pages, illustrations. BIC Classification: 2AB; DSBH; DSK. Category: (G) General (US: Trade); (UU) Undergraduate. Dimension: 236 x 160 x 23. Weight in Grams: 454.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 1995
- Publisher
- Dalkey Archive Press
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- 9781564780799
- ISBN
- 9781564780799
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 19.99€ 6.23
€ 19.99
€ 6.23
hardcover. An important contribution to the study of authorship and criticism, Regulating Readers adds to a growing body of scholarship by women that shows eighteenth-century women writers envisioning for themselves authoritative critical positions and roles in the public sphere. Num Pages: 198 pages. BIC Classification: DSR. Category: (G) General (US: Trade). Dimension: 243 x 168 x 16. Weight in Grams: 472.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2000
- Publisher
- University of Delaware Press United States
- Number of pages
- 198
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781611491906
- ISBN
- 9781611491906
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 109.87
€ 109.87
Paperback. This volume considers Sappho's poetry as a powerful, influential voice in the western cultural tradition. Contributors focus on literary history, mythic traditions, cultural studies, performance studies, recent work in feminist theory, and more. Editor(s): Greene, Ellen. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 316 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 229 x 152 x 22. Weight in Grams: 458.
- Publisher
- University of California Press United States
- Number of pages
- 303
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Edition
- New Ed
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206014
- ISBN
- 9780520206014
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.10
€ 35.99
€ 26.10
Paperback. The world has long wished for more of Sappho's poetry, which exists mostly in tantalizing fragments. So the apparent recovery in 2004 of a virtually intact poem by Sappho, has generated excitement and discussion among scholarly audiences. This book contains essays that discuss about the recovered Sappho poem. Editor(s): Greene, Ellen. Series: Hellenic Studies. Num Pages: 250 pages, 5 halftones. BIC Classification: 2AHA; DSBB; DSC. Category: (UF) Further/Higher Education. Dimension: 228 x 152 x 14. Weight in Grams: 358.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Publisher
- Harvard University, Center for Hellenic Studies United States
- Number of pages
- 250
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780674032958
- ISBN
- 9780674032958
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 23.99€ 20.21
€ 23.99
€ 20.21
Paperback. This volume reflects on the late-1990s fascination with Sappho's "afterlife". The essays examine the changing interpretations of scholars and writers who have read the fragmentary remains of Sappho's poetry. Editor(s): Greene, Ellen. Series: Classics and Contemporary Thought. Num Pages: 254 pages, black & white illustrations. BIC Classification: 1DVGS; 2AHA; 3D; DSBB; DSC; DSK. Category: (P) Professional & Vocational. Dimension: 230 x 156 x 17. Weight in Grams: 428.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 1999
- Publisher
- University of California Press
- Edition
- Revised ed.
- Number of pages
- 254
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780520206038
- ISBN
- 9780520206038
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 35.99€ 26.33
€ 35.99
€ 26.33
Hardback.
- Format
- Hardback
- Publication date
- 2013
- Publisher
- James Currey United Kingdom
- Number of pages
- 251
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9781847010704
- ISBN
- 9781847010704
Hardback
Condition: New
€ 96.00
€ 96.00
Paperback. .
- Publisher
- Dover Publications Inc.
- Format
- Paperback
- Publication date
- 2010
- Condition
- New
- SKU
- V9780486475936
- ISBN
- 9780486475936
Paperback
Condition: New
€ 9.63
€ 9.63